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Rebe I know you don't want to but you should probably lay your bike down, I mean gentle as to not hurt anything and practice picking it up. Don't leave it down for long or it will flood but trust me you need to make sure you can.
That's the first thing Chris made me do when I got mine. If you go down on the street (esp. by yourself) you get really pumped or get panicey and you may not remember the right tecnique. I went down in the middle of a major intersection in the rain and had to pick the bike up by myself covered in oil. Not fun but I did it b/c I had been taught how.
If you don't want to do it backwards try this, works best if you have frame siders: grab your frame slider that's facing the ground with one hand and your handle bar with the other, you can tip it just slightly up and get your body under it and use you legs to push it up. DO NOT USE YOUR BACK YOU'LL NEVER GET IT UP! This has always worked for me.
Just a different way, I'm not saying the other ways are wrong
Don't feel bad about the sticky, I'm sure other girls have the same question, and everyone has done it or will do it at some point in time.
Yep, that's how I lift my bike, with the legs not my back. First time I got it I laid it down on a blanket in the grass and practiced lifting it up. I didn't want my first attempt at getting it back up to be out in the public eye, after dropping it or something. No need to embarrass myself further.
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I like all the "lift with your legs, not your back" stuff. And it is right, but what about where your hands should go? What about only one hand? Can anyone lift their bike with only one hand?
I only ask because that's what I gotta do. I'm wondering if I'm just weenie or any wellbodied folk can do it and have found 'the sweet spot' on where to position themselves.
I've picked up an FJR and a FZ-6. It is more about technique (and determination) than outright strength.
I carry a tarp tie in my tank bag so I can wrap the front brake. It is important to either put the bike in gear or have a brake applied so it doesn't roll once upright.
I hope nobody ever has to pick up a bike again... but I recommend that everybody make arrangements to pick one up so that you KNOW that you can.
Good Luck out there.
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This is a great thread. And applicable to us guys, too.
I have seen the Pink Ribbon's instructions before. The problem with it is that the bike is a BMW with undamaged bags. It is sitting much higher off the ground than most bikes would be tipped over.
So - if anyone (lady) here, is in (or near) Monterey, Calif. I will be happy to set my CBR1000 on it's side and photo it being lifted by a lady until we get the technique perfected.
Or, some of you could do it with your significant others or kids or friends. I don't care. BUT, post up a STICKY.
I think this is important. And while the guys won't admit it, they need it, too.
Love ya.
I carry a tarp tie in my tank bag so I can wrap the front brake. It is important to either put the bike in gear or have a brake applied so it doesn't roll once upright.
Good idea. If the bike fell in neutral on the left side, you wouldn't be able to put it in gear.
Or, some of you could do it with your significant others or kids or friends. I don't care. BUT, post up a STICKY.
I think this is important. And while the guys won't admit it, they need it, too.
Love ya.
I've been wanting to do this. I haven't had a reason to pick up my current bike yet, and it's a lot different than the last bike I dropped and had to pick up. And the previous times I either had someone to help, or I was so full of adrenaline that I really don't know how I did it.
The next time my fairings need to come off I'll use that opportunity to lay it down and figure out how to get it back up, and get some pics. Of course, the pics will be after I figure it out, not while I'm struggling with it.
Or if someone else gets to it first, perhaps they will post some pictures.
AC, I have looked at the site before, and it is informative. Unfortunately, as clevis pin pointed out, that bike in the example sits up on the saddle bags and is at a very good starting angle. My bike doesn't do that (maybe I should get hard bags????) lol
I have dropped my bike before in the garage and in the parking lot, several times It lies FLAT, F-L-A-T, flatter than a skinny girl in middle school flat!. It rests on the bar ends, the muffler if on the right side (it teeters on that as well, like a see-saw) and on the left, it the shift lever/pegs. So I have to pretty much bump my buns on the floor to get down far enough to get my back against the seat. I'm not real sure what to grab on the bike. I may end up strapping on some nylon handles to the center frame of the bike there at the seat (like the grab handles you see on the rollbars of Jeeps). That will help me centralize the steady position. Depending on which side the bike falls on, I can't grab the bars (left arm no good).
I need to get the bike on its side again, with little to no fuel! And I'll experiement with different methods. No other way around it
What kind of bike do you have again? You removed everything from your profile and I can't remember....
I guess the only way for you to figure it out will be the same way I'm going to have to: lay it on it's side and find a way. There has to be a way. Doing it on as empty a tank as possible is a good idea. If you do it, see if you can someone to take a few pics so we can all see how you do it. I'll try to do the same.
But I wish I could figure it out. I don't like the feeling of helplessness.
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