The side on, full bike type. They’d seem to range from one at £130 (spider or some tang its called from Demon Tweeks) to £400 Want one to be able to use on gixer and s1000
These get good reviews. Guy had one at Donny yesterday and life was very simple for him. https://www.1jac.com/
I have the Con Stands one.... OK .. but would not buy it for a heavy bike - works OK for my scrambler - but was not sturdy enough for the VFR1200 I had... I think the German one Bursig looks the strongest - but no experience - The UK one (above) also seems OK.
Apart from 1Jac they are all China off shoots branded for different companies. Abba sky lift is the best unless your just changing wheels...
It wasn't when the directors of the original 1Jac split over taking it to China - the guy who invented it still makes it as the 1Jac as it is named now in Leeds I think. Bursig was one of the first China ones the other directors did after the split. I posted all the info on here on one of the many other threads about this topic...
Here you go, from the horses mouth: Hi Everyone. My name is Nigel Vause. I am the inventor of the single sided post jack. I have been reading your posts with interest and hope you dont mind me chipping in with a comment or 2. Just to clarify, Sumomoto in China make a copy of an old design of mine. My first build of this product was way back in 1986. The first bike I ever lifted was a C reg Slabside GSXR750. I still have the bike. I was granted the intellectual property rights over it but made a very foolish schoolboy error as I had released some bespoke ones to racing lads at the time which prevented a patent being issued. Since that time I have worked at improving the original and over the last 28 years have made changes and developments that are to this day unique to the jack. Some years ago I was offered some investment by local businessmen and started a company called Envy. Initials of my name, however once the lifts began selling it became apparent they had no wish to invest in the R and D the product deserved, but more the fast buck. Without going into the depths I was locked out when I began to question the very ethics of the business I seemed to be working in night and day. The Mrs rang me one day to tell me the mortgage had not been paid. Silly me, working away in a workshop with a product I believed in while deals were being done....Was this when it went to china????? Anyway, It all went wrong. a few customers ( I have all the records) were left without lifts or parts. I met up with an old friend, Steve Webster a short time after this and explained what had happened and we decided not to let such a great idea go to ruin so we went to meet a guy who was capable of investing in it and was also a biker. We went into business as 1jac Ltd. Here we are. At every opportunity I have advertised and talked about the Envy customers, and I have dealt with nearly every single customer now (the only ones have moved with no forward address or contact details). I was not obliged to do this as I was exonerated by a court from any debts of Envy, but there is more than that to me. Im a biker and those guys I met at events put their trust in me and that was important. Im a Yorkshireman and proud of my upbringing. If there are any of the 4 remaining customers here from envy then Im happy to send you a free 1jac and apologise for the 18 month delay. As for the 1jac. It has gone through 28 years of development. We will never drop your bike. The sumomoto made chinese copy you can buy as a Bursig, Warrior, Spider bla bla is badged for them. Put them all together and you will see they are a salesman item. The 1jac is a well Engineered jack, welded by coded welders with test certs for every piece of steel. The high grade tool steels in the adaptor kit has test certs measured in tonnes not kilos and a very unique LTL (Load to Lock) system prevents your bike from being able to drop off. Good solid Engineering. Memory steel that flexes because we ask it to change the direction of the pins and a lifetime warranty. This is the original. If Sebastian Bursig wishes to sue me I look forward to it. I have 24 Sheet metal workers sworn statements and we can carbon date the first one ever built to 1986. It sits in the workshop in Leeds if anyone wishes to come have a look. And finally, some things are worth paying a litlle more for, you can buy a spanner from china and it will work well for a few goes, its not a snap on but it does the job. Right up to the time you get a tight nut and it wraps your knuckles. Thanks for reading my novel. Kind regards NV.
I can not confirm or deny what is written by Bursig or Jack1... just letting you know what I read... Con Stand is just that....
I was fortunate and got an Envy stand, ten times better built than the constands or warrior versions. Did have to wait an entire year.
Yes, and much better access - but if just for changing wheels and say dropping forks out it's a lot of money. If you want great all round access it's the best option, and better than a lego car for Christmas
It’s mostly to move stuff about the garage to tuck a bike in a tight corner and make things like oil changes easier. Although the idea of using at a TD for tyre warmers does appeal too I gues its a different bracket for different bikes? So 2 bikes, two adapter kits?
