best way to lift front

[wannabfast]

so i have a rear stand, but i want to know the best way/stand to lift the front if i wanted to be able to take the front wheel off...

[herm]

if you have a garage, plant some HD eye hooks in the rafters overhead. then use tie down straps to support/lift the front end.

[DoWorkSon]

They have stands that lift the front via frame near the lower triple

[Roaduser]

if u have an engine hoist laying around like i do, just use it. lift tank and wrap some straps from it around the frame with some chamois or terry towel to be extra safe not to damage the paint.

[Buckethead]

http://t-rex-racing.com/catalog.php?item=111

For removing the front wheel, this is my pick. Seriously stable.

If you need to replace steering head bearings and/or lower triples, then the old "ratchet straps attached to the rafters" works pretty well.

if u have an engine hoist laying around like i do, just use it. lift tank and wrap some straps from it around the frame with some chamois or terry towel to be extra safe not to damage the paint.

If you've got a metal tank, this is just *begging* to have the hinge start leaking.

[corey]

i use a fork leg stand. same exact equipment from t-rex, i just don't use the triple stand (unless i'm doing fork leg work).
fork stand is plenty stable.

always lift the rear before you left the front.

[Cloner]

You mean in the joists overhead.

In construction, a joist is one of the horizontal supporting members that run from wall to wall, wall to beam, or beam to beam designed to support a ceiling, roof, or floor. 

A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave.  Rafters are designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

And I thought I was a smartass because I was going to say "put it in first, rev the engine, dump the clutch".  Sheesh!   

I like the "eye bolts in the JOIST" method for servicing the steering head bearings.  For fork or wheel service, I use a stand like the one shown above, except mine is a Pit Bull.

[scduc]

The only problem that I have with the eye bolt in the rafter, is that the hole that is left behind. my tie downs have an extra loop so I just wrap it around the rafter and secure hook in loop.

[Artful]

If you have good sawhorses you can use one of each side with a 4x4 between them. From there you replicate the JOIST method with a ratchet strap.

[herm]

You mean in the joists overhead.

In construction, a joist is one of the horizontal supporting members that run from wall to wall, wall to beam, or beam to beam designed to support a ceiling, roof, or floor. 

A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave.  Rafters are designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

ok, whatever...

The only problem that I have with the eye bolt in the rafter, is that the hole that is left behind. my tie downs have an extra loop so I just wrap it around the rafter and secure hook in loop.

i would (have) left the eye bolt in place for some future use.

[wannabfast]

so which of these methods would you use for storage as well? the stand would be ideal as my garage floods over the winter, and i would prefer to keep the tires off the ground

[duc_fan]

If you're handy with tools and you can't put hooks in the garage ceiling (example: mine's a rental with a sheetrocked ceiling in the garage... no hooks in the roof for me), here's a cheap gantry you can build with a length of 2x4, couple metal brackets, and some long wood screws:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cagiva_Gran_Canyon2/photos/album/1076983118/pic/list

If you can't see it let me know...

Hope that helps!