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Junwa
Twinstar
Joined: Aug 10, 2006
Posts: 261
Location: Bucks County PA
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:22 pm |
 
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Anyone have tips and pointers on how to use a center stand with out
hurting yourself...
I figured out very quickly that I am not smarter then my center stand and I need
help...cause I must be doing something wrong...
Granted I am not weakling and think I have the basic concept down...
one foot on centerstand
hands on handle bars
push down on stand step
pull back on bars
SKREETCH....
take two...
long story short..I got tired of burning my leg on engine case and used swingarm stand to
get ass off ground then put centerstand down and moved swingarm stand...
Now that you've stopped making jokes, I welcome tips to make this easier.
Thanks
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winnerc2s
Friend of the Board
Joined: Nov 20, 2003
Posts: 1585
Location: Doylestown, PA
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:30 pm |
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Where in Bucks County are you? Probably easier to show than explain.
There is a previous thread on this question from another member that got quite long with suggestions. |
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lj
Silver CB750F
Joined: May 05, 2005
Posts: 724
Location: Tucson,AZ
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:38 pm |
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1. Stand on the left side of the bike facing it.
2. Left hand on the handlebar, right hand on the passenger hold.
3. Put right foot on centerstand bar, put center stand in contact with ground, lean bike to right until both legs of the centerstand have ground contact.
4. STAND with all your weight on your right foot (the one that's still on top of the centerstand bar), pull gently up and back with both hands.
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CB900SS
Red CB1100F
Joined: Jun 08, 2005
Posts: 5476
Location: Mastic, NY
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:45 pm |
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Yeah, right hand on the passenger grab bar I do also. But put your heel into the centerstand and concentrate mostly on pushing through your heel. Its not so much about pulling the bike up, as it is guiding it back and pressing down HARD through your heel. |
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Junwa
Twinstar
Joined: Aug 10, 2006
Posts: 261
Location: Bucks County PA
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:00 pm |
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I am gonna have to practice Zen and the art of the center stand...LOL
Now I've gotta snag the passenger grab rails off my other parts bike
because the 750's are missing and it's the only one with a center stand.
thanks
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swiftnick
Black CB900F
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 1773
Location: Farmington Hills, MI
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:03 pm |
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Its all about standing down hard on your right foot, even lift your left foot off the ground a little so no weight is wasted there. |
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Junwa
Twinstar
Joined: Aug 10, 2006
Posts: 261
Location: Bucks County PA
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:03 pm |
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Where in Bucks County are you? Probably easier to show than explain.
There is a previous thread on this question from another member that got quite long with suggestions. |
Morrisville... about three miles from Oxford Valley Mall....
If you are willing to show me a thing or two..dinner is on me.
Otherwise I'll try the steps presented (once I replace the grab bars)
Thanks
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pontiacstogo
Friend of the Board
Joined: Oct 16, 2004
Posts: 6757
Location: Waihi, NZ
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:11 pm |
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| If you are willing to show me a thing or two..dinner is on me. |
I don't like where this is going  . |
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CB900SS
Red CB1100F
Joined: Jun 08, 2005
Posts: 5476
Location: Mastic, NY
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:16 pm |
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| Junwa wrote: |
| If you are willing to show me a thing or two..dinner is on me. |
I don't like where this is going . |
Your sense of humor kills me!!!  |
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Junwa
Twinstar
Joined: Aug 10, 2006
Posts: 261
Location: Bucks County PA
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:21 pm |
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| Junwa wrote: |
| If you are willing to show me a thing or two..dinner is on me. |
I don't like where this is going . |
Don't worry I won't get "KNOCKED UP".....LMAO
Ponti...I'd say you suck but...Oh nevermind....
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Geddy
Hawk
Joined: Feb 04, 2007
Posts: 342
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:25 pm |
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After grunting and damn near giving birth putting a 650+ lb. Concours up
on a centerstand an F is like putting groceries in the trunk of the car. Put
the heel of your boot into that sucker and step down hard.
Just for the record, just how far is it from Bucks County to Altoona, Pa? |
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Junwa
Twinstar
Joined: Aug 10, 2006
Posts: 261
Location: Bucks County PA
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:32 pm |
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Just for the record, just how far is it from Bucks County to Altoona, Pa? |
about 2 1/2 to 3hrs or so...about halfway across the state...
Ponti... is in an area know as Pennsyltucky (cross between PA and Kentucky) land of the Amish Hillbillies...LMAO
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Geddy
Hawk
Joined: Feb 04, 2007
Posts: 342
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:50 pm |
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tell you what has been a joy to centerstand is the partsbike 11. No tank, bodywork, instruments, battery.... |
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pontiacstogo
Friend of the Board
Joined: Oct 16, 2004
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:52 pm |
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| Junwa wrote: |
| Ponti... is in an area know as Pennsyltucky (cross between PA and Kentucky) land of the Amish Hillbillies...LMAO |
Aaaaayuuup.
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WhiteCloud
Hawk
Joined: Aug 18, 2006
Posts: 272
Location: Alsip, Ill
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:17 pm |
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The way I put my bike on its center stand is to stand on the left side of the bike hold handlebar and passenger grab bar and press down on the center stand, after the bike falls on its right side I pick it back up and go get someone to help me......works every time. |
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eatpasta
Red CB1100F
Joined: Mar 14, 2005
Posts: 6604
Location: Santa Barbara, Ca
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:37 pm |
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| Proper use of a center stand? |
Um..... holding the bike up??
The F isn't TOO hard getting on the center. If you think that's tough, try a CBX. Then when you've mastered that, try my GS when its up above 800 lbs....
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WhiteCloud
Hawk
Joined: Aug 18, 2006
Posts: 272
Location: Alsip, Ill
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:46 pm |
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Wow! you got that thing packed like a moving van!  |
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eatpasta
Red CB1100F
Joined: Mar 14, 2005
Posts: 6604
Location: Santa Barbara, Ca
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:54 pm |
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| Wow! you got that thing packed like a moving van! |
They call me Supertanker on the ADV board...
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fasterspider
Red CB1100F
Joined: Jan 24, 2004
Posts: 15809
Location: Studio City, Los Angeles, Ca. 91604
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:13 am |
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| Proper use of a center stand? |
Um..... holding the bike up??
The F isn't TOO hard getting on the center. If you think that's tough, try a CBX. |
CBX's fall onto the centerstand, ask Glenn.
I just removed the centersatnd from my own CBX yesterday morning before I got food poisoning in Frazier Park. |
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CB1100F
SuperSport
Joined: Jun 19, 2003
Posts: 16914
Location: Winchester Springs, TN
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:52 am |
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eatpasta
Red CB1100F
Joined: Mar 14, 2005
Posts: 6604
Location: Santa Barbara, Ca
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:53 am |
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I remember the last time you posted that.... you make it look all easy and stuff...
Ray, what the hell were you doing in Frazier Park?! |
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CB1100F
SuperSport
Joined: Jun 19, 2003
Posts: 16914
Location: Winchester Springs, TN
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:59 am |
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I remember the last time you posted that.... you make it look all easy and stuff...
Ray, what the hell were you doing in Frazier Park?! |
Next time, I'll turn them around and do it in a kilt  |
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fasterspider
Red CB1100F
Joined: Jan 24, 2004
Posts: 15809
Location: Studio City, Los Angeles, Ca. 91604
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:00 am |
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I remember the last time you posted that.... you make it look all easy and stuff...
Ray, what the hell were you doing in Frazier Park?! |
Went for the vintage Japanese motorcycle show exccept they had it the day before and we missed it. So we stopped and ate along the way home and I got sick from the food.
Glenn, I may be slightly burnt but I do have a pretty good memory.
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| Mine do. just hike up your skirts and do it. (good memory Ray!) |
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fasterspider
Red CB1100F
Joined: Jan 24, 2004
Posts: 15809
Location: Studio City, Los Angeles, Ca. 91604
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:04 am |
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Next time, I'll turn them around and do it in a kilt |
I see that in your driveway if you turned them around, gravity would be working against you but still they fall onto the stand. |
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TigreST
Red CB1100F
Joined: Jul 16, 2003
Posts: 4283
Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:11 am |
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Cut & Paste from the "F" archives (my two cents worth of technique).
Kniteshade,
Just a comment if I may Re:
"use as a helper to get the heavy-ass bike up onto the centerstand".
I'm going to take a guess here that you (like maybe thousands of others) have not discovered the easy way to get a bike on the center stand,..c.b.'s in particular. If you think that the work that Honda has put into getting your "F" running and performing like it does is just s%*t house luck, you'd of course be very wrong. Lots of work and engineering has gone into the design,..but you knew that right So, how could they drop the ball when it comes to the center stand thus making it near impossible for the average 300 pounder to get it up on the thing? Fact is they did not. Like the rest of the bike the center stand and it's function are very much a thing of simplistic beauty. Technique is all that's needed.
Ask yourself this, "Can I clean-n-jerk 600lbs?" No, most likely not. Me neither. But at my then ( time of purchase, 1982) weight of only 170lbs, I could snap the new "F" onto the centerstand with "one hand",..yep one hand. How do you do that?
1) Normal is to access the bike from the kick stand side,..left side of the frame. Take the left bar grip in the left hand, and the left lower grab rail in the right hand and raise the bike off the side stand,..balanced on the wheels.
2) Position yourself so that your right foot has access and purchase on the centerstand foot operation lever.
3) Push the center stand operation level down with your right foot,..softly, until the stands twin legs just contact the road surface.
4) Rock the bike ever so slightly until you feel both of the twin legs make contact square to the road.
5) (Here's the tricky part ) Now, with the center stands twin legs making contact and resting square to the road,..put all of your weight on the centerstands operating lever. DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT, even attempt to apply a lifting force to the bike with you hands. Just push your right foot to the ground. Better yet,..attempt to lift your left leg,..this will transfer all your weight to the right foot.
6) Like magic the bike will rise up onto the center stand in a rather controlled fashion, slow and graceful like. When you've done it this way once you'll laugh at how easy it is. Key is push the foot down,..not lifting with your hands. Hope this helps.
Only thing new to add to this old post is: The bike must be in neutral so the rear wheel can roll or your going next to nowhere with the center stand.
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CB1100F
SuperSport
Joined: Jun 19, 2003
Posts: 16914
Location: Winchester Springs, TN
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:19 am |
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| Next time, I'll turn them around and do it in a kilt |
I see that in your driveway if you turned them around, gravity would be working against you but still they fall onto the stand. |
"Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world." |
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Blainethemono
CB1100F
Joined: Mar 03, 2004
Posts: 3278
Location: Seattle
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:10 pm |
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You do NOT stand on the bike.. You STAND near the center stand tab, shifter side, put your foot on it, and PUSH down with your leg while pulling up on the passenger bar...
Piece of cake... |
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Geddy
Hawk
Joined: Feb 04, 2007
Posts: 342
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:30 pm |
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The F isn't TOO hard getting on the center. If you think that's tough, try a CBX.
Then when you've mastered that, try my GS when its up above 800 lbs.... |
Then if you add in Quyen, it goes up to 805 |
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larryg
CB1100F
Joined: Feb 28, 2005
Posts: 3390
Location: western mass
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:01 pm |
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I can see the difficulty without the grab rail installed, but the trick is absolutely getting the center stand planted on both sides before doing ANYTHING. After that I'm sure my wife or daughter could do it. Practice in a driveway with a slight slope with the bike pointing uphill. It really is easy once the thing is square. |
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CB900SS
Red CB1100F
Joined: Jun 08, 2005
Posts: 5476
Location: Mastic, NY
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:52 pm |
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Glenn, your cheating. Your driveway sure helped! I want the next video in the kilt, but with the bike facing the other way!  |
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