Shouldn't be that hard for you. Stand facing the bike on the kickstand side. Take your right foot and push the centre stand down so it makes contact with the ground.
Take your left hand and hold onto the left handlebar grip, and AT THE SAME TIME take your right hand and grip the frame just below the seat (you will find there is a little opening there) and push down on the centre stand while pulling up on the frame.
The explanation sounds a lot more complicated than it actually is.
Key Point: Push down on the centre stand with your foot while pulling up on the frame under the seat.
Good luck.
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1. Make sure the bike is vertical--touching both center stand legs before you start to roll it back onto the center stand. Until you get the hang of this, it may help to have someone stand on the other side of the bike so you are not so skiddish about pushing it away from you enough to get it vertical.
2. The trick is actually in your leg/foot, and finding a good comfortable place to place your right hand. In the beginning one usually tries to lift too much on the bike. It is more of a rolling motion with the right leg/foot pushing down very hard on the center stand.
3. Once you learn the knack of doing the deed, your left hand simply keeps the front wheel straignt.
4. Is it easy to learn--no. Can you learn it--yes. Does it take practice--yes, yes.
5. Don't use the seat as a place to grab with your right hand--the seat pan is plastic. Use the frame rail under the seat. If you have the Triumph pannier rails, you have a very good and easy hand hold. :-D
6. Most of us took many times to get the knack of doing this. It matters little how many other bikes you have had with center stands or how many Old Bonnies you've had, how old/young you are, how short/tall you are, how much you weigh, or what sex you are...it can be done with practice and perseverance.
7. It was kinda fun to go over to my 30 year old son's Tiger and put it on the center stand when he gave up after a few tries.
Good Luck :-D
Larry
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2003 T-100 (790cc), NARK, NH Togas, 8100 rpm rev limiter, 158 main jets, 42 pilot jets (less than 1 turn out on pilot screws), stock needles--no shims. 13 A/F ratio from 1100 rpm to 4000 rpm; 12 A/F ratio from 4000 rpm to 6000 rpm; 13 A/F from 6000 rpm to 8100 rpm.:D
2007 Tiger 1050--White:D--SW-Motech crashbars, Skidmarx rear hugger/chain guard, Calsci +7 windscreen.
I have found it easier if you use the left foot and face towards the rear of the bike. Left hand on the bars and right hand under the frame/ grab bar. Both feet of the stand firmly on the ground. Lift up in one motion.
On 2007-05-12 09:56, JKDJose wrote:
Found a video that helped me!
Very useful video for those who may be learning to do this. Just one point to add. He talks of using the muscles in his right leg to push down. More accurately, you use your weight... notice how his left leg comes up off the ground. Stand on the stand.
Bob
When you get used to it, you'll be able to snap it right up. In the meantime, you can try getting some rearward motion before you kick the stand down, to use the momentum, but don't lose the bike's balance!
Best would be to have a friend show you.
I have the sissy bar to grab, a convenient handle. Make sure that you grab a frame component, not the seat.
It's more physics, leverage, than brute strength.
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One additional tip: make sure the front end is perfectly in line with the bike, not pointing slightly to the right or left. If it's not in line, the front wheel will not roll back as easily, but will act as a kind of friction brake. Also, you may find places in which it's easier/harder to put it on the stand, as a slight change the level of the ground will have an effect. There is one spot in my garage where I don't even bother; fortunately where I park the bike works well--both spots look equally level though.
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