Abba Skylift

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  1. The_Doctor

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    Just treated myself to one of these... fantastic bit of kit - will lift bike level or front or rear up, and you can move bike around whilst in the air .... should make life easier for my old bones :) 20220831_171845.jpg
     
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    To further mod it put in more holes in the black vertical. This will give you more options on height - From memory, I now have 7 holes...
     
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    To expand on this, they normally come with 4 holes for height. Just drill a 12mm hole in the centre between the existing holes. Use a nice new drill bit and go in straight. Another thing I also did was to use HOT GLUE to put a tiny rare earth magnet in the end of the arms where the adaptors sit. This then stops them falling out. I also added a few other magnets in various locations to stop loosing the allen key...
    Even though the legs are colour coded, the stickers do rub off. To make it easier for myself I painted to the same colour markers on the legs to assist me.
     
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    Cheers Pete... The idea of marking the legs struck me as well - I used a permanent marker under each leg.
    Like the magnets idea! :thumbs:
     
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    ABBA makes good products, I use the manual lift, works for me the few times I need it during the year.
     
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    Is there weight limit on those?
     
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    Hey Doc.....how 'bout a photo with the bike on it?
     
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    Only got the one I took with my NS on in the "stoppie" position... might try the TL on next... it's not as valuable :) IMG-20220905-WA0005.jpg
     
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    Sorry... missed this one...
    Abba rate a max load of 450kg - the promo video shows a Hayabusa on with someone sat on it!!
     
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    Not that will really apply in the real world.. The Jack itself is a 3 tonne capacity & everything is available as spare parts / rebuild kits. I had one of my straps fail for holding the rear wheel in place - the mechanism broke, phoned them up & they sent me a new one FOC.... My Skylift wasn't even a new unit from them.. I bought it 2nd hand...
     
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