Motorcycle Jack Use on RT

[1551retired]

I purchased an aluminum motorcycle/ATV jack at Harbor Freight today and just tried it out on the RT. When I place the jack platform under the rear portion of the RT frame (just in front of the exhaust bracket) the rear tire does not come off the ground. I'm guessing this must not be the exact weight center of the bike but the frame does not extend back any further. I am able to raise the rear tire of the bike by hand with very little effort however so it must be very close to the weight center.

Is there some other position I should be using?

[sinkhole]

As I mentioned in another thread, you have to jack at the rear hole in the underside of the RT frame to raise the rear tire. Apparently, the c.g. is just slightly forward of this point. Using a typical motorcycle jack with two cross slats, places the center of lift ahead of the c.g. and the front will raise first.

[VaughnCat]

Lamont posted useful pics . . . . you might do a search for it.

[vwatso]

I got mine from f1. I think it it's one of maybe a half handful that were made and shipped. It works good.


Vwatso

[punji]

-- from Walmart for $19 used under the trailer hitch picks the back end up easily. I use it so that I can rotate the rear wheel while cleaning it. And speaking of the rear wheel, wouldn't it have been much easier for us if BRP had put the valve stem on the exhaust side of the wheel? Hiding it behind the drive belt doesn't make checking pressure any easier, especially for those of us who are anal about tire pressure.

[ataDude]

...wouldn't it have been much easier for us if BRP had put the valve stem on the exhaust side of the wheel?...

Yes, except for the few who would get a lawyer when they get burned.
You could have a new 90* stem put in facing the other direction.

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