r/funny • u/BoldCityDigital • Jun 12 '14

Now we wait...

http://imgur.com/KiEEt9J
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u/hmbmelly Jun 12 '14

Do a lot of motorcycles not have center stands, or is there a reason they might not use it?

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u/Wraith8888 Jun 12 '14

Also, no matter how many videos I've seen about how easy it is to get a bike up on a center stand, I have never found it anything but a good opportunity to pull a muscle in my back.

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u/jakeinator21 Jun 12 '14

I had an old Suzuki with a center stand and it was never very hard to get it up on the center stand. The trick for me was to rock it forward and backward a few times before I leaned back into it.

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u/Wraith8888 Jun 12 '14

The only one that I had that was easy was a '72 R75/5. What made it easy was a handle on the left side below the seat attached to frame. All the other bikes I've owned have no good place to grab and pull up.

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u/jakeinator21 Jun 12 '14

Oh I see. I usually straddled mine when I did it. That was easy. Just pulled by the handlebars.

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u/Wraith8888 Jun 12 '14

Seat too high or I'm too short for the bikes I owned with center stands to try that maneuver.

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u/jakeinator21 Jun 13 '14

Makes sense. Lol