Dr Dry Black Hydraulic HC2 Lift Stand

I love my new lift stand. It's adjustable height works great. I use it with my 2000 Kawasaki KL250 Super Sherpa Dual sport. Slides right under and lifts it up so both wheels are off the ground. Great for working on the bike. I haven't changed oil yet but I believe it will hoist the bike without the skid plate. The bike is secure enough that I am comfortable leaving the bike on the stand with the kickstand up. Looks cool, is just what I needed.ONE WARNING: There was some grease leaking through the box, not sure from where? Luckily I saw it on my beige carpet and quickly was able to clean it up. Otherwise, great item I love it!

Just got this in the mail yesterday and though I would write a more recent review for any interested. First thing to mention is the shipping was super fast for me in Utah. It came three days before the window said it would arrive in, way cool. For those of you comparing this to the red lever model, this is the exact same thing other than the color. You are basically paying $10 more for a red foot lever as opposed to black, so if your ok with that, or you want to paint the foot lever a different color, then just save the ten bucks and get black. Over-all construction seems fair, it's not super beefy, but it's not bendy either, seems like it will hold-up for a long time. It raised up my 250 pound WR450F dirt-bike easily. The height adjusts to the size of your bike, I had to raise my setting as close as I could get to the bottom of my skid plate before raising up the stand in order to get both tires to float freely in the air. FYI the picture shows the red model, but it is black just as the description says. And I wanted to clarify cause I almost didn't order due to a previous reviewer. While this may have had a plastic surface in 2014, the one I just received has a tough rubber and "grippy" surface. Only reason I dropped one star is I would have preferred the over-all construction to be a bit more beefy and a little wider footprint but for dirt-bikes it should do the job just fine.

Top notch stand fits well under smaller bikes. Using this stand under my wife's 2019 KLX 140G. Easy up with a soft let off. Very adjustible.

Solid construction. However the platform is not level. Approximately +6 degrees tilt in my initial set-up and approximately -2 degrees with the platform rotated 180. (The Base was on a level surface.) I was initially going to return it, but decided the 2 degrees tilt was acceptable for mu CRF250L. Also, the vertical slide square tubes were really rough cut causing course up/down movement. I filed the edges smooth and added more grease. Works nice now.

Best stand that I have seen. This is my second one, as I keep the bikes in different locations.

Easy to use and at a great price.

Pros: 1) it makes sitting/storing you bike easier2) you can adjust the height before lifting your bike which is pretty cool, ie have it sit lower or higher based on preferenceCons: I only use it in the garage really.1)Taking to to the hills or track is somewhat annoying. Should be used more on almost “perfect” leveled ground. Using it on any uneven ground makes it sketch to use because it sways too much to use on uneven ground and could make it useless.2) it uses hydraulic type of tech so if you get it too dirty I’m sure you risk shortening the lifespan of the stand3) doesn’t work too well for 2 strokes, more of a 4 stroke stand

the pad on the top is a hard plastic and pieces of it have broken off and should be a different kind of material but the rest of the stand is built well