center stand

ok i know i read it here but cant find it with search so i'll ask here.

have xj750 max..........whats the easiest way to get it on it. i'm only 5'5" :cry: ..cant seem to get on the center stand by myself..
help

 

I'm 6'4" so I don't practice this method but you could try stepping straight up onto one foot peg trying to keep your balance over the center of the bike. Then swing your leg over.

But...why are you getting on the bike with the center stand up? Do you rock the bike forward to get it down from the center stand position? Seems you would have a lot easier time using the SIDE stand which would have the bike at a lower height and easier to get on.

 

im sorry i didnt write it right.
i meant to ask is

how do i get it on the center stand. i'm not trying to get on the bike with it on the center stand. just trying to get the bike on it.

sorry for not wording properly

 

Putting a bike up on a center stand is something they should have you do when you get your licence.

It's easy, I'm not a big guy (5'10" 175 lbs) and I have shown 3 or 4 (large... the guys and the bikes) goldwing drivers how to put their bikes on the centerstand without having a hernia.

First, stand on the left side of your bike (the side with the center stand peg, duh), press down on the peg until it touches the ground.

Rock the bike slightly left and right until you have it balanced directly on both feet of the center stand.

Here's the "sort of" tricky part.

Grab the bike directly above where your foot is pressing down on the peg and pull straight up.

Might take a few tries to get it right... but once you get it you'll be able to get your 750 up NO problem.

Before I learned the right technique I had to help my dad lift his goldwing everytime he wanted to park it.
Someone should post a video on youtube or something... Everyone with a bike (that has a centerstand) should know how to do this withought straining themselves.

 

Here you go:
Technique is a little different (he grabs the back of the bike and pulls backward).
But it's a good video.

How to put a bike on a center stand (youtube)

 

Here is an even better method:

How to knock your beemer over (youtube)

 

AND in case you knock your bike over like the previous message:

How to pick up your bike (youtube)

...These guys seem to have a handle on this. Good info. I've had to pick my trail bike up like that before (I saw the method on tv years ago). It's just like deadlift, if you work out at all. But hopefully you wont drop your bike in the bushes like the woman in the video.

 

Did that make me sound like an ass?

Not intended, hah, hope that info helps!

 

thank you all....its a big help.

i got my license 16 years ago abd was able to do it then but have had a bike in 14 years. so i forgot and when i did know i only did a few times.

but anyways thanks again

 

I do it quite a bit like the first video. Key points:

Handlebars straight.

Both centerstand feet on the ground.

Let your leg do the work - almost like you're trying to push the centerstand into the ground.

Rock bike backward slightly to help roll it up.

 

I agree with MiCarl.

My first attempts to get my relatively small bike on its center stand were rather comical, until I happened to find a description of the proper technique somewhere on the net. Now all I ever use is the center stand.

Stand facing the bike, left hand on left handlebar, right hand on the grab bar.
Keep your right arm fairly straight and locked, and try to push the center stand down into the ground.

The bike will rise up like magic and rock back onto the stand.

No huffing, no puffing, no hernias, no dropped bike!

MHHPartner

 

love the video info I was rotflmao...good stuff guyz

 

You know I had my maxim for all of last year and didn't know how to put it one the centerstand. In fact I dropped it twice trying to do it.

I just learned to put it on the centerstand yesterday. There were two things that I was doing wrong. I was not using the left hand to keep the front wheel straight. The other one is even more important. You have to lift just a little on the back bar of the bike with your right hand. If you don't lift the bike will never go on the stand it will just sway back and forth trying to get on the stand.

Now that I got the bike on the stand I can't get the thing started or even turn over.

Don't feel embaresed we all had to start somewhere.

 

Haha, when I first got my Seca 550 I tried to put it on the center stand while standing over the bike... Needless to say I got it on the center stand, but it wasn't easy at all.

 

i'm 5' 7 and a half inches. The first time i had to put my xj650 on the center stand i was so pissed off, i just couldnt do it and i have little patience. I found using your foot to press down the centerstand, then use your legs and arms to pull it as far back as you can and when it stops, mash the front brake to pause it in mid flight. Then when you have it standing half way, relax and slowing pull it back, takes a couple tries but when you get the hang of it you feel like a fart smucker, k not really but for a short guy it really makes you feel like you've accomplished something

 

Man, that video and the info in this thread has helped me out tremendously. I never realized that I wasn't starting out with the bike on both legs of the center stand. I made sure that it was tonight and it went up like it wanted to be there or something.

 

As mentioned above, it's all technique. When done right it's almost effortless. Mine almost always goes on the centerstand. Just don't trust the sidestand (especially on those HOT days).

 

I've wrestled with it in the past and felt like an idiot. I read this thread and while waiting for that video to load over my fabulous dial up connection, I figured I'd go give it a shot. At first I wasn't pressing down hard enough with my leg and it was hard, but then all of a sudden, whap! It kind of surprised me it went up so fast. I practiced a few more times just to make sure it wasn't an accident. Now I won't need my little piece of diamond plate under the side stand to keep it from sinking into the asphalt. I imagine that the wind won't be able to blow it over again either. I'm sold By the way, I'm only 5'5" and 160, so if I can do it anybody can.

 

Nice Bike Pacocase

 

I'm an old guy with a bad heart. I've been riding for 44 years and I've forgotten how many bikes I've had, but I would like to go on record as saying the XJ has a GREAT centre stand. It is one of the best I've ever used. As several people have already pointed out, the trick is the downwards pressure on the stand (and making sure both legs are on the ground). Then pull back on the grab bar and it's up. To get it down, just sit on it and do an Elvis type pelvic thrust. The bike will roll off the stand with no effort at all. Yamaha really excelled themselves with this bit of design. It is far superior to most bikes of the era, of earlier eras, and of today.
(Oh, by the way, that's both legs of the stand should be on the ground)

 

Thanks.

 

hey i'm getting pretty good.
thanks all

 

I can't say I really have a lot of experience doing this since this is my first bike. I put my right foot on the lever, left hand on left handle bar, right hand on rear of the frame. I get it up without much effort, but being 200lbs and 6'0 my weight alone is almost enough on the peg to make it rise up, and takes very little effort from my arms.

My uncle who has had many bikes from just about every major manufacturer (including the British ones) over the course of his life says my Maxim is about the easiest bike to put on the stand that hes ever dealt with.

 

You know what gets me, I just looked thru the owner's manual and there isnt anything saying how to get the bike on the center stand. You would think they would have put something like that in it.

Anyway, them video's are cool.

I wish I would have put my bike on the center stand last Sunday, maybe my windshield would still be in one piece.

You live and learn.

 

After putting my 77 goldwing up, the 750 seca is a breeze, But making sure both feet are touching the ground makes a world of difference.