06-17-2017, 09:39 PM
(06-17-2017, 01:31 PM)Stichill_imp Wrote: One thing about center stands is a degree of patience. You can't just stomp on the lever and up comes the bike. You literally stand on it with your full weight and wait for the lever action to occur.
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
- Archimedes
I could literally stand on the tang of my ST 1300 all day and it wouldn't budge. Honestly. Honda provides a big swing out bar to help heft the whale onto the stand. They wouldn't do that if it was simply a matter of standing on the tang. It's not a balance bar, it's a lift bar.
While true it's " mostly" a matter of technique, I can tell you from working in the motorcycle industry for 17 years and putting tens of thousands of motorcycles on their centerstands from 50cc to 1800cc that some just go up easier than others. I would put the CB somewhere in the middle. Not the easiest, not the hardest. To me the Goldwing is easier. I have always had multiple motorcycles in the garage (down to 2 now but as many as 6 at one time) and there have always been one's that are not a problem and ones I regret having to put on their stands. Just like the two I have now. One I don't mind. The other I call my wife to help, even though I know and use the same technique.