What lift are you using to lift your 2023 RT?

[Metalman]

I just read about using the Big Blue lift to lift the Spyder. The lift is expensive, it would take up too much room in my garage, and the lifting process seems extremely complicated. I have used a Craftsman aluminum motorcycle/ATV lift, but it's kind of scary (not particularly stable). Once lifted, I set the three wheels on nine inch tall blocks and remove the lift.

I am curious about what others are using for lifting their trike?

 

[Lew L]

I just read about using the Big Blue lift to lift the Spyder. The lift is expensive, it would take up too much room in my garage, and the lifting process seems extremely complicated. I have used a Craftsman aluminum motorcycle/ATV lift, but it's kind of scary (not particularly stable). Once lifted, I set the three wheels on nine inch tall blocks and remove the lift.

I am curious about what others are using for lifting their trike?

Just about the same. I use jack stands in the front and a large block of wood in the back. Been doing it this way for a decade...

 

[hogmemberisold]

Everything I've went to, to accomplish lifting the Spyder, and could start over would be a low profile high lift jack, jack stands, ramps, and lifting pads.

 

[Mikey]

Try a search at the top of the page - this subject has been hashed over a lot! Good luck!

 

[UtahPete]

Is there something unique about a 2023 RT that demands special equipment or technique for lifting? Because there are many, many threads already on the forum about lifting a Spyder. I recommend you do a little searching and reading at this point. Good luck.

 

[Metalman]

I have no idea if the RTL is different than other models as far as lifting. I have looked at several posts about lifting and lifts, but I would like more up-to-date information. I have lifted the Spyder a few times and I'm not really confident in the Craftsman aluminum motorcycle/ATV lift and was wondering if there are better lifts available and what they are. I don't have room for a lift table and I'd like to be able to get the bike higher than its road clearance height above the floor/table for oil changes. I would also like to have a stable lift that raises the bike more than my Craftsman lift.

 

[UtahPete]

Most of the threads at this link include recent info about lifting the RT.

Search results for query: motorcycle lift

See if that helps. Also, in the years I've been on this forum, there have been no new developments in lifts or techniques for getting the Spyder safely off the ground to work on. Keep that in mind.

 

[Elqueso2]

I use the Habor Freight PITTSBURGH 1500 lb. Steel ATV/Motorcycle Lift. Easily lifts both my Harley Full Dresser and the Spyder. I also use an automotive 2 ton floor jack and Two Harbor Freight Car ramps for the front wheels. Both setups depends on what I want to accomplish.

 

[Mikey]

I have no idea if the RTL is different than other models as far as lifting. I have looked at several posts about lifting and lifts, but I would like more up-to-date information. I have lifted the Spyder a few times and I'm not really confident in the Craftsman aluminum motorcycle/ATV lift and was wondering if there are better lifts available and what they are. I don't have room for a lift table and I'd like to be able to get the bike higher than its road clearance height above the floor/table for oil changes. I would also like to have a stable lift that raises the bike more than my Craftsman lift.

Two car ramps and a low-profile car jack works for me!

 

[Metalman]

That makes a lot of sense. Much safer than trying to jack that monster from the center. TX

 

[Dakotaz]

I had a motorcycle air lift table that I had extended for the two front wheels, as well as a Max Jax hydraulic two post lift that I welded up a platform to mount onto the two posts with U-bolts. The two post was best due to not having a table in the way, except not being able to do wheel work without getting creative, but I have since sold both and bought the Big Blue Lift. I have only used it once and the set up is kind of a pain, but I'm hoping it will get easier after a time or two, and everything is out in the open for working on it. Love it so far, BBL for the win. The other two took up too much garage space, but at least with the table I could park one of the Spyder's or my motorcycle on it.

 

[kbirdsong]

I use a Harbor Freight Motorcycle/ATV lift for some things, a Harbor Freight low profile long reach jack for some others, ramps or stands to rest it on, and a Big Blue lift for some other things just depending what I am doing. Oil changes, I just jack it up and stuff ramps under it as that keeps it the most level and it's the quickest, so I can change the oil after riding while it's still warm and the Spyder is stable and safe for my old butt to be underneath. Winter, what we have of that in middle Tennessee, is when I pull off all the panels and put it up on the Big Blue so I can get a good look at it and and clean it well, but I only do that every couple of years.

 

[Metalman]

Because of my limited mobility, thus the Spyder instead of a couple motorcycles, I find it difficult to impossible to work laying on the ground, because of the difficulty I have getting up off the ground. I haven't done an oil change yet; my son was here and did the crawling for me. But I was hoping that if I could get the trike high enough, I might be able to get access to it by sitting on a low stool.

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. Big Blue seems to be quite popular though. I'm a bit leery of having to set it up and not do it right and have the trike fall off.