Bike mount

Update on the bike mount to lift the choppers. I needed to take the weight of the bike off the wheel to adjust the rear chain or as it turns out to change a front tire (rotten with age). I was not completely sure the design would work. I started with stitch welds attempting to keep things from heating up too much and warping. It cooled off, I welded it up. The bead work is not going to win any awards, some folks might not even recognize it was welding. In fact the welds may not be strong. I completed the welds and walked to turn off the welder. As I approached the welder I could hear the hiss of leaking gas. The line from the argon/oxygen mix was not tight enough in the back of the miller. Argh! I do not know if any gas reached the tip of the gun to shield the welding. I let the mount cool completely then very carefully tested its strength. The lift works, perhaps a short term solution until I can afford a lift table. The one thing in the design which I did not anticipate was the entire mount sliding on the floor when I lifted the bike with the pipe jack. That is better than the bike sliding on the pipe jack so it is the good news as it turns out. The bike is stable, not that I would leave it lifted while not working on it.