How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (dynodon1) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:13:26 GMT

Alepel, About that new cold weather clothing, it was the VASO heated glove liners. Check them out here:

http://www.vaso.tv/northamerica.html

They seem to work OK, but I ran out of ride days and cold weather, and didn't get to give them a real test. If you look at the site, they only need a single AA battery for 8-10 hours because they only heat the very tips of your fingers, not a lot of heating...

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (danbgt) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:14:17 GMT

It took me, two cops and a wrecker driver to get my trike up!!

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (bamaTrider) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:58:31 GMT

I saw a young woman about 5'-5" and 120 lbs pick up a GL1800 Gold Wing using this method. I can't remember the site exactly, but it was a site specific for female motorcyclists.

Stan

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:30:04 GMT

Alain,

That was pretty convincing. If a person that has never lifted a motorcycle before and is hesitant to do so, especially considering quitting halfway through, if she can do it, then anybody should be able to do it.

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:21:48 GMT

I caught this on the Americade forum. Another good example of how to pick up a downed motorcycle. In this video it looks like this girl has never even ridden a motorcycle.

YouTube - How to life a downed motorcycle

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:22:43 GMT

Great Site Stan! There's a ton of good stuff here. This is the second great website I've seen about Minnesota Motorcycling on the internet. Thanks for sharing.

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (bamaTrider) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:09:28 GMT

This link tells how to do it along with pictures. Please be sure to check out the other safety tips on the site.

http://www.dps.state.mn.us/mmsc/latest/MMSCHomeSecondary.asp?cid=5&mid=32&scat=27

Stan

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:08:47 GMT

Don,

What new clothing were you testing out?

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:48:09 GMT

Don.....well you were lucky my friend. But it was worth it. Now you can claim membership in the "How dumb was that" club! We've all been there and done that. I had an almost similar experience as you but I was pulled up to some gas pumps and pulled up to close. As I tried to get off my bike I was too conscious of how close I was to the pumps and was not paying attention to the fact that I did not put the kickstand down. As I started to get off the bike it started to fall over...

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (dynodon1) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:14:01 GMT

Was getting my Venture Royale out for a ride last Saturday and as I was going to put the sidestand down, it started going over with me facing it. I scooted forward and wedged my legs onto the side and grabbed the handlebar with my left hand and grabbed for the passenger grab rail with my right. Since I didn't have my butt to push, I had to do a lot more work with my arms. I would have let it go, but it was very close to my car parked next to it and some damage would have been on both!...

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:46:35 GMT

These steps are for a bike that has fallen on its left side.
1. Hit the kill switch. Make sure the motor is off.
2. Turn the gas off if necessary
3. Make sure the bike is in gear if you can get to it. If it is not in gear and you can't get it in gear, the technique becomes more difficult, but it can still be done.
4. Standing with your butt toward the seat, stoop down and with your right hand take the left grip.
5. When you grab the grip, pull it until it is as...

Re: How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (rod rounds) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:16:08 GMT

What do you grab onto with your left and right hand on the "T" ? My bike was on its side when a car cut me off and with my Cobin seat i cant get a hold of it, i had to use the saddlebag crash bar and it was a one handed(one butt) lift.

ROD

How To Lift A Downed Motorcycle

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:25:14 GMT

I came across this piece of information on another forum. It made mention of an illustrated technique to pick up a downed motorcycle on the Woman Riders Now website. I thought I would make it available to all of you who may not know about this manner of picking up a downed motorcycle. This is a pretty high-class website and you might find other items of interest there also.

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