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Picking up your dropped bike

Bob Pinder

Bob Pinder

Registered User
Assuming its on relatively level ground............

Turn off the ignition, make sure its in gear and you're ready for lifting.....

Turn the bars to full opposite lock and lift the bar nearest the ground with both hands.

The power should be provided by your legs so you need to squat down and keep your back straight........just like the weight lifters on the telly

1, 2, 3 and up she comes, if you're not sure, not very strong, don't feel up to it or just can't be bothered then get some help
 
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marcella

Guest
Bob can you give me your mobile no mate_____cos i might need you to talk me through the next time if there is a next time (God forbid:bang: ) seriously i think embaressment had a good hand in me freakin out and doing the headless chiicken bit "if you know what i mean!". anyhow damn good advice thanks muchly:bow:
 
Bob Pinder

Bob Pinder

Registered User
full opposite lock

if the bike is laying on its left side then turn the bars as far to the the right as possible, ideally so its on the lock stops - this is why the bike should be in gear because then the back wheel won't roll away when you start lifting

and if its on its right side then turn the bars round to the left
 
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D.S.

Guest
more realistically.................................

Bob Pinder said:
Assuming its on relatively level ground............first and foremost admit to yourself that perhaps it's time you got something smaller, as you shouldn't be dropping a bike on level ground in the first place :blush:

Turn off the ignition, make sure its in gear and you're ready for lifting.....and ready to employ all the foul language you know :xm

Whilst listening to the sound of plastic grate against tarmac, gravel, etc.........turn the bars to full opposite lock, watch the mirror casing collapse and lift the bar nearest the ground with both hands.

The power should be provided by your legs so you need to squat down and keep your back straight........just like those Olympic weight lifters on the telly; you know the ones...........................the ones that have trained for years for the lift of their lives, whilst you stuggle to lift yourself out of bed in the mornings :}

1, 2, 3, and up she comes and feck, ladyparts, bollox, shit, bastid, down she goes again.

If you're not sure, not very strong, don't feel up to it or just can't be bothered then get some help
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Seriously Bob, good advice mate :yo:
 
Samster

Samster

chamon motherf*cker
And if it won't start once you've got it upright...............................................it's still in gear..............eh Joe! :-:
 
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10MEN

Guest
:bow: Good advice but usually when hit the ground it aint worth picking it up :blush:
 
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D.S.

Guest
Samster said:
And if it won't start once you've got it upright...............................................it's still in gear..............eh Joe! :-:
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& check the kill switch! :blush: :}
 
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StevePJuk

Guest
Try looking here. It actually has some videos on it.

http://www.pinkribbonrides.com/dropped.html

Have used this technique myself, and must admit i felt like a right girl, not because i couldn't pick the bike up, but more because i dropped it in the first place.
 
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Norvern Clone

Guest
Bob Pinder said:
full opposite lock


and if its on its right side then turn the bars round to the left
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Yes but remember to put the side stand in the down position first or you will have to climb on the bike too.
 
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ogr1

I can still see ya.....
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If all else fails......................

Don't drop it in the first place.
 
Rheumatoid

Rheumatoid

B.I.R.D Intellectual
Has anyone else noticed what superhuman strength you are suddenly endowed with to avoid looking a c*nt for too long when having dropped one (!) in view of others? I picked up a GS850 in a pub car park once as if it was a push bike!

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Smix

Smix

Fcuk Up Fairy
StevePJuk said:
Have used this technique myself, and must admit i felt like a right girl, not because i couldn't pick the bike up, but more because i dropped it in the first place.
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Oi!!!!

Ok - I know its taken me months to read this, but 'a right girl'??? Cheeky sod b0x2


(And I didn't read it cos I haveno illusions about my lack of strength when picking up that pink bike!! - I do the dumb blonde bit and ask for help!!)
 
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atinabay

Registered User
Just thought this was appropriate.........Just back from my Euro Trip. Went for one week to Germany with the guys in the club. Covered 1700 fairly hard miles. Came back, left three days later with my wife and toured the south of France/north Italy for two weeks. Another 2800mls of hard driving. Magic. Not a problem thruout the whole period. Got within ONE mile of my house, thought I would fill it up, so into the petrol station I go. stops , side stand on, wife gets off and I start to..............you got it .Down it went, like a shot elephant. Stand could`nt have been on right........Words could not describe it.............No. Not true. I found words I didnt even know existed. I picked the Bird up as if it were made of polystyrene.......Prat.........Incidently, It was ?500 of damage.
 
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ogr1

I can still see ya.....
Club Sponsor
All very good points....

assuming you have'nt dropped the bike on yer tootsies, crushed the cat, trapped yourself under the bike, ruptured the tank, sat in the cagers lap next to you at the lights :lol: man8um
 
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solorider

Guest
i have had to pick up my fj1200 twice and both times i have had the handlebar turned so that the steering turns to the direction that the bike has fallen so that the handlebar is by the tank,i have on both times managed to pick up my bike.another time when i came off on black ice on my xj750 i managed to pick that up on my own,i had a sprained ankle but didnt know that till about a hour later
 
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