I laid it down!!!

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#11 Unread post by MakeCarsStandSTill »

,and another thing Verm your not lifting the full weight of the bike, so its not 3x your weight that your lifting :wink: :laughing: 8) , but anyways, That sucks dude what kind of bike do you have ray?
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#12 Unread post by t_bonee »

Ray wrote:
Lesson learned: GET A NEW PAIR OF RIDING BOOTS!!!
Or save yourself the money and tuck your laces into your boots. It works. I've never once got my tucked in laces tangled in any part of the bike.
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t_bonee wrote:
Ray wrote:
Lesson learned: GET A NEW PAIR OF RIDING BOOTS!!!
Or save yourself the money and tuck your laces into your boots. It works. I've never once got my tucked in laces tangled in any part of the bike.
+1 to that. I will sometimes get lazy and think about just tying them up and leaving them hanging there, but I just imagine the possibility of my laces getting stuck on something while I'm riding and I take the extra 2 seconds to tuck them into the boot.
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#14 Unread post by CNF2002 »

Its all in the technique. Now wheres that video of the old lady lifting the Goldwing?
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#15 Unread post by Dragonhawk »

Just wait until you drop it on a hill.

That's a whoooooooole new problem.

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#16 Unread post by spinner »

It's all about leverage, verm. You have to lift it a certain way. Take advantage of the bike's low COG. There's a post about it somewhere around here.
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#17 Unread post by Candy750 »

I too weigh in at 130, my Aero is 519, and I picked it up alone. Now that I know I can, I see no reason to have to do it ever again! :oops:
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#18 Unread post by NorthernPete »

I have almost done the same thing with my Vulcan, my jeans cuffs have sometimes gotten caught on the foot pegs..kinda throws you for a loop when you know your foot should go further down and it wont...

Glad to hear the bike and the body are OK!
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#19 Unread post by Flak Monkey »

The Crimson Rider® wrote:sorry to hear that but glad it wasn't very bad.

after a few more drops... you won't even care. :lol:

anyway... im only 130lbs and picking up a bike the weighs 3x as me is not easy. i can do it... but not easy.

If can pick my KZ up with one leg free and one twisted up under the bike then you should be able to lift your bike pretty easily. While we're on this ratio's thing my bike is 525lbs and I'm 150 so my ratio is 3.5:1 easily outstripping your measly 2.9:1. Maybe you should listen to the working out advice ;).

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#20 Unread post by Ray »

Well, I don't know exactly how much an M50 weights, but I'm 5'9 and 230 pounds!!!......
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