Emergency Bike Jack, Bonnie, Scrambler, Thruxton.

[gumpt1oo]

A good friend told me how to make a cheap emergency bike jack that is small enough to carry on a road trip, and would get you out of trouble, if like me you don't have a centre stand.
This is how to make the jack.
I bought an M12 turnbuckle from ebay,

Then I cut the hook end just where the hook starts,

I then drilled the threads out of a M12 nut and fitted it to the cut end of the turn buckle

The nut was drilled and riveted together. I have no welding gear, but will get my mate to tack weld it underneath.

This is the finished jack, as you can see the nut is on an angle due to it being fitted to the point where the bend of the hook started. You will see in a later pic that the angle of the nut works out pretty good.

Using a bolt and 2 nuts the jack is then bolted to the mounting holes where a centre stand would fit,

A cable tie is fitted to keep the front brake on to make sure the bike doesn't move,

The nut is the held with a spanner to prevent it turning and the turn buckle tightened to raise the bike off the floor using the side stand.


I think it is a really good idea and would enable a puncture to be repaired at the road side.
Thanks to Mathieu for sharing his idea.

 

[CarlS]

Steve that is excellent! Thanks for this.

 

[Rocky]

Wow, how clever is that

 

[hemibee]

Dang, that's using the old noggin. I was looking at doing something similar and had way over engineered my thoughts. This is a lot easier and cheaper than what I was looking at.


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[zmilin]

Excellent! How stable is it?

 

[gumpt1oo]

Excellent! How stable is it?

Providing you ensure the front brake is held on tight, it is pretty stable. I wouldn't use it as an everyday tool for lifting the bike , but in an emergency I think it works great.

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

Where the're a will there's a way. Very cleaver

 

[DaveM]

Wow Steve that sure is a neat idea and can really save you a lot of effort in an emergency situation.

 

[Bonnie79D]

Very clever. Thanks for sharing.

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