Picking up a dropped bike

[skidMark]

straight after the crash get to the bike...turn the key off so if it's leaking fuel theres less chance of a spark making it go boom

then ive found ive usually got so much adrenalin a heave and it's up....

i picked up a 600 for a guy who crashed once....i was so worried about it catching fire or something that......i just heaved...and i'm only 60 kg

but to warn people get to that bike asap and get that damn key turned off even if u can't pick it up....and if you can get to the fuel tap shut the fuel off too

last thing you want is your bit of road rash turning into a bike turning to nothing in a fire

just my piece of 10c new copper coin.

cheers : mark

[k14]

Don't know what you guys are on about, never had any problems picking up the rs if I drop it

[Jantar]

I've found this method works well as long as there is grip for the tyres. Its not so good on soft wet grass, or on very steep & rutted dirt slopes.

[Ixion]

Soft surface or gravel, kick or dig a little trench on the upward side of the tyres. Let the tyres drop into the trench. Only needs to be an inch deep or so, just enough to stop them sliding.

[Lissa]

I dropped my bike once, with the engine running still when my foot slipped. After rolling on the ground, my friend, picked up the bike for me, because the fuel was leaking, so I never got the chance to try it. Strange the bike came before me, I had to haul myself up!

[sAsLEX]

Don't know what you guys are on about, never had any problems picking up the rs if I drop it

Helps you didn't even let go of the bars last drop you had!

[Motu]

The first I bike I owned that I couldn't pick up was the XLV750 - it wasn't so much that it was heavy,but the weight was carried high as well.The first time I dropped it was sorta off road,although the road was only an underarm lob away.It fell on a hump,so everything was touching the ground - the wheels were on the ground,the bars were on the ground,and the tank was too.So there was no way I could get a purchase under the bike to pick it up.This was a remote area with absolutly no traffic (why else would I be there?) I popped every cork and used up my supply of ''oh shit!'' adrenalin,the next day every single muscle in my body was sore.I resorted to scouring the countryside,and found a 2 metre half round and managed to lever the bike up with it under the steering head.

We call it adventure riding....making the impossible possible....

[Toaster]

I need to find someone's bike to push over and try it.......... (just kidding!!).

[Balrog]

I've used the bum on seat method to pick up the GS a few times now
and it works great unless the bikes completely flat.
( sticky out cylinder in hole = bmw flat on arse )

The other way to try is
- make sure the bikes in gear
- push the down handle bar as far forward as you can away from the tank.
- Squat down, grab the handle bar with both hands, keep your
back straight and lift.

Not as good as the bum on seat method, but is an alternative.

[NordieBoy]

So that's what's been happening with Cath's bike!
Damn KB'ers practicing their bike picking up techniques.

[90s]

Embarrassing story - yesterday bringing my bike out of the garage I wasn't paying attention, slipped and dropped it ... lowered it to the ground effectively although it hit with a jolt on the wing mirror.

First time I have ever dropped a bike (not counting beinf hit by a car).

I have read that website's advice before, and taking it nearly killed me! First the GSX was flat on the floor - no way to effectively brace the small of your back on. GSX weighs full about 220kg. Eventually I thought I would maybe get a neighbour to help - the ultimate humiliation - then I simply tried picking the bike up with one hand on the grab rail and one of the seat. It sprang up easy with not much effort.

The affair is over - I'll never trust the internet again.

[kevfromcoro]

They are great tips but why are they always shown with a BMW- they don't even get all the way to the ground- does that style work as well on picking up other bikes?

think they use BMWs because the darn things fall over a lot at slow speeds..have found my 800 very hard to monuver at slow speeds.dropped it while doing a u turn in the middle of the h/way..its amazzing the strength u can get out of shear embarrsment..

[SDU]

Hey! SDU! I've got News.

Your bikes don't get all the way to the ground either!

A lot lower than the BMW!

Yup SDU it does...
I remember when I let the Zeal have a little lie down... Ixion had posted this technique a while before... tried it and voila! I was up and away again.

Your bike is a little bit heavier... but apparantly if you use that method it does not matter.

I have tried that technique on the Guzzi (on a hill too ), & I couldn't get under the bike enough to get the lift it nearly broke my back trying. I don't have the arm length / strength to do it that way I need to use my body/hip side on to the bike to help take the weight. Even with the DR. I have practised but not a technique I can use. Oh well Adrenaline is amazing at times.

Soft surface or gravel, kick or dig a little trench on the upward side of the tyres. Let the tyres drop into the trench. Only needs to be an inch deep or so, just enough to stop them sliding.

That works sweet as every time!

[SDU]

think they use BMWs because the darn things fall over a lot at slow speeds..have found my 800 very hard to monuver at slow speeds.dropped it while doing a u turn in the middle of the h/way..its amazzing the strength u can get out of shear embarrsment..

So do Guzzis

[beyond]

Well, my bikes 250kgs with oil and gas and I have been offroad on it twice and not voluntarily I may add

I weight in at 83 kgs and all you do is grab the bike and thow her back on it's feet while the adrenaline is still pumping and before you discover you have any damage to yourself This seems to work no matter which direction you are facing and however you go about it. Turning the steering so the wheel is facing away from you seems to help of course.