| If you are one of many motorcycle enthusiasts who | | | | even stand on either end of motorcycle without |
| enjoy working on bikes, then consider buying a | | | | worrying that it would tip. |
| motorcycle jack. It's one of the most important tools | | | | It is not hard to look for motorcycle jacks that have |
| to have the garage in order to safely work on | | | | these features, since most manufacturers think it |
| motorcycles. | | | | their responsibility to make their products safe to |
| A motorcycle jack is a smaller version of a regular | | | | use. Most motorcycle jacks available in the market |
| jack used for fixing cars or trucks, but motorcycle | | | | have these two safety features. |
| enthusiasts are always warned not to use regular | | | | Here are some things to keep in mind while using a |
| jacks on their bikes. These jacks are made up of | | | | motorcycle jack: |
| crisscrossing metal which can be rolled under the | | | | - Prevent the motorcycle from rolling off the jack |
| center of a motorcycle. The upper part of the jack is | | | | stand by placing a block of wood behind rear tire. |
| raised hydraulically to touch the undercarriage and | | | | - Keep the center the jack, during the down position, |
| raise the whole motorcycle. | | | | under the motorcycle's block.Prevent motorcycles |
| Jacks made for motorcycles can be used in general | | | | from falling onto their sides when it is raised by using |
| maintenance tasks like changing the oil, as well as in | | | | a long rope to attach one end of the handle bars, up |
| doing modifications like installing shocks or painting the | | | | over the garage's rafters, and the other end of the |
| whole unit. | | | | handle bars. |
| For the sake of safety, a good ATV motorcycle | | | | - To raise the motorcycle off the ground, turn the |
| jack should have these two features: | | | | jack's hydraulic release valve towards the right. Pump |
| - A safety lock that will never allow the accidental | | | | the jack handle repeatedly until the motorcycle is at |
| release of the jack and can drop the motorcycle on | | | | the height you want. |
| whoever is working on it; and | | | | - To lower the motorcycle to the ground, turn the |
| - Some sort of strap or tie-down that goes up and | | | | hydraulic release valve very slowly to the left until |
| over the motorcycle and locks it to the jack. This | | | | you can slide the jack out from beneath the |
| allows anyone working on the bike to wrench on it or | | | | motorcycle. |