I don't own a motorcycle but use this to move power tools in my shop. It is very handy to lift stuff from a storage location to a bench for projects I am working on. The only issue I have experienced involves assembly. The foot operator is difficult to install into the piston. It might work better, assembly wise, if instructions offered a suggestion to bring the pipe connected directly to the piston down to a straighter position to get the foot pedal assembly into it.