i think its funny
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Road Warrior
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From: Arizona
i think its funny
first off i had a 1990 FXSTC for years, not a light bike but not so heavy it cant be lifted back upright without much strain. but this Road King is just heavy enough to require some puffing to get it up. three times now i laid it down, good that it has crash bars, not even a scratch. last time i slid in some loose gravel. a couple of guys saw me and asked if i was alright, i told them yes, and told them i do this all the time, keeps me in shape. will at the dentist office and the man there sees my bike outside, start talking and he tells me i should lay it down so i can see how to lift it, again told him i had been doing that for a week now, and was getting pretty good at it. should of seen the shocked look on his face, by the way he has a 2003 RK. anyway i thought it was funny, ofcourse i dont plan on doing it to much, think i have enough practice at it.
Had the same experience when I got my first dresser. My son (6'6", 340 lbs) and I struggled to get the thing back up; trying to manhandle it. Then I saw a youtube video on here that showed a 100 Lb. woman lifting with little to no effort. I lift that way now. Don't have to do it as often as I did. But every now and then, I forget to put down the kickstand. Embarrassing.
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Here is the video link:
Road Captain
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From: S/E Michigan
Like a dumbass, I gently laid mine down in my driveway the other day when I was too lazy to open up the gate all the way. I tried to bump the gate a bit with my tire and lost my footing in the gravel and couldn't hold it up. It was the first time but I found out that I can pick my Ultra back up. If it wasn't gravel, I probably could have muscled it to stay upright, but that's what the crash bars are for. It didn't scratch anything.
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Road Warrior
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From: Arizona
well im 5' 10" 210 pounds. i just grabed the handle bar and rear saddle bag protector, not to bad. now my 90 FXSTC i got it up by the handle bars, i did have to replace the handle bars couple months later because they broke apart where the wires came though between the risers, cheap handle bars. but yeah they're using there legs. when i get older i might have to do it that way, but right now i like seeing it as i lift.
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Road Warrior
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From: Arizona
yeah i tell you when i did mine, ride back home form dealership, i swore id scratched everything. guess they knew what they were doing when they designed them. oh, and it good to know its not a 1 in 1000 that do this, laying it down that is.
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Had the same experience when I got my first dresser. My son (6'6", 340 lbs) and I struggled to get the thing back up; trying to manhandle it. Then I saw a youtube video on here that showed a 100 Lb. woman lifting with little to no effort. I lift that way now. Don't have to do it as often as I did. But every now and then, I forget to put down the kickstand. Embarrassing.
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Always like owners comments that I laid bike down on engine and or bag guards and no scratches anywhere.I'll guarantee the bottom of the crash bar is scratched unless they laid bike over in the grass. How do I know,been there, done it and every time where guard hit the pavement or gravel,I had scratches on the guard.
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