[Guest]

Did the usual search stuff, but couldn't find anything.

Is there an official "DML Guide to dropping your motor?"

And by that I mean "getting the motor out of your frame" not "slipping and letting your motor hit the pavement from an 8th story window"

 

[sjjkennedy]

What are you dropping it out of?

 

[punker248]

I'd say you should be able to support the motor from underneath, disconnect everything you need to, and then use ratchet straps/etc to lift the frame off of the motor.

Justin

 

[Guest]

And by that I mean "getting the motor out of your frame" not "slipping and letting your motor hit the pavement from an 8th story window"

What are you dropping it out of?

Let me guess... it took you all day to come up with that joke even after reading my original post... :

Edit: Hey, my bike description is gone from my sig! So if you meant "what bike" it's from an '01 900

 

[sjjkennedy]

Let me guess... it took you all day to come up with that joke even after reading my original post... :

Edit: Hey, my bike description is gone from my sig! So if you meant "what bike" it's from an '01 900

Yip, but hey, we've got thick skin here down-under [thumbsup]

 

[Norm]

Use a rear stand & then support the rest of the bike from under the motor. Unbolt, unplup, cut, tear, everything out that interferes with frame detachement & then just lift it off. It only weighs 25-35 lbs depending on the year. Now, while you're at it.................................

 

[bozcorob]

snip Unbolt, unplup, cut, tear, everything out that interferes with frame detachement.................................

Great time for new cables & harness, too ;D [laugh]

 

[lull]

I will do the same this winter.

I plan to lift the entire bike by the frame with a "cherry-picker" strip off the suspension etc, lower the motor to the ground then detach and lift the frame off.

 

[spidey]

To take the motor in and out of the tigerbike, Tigre just got a couple cinder blocks and four 2x4 pieces (nailed together to form a rectangle). Put a fleece or blanket over the 2x4s and rest the wooden rectangle thing in the cinderblocks. Use a front and rear stand to drop the motor. It was pretty stable, actually.

He may still have his simple wooden contraption if you wanna stop by his place and pick it up.

 

[Guest]

He may still have his simple wooden contraption if you wanna stop by his place and pick it up.

It's not like he's in any shape to stop me from taking it ;D

 

[opwierde]

Ratchet straps!