Looks like a pretty good kit to have if you do a lot of solo riding.

 

Agreed, looks like a really neat device.

 

sure could have used that in Denver this summer with a dropped zx12r plus stretched ligaments LOL

 

really dont see how this device would warrant being packed around....?maybe on a fully loaded adventure bike if your riding solo but even then chances are that when you dump your bike it most likely wont be on hard flat ground......figuring out a system that works for you and practicing picking up your bike before heading out on a trip would work just as well and also save you packing extra weight too ...just my 2 bits...

 

Could just lift the bike up instead but that would be too much effort.

 

Easy to lift a DRZ400.......some of the larger adventure bikes with saddle bags/cases/ect get well over 500lbs or more.

Wonder how much gas will leak out of your bike by the time you get that out and get the bike back up on 2 wheels......

Definitely a cool product, but not exactly RAPID an be pretty useless if you tip over on anything other then flat ground.

 

yeah great idea, now use a ratchet,... wicked idea!!

 

10lbs is a lot of added weight in my opinion. This thing is going to be a tough sell.

 

:imwithstu

guessing math aint yer strong-suit mate... lmao

 

Leverage and techniques are only as good as your physical abilities.

Find yourself down, with a hurt hand, arm, shoulder, etc, and all that goes down the Shitter, the mechanical advantage could be the savior.

 

The first buy on ADV was 20 units. My little buy was for 5 units. The cost is a factor for many it will be about $325 US per unit into YVR

If you ride a larger bike, a GS, Tenere, 950-1290 KTM , etc it is a very big deal to pick up a loaded bike on a long trip. In many cases people are caring extra fuel in cells or larger tanks. The big tanks on my KTM held a little over 13 gallons (US) thanks to ethanol tank growth

It took 5 of us to pick up a KLR in the goo on the Dempster, there was no traction point and everyone kept falling down and over the bike.

Taller people lose mechanical leverage and it is almost impossible for someone over 6' tall to get low enough to do a "get your ass under the edge of the seat and walk backwards type of lift." I know and have ridden with Skert and have watched her do her lifts at many bike shows. She is barely 5'2" and has the best lift technic and laughs at me trying to get low enough to do her style of lift.

I ride alone a lot in the North and waiting on the side of the road with a even lightly loaded Bike that is tipped downhill is no fun. Unpacking your whole bike to lighten it is often step one of a long and tiresome few hours. I also don't want to mess up my back as I get older.

This unit is not for everyone , it is sold to a very small market and when I finally get the time to cross Russia and China I will carry one and ride a light bike like an older 650 GS Dakar.

Our friends that spent 4 years going round the world regaled us with stories of dumping over 30 times in one day in the fesh fesh. I sent them the link - they are gearing up for their next trip and they immediately ordered one.

 

It took 5 of us to pick up a KLR in the goo on the Dempster, there was no traction point and everyone kept falling down and over the bike.

A film clip of this would whet peoples appetites!

 

i'll just leave this here, in light of the occasion!! :thumbup

 

There has been a bit of a flurry on a few lists surrounding someone who wanted to get a unit and copy it.

I wrote to Chis and Amanda and tipped them off so they wouldn't ship this asshat a lift. Chris sent me a very nice note about why he designed the lift.

Ignore the part where he calls me a gentleman


Hi Bill.

A gentleman you are sir for protecting something that took me a while to come up with and which I wished I never needed but a accident 13 years ago changed all of that.

Got hit headon by a car in my lane and nearly ended in a wheelchair.

The hoist gives me the peace of mind to still ride on my own. It started with this blue pipe on my GSA. In it was two 500 mm rods and a third was bolted onto the bike. They could screw into each other and I would then have 1 and half meter to stick under the bike to help lift. I never had to use it and gladly so as I think I would not have been able to lift the GSA.

http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/index.php?topic=55933.0

Then followed the earlier stages of the hoist as it is now.Sorry it is in my mothertongue but google translate will let you understand the story behind the pictures.

http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/index.php?action=search2

Then Amanda said but she should be able to use it and other ladies too. The one legged hoist was then changed to what it is today.

Again thank you for protecting my idea. Sadly I guess it will not be long before others will be coping the hoist sad as it may be.

Kind regards.

Chris