Afternoon gang. Looking at getting a scissor lift of some description to save on the old back and knees - just doing basic maintenence work. Seen a few on small & cheap ones on eBay but need to know; 1. If the cheap ones (take a max load of 500KG) are worth it and 2. Is it technically possble (and safe) to go under a 2022 V7.
Had a quick look underneath and not too sure.
Thanks as always
Jim
One of the issues has always been that although the sump is an easy lift point - most of the weight is behind it. So you can only lift the front..
One solution to lift the rear (thank you GRiSO Ghetto) is to lock the front wheel down in a wheel support then jack up the sump with a scissor lift so that the rear wheel rises
Hi 350lcjohnny
Thanks for the reply and information. Looks like an adjustable stool will be needed after all 
I would just add that my 1200 sport, that if you have a front wheel chock and use a scissor jack it will lift the wheel chock and wheel still.
Unless itâs fixed to the floor.
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Ouch!!
Yes - should have mentioned that!
Seen a few posts over the years of bikes falling off lifts, including while getting it up or off a ramp, so however youâre doing it, safety first!
Absolutely Mike_H. Will make do with Centre Stand 
I bought a hydraulic work bench on eBay a while ago, I think it was about ÂŁ330. Best thing I ever bought!
It arrived with some paint damage and I got a partial refund to put it right.
PS not my bike in the photo!
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Hi Chris950s
That looks like a real bargain. Probably bigger than my shed
Good option though. MMM I wonder if my good lady would notice I have bought a bigger shed 
The deck is only 1350mm long (plus a removable 850mm long ramp) x 500mm wide so not much bigger than your bike! The crank handle for the front wheel clamp sticks out a little but that is removable. The base sits under the deck apart for the rear end that sticks out at the sides and is adjustable for width of either 850mm or 650mm overall, I prefer the wider setting as it is more stable. It has wheels at the front and castors at the back which means you can move it around even with a bike on it.
Maybe you wouldnât need a bigger shed as it is no bigger than your bike!
Best of luck!
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Hi Chris950s
Really appreciate that information. Gives me foof for thought now. Cheers
Jim
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I recently bought a lift for my bikes. It was off eBay and is rated to 800 pounds - about 360kg. It cost around ÂŁ500 but it has so far worked on the complete strip down of a BMW R80, a full service of a BMR R100 and multiple jobs on my V85TT. To secure the bikes on the table I use tie down straps supplied from my local Guzzi dealer (they are the straps that attach the bikes / scooters to their transport pallet and the shop sells them for charity) - I donât use the centre stand on the table.
Experience has taught me that it is wise to prep the straps before putting the bike onto the table and that the ramp is too steep for the bike to go up easily so I put planks under the ramp to extend it by about 1m.
Coming off the ramp is done with the engine off but the speed is controlled by having the bike in first gear and controlling the speed with the clutch - the front wheel slips and will not hold the bike on the metal surface if using the brake and there is a danger of losing control. As a result I stand on the left of the bikes going on and off the table.
It has made working on the bikes a doddle and jobs get done much quicker and with less back ache.
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Depends. Does she notice when you buy another bike, or do you stick to the same colour and fingers crossed? 
Have to say that does sound ingenious.
Hi everyone! New to the club and loving trawling through old posts and picking up all manner of little nuggets!
Great forum to vacuum up all kinds of experience.
I am fully aware of the desire for value for money but as someone who has always done all my own spannering and now at 73yrs old body mechanics (human) are going in inverse proportion to mechanical advances in bikes!
âGet to the bloody point Dave!â
I am the proud new owner of a V100 and aware this observation will not apply to many of the more vintage models but about ten yrs ago I splashed out and invested in an ABBA stand, the âSkyliftâ version. Not cheap by any stretch but transformative in what it allows me to do and have access to. Have used it on three different bikes, Kawaski, Triumph amd Morini. All different configs re swing arm arrangements etc. but have managed to adapt with excellent input and advice for the folks at Abba.
Now to the V100. No listing for adaptations for the Guzzi but they do for various Boxer BMâs
So, looking at the bike I reckoned the upper hangers on the frame for the engine mounts looked likely to be usable and found they had a 32mm OD adapter available. Arrived just yesterday and not tried it yet, will update if any interest. May fall flat on my face but nothing ventured and all that!
âIFâ it works, the ability to raise either end or pure horizontal will make me a happy bunny.
Work in progress and maybe a somewhat niche application but for the budding V100 models out already might provide a solution to ease of maintenance for us old guys? If nothing else, wheel removal, tyre and brake jobs, winter storage wheels up and even oil dipstick checks without a centre stand become less of a challenge.
Any observations, critiques, even bullets in the head welcome! 
BTW the heaviest bike I have put on it was my ZZR1400 at something like 280kg and no sweat.
looks like a good tool, no listing for any guzzi models though on the website as you say, wonder how a v85 would fit ?
It was principally designed for use with conventional swing arms using the mounting or axle bolt ends.
With my Morini I was able to use one of the footrest bracket mounting each side. Something like that might be possible as long as reasonably close to the mid point of the bike or slightly rearward of it and a solid enough braced fixture and symmetrical each side? Then itâs a case of adapters that fit either over the bolt/nut heads or to the inside diameter of a suitably deep recess in a casting or frame tubing.
The lift essentially clamps the bike solidly between the support arms vice like. Then the near two ton jack does itâs job.
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Well guys, my hope to use my Abba skylift has gone out the window! At least for now dang it.
The adapters I got fitted nicely for the intended pivot points but I was scuppered by the big fat cat! The lower arm of the cradle that supports the big was contacting the cat box before the upper extension would level with the pivot. Big disappointment.
I am not entirely put off yet as been playing with another couple of options.
One is using one of the mounting stubs for the footrest triangle frame, whichever one height from the gound might fall in the range.
\The other possible is get a local blacksmith/welding shop to lengthen the rise on both the uprights of the cradle by as little as maybe an inch and half. Need to do some more accurate measuring as yet to see if this would work and save having my pretty stand being redundant.
In the meantime I might have to shell out for at least a centre stand.
I know this may be of limited interest at the moment but if Guzzi continue to develop more applications using the V100 engine there may be more bikes could benefit from being able to use such a lift arrangement.
Back to the drawing board for now! 
if you do a decat would that just change the problem, or solve it ?
Ha! Expensive solution though!
Not sure I either want to decat or really need to. If I had silly money to throw around maybe but then getting into âdo you need remapâ etc
If the straight pipes sat closer up to the underside it might solve it. Iâm gonna keep looking at other possible fixes though. Like I said, need to do some more accurate measuring up and weâll see.