12-18-2017, 03:15 AM
(12-12-2017, 11:33 AM)rotor_imp Wrote:(12-12-2017, 09:33 AM)Houtman_imp Wrote: I for one will never sell my 3 CB 1100's , they will be probably the last bikes I will own unless I am too weak to put them on the center stand.
If one is 80 kg body weight and can walk up the stairs, he or she can lift this bike on the center stand. (Either that, or the force on the stand lever is not applied directly down).
I weigh 222 pounds and have 27 years of riding experience. All my motorcycles had center stands including my Yamaha XS 1100 decked out with a Vetter fairing, saddlebags and trunk, and my Goldwing Aspencade. Of all my bikes the hardest bike to put on the center stand is my new 2017 CB1100 EX.
It did help when someone mentioned to make sure each of the center stand feet are square to the garage floor and bearing the weight equally. But despite my weight and experience, this bike is still the hardest I have ever owned to place on the stand.
One day I was not standing directly above the center stand lever but in front of it. It rolled up easier than I expected, but I have never been able to repeat it.