My GS fought back...

[Prawnini]

You need some of my ballast.....

Wish you better fella

 

[matchbox]

I am going to lay a board on approach to turntable. This will raise bike enough to make centre stand easier, I hope.

BTW have used a turntable for several years and reckon it's the best tool I ever bought, after the GS.

 

[JerseyNeil]

Hope you heal quick. Makes me kinda smug that my GS Rallye came without a centre stand

 

[Graham Fitch]

It can only be a matter of time before a manufacturer will develop a hydrolic centre stand run by a power take off the engine, something like two vertical rams, simples

 

[mattgslc]

It can only be a matter of time before a manufacturer will develop a hydrolic centre stand run by a power take off the engine, something like two vertical rams, simples

they did on the Honda Goldwing and you can also buy a remote one for Harley Davidsons which pull out from underneath the frame

if you look at the bottom of the bike its lifting the bike up as a centre stand

 

[Bobbin-Man]

Just arrived home and this thread's going through my head whilst I'm putting the GS into the garage and onto it's centre stand, even with just an uneven floor it's easy to see how the extra effort needed to lift it could over stress a calf muscle.

Being super careful now ... in January I suffered a full acromiun clavicle separation when I forgot to remove the disc lock before setting off ... in plain language I tore my collar bone from my shoulder when I hit the hard stuff
Two months since surgery and finally back on the bike. Weird how the physiotherapy I'm needing is many times more painful than the original injury, although at the time picking up the GS did smart a little!

Good luck with a full recovery

 

[Bobbin-Man]

A mate's '53 plate K1200LC has an electric centre stand, maybe other models in the BMW range have had something similar.

 

[WaterMonkey]

Just arrived home and this thread's going through my head whilst I'm putting the GS into the garage and onto it's centre stand, even with just an uneven floor it's easy to see how the extra effort needed to lift it could over stress a calf muscle.

Standing on the lever to put the bike on the centre stand shouldn't require any more effort on the legs than standing on a step. It should be your body weight that does the work not your calf muscles.
I sympathise with the shoulder issue, came off a mountain bike and hit a massive tree 7 months ago and still not fully repaired! Shoulder are bloody horrible things to repair!

 

[notagser]

When I'm parking my 1150GS in the garage, I roll it backwards onto this to make lifting it onto the centrestand slightly easier.

 

[bergboxer]

I agree my bike is much harder to rock back onto centre stand, I am seriously considering a lifting handle that are on sale ,especially the Wunderlich at N/N.
Has any one got one ? Does it help? Even the pannier rack cuts into your hand when pulling up.

 

[richardbd]

Standing on the lever to put the bike on the centre stand shouldn't require any more effort on the legs than standing on a step. It should be your body weight that does the work not your calf muscles.

That's great in theory but doesn't translate into the real world - especially with luggage AND the turntable changing the stand angle I guess...

 

[a2zworks]

Time to down size to a scooter for you lot, there is also the added benefit of fresh air blowing on your vaginas

I weigh 73kg and all I do is stand on the centre stand bar one hand on the handle bar other on the frame just to steady it and up she comes. No lifting no pushing down with leg, just apply my mass.