Halp Motorcycle thread
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Syrup Beaver
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if the 2 of you set any decent sized bike down you are never going to get it upright without 3rd party help. you do know this, right?
There's a trick to lifting a hefty bike by yourself, I've not tried it on anything heavier than 600lbs but it supposedly even works for the 800lb+ tugboats.
if the 2 of you set any decent sized bike down you are never going to get it upright without 3rd party help. you do know this, right?
Well chim is stronger than you think. You are right, though, I wouldn't be much help.
PS - we will have a sidecar attached. If we dumped a bike with a sidecar attached, there were other problems going on.
Yes I am/will be. Before we get the sidecar, though, I would ride bitch (which I love)
ya, but you also have the experience of lifting yourself out of bed every day
Syrup Beaver
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Syrup Beaver
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car jack in the pannier?
Squat down with yer backside facing the beast, grab somewhere near the tail and somewhere near the front, preferably a frame rail or something else that isn't going to bend or snap off, then use your legs to do 90% of the lifting.
My bike is a little over 640lbs full and I've had a few close calls where it's all most gone over the other way while I was putting it on my center stand and I've had to put up a hell of a fight to keep it from going over. When I first got it I dropped it doing a turn around in a gravel cul-de-sac during a thunderstorm. I couldn't see that the back of the cul-de-sac was washed out and I picked it up super fast like it was nothing with my leg and hand pouring blood but I was in super adrenaline mode. I didn't even realize how badly I had scrapped myself until I got back to my parents and my mom showed me.
Do as beaver said and left it with your legs like you're doing a squat.
I can't imagine trying to get a big goldwing up by yourself.
Do as beaver said and left it with your legs like you're doing a squat.
I can't imagine trying to get a big goldwing up by yourself.
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that's basically a full blown car with a shit seat for the driver.
i'm surprised it's not super popular as you wouldn't have to listen to your spouse when you went somewhere.
I have absolutely no desire to drive a bike, unusually. I would much rather be "chauffeured" around on the back of one. It's more like an amusement park ride than driving it. I would rather enjoy the sites and scenery as it passes than have to worry about the road ahead and traffic.