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Offline BlitzenGruv

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Too much
« on: April 09, 2016, 05:48:58 PM »
 :mbird Gorgeous day, upper 50's. So, I tog up in my chaps, break out the goggles to keep my eyes from watering, check the tires, etc..
Grab the lift handle with right hand, hold the left grip with left hand and rock the bike off the center stand, just as BMW prescribes in the owner's manual. And, the heavy MF tips to the right!
And, there he lies until a neighbor comes home to help.
Don't care what they recommend, this bike gets parked on the side stand from now on.

Could be worse, I once had to pick up a Triumph Trident off top of me. But, at least I could lift that.
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Offline F14CRAZY

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Re: Too much
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2016, 05:52:06 PM »
I straddle the bike when I take it off the center stand personally. I found not to try using the center stand when wet as my boot once slipped off and the bike did the same things yours did...F-ed up the fairing pretty good too
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Offline Martin

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Re: Too much
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2016, 06:00:57 PM »
I sympathize Blitz I once had the rubber handle slip off while putting my bike on the stand . Ended up with the bike on it's side, and me standing there with the grip in my hand. End result broken mirror and minor scuffing to the tragkorb (buffed out ) very lucky it could have been worse. The grip is now held on with Liquid Nails. Did you do much damage.
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Offline K1300S

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Re: Too much
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2016, 06:23:30 PM »
yikes.  i never take it off the center stand unless i am on it.  both hands on bars, fingers on front brake.
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Offline rbm

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Re: Too much
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2016, 06:39:52 PM »
I do the same as Marshal.
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Offline Chaos

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Re: Too much
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2016, 06:46:36 PM »
I kept reading about center stands breaking so I quit using it for parking.  It leans, it smokes, but it doesn't fall over.
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Offline BlitzenGruv

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Re: Too much
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2016, 06:51:09 PM »
Yeah, that's how I've always taken other bikes off the center stand. Just didn't know if that would work with this bike. I'd hate to have it fall over on my leg. Heaviest bike I've owned prior to this was 460lbs. I could put that on the center stand while seated.
Upper right fairing was already scarred. Good thing the mirror pops off.
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Offline Dennis de Vries

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Re: Too much
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2016, 07:43:46 PM »
As many here i mount her first (.....) before taking her of the stand, hardly ever standing next to her. She's ratty yes, but i would be heartbroken if i ever dropped her. Side stand? You should see the lean, no thank you!

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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Too much
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2016, 09:40:04 PM »
K100 Center Stand Procedures......approach, mount, both hands on bars, strong pelvic thrust with optional grunt, off center stand and under vertical control, .....I would never trust my upper body strength to control a quarter-ton+ mass beyond 10 degrees off center. And the skinny side lever is only there to help me get off so it can go back on center stand!
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Offline motodude

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Re: Too much
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2016, 12:34:26 AM »
For me, I'm usually on the bike. But, sometimes I'm just moving around in the garage or wherever, at those times, both hands on the bars,cover the brake and push forward. Often, I'll steer slightly to the right. That bit of counter steer causes the bike to lean toward me instead of away from me.

That has worked well over the past 24 years.

Tom
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Offline BlitzenGruv

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Re: Too much
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2016, 01:40:09 AM »
For now it's 2x4 under the side stand, just like all my British bikes. Then, it won't start unless I'm sitting on it ready to go.
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Offline Martin

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Re: Too much
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2016, 01:58:57 AM »
Blitz get a hockey puck or a slice of boat roller and attach it to your side stand to reduce the lean angle. It also reduces the tendency of the stand to sink into the mud and topple the bike. Rather than using a piece of wood get a 5" post cap and attach a piece of cord so you can recover it. Then ride to firmer ground where you can put it away. See the post in Workshop  Side Stand Extension March 19th 2016.
Regards Martin
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Offline Laitch

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Re: Too much
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2016, 02:28:00 AM »
I like the lean angle of my bike's sidestand, as long bushing play isn't part of it. The stability seems acceptable. It's like seeing a balanced rock in the Utah desert or a tree growing sideways from a riverbank—a miracle of geometry and gravity. It's not miraculous on soft surfaces though; then it becomes a probe to the center of the Earth. A puck beneath it is essential to remedy that.
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Offline Martin

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Re: Too much
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2016, 04:18:06 AM »
Laitch because we drive on the left and some of the roads are heavily cambered. Extreme angles are part of everyday parking, and without pads and post caps it would be impossible to park in some places.
Regards Martin.
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Offline Martin

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Re: Too much
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2016, 04:35:29 AM »
If anybody wants to see what it's like parking a Brick in OZ. Find a heavily cambered road and park on the other side of the road, the angles can be alarming. Then mount the bike with the side stand down and try and get it upright, in some places without the rubber foot spacer it would be nearly impossible. It's even worse if you suffer ducks disease, give it a go :hehehe
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Offline Laitch

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Re: Too much
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2016, 10:31:02 AM »
Of course you'd need those aids down there, Martin, and anywhere there's left-side driving. You've refilled my empathy tank this morning.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Too much
« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2016, 10:50:50 AM »
OK,Martin, I'll bite....what's "duck disease"???
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Offline Laitch

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Re: Too much
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2016, 10:53:33 AM »
Quote from: TrueAce on April 10, 2016, 10:50:50 AM
what's "duck disease"???
It's probably a disease thought up by some quack for billing purposes.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Too much
« Reply #18 on: April 10, 2016, 11:32:52 AM »
Ha! Good one, Laitch! How about it ,Martin?
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Offline Chaos

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Re: Too much
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2016, 02:14:41 PM »
Whatever the road camber, I maneuver the bike so the left is on the uphill side.  I suspect this would still work if everything was upside down.  I need to save what's left of my centerstand for maintenance.
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Offline Martin

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Re: Too much
« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2016, 04:07:02 PM »
Ace I'm surprised, it must be an OZ thing. Short legs, also known as Sparks created when your bum drags on the ground. :hehehe
Regards Martin
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Too much
« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2016, 05:27:10 PM »
Martin, the sparks I make are from my titanium knee sliders.....................
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Offline Martin

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Re: Too much
« Reply #22 on: April 10, 2016, 05:43:47 PM »
Ace I would be impressed if it was from titanium elbow sliders. However please post pictures.
Regards a slightly impressed Martin.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Too much
« Reply #23 on: April 10, 2016, 05:49:07 PM »
Pictures will be forthcoming.......I love to run the Blue Ridge Parkway at competitive speed at night........ just need to find someone who can be as fast as me to keep up as a  chase bike and take the photos.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Too much
« Reply #24 on: April 10, 2016, 05:49:54 PM »
Pictures will be forthcoming.......I love to run the Blue Ridge Parkway at competitive speed at night........ just need to find someone who can be as fast as me to keep up as a  chase bike and take the photos.
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