21 years Army (retired)
...been everywhere, seen everything, done almost everything.
IBA 80537
grip tape on foot pad and put nearly all your weight on it when lifting bike. your other foot just needs enough wait on it to keep your balance. cueman
Facing foreward on the left side, I grab the left handgrip with my left hand, the passenger grab rail with my right hand and get the bike off the kickstand and upright. Then with my right foot I push on the center stand pad until it hits the ground and steadies the bike in the upright position. From there, it's just a matter of continuing to push downward with the right leg and pulling slightly up and backwards on the passenger grabrail. It worked with my Valkyries and works equally well with the B.
Do your Best and Miss the Rest!
It's a lot easier than my 76 wing
I choose my own ride and destination and seek not your approval of either.
I've not really found it difficult in the least to get it onto the centre stand. Certainly no more difficult than any other larger cycle I have owned.
The day I took delivery and rode it home, I put it up out in my driveway. I had heard all the stories and had seen all the online chatter about how tough it was to do. When I did it, it went up so easily that I thought maybe all the complaining I had seen was a practical joke.
....sT
Journeyman ATCS, retired
U.S. DOT - Federal Aviation Administration -- 1982-2012
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I believe that the higher your rear shock setting is, the easier it is to get the bike on the center stand. On my Valk, I had shorter rear shocks and it was a bi!ch to get on its center stand.
Also, once you have the center stand partly down with your foot on it, make sure that the bike is setting on both center stand pads. If you are leaning on one pad (like the one towards the side stand), it will be a lot harder to get the bike up.
Albuquerque, NM