Anyone have any advice for jacking up the new Valk? What is the best way to jack it up without damaging the pipes. Are there any adapters out there. I looked at the Wing jacking instructions and they put the jack under the center stand, which we don't have. The Owners Manual and Shop Manual offer no advice.
When they jacked up my bike for an emergency new tire at the Murphysboro
Honda shop, they rolled the bike partway onto a single rail (like a single rail trailer)
motorcycle lift, leaving the back wheel off the lift. Then they put a small jack on the
rail, and used it to support the bike via the shock linkage. Then they raised the
single rail motorcycle lift up chest high, leaving the rear wheel accessible, allowing
them to easily remove just the nuts from the wheel and remove the wheel.
My plan for home lifting (as yet unimplemented) is to make a wooden adapter
that supports the exposed bottom of the motor and the shock link, and then
lift the bike high enough to drop the wheel out from within my bags with some
kind of sturdy lift, like the Sears aluminum lift maybe. My old worn-out sagging
cheapo lift doesn't give me confidence to lift the new Valkyrie up very high.
The shock pivot is a proven good lifting place.
There seems to be plenty of exposed motor:
If this works for the rear wheel, the front wheel should be a breeze.
Some folks just slap a lift under the bike and crank away, or
count on those underbelly protector accessories to act as
an adapter... ida know about that...
-Mike
