matty
Border raider.
As much as i hate to admit it, 64 years on this planet and perhaps equally negative a stroke last year have left me ....Compromised .. Some what. Or more to the point Too weak to lift a Larger 750 upwards engine out of a frame with the brute force bear hug and grunt method.
Being faced with the need to remove a 900 four from an old tube frame, left me feeling daunted. I did the old trick of lifting the bike with an engine crane slung off the engine, and removed the mounting bolts and moved the lighter frame around the engine until it was clear then rotated the frame past the engine sideways if you follow.
This was all well and good in this instance, as the bike was completely stripped to just frame and engine.
Now having managed this time, i am looking to now gathering tips and info on techneques diy tooling or inovations that will help me and probably others get this job done if alone or simply too old or lazy or perhaps just too sensible to manhandle big engines in and out of motorcycles.
Being faced with the need to remove a 900 four from an old tube frame, left me feeling daunted. I did the old trick of lifting the bike with an engine crane slung off the engine, and removed the mounting bolts and moved the lighter frame around the engine until it was clear then rotated the frame past the engine sideways if you follow.
This was all well and good in this instance, as the bike was completely stripped to just frame and engine.
Now having managed this time, i am looking to now gathering tips and info on techneques diy tooling or inovations that will help me and probably others get this job done if alone or simply too old or lazy or perhaps just too sensible to manhandle big engines in and out of motorcycles.