Wooden Motorcycle lift/stand

Here's something one of the local bike shops uses. They even put Goldwings on theirs.

Of course, this is drawn without all the necessary braces, locking pins and reinforcments, etc. that you would need... so you can see the concept more clearly.

(And, also, my light blue wedges aren't drawn exactly right. They should sit flat on the floor when the ramp is extended... for supoort.)

I also think they have both handles on the sides of those wedges, and maybe some kind of a winch setup pulling the blue ramp from the front to assist in the lifting. I'm not sure, it's been years since I saw this. But it worked perfectly.

I could see how a worm drive garage door opener could be adapted to power this thing if your bike is one of the heavier ones.

Here it is in SKP format so, if you have GOOGLE SketchUp, you can rotate it, explode it, move it, alter it, redesign it... whatever.

I have a more complete file on this, but it exceeds the forum limit. If anyone wants that bigger one, I could send it by e-mail.

I never concern myself with missing OP's. I just thank them for bringing up a new subject.

Here is a shop stand that employs the weight shifting tilt Mike talked about. It works well for plywood in a shop.

I broke it down into exploded pieces for easier understanding.

Please excuse the missing radius on the left view of the stand.... I got lazy.

By the way, here's the whole sequence of the tilting idea. (without a sheet of plywood on the cart)