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I'm 69 with a bad back and 2 TKR's. If I can do it, not easy, U can too.
I watch that video, and practice it a couple of times every summer, that's the key; practice.
Some day I might be unable to "keep the rubber side down", then plan B.
There is another way to lift your bike, called the "Heye lift" method. I have used that for a long time, You face the bike, grab each handgrip, and walk forward. If you keep your back straight, the bike just pops up with little straining.
Guys - he was on a dirt road. As someone who has had to pick up off-road bikes a bunch, I can tell you there is no walking toward the bike either forward or backward. No traction to do that. So you have to lift straight up. It's really hard with a 550 pound bike (my GS), and I'll wager damn near impossible on a 900 lb bike. I couldn't do it on my best day regardless of age.
There is another way to lift your bike, called the "Heye lift" method. I have used that for a long time, You face the bike, grab each handgrip, and walk forward. If you keep your back straight, the bike just pops up with little straining.
How do you keep your back straight when the handlebars are near the ground?
The "Heye lift" method? More like "Hey! Help me lift this."
We were in Gettysburg, PA taking in the sites on our Road Glide Ultra. In the middle of the town is Washington St and US 30, well we were in a right turn onto 30 and a driver decides to stop quick, we tried but he front was still turned and the bike predictably went down on the right side engine case bars. Gathered our our thoughts and the wife and I lifted it back up right, found a parking space and promptly parked it. We drew a crowd on the sidewalk and the ambulance put his lights on to help with traffic control. Did I mention nobody offered to assist but did applaud when we got it up right. I was very cautious on the front brake in traffic after that.
I recently had a similar problem. On a date with a young lady that wanted to go see the "Bridges of Madison County" in Winterset, IA, and also the Clark Tower in Winterset Park. She hadn't told me that had been a lot of rain in the area, and as we made our way down the one-way winding "road", it went from "OK", to "bad" to "very bad". Keep in mind this was all downhill, two-up. How I got that bike turned around without dropping it is a mystery, if not a miracle. Pissed of a few cars coming down the hill (one-way, remember), but I think they understood once they got to the muck. Needless to say, it soured the date. Never again.
I actually bought one of those, for my ADV bike. Traveling 2,700 miles, mostly off-road, alone, on a 600lb loaded rig... I thought it might come in handy.
That thing SAVED MY *** at least six times. When you're by yourself in the middle of nowhere with no prospect for help, and you're riding in sand and mud and rocks and tree branches that are all determined to make that bike fall, well... That thing was the best $200 I ever spent.
There is another way to lift your bike, called the "Heye lift" method. I have used that for a long time, You face the bike, grab each handgrip, and walk forward. If you keep your back straight, the bike just pops up with little straining.
Ryan, I tried to find the video referencing that method on here but couldn't locate it.
I think it was by a Brazilian cop. Do you have any vids on this?
It looked like a good method to try.
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