I rode my CB for the first time today and dropped it.

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Thank you all for your replies.

I posted about my embarrassing incident as a “after action” report that might save others from the same problem. Something I went thru during my working career.

As to picking up the bike - I am sixty one and have 2 artificial knees and a
fully healed broken femur caused by a gun shot wound 30 years ago, that still hurts from time to time. I have no problems with my back or neck and don’t want to start.

Of the three of us who lifted up the bike I was the youngest. My waterfront neighborhood is full or retirees who keep boats behind their houses to go fishing, not exactly a stressful physical activity.

One poster asked why I had to lean the bike to the right to set down the stand. A good question considering how poorly I worded my description.

What I meant to say was I shifted the weight to my right leg, before my right foot slipped.

I’m looking for advice on proper footwear for the CB1100 or any bike. I’ll start a new thread.

This is a great forum. The most civil of the three I belong to - one about boats, one about firearms, and this one.

Mike

This just shows how folks should not be jumping to conclusions about what people can and cannot do, and why that is so. A lot of years of living and riding motorcycles -- among other risky activities -- takes its toll. However even a young strong man can destroy his back by lifting something improperly, and it doesn't have to be anywhere near as heavy as a big motorcycle. Could be a box of parts at work. I had a buddy, young and strong as an ox, wreck his back helping someone else lift their bike after it was dropped. His back was messed up after that and never was the same.