Keep the front wheel straight while rolling the bike backwards in neutral. Step on the center stand and there you go. You let the inertia of the bike put it on the stand. No lifting involved. On a side note, you ride a bike and don't know how to do this?
I did this all of the time. What kind of bike?
It's easiest to leave the kickstand down and have the rear stand already placed near the back tire. Make sure the front wheel is pointed straight. With both hands on the tail of the bike lift the bike so that it's vertical. Now stabilize the bike using one hand on the right passenger peg or another solid point near the rear of the bike. Take your left/free hand and position the rear stand under the spools and apply lifting pressure. At this point you can remove your hand from the bike and use both hands to lift the bike up with the rear stand.
I have a 2001 GSXR600. I am looking to just clean and lube my chain and I thought it would be easier to put it on the stand and spin the tire, rather than lubing 6 inches, rolling it forward, lubing.. repeat. I am just nervous of dropping it, but I will take your guys advice and also watch some youtube vids on how to do it.
The stand definitely makes chain maintenance easier. You'll get it down quickly. My bikes have always been on a rear stand, I keep them stored that way in fact. Almost every night when I put my bike away it goes on my Pit Bull rear swingarm stand.
Might be good practice for you to get in that habit too.
I have a 2001 GSXR600. I am looking to just clean and lube my chain and I thought it would be easier to put it on the stand and spin the tire, rather than lubing 6 inches, rolling it forward, lubing.. repeat. I am just nervous of dropping it, but I will take your guys advice and also watch some youtube vids on how to do it.
That sounds like overkill. Putting your bike on a stand every night.
I'd never own a bike that I loved so much. Seemed like more headache to me owning the expensive bikes. A scratch or ding would ruin my day. Give me a bike I can flog and if it gets dinged its no big deal.
Some people enjoy nice things, other people are satisfied with owning trash.
That sounds like overkill. Putting your bike on a stand every night.
I'd never own a bike that I loved so much. Seemed like more headache to me owning the expensive bikes. A scratch or ding would ruin my day. Give me a bike I can flog and if it gets dinged its no big deal.
That sounds like overkill. Putting your bike on a stand every night.
I'd never own a bike that I loved so much. Seemed like more headache to me owning the expensive bikes. A scratch or ding would ruin my day. Give me a bike I can flog and if it gets dinged its no big deal.
Sorry you never actually rode a bike. Waxing em and cruising at 60mph don't count for riding in my book. If you actually ever pushed a bike you'd know how often and easy they are to wreck. So yeah we have different ideas on how to ride a bike. Keep waxing your 10k+ garage queen up and trying to give the illusion you are a rider.
Sorry you never actually rode a bike. Waxing em and cruising at 60mph don't count for riding in my book. If you actually ever pushed a bike you'd know how often and easy they are to wreck. So yeah we have different ideas on how to ride a bike. Keep waxing your 10k+ garage queen up and trying to give the illusion you are a rider.
I did it with my SV650 too. It takes a few seconds and makes the bike more stable and less likely to be knocked over. And a tip over in a crowded garage is going to do more than just put a ding in it. It could damage something it hits, like my wife's car, or my son. It also makes checking tire pressure much easier before a ride because I can rotate the rear wheel so that the valve stem is in a position I can get to it easily. The bike also takes up less room in my garage when it is on the stand.
One more thing, when I sold the SV I got almost $4k for it. I got that much for it because I took care of it and didn't treat it like some piece of shit I don't care about.
And I do ride my bikes. I put 17,000 miles on my SV in the 3 years I owned it and I have just under 7,000 miles on my Ducati and I haven't even had that for a year yet. I have a ding in my bike and it is showing some wear in the finish on the tank because I ride it so much.
People who rag out their bikes and never maintain them are the ones with bolts rattling loose at 90mph. A bike only has two wheels, it needs to be in the best condition possible - if nothing else then for your safety.
So you took my advice of buying the bike you want to begin with? Or did you by the sv get tired of it and got the ss you really wanted?
I got the ss to begin with. Took me a few days to get used to it, but now I am totally fine with it.
Does anybody know where I can find a free version of the owners manual? I think I have it, but I'm not sure. If I check tire pressure, I need to know what it has to be. I am totally new to motorcycle fixes/maintanence, but I don't want to pay out the ass for bringing it to a guy to check/fix simple things like tire pressure, chain tension, etc. But then again, I don't want to start something, even if it's simple, if I have no training on how to do it at all.
I got the ss to begin with. Took me a few days to get used to it, but now I am totally fine with it.
Does anybody know where I can find a free version of the owners manual? I think I have it, but I'm not sure. If I check tire pressure, I need to know what it has to be. I am totally new to motorcycle fixes/maintanence, but I don't want to pay out the ass for bringing it to a guy to check/fix simple things like tire pressure, chain tension, etc. But then again, I don't want to start something, even if it's simple, if I have no training on how to do it at all.