F800 - if you drop it?

[Maxxx]

can you pick it up by yourself or is this a 2 person job?

I took one for a test ride yesterday but didn't have the opportunity to lower it all the way down on its side and try to pick it back up again - the bike feels so light to ride due to the low centre of gravity and superb balance but just how heavy a beast is it once it's laying down on its side?

 

[freeloader]

Had to do it 24 hours after I got mine, and after I managed to drag my leg out from underneath.

Yes, you can do it without help (well, I could).

 

[Fanum]

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There's also a vid of a very small lady picking up a very very big bike out there, but I thought I'd spare your blushes

It's all technique....and it's worth practising as well.....a carpet or a grassy bank and a mate to help, give it a go, then you'll not be scared by it

 

[twisticles]

Like Fanum says, best to practice when the is no pressure so you can do it when you need to.

The BMW off-road school teaches a different method, which you get a glimpse of around 40 seconds in at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQvZad_Mnko

The principle is this:

• Hit the kill switch if the bike is running
• Bike should be in gear so it doesn't roll as you lift it
• Lift from the uphill side
• Turn the handle bars away from you to full lock
• (now the back and front wheels wont move as you lift)
• Cradle hands under the bar end, lift with your legs
• as the bike comes up, you can get your knee under the tank to pause if you need to

Everyone on the BMW school could do this with any bike, up to the 1200GSA.

If you tumbled or crashed to cause your bike to lie down, there are two reasons why you should not hurry to pick it up:

1. You need to check yourself for injuries, and overcome the shock of the fall
2. You need to give time for other tossers to get their cameras out

 

[Maxxx]

Hah - in all my years of biking ........I've been stooopid! OK - granted, I've had much lighter bikes in general (offroad / Enduro types) but I've never thought of lifting this way - so simple, but so effective - can't wait to give it a try - many thanks!!

 

[G.C.]

[*]You need to give time for other tossers to get their cameras out
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White phone for Ronno...........

 

[ide508]

Happent to me once, I "thought" the side stand was fully extended... it was not
The bike fell on tarmac quite down hill. I could not raise it back alone !
No damage thanks to the BMW hand protection (just a scratch on the left black spoiler) I guess that if you have crash bars or side panniers it would help.

Think about it when you ride solo...

 

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White phone for Ronno...........

what could you mean






That boyo was shifting at the end of the vines clip

 

[Micky]

can you pick it up by yourself or is this a 2 person job?

I took one for a test ride yesterday but didn't have the opportunity to lower it all the way down on its side and try to pick it back up again - the bike feels so light to ride due to the low centre of gravity and superb balance but just how heavy a beast is it once it's laying down on its side?

How big are you?

How strong are you?

How long is a piece of string?

If you're 5' 2" and six stone then I guess not

If you're built like Geoff Capes then it's a cinch