Looks like a good portion of us have horror stories of bikes on lifts. I've been luck so far and have had it balanced on the lift pretty good and stable, but I did find out that once you remove the rear shocks, all the weight that is typicly "hanging" off of the bike as a counter balance is now resting directly on the ground, the only way I was able to lift the bike to remove the air box was to tie the rear of the bike to the lift. But this all got me to thinking as to how tippy it actually is, and after my father ragging on me about it, I won't leave the bike on the lift unattended.