1jac bike lift / stand - A recommendation
Discussion
I've added another bike to the GSXR-750 and together with my Son's bike, space in the garage is now very tight.
I'm only using the Suzuki for track days, so I don't need to keep getting it in and out of the garage. I wanted a stand that would hold the bike upright and allow me to slide in and out of tight spaces etc.
I looked at the Constands bike lift, but the 1jac is British built and much more solid, so I bought that despite the price premium of about £100. The Constands product is a Chinese copy.
Getting the thing set up first time round is a bit of trial and error but once sorted it's easy to use & the bike is very securely held and easy to spin round / slide in and out of tight spaces. It's good for working on the bike and keeping the bike off the ground avoids the risk of flatspotting the tyres and putting any load on the suspension.
Delivery was fast too.
No affiliation, other than being a happy customer - Recommended.
http://www.1jac.com/
I'm only using the Suzuki for track days, so I don't need to keep getting it in and out of the garage. I wanted a stand that would hold the bike upright and allow me to slide in and out of tight spaces etc.
I looked at the Constands bike lift, but the 1jac is British built and much more solid, so I bought that despite the price premium of about £100. The Constands product is a Chinese copy.
Getting the thing set up first time round is a bit of trial and error but once sorted it's easy to use & the bike is very securely held and easy to spin round / slide in and out of tight spaces. It's good for working on the bike and keeping the bike off the ground avoids the risk of flatspotting the tyres and putting any load on the suspension.
Delivery was fast too.
No affiliation, other than being a happy customer - Recommended.
http://www.1jac.com/
blade7 said:
They're all copies of the Bursig , DT are selling the Warrior version that does the same thing, with a damper, for half the price.
Not so True apparently. this is from another forum from the creator / owner of 1 jac:1jac said:
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.
Good luck to him i say. I would rather give my cash to a UK built product.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.
Edited by eddd1e on Thursday 21st August 07:12
Fair enough, I take my comment back. Allegedly Bursig manufacture was contracted out to Sumomoto but I'm not saying that's true. I bought the Warrior (Sumomoto) stand for the adaptor plate, lifting mechanism, castors and damper. I used to be a coded welder/fabricator but I couldn't be bothered to fabricate/source those parts myself. I did rework the legs as I thought the tube used was a bit thin. I also made a supporting strut to fit into the opposite side of the frame, so all the weight isn't hanging from one sleeve during long term storage.
. andy tims said:
Well, it certainly looks (and the website seems to add) that this would be a great British product
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