How to pick a fallen SV up

Originally Posted by instigator

Back to it, arms behind you, closest hand on the lowest handlebar. lift with your knees. Something like that, so you don't strain your back too much.

http://www.ibmwr.org/otech/pickup.html

But I just grab the lowest handlebar and tank and lift it that way too, easy peasy. Helps if you fall off it dramatically and then immediately try and lift it. The adrenaline helps. I've yet to find a bike that I have struggled to pick up despite being a skinny malinky thats a sstrong as a drink of water.

This is the proper technique as it was developed for the big, heavy american bikes.

Haven't dropped the SV yet. But I was sat in a car park, awaiting my instructor just before DAS, and decided I'd try put it on the centre stand, just in case I was asked on test. It was one thing I hadn't practiced much. ER5 on the floor & me looking like a t*t

Don't ask me why, or how it worked, but foot on the peg, holding the tank with one arm (over the top of the tank), hold the throttle with the other (it went left side down). Rock forwards, then backwards & put pressure through the peg. Heypresto, street-cred restored as I sat on the bike as it came up to me

Luckily I wasn't asked to put it on the centre stand during test conditions *whistles*

Originally Posted by Baph

and decided I'd try put it on the centre stand, just in case I was asked on test.

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Luckily I wasn't asked to put it on the centre stand during test conditions *whistles*

We were told that when asked to put the bike on the stand you could chose just to choose the centre or side stand - (of course I opted for side stand ) Apparently the reason for this is that many bikes dont have a centre stand (like the SV) so if taking your test on such a bike this would be the only choice . Dont know if this is still the case on the test?

I am always so embarrassed that everyone is laughing at me I haul it up brute force no technique and ride off asap. Then I get round the corner, stop, all my torn muscles and stretched ligaments start to ache and I have a good cry

My technique is to pick on two brawny passerbyers and get them to do the lifting for me.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by need2ride

We were told that when asked to put the bike on the stand you could chose just to choose the centre or side stand - (of course I opted for side stand ) Apparently the reason for this is that many bikes dont have a centre stand (like the SV) so if taking your test on such a bike this would be the only choice . Dont know if this is still the case on the test?

I was told to listen carefully if they say stand or centre stand - obviously they wouldn't say centre stand if the bike didn't have one, and if they just say stand , then you get to choose.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Baph

Haven't dropped the SV yet. But I was sat in a car park, awaiting my instructor just before DAS, and decided I'd try put it on the centre stand, just in case I was asked on test. It was one thing I hadn't practiced much. ER5 on the floor & me looking like a t*t

Don't ask me why, or how it worked, but foot on the peg, holding the tank with one arm (over the top of the tank), hold the throttle with the other (it went left side down). Rock forwards, then backwards & put pressure through the peg. Heypresto, street-cred restored as I sat on the bike as it came up to me

Luckily I wasn't asked to put it on the centre stand during test conditions *whistles*

WTF - did you pick it up from the right hand side - by putting your foot on the peg - like picking up a skateboard by standing on the front?

Originally Posted by Stu

WTF - did you pick it up from the right hand side - by putting your foot on the peg - like picking up a skateboard by standing on the front?

Yup, that's the one. Fallen onto it's left, I was on the right side of the bike. The ER-5's are lighter than the SV though, don't think I'd be able to do the same with the SV, and don't want to try either, unless someone is willing to drop their bike for me?

Dropping bikes eh - the shame of it. If I were you I'd just walk away and hope nobody recognised you.

Luckily so far the only bikes I've dropped have been off roaders, which weren't so much dropped as thrown over things... hills.. tree stumps... a cliff!

Originally Posted by K

Dropping bikes eh - the shame of it. If I were you I'd just walk away and hope nobody recognised you.

Luckily so far the only bikes I've dropped have been off roaders, which weren't so much dropped as thrown over things... hills.. tree stumps... a cliff!

K, if it makes you feel better, I've dropped a 4x4 landrover off a cliff! With me in it (mind it was only around 15ft - still wrote it off)!