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<blockquote data-quote="RichardS" data-source="post: 518142" data-attributes="member: 16908"><p>I only read the first 2 pages of this topic, but all the stuff I did read is going in the wrong direction!! Think about this: are you right handed??.. and standing on the left side of the bike?? Are you a short person??</p><p></p><p>What is happening is you are pushing the bike off the stand with your left hand, which is pushing the bike to the right. One top of that, your right arm is pulling the right bar to the right because it is effectivly 'shorter' that the left due to the streching over the bike. We ALL do it!!</p><p></p><p>My '04 BMW R1150RT has a much lower center of gravity that the FJR, both weigh the same. Both pull to the right off the center stand.</p><p></p><p>So either: 1) sit on the bike and use a rocking back & forth momentum to push it off the center stand, 2) don't use the center stand, or 3) consciously pull on the left bar while tilting the bike slightly to the left during this manuever. I use #1 all the time at the gas station. Just park downhill if there is a hill or you will regret it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RichardS, post: 518142, member: 16908"] I only read the first 2 pages of this topic, but all the stuff I did read is going in the wrong direction!! Think about this: are you right handed??.. and standing on the left side of the bike?? Are you a short person?? What is happening is you are pushing the bike off the stand with your left hand, which is pushing the bike to the right. One top of that, your right arm is pulling the right bar to the right because it is effectivly 'shorter' that the left due to the streching over the bike. We ALL do it!! My '04 BMW R1150RT has a much lower center of gravity that the FJR, both weigh the same. Both pull to the right off the center stand. So either: 1) sit on the bike and use a rocking back & forth momentum to push it off the center stand, 2) don't use the center stand, or 3) consciously pull on the left bar while tilting the bike slightly to the left during this manuever. I use #1 all the time at the gas station. Just park downhill if there is a hill or you will regret it. [/QUOTE]
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