So Much For Picking Up .
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Almost smart to lay your bike down in your own yard on purpose in soft grass and practice as eventually you'll hit a situation where it may occur.
Local tap re-blacktopped their lot and there was sand all over it for some reason. Pulling up on the bike and putting down a foot was like stepping on marbles. Sand is a funny thing.
Local tap re-blacktopped their lot and there was sand all over it for some reason. Pulling up on the bike and putting down a foot was like stepping on marbles. Sand is a funny thing.
It was easy to pick up at 400 lbs.
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I dropped mine recently, in a pretty dumb way...parked on soft/gravel ground, put one of those kickstand pucks down thinking I was being smart. When I went to leave, picked the bike up off the stand, reached down for the puck like I normally, do, my foot slid out from under me on the gravel and down we went.
Gravel was way too slippery to lift on on my own. Luckily or unluckily, there were enough people around who had witnessed the whole thing but they also were quick to help and get me on my way. First time I had dropped it, my ego was feeling that one for a few days
Gravel was way too slippery to lift on on my own. Luckily or unluckily, there were enough people around who had witnessed the whole thing but they also were quick to help and get me on my way. First time I had dropped it, my ego was feeling that one for a few days
Tourer
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From: Nova Scotia
I tried the Meye Lift with my Ultra Classic. I guess I wasn't doing it correctly. I had a guy helping me, so maybe he was hanging on too much and it prevented me from doing it by myself.
It looked real simple in the YouTube video. I'm not laying that bike down to practice it though, unless I have somebody else there to help me, just in case I can't do that Meye Lift myself.
Ryan, have you done it yourself? I'm just curious if it's as easy as it looked in the video.
It looked real simple in the YouTube video. I'm not laying that bike down to practice it though, unless I have somebody else there to help me, just in case I can't do that Meye Lift myself.
Ryan, have you done it yourself? I'm just curious if it's as easy as it looked in the video.
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Back in 2005 I had just bought a new FXST and got to the local watering hole and damned if I didn’t forget to put the kickstand down. Needless to say I was pissed and I had no problem jerking the damn thing back up. Of course that was 16 years ago and now I would probably have a problem picking up a Schwinn 10 speed bicycle.
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I dropped mine recently, in a pretty dumb way...parked on soft/gravel ground, put one of those kickstand pucks down thinking I was being smart. When I went to leave, picked the bike up off the stand, reached down for the puck like I normally, do, my foot slid out from under me on the gravel and down we went.
Gravel was way too slippery to lift on on my own. Luckily or unluckily, there were enough people around who had witnessed the whole thing but they also were quick to help and get me on my way. First time I had dropped it, my ego was feeling that one for a few days
Gravel was way too slippery to lift on on my own. Luckily or unluckily, there were enough people around who had witnessed the whole thing but they also were quick to help and get me on my way. First time I had dropped it, my ego was feeling that one for a few days
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BS I have been riding a Harley Davidson since I was 14, I am now 76 and have never dropped a bike ever.
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Not sure why I've never thought of that... seems so obvious. Thanks!
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I know people that haven't dropped bikes ever as well. Unfortunately I'm not one of them. Riding dirtbikes, I dropped them all the time. It's just part f the deal. I was in an accident in the 80s (someone ran a stop sign and broadsided me) so I guess that counts as a drop. It was more of a "launch", but either way the bike hit the ground. Other than that, no public drops. I did drop my Street Glide moving it in the garage. I wasn't even on the bike, but my foot slipped on some oil dry and I had to let it sit down on the engine guard. Did the backwards walk thing and got it up no problem. But that was level concrete with good footing.
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Yes I have, just a few weeks ago in fact. A guy stalled his bike right in front of my house, and in trying to get going again, over he went. Small guy about 70 or so, just bought the thing and hadn't ridden in 10 years, he said. No helmet, gloves, jacket. I got him pointed the right way, and off he went. Kind of nerve wracking watching him wobble away, hoping he would live through it.
BTW, what kind of bike was that 70 year old riding?