When I laid my Valk down (only goes down about 45*), then righted it, it started right away. It did die when laid over.

When I laid the bike over again, on purpose, to lift it by myself, the bike only drops about 2" to the guards. I did a search on the Valk site, and a guy had his wife stand up his bike. I found I needed to plant my bum under the seat.

gordonv       Richmond (Vancouver) BC
   1988 Goldwing GL1500

1998 ACE Tourer   1982 GW GL1100A   1999 Valkyrie Interstate   1984 CM400T   1982 CM250 Custom

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Edited 1 time by gordonv Nov 22 10 5:55 PM.