907 IE lift handle
907 IE lift handle
Does anyone have a spare folding lifting handle that fits near the left passenger footrest. Mine was missing when I bought the bike.
Does it help when lifting onto the centre stand?
Regards Bill
Does it help when lifting onto the centre stand?
Regards Bill
- DesmoDog
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I've found the easiest way to get the bike up on the centerstand is to do it without even getting off of it. I lock the front brake, and push the stand down with my foot so the bike is resting on it. This centers the bike and holds it up while you push down on the front end, then pull back on the bars and release the brake all in one motion. Sounds tricker than it is but once you get the motion down it's simple. Basically you let the fork springs rock the bike backwards onto the stand. Just watch your shin... if you're in the wrong position on the bike, the footpeg will bite you!
I know it sounds complicated, but really, it works great. Plus it will amaze your neighbors and impress your friends!
But what I started out to say was, yeah, if I'm standing next to the bike, the lever does help with getting it on the stand...
I know it sounds complicated, but really, it works great. Plus it will amaze your neighbors and impress your friends!
But what I started out to say was, yeah, if I'm standing next to the bike, the lever does help with getting it on the stand...
-Craig
- DesmoDog
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Um, I should perhaps point out one little detail on this... the ground has to be fairly level, side to side. It's incredibly easy to do if the bike is parked pointed up hill slightly. (But that much harder to get OFF the stand when you leave!)
Seriously though, it is very simple to do once you get the technique down. With your weight on the centerstand tang, the stand itself is solidly on the ground, and the bike is very stable. It can move around quite a bit with no problems. Just keep that stand pressed down! If the bike doesn't make it all the way up, it will rock forward again. And watch your shin... I know at least one of you is going to slam it into the footpeg. That hurts. A lot. Ask me how I know.
Now I need to think of some catchy name for the manuever so I can take credit for it when it sweeps world.. even though I'm sure I stole it from someone else!
Seriously though, it is very simple to do once you get the technique down. With your weight on the centerstand tang, the stand itself is solidly on the ground, and the bike is very stable. It can move around quite a bit with no problems. Just keep that stand pressed down! If the bike doesn't make it all the way up, it will rock forward again. And watch your shin... I know at least one of you is going to slam it into the footpeg. That hurts. A lot. Ask me how I know.
Now I need to think of some catchy name for the manuever so I can take credit for it when it sweeps world.. even though I'm sure I stole it from someone else!
-Craig
- redpaso
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I love my centre stand & actually prefer it to the side stand, To see "the Mistress" standing tall on the centrestand evokes images of other Classic Dukes like the MHR, 900ss, greenframe & 750F1, all of which only came with a centrestand. Sometimes the site of her perched up tall just makes me all goosebumpy & excited, can't wait to get on & ride. But then again the view frrom the left as she sits proped up on the side stand stirs a whole different lot of emotions within me. Ooohhh I just love the Paso..... but maybe I need to get a life
Redpaso
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