What I do is put the bike on my rear stand, remove all the body work, strap the motor to the lift. remove all wiring, unbolt the frame, lift the frame and now you have a nice secure place to do the motor work on. Its a lot easier to pull the frame off the motor than trying to pull the motor out of the frame. I have done this on over a dozen bikes over the years when I worked on them out of my garage. This lift paid for its self the first time I used it.