How to pick up your dropped bike?

[awayatc]

If you can't pick the bike up yourself, then it's probably too heavy for you to be riding it in the first place, or so 'they' say.

330 kg.....dry.
Have to admit though...
need both hands.

Not that I dropped it.....

[Gremlin]

An alternative method is to ...

Stand there looking at it, dejectedly, and wait for the owner plus others on the ride to come and assist?

[shellfish]

My first drop and pick up was outside of a motorcycle shop in the UK. I was on a HD Sporster, u-turned on gravel and over it goes.

I'm 60 kg dripping wet, and trust me, adrenelin does kick in - so does the shame of a brand new bike being dropped in front of the 6 members of the local patched bikie gang who were parked up watching.....

I used the technique in the youtube video, which they teach at the harley riding school in the uk.

[MsKABC]

Sports bikes are not that light. Dirt bikes and motards tend to have a lot less weight.

I said 150kg PLUS, and I was referring to bikes we ride on the road. Not a lot of dirt bikes and motards being ridden on the road. Sure are a lot of REtards riding on the road though...

[MsKABC]

Stand there looking at it, dejectedly, and wait for the owner plus others on the ride to come and assist?

Yes...well....there is THAT method. I wouldn't recommend it however.

[Genie]

Have lain my bike twice ... boo hoo, scratched the second time too. Anyway, first time was an easy pick up, flat surface, the second time...hell, downward slope, was no way I could get it up, that was kinda hard on me, felt like a failure. Like, I should be able to pickup my own bike, what if I do it in the middle of nowhere, which could happen, I ride allover and alone.

Thanks Hitcher for that link...now to find a way to do it on my own when on a slope.

[Rosie]

Wow! Thanks! That's awesome. I'm gonna try that!

Last time I just grabbed the bars and hauled it up. But I was thinking surely someone must have a better way...and they do!

Thank you Hitcher!

Take the bike onto some grass, lay it over gently, and have a practise lifting it up, to see what technique works best for you.

I know that the back-to-the-bike technique that Hitcher showed works really well for a lot of people, but I've never had a lot of luck with it, especially on rough terrain, so I lift my bike using the handlebar closest to the ground (carefully! bend your knees, not your back). Obviously this requires a fairly light bike, and more upper body strength, so it isn't going to work for a lot of people/bikes. Thus the need for a bit of practise, to see what works for you.

[Gone Burger]

That is fantastic! Thats a Harley Sportster too, so its a 200+ kg bike!

excellent. Tempted to go give it a whirl right now.

Gees they make it look so easy. I have tried that technique myself on my 270kg Boulevard - laid her day on the grass with a friend assistance to try and pick it up again. I found that I could get the bike moving from ground level, no matter how hard I tried. Friend help me to lift of the ground a little, then I could get it from there.

Guess I had better give it another go.

[Gremlin]

It also depends how the bike holds its weight and how flat the bike is. My hornet and KTM weigh about the same, but hornet is much heavier to pick up.

New bike will never lie flat because of the large motor, so that would help...

[ukusa]

The earthquake dropped mine in the shed. The missus had to help me get her upright, all 330 + kgs .
Mind you, it did take 648 kilo tons of force to knock it over

[Usarka]

I got the mechanic to pick mine up. Fair enough, he fucking dropped it.

[kilgh]

Take the bike onto some grass, lay it over gently, and have a practise lifting it up, to see what technique works best for you.

I know that the back-to-the-bike technique that Hitcher showed works really well for a lot of people, but I've never had a lot of luck with it, especially on rough terrain, so I lift my bike using the handlebar closest to the ground (carefully! bend your knees, not your back). Obviously this requires a fairly light bike, and more upper body strength, so it isn't going to work for a lot of people/bikes. Thus the need for a bit of practise, to see what works for you.

Practicing is a good idea...could be an interesting new way to workout!

[pritch]

they are heavy when you're underneath one.

That's the truth. (There speaks the sad voice of experience)

Beware the adrenaline rush too, lots of muscle injuries that way,

So is that.

[Kookie]

Piece of piss. Even girls can do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4MPyX0QCYw

WOW, that's just awesome. Definitely one of those tricks you tuck away for a later date.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Piece of piss. Even girls can do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4MPyX0QCYw

good technique - thanks for that.

LOL. Where's crasher?

Right here!

Do not use that 'technique'...it's a load of crap. Pick the thing up by the end of the handle bars. End of story. Have you never seen moto gp and super bike racers get it wrong all the time? Sheesh...they're really fit and strong, but trying to 'right' a bike by any other way than the h/bars = FAIL.