I bought a pair of Stainless industrial grade eyebolts to mount in that empty set of threads from Mcmaster Carr. They buff out as pretty as you have time to polish and they make great bungee tie downs for longer rides or anchoring points for securing your bike, IMO, you never can have enough of those. I also have a eyebolt that winds into the rear tank mounting hole and have picked the bike one wheel off the floor with my hoist,, sadly, no, that is not a perfect balance point, but it's manageable to do without a second person. I have never needed to lift it up that far and I wouldn't load it on anything with just one pick point, as I have a fine collection of nylon straps. But I want to relate that it works great for a lot of general maintenance chores, bike on the lift,the eyebolt pulled tight on the hoist and the front tire clamp wound in and your secure. Really makes for a quick job for an frt/bk wheel alignment check, seemed like every time I got the bike plumb, I would lose the steering where I locked it down, I would move it a minuscule amount and I would lose plumb again. Now it's bike on the stand, front tire clamped, pick up on the hoist, and float the rear tire where she needs to go, come down 'til the back tire lands and she's plumb and staying there, stretch your string, compare the offsets. I like to do five readings and average the results. My '05 is out .065 to the port side and my '06 is less than .014 (perfect) to port as well. A (.065) 1/16th of an inch, I'm not going to fret, but I will check it again after the next tire change out and if it reads the same, I'll slide me in .032 worth of shim, just because I'm wired that way.
