Now is the time to buy a Motorcycle Lift. The technology is better than it’s ever been, and prices are coming down.
Why do you need a lift? Most people consider buying a lift to be a convenience issue, which it certainly is to a degree. I mean, if you’re going to get serious about working on your bike, you don’t want to spend hours a day lying flat on your back. As poetic and appealing as that may sound when you first start working on your own bike, it quickly gets old. There are certain things we’ll always love, like the dirt under our fingernails, but after awhile that old shop towel just doesn’t hold up like it used to.
But there’s another reason to purchase a motorcycle lift. There are certain things that it’s really hard to do without a lift. Of course a car mechanic would be laughing because of all of the ridiculously difficult places they have to squeeze into, and to those people who have stumbled onto this blog by mistake, I salute you- but all that aside, a lift can really be a help to us too. Although there aren’t many places on a chopper that are hard to reach like on a car, there are certainly areas that are much, much easier to get to if you have a lift to help.
Fortunately, the prices of lifts are coming down. This drop is related to the economy, but is also related to the cost of hydraulics technology in recent years, which has come down drastically in price. Of course, some of the less expensive lifts don’t run on hydraulic power, but I really can’t recommend them. In my experience, if you’re going to invest in a lift, it makes sense to go ahead and buy a pretty good quality model that’s going to last for a while. Even if you’re just using it in the garage at home, it makes better sense in terms of return on your investment to get a motorcycle lift that’s not going to fall apart after a year, and from what I’ve seen the hydraulic lifts just tend to hold up better- but that’s just one man’s opinion.
Although it can be difficult to justify at first, if you’re going to be at all serious about working on your bike, a motorcycle lift can be an invaluable tool.
