[Ducati] Inexpensive motorcycle lift?

[John Filak]

>From: "Garth Williams" <garthfw at gmail.com>
>As I get set to (sometime soon) reassemble my 900 after the bent-frame 
>debacle, I am interested > in a stand for the bike.  I can build a wooden 
>stand as a one-off, to be disassembled after use, or I > can buy a 
>motorcycle lift that I would keep using.
>
>My question is this- are there any good motorcycle stands available that 
>are reasonably priced?  I know, "what's reasonable?"  I'd like to spend 
>around $500 or so for a lift & chock.  Is that possible?



Garth,
Here's a set of plans for a collapsible platform. It was a guy in Colorado 
who originally put it out on the web, and I saved it. I also built one for 
myself about 6 years ago, and still use it all the time.

The plans:
http://users.nac.net/filak/platform.htm

In use with my beemer:
http://filakjf.tripod.com/

The 900 CR is going up next week for some scheduled maintenence.

John Filak
Potterstown, NJ, USA
"Tempus Fugit"

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