RE: Dumpimg over new ST

[Ken Haylock <KHaylock@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm... my approach, with both my VFR's and now with the ST, is to step
forcibly on the tang of the centrestand before I push the bike upright from
the sidestand. The weight on the centrestand stops the bike from tending to
go over too far, and I can control it easily with one hand and one foot,
using the other to lift at the rear as required. To do this safely you have
to be perfectly happy that your foot is not going to slip off the tang -
it's always worth satisfying yourself that it is gripping before lifting the
bike to the vertical - and you need to be on level, solid ground (a gentle
downhill slope front to back is OK, anything else forget it - but then if
you use the centrestand at all in those circumstances you're potentially
asking for it...). 

Cheers,


Ken Haylock

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ann k.curcio [mailto:curcio@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 June 1999 15:29
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Dumpimg over new ST
> 
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I've been reading with sadness and some humor the stories on people
> dropping/crashing their new STs.  It is something that 
> everyone lives in
> fear of doing and it seems to happen when least expected.  As for the
> story of dropping the wife's bike while putting it on the center stand
> (names withheld to protect the guilty/innocent) I had this exact same
> thing happen to me with my old Yamaha.  After finally 
> righting the beast
> and nearly getting a hernia (this is when the thought was heavier must
> be better) I decided there must be a better way to get a 
> motorcycle onto
> a center stand.  I find that it is easy to maintain balance when
> straddling a bike but no amount of pulling on the handlebars while
> holding the stand down with one foot will get it onto the stand.  This
> leaves you with the next option of standing to the side of 
> the bike and
> possibly dropping it as it swings up onto the stand and you lose the
> balance.  What I do these days is keep a small piece of 2x4 
> (12" long or
> so) on the floor near my bikes.  When I want to put one on its center
> stand I kick the board so it rests lengthwise under the cycle in front
> of the rear wheel.  Then, straddling the bike I push/ride it onto the
> board like a small ramp.  Now I get off the bike and while maintaining
> balance I pull it onto the center stand from the side.  The 2x4 adds
> just enough height to make the bike jump onto the stand very easily.
> Usually, once on the stand, the rear wheel comes to a rest forward of
> the board and the board can be just kicked out of the way.  Sometimes
> the rear tire may still have slight contact with the board 
> and the board
> gets stuck.  Just give the board a quick kick from the side 
> and it will
> pop out.  This all depends on the height of the stand. Ever 
> since I have
> started using this method I have not even come close to losing control
> of a bike.  I hope this helps save some face, bodywork and 
> money for ST
> owners.
> 
> Keep the shiny side up,
> Dan
> 
> 
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