I have been thinking of inexpensive ways ( without a welder ) to wrestle my motor in and out of my frame. By myself.
Right now my engine is mounted in the frame and sitting on top of my bike jack, like in this photo, but the swingarm and shocks are no longer on it.
So I was looking at this cable winch puller for sale on HF and this little wooden dolly.
My thought is to hang the cable winch from a rafter, pick up the frame with the engine off of the bike jack with the cable winch.
Then set all that down on the ground, lay it over sideways on some cardboard, unbolt the motor and lift the frame off. Then re attach the cable winch and lift the motor back up, set it on the dolly, so I can roll it around.
Does that sound like it would work?
Also can the motor be lifted by the top motor mount alone? You know the one on top of the head?
Just curious. I would really like to think of a way I could do this by myself.
Right now my engine is mounted in the frame and sitting on top of my bike jack, like in this photo, but the swingarm and shocks are no longer on it.
So I was looking at this cable winch puller for sale on HF and this little wooden dolly.
My thought is to hang the cable winch from a rafter, pick up the frame with the engine off of the bike jack with the cable winch.
Then set all that down on the ground, lay it over sideways on some cardboard, unbolt the motor and lift the frame off. Then re attach the cable winch and lift the motor back up, set it on the dolly, so I can roll it around.
Does that sound like it would work?
Also can the motor be lifted by the top motor mount alone? You know the one on top of the head?
Just curious. I would really like to think of a way I could do this by myself.