For Those Brave Enough...

[GSRider]

For you folks out there that have pulled the motor and gear box out of the frame, did you use a cradle to hold it in?
And if you did, pics please?

I have some work that needs to be done over the winter, and will be pulling the mill out.

[Jared]

Unbolt all the pieces that can break from laying the bike on it's right side.

Get it all ready to come out and lay the bike over on some heavy blankkets or heavy cardboard and you can pretty much roll/slide the engine out of the frame (may have to wiggle and shift here and there...). Basically you're laying the bike down then lifting the bike off the engine. Sometimes it can be tight on the shifter/rotor side of the engine ( clearing the frame..). The engine is about 140 pounds... not hard to handle.

Tape the ide covers up with a few layers of something to maybe protect from scratches ( or just be extra careful...)

Not very hard.

[Kasumi]

Ive always found it easier to just get a bike on axle stand or the centre stand if they have one fitted. Unbolt the engine and disconnect everything, Get a sibling, family member, husband, wife, friend whatever to steady the bike and then wrap your arms round it and wiggle it out. Just stick it on the floor on a blanket or old bit of carpet then use some bricks or wooden blocks to prop it upright in a position that won't be squashing or stressing anything. theres no need to go leaning the bike over your only making more work for yourself unbolting uneccessary stuff. I reckon you can get most engines out by removing the fairing panels (possibly the tank to get to the carb fixings, then just lift her out!

[dgyver]

Typically I have had the forks off since I had been doing a full rebuild of the bike. So, instead of raising the motor I lower the motor onto a dolly and raise the frame up over the motor. A combination of ratchet straps hanging from the ceiling and a Pitbull front stand. Much easier since I end up doing this solo. I have done this on 4 bikes.

[The Buddha]

I have done both vertical and horizontal. I have also seen werase do it vertical. On 1 occassion it went easy and got out easy vertical with werase doing it. One ocassion we suffered like crazy. We me and another guy doing it vertical was a disaster. Even out was a total pain.
My Horizontal out and horizontal back in was perfect. You need a few old car tires or a mattress with a slippery surface like some moving blankets. Or 3-4-10 of those folded or whatever may do it too. Horizontal I trust. But remove the alternator side along with the magnet and whatever and it be easy either way though.
I have also take out a seca 2 motor (4 cyl, no removable frame link) horizontal and it was sooo stupidly easy.
Cool.
Srinath.

[Kerry]

For you folks out there that have pulled the motor and gear box out of the frame, did you use a cradle to hold it in?
And if you did, pics please?

Check out images 8 thru 12 in [THIS PHOTO ALBUM] of starwalt's.

[GSRider]

Thanks for the advice.
And putting the engine back in?

I would be thinking that putting it in is going to be harder that taking her out, right?

[Jared]

Just do it all backwards...

It's not that hard.... cussing is allowed. They really aren't that hard to get in. I did mine solo and I don't think it took me but a few minutes to wiggle the engine into the frame. Again I did it Horizontally (And I did forget to mention pulling the  flywheel/rotor  case off helps a lot for clearance  ... but Srinath covered it...).