The Vaquero has a nice flat bottom so any motorcycle lift should work fine. I bought mine from Harbor Freight, but my son got his there and I don't like the way the valve works on it. If you have a set of auto ramps (I like the plastic ones), you can use one to tip the bike over at a steeper angle and from either side to help accessing the pipes. I also pull the bags off when I'm cleaning her. I don't know of anything you can carry with you to lift the bike for wheel removal. I tire plug kit and a CO2 unit to add air is about the best I've seen for roadside flats.

This is the style of jack I use:

 

I have the same lift.
It comes in handy quite a bit. I also use it to lift my mower when I need to sharpen the blades
The saddle on these lifts are quite short now. I bought some C channel and made my own that are about 5" longer.
The stock saddle only stuck out a half inch on both sides on my Nomad and I got paranoid every time I jacked it up .
Now with the longer saddle I think its a lot more secure

 

I used the same lift when I put my lowering kit on.

just for reference I also used a front wheel chock from HF and I used 2x 3-ton jack stands under the rear crash/support bars to keep the bike elevated. the jack stands were a fantastic use case as I was able to perform all work with the bike stable

 

I saw this and went and picked up that lift - THANKS! Great lift for the bike and ATV's, mowers, etc.