Put bike on centerstand

[Frankie_imp]

Lol this thread started because one forum member was having issues putting his bike on the centerstand and had to have a neighbor come over and help him get it up. Funny thing is, I don't think he ever told us if he got it figured out. Hope so. He sure got plenty of advice in this thread lol.

Lol! I came on looking for the exact same question, as I’ve just test ridden one and tried ( and succeeded ) to put it on the centre stand. Not as easy as some but I managed. I thought I’d check for technique as there’s no obvious grab handle which would have helped.
Now what I really want to know is how do you get it off the centre stand as I didn’t try that!

Lol! I came on looking for the exact same question, as I’ve just test ridden one and tried ( and succeeded ) to put it on the centre stand. Not as easy as some but I managed. I thought I’d check for technique as there’s no obvious grab handle which would have helped.
Now what I really want to know is how do you get it off the centre stand as I didn’t try that!
Climb on. Start her up and engage first gear. Lean back so that rear wheel is grounded. Give it some beans and release the clutch. It will probably come off the stand...

Lol! I came on looking for the exact same question, as I’ve just test ridden one and tried ( and succeeded ) to put it on the centre stand. Not as easy as some but I managed. I thought I’d check for technique as there’s no obvious grab handle which would have helped.
Now what I really want to know is how do you get it off the centre stand as I didn’t try that!
Climb on. Start her up and engage first gear. Lean back so that rear wheel is grounded. Give it some beans and release the clutch. It will probably come off the stand...
don't do that Frankie.

Depending on how tall you are you can straddle the bike and push it forward. Be ready to use the front brake to stop the momentum once it's down.

If you are a munchkin like me, I stand to the left side of the bike, put the side stand down, push with both hands on the handlebars until it comes off the centerstand, stop it with the front brake and then sit it n the side stand.

Lol! I came on looking for the exact same question, as I’ve just test ridden one and tried ( and succeeded ) to put it on the centre stand. Not as easy as some but I managed. I thought I’d check for technique as there’s no obvious grab handle which would have helped.
Now what I really want to know is how do you get it off the centre stand as I didn’t try that!
Climb on. Start her up and engage first gear. Lean back so that rear wheel is grounded. Give it some beans and release the clutch. It will probably come off the stand...
don't do that Frankie.

Depending on how tall you are you can straddle the bike and push it forward. Be ready to use the front brake to stop the momentum once it's down.

If you are a munchkin like me, I stand to the left side of the bike, put the side stand down, push with both hands on the handlebars until it comes off the centerstand, stop it with the front brake and then sit it n the side stand.
That sounds a trifle more sensible than launch mode :-)

[Guth_imp]

Lol this thread started because one forum member was having issues putting his bike on the centerstand and had to have a neighbor come over and help him get it up. Funny thing is, I don't think he ever told us if he got it figured out. Hope so. He sure got plenty of advice in this thread lol.

Lol! I came on looking for the exact same question, as I’ve just test ridden one and tried ( and succeeded ) to put it on the centre stand. Not as easy as some but I managed. I thought I’d check for technique as there’s no obvious grab handle which would have helped.
Now what I really want to know is how do you get it off the centre stand as I didn’t try that!

Lol! I came on looking for the exact same question, as I’ve just test ridden one and tried ( and succeeded ) to put it on the centre stand. Not as easy as some but I managed. I thought I’d check for technique as there’s no obvious grab handle which would have helped.
Now what I really want to know is how do you get it off the centre stand as I didn’t try that!
Climb on. Start her up and engage first gear. Lean back so that rear wheel is grounded. Give it some beans and release the clutch. It will probably come off the stand...

Little known factoid: this is how Evel got his start. Yep, he got some big ideas from launching the bike up and off of the center stand when he was young. Next thing you know he's trying to leap the Snake River Canyon. It is a long-held belief that if the Skycycle X-2 actually had a center stand and Knievel had used the center stand launch technique (that Richard so eloquently described) to initiate the launch of the Skycycle X-2 itself, victory would have been his that day. But you didn't hear that from me, I preferred the look of the X-2 sans center stand myself.

Question: don't most people use the passenger grab bar behind the rear shock to grab hold of when righting the CB1100 on the center stand?

[Lord Popgun]

I use the grab rail. Comes right up and I’m a lightweight.

[Cormanus]

Really, my lord? I thought you just waved the Forum Secret Decoder Ring over the seat and up she pops.

[Lord Popgun]

I never thought of that!! I wonder if it would help me with the ST1300. Cause that thing I have problems with. And I have to get help to get it down. I don’t know how Ferret did it. I’m afraid of just holding the handlebars and pushing it off.

[Guth_imp]

Really, my lord? I thought you just waved the Forum Secret Decoder Ring over the seat and up she pops.

That might have been back when there was still a CB1100 Forum Secret Decoder Ring to be waved around. But no longer* as the evil darkness (not be be confused with the Evel darkness) known as the Admin editing console has strucketh!

*Only until LP chooses to reverse the Admin's evil actions as this game grows old quickly, lol.

[Lord Popgun]

Oh, man. I’m in the punishment box. Never forget who the King is (Guth) not me (just Lord Popgun)

[Guth_imp]

Oh, man. I’m in the punishment box. Never forget who the King is (Guth) not me (just Lord Popgun)

Yeah, right. More like the head cook and chief bottle washer (as my Grandma liked to say about her lot in life).

[the Ferret]

I never thought of that!! I wonder if it would help me with the ST1300. Cause that thing I have problems with. And I have to get help to get it down. I don’t know how Ferret did it. I’m afraid of just holding the handlebars and pushing it off.

Getting it off no problem, getting it on..big problem.