07-21-2014, 01:29 AM
(07-21-2014, 12:27 AM)shdwghst457_imp Wrote:(07-18-2014, 11:21 PM)CB4ME_imp Wrote: Carl - sorry to hear about the slo-mo tip over. It's all to easy to do. I haven't lost my CB yet but have had a couple of interesting moments. Glad the damage was minimal.
I have a sort of related question to forum members. Who mounts or dismounts their bike without the sidestand being extended? In my youth I did all the time.
I don't ever use the side stand; I get off the bike with it being vertical, and put it on the center stand immediately. I also don't ever move the bike without being on it. Awkward, but less risky.
Thanks to my turntable I don't have to back the thing into the garage anymore either. I'm all for minimizing risk and I don't see the side stand as risk avoidance at all.
I don't ever use the side stand; I get off the bike with it being vertical, and put it on the center stand immediately. I also don't ever move the bike without being on it. Awkward, but less risky.
Thanks to my turntable I don't have to back the thing into the garage anymore either. I'm all for minimizing risk and I don't see the side stand as risk avoidance at all.
I'm on the other side with this - never on or off without the side stand down. I'm nowhere near confident enough in my balancing ability with this heavy of a bike to do anything else. Especially since there's a tail bag on the passenger seat, which creates the need for a good, high, kung fu leg swing to clear it.
