lay thee down

[JJ's GS]

I dropped mine (1200 GS) on a gravel car park a while ago.
I grabbed the handlebar and rear grab handle and very surprised how easy it was.

To show how sad I am I actually put it back down and did it a second time as I thought it was a fluke.

You can imagine the looks on the faces of people watching me, they must of thought I was barking.


JJ

 

[chablis]

Here's a video.

Points to note -

Bike must be in gear to stop it rolling away.
Steering must be on full lock.

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Toad

Just for a minute I was worried, I thought thats my bike until I realised, it's okay I bought number 35, also a red GSA. I'm sure the BMW instructor riding mine was much kinder to their bike.

On picking up motorbikes, I have found being in the middle of a busy road great motivation. But ask me after the first time I have to do it with fully loaded panniers.

 

[garfield]

don't do what I did and get it completely submerged in a bog, the only way out was to kick it on it's side and drag it along.....I was sweating in places I never knew I had places.....

 

[Ash]

.....I was sweating in places I never knew I had places.....

the very thought
hopefully no pictures were taken.

 

[Boxerboy55]

. . . . But here's the point - with adrenalin / annoyance coursing through the system (and using the method shown in Toad's video) it was righted single handedly before anyone could grab a camera to capture the moment !!
and
So, the moral of the story is... Other than take care in gas stations... Where there is a will there is a way... And it isn't the impossibility some would have you believe...

+1 I'll go along with that. I lost mine 2 weeks ago during a hasty 3 point turn on a quiet main road. No panniers on, just a top box and standard bumwee engine bars to save the day. First surprise was that I got away from it as it fell and didn't end up lying under it. The embarrassment and adrenalin was such that I had it up Very Quickly.

2 days ago I mis-judged a stop on a slight downhill slope and as I was dismounting with bike on side stand to take a photo - leaving engine running - it rollled gently off the stand and fell towards me. I didn't even let go the LH bar as the crash bar gently touched down. I quickly grabbed the carrier and popped it back up and parked it properly in gear. It didn't actually get all the way down on it's side this time. I agree that panniers would probably keep it up off the deck better - but they may look a bit battle scarred after the event.

 

[SonicTheHedgehog]

I agree that panniers would probably keep it up off the deck better - but they may look a bit battle scarred after the event.

The panniers made picking my GSA up more straightforward when it got nailed by the friendly neighbourhood scrotes, but it initially went down with enough force to twist the pannier. Brute force and ignorance got it mostly straight, but it's never been quite right since, and I haven't been bothered enough to find a panel-beater yet.