Great video. At 155lb I struggled to figure out how to muscle my VFR on the centrestand... trusty TH-cam content providers demonstrated the right technique and saved my back.
I use a piece of wood about 13/4" thick x6" wide x10 Long and tapered at one end with a 1" x 1"piece across the other end. Place the piece in front of the back wheel and move the bike on to it, lower the center stand it will only have to lift the bike about a quarter of an inch. Easy peasy, I have used it on a Kawasaki Concours a Yamaha FJR1300 and a BMW F650 worked well on all of them.
I have real issues wit my new bike. I am succeeded one time. I have the Honda cb1100ex 2016 260 kg, this bike weight almost 40 kg more than my bike here before. Some people says the weight of the bike doesn’t matter, the practice how you do it is important/technique. This guy on the video have more weight than me, and he use his weight. I am almost 74 kg and have now 8 month a new ankle on right foot. This booth things give me problems to set my bike on the middle stand. But I don’t give up and go further with trying. Thanks for this video and for taking time to read my story ✌️👊
Hello Mokumer, I think you meant to say your bike is a CB1100EX. Yes this is a heavy bike but things that can help, roll the rear wheel on a 2X4 block of wood then try to put it on the stand, use thick sole shoes or boots, don't lift, when you lift you move your mass on top of the bike, just stand up straight on the center stand until the bike pops up. - Good Luck!
Hello friend(s) after several trying and technique no result. No result with wood under center stand, no result with wood under rear wheel. In a Dutch forum they advise me to set a 4 a 5 thick wood under your front wheel, and then easily set it on center stand. I try it 5 cm thick stone tile; with first gear easily ride on the tile, stop the bike and set it on the side kick, then use the technique like in this video. For the first time without help of my 😅 wife I set my new bike cb1100 alone on the center stand smoothly. Use 4-5 cm thick wood, tile whatever under your front wheel and set your bike easily on the center stand. Have nice time and drive save and be careful
Thanks for the video. I have a 1985 Honda 650sc Nighthawk. When on the centerstand, the rear wheel is approx 3" off the ground. (warning, I'm a left hander) What I do is use my left foot to push the centerstand down, position the bike (with the kickstand down, just in case) up until both legs are in contact with the ground, then pull hard and steadily back and up using my right hand on the rail behind the seat while holding the left handlebar. Works for me, but since it takes a lot of force to be put on the centerstand lever, I sometimes put a 1/2" inch board underneath the rear wheel to lesson the left and wear my boots. (btw, I'm 6'1" and 195 lbs. To get the bike off the centerstand, I sit on the bike and simply rock it forward until the centerstand over centers. Simpler than putting it the centerstand.
The 2003 BMW R1150R "that I just gave to my 50 year old son" , I would put on it's center stand before getting off the bike. Take your left foot and hold the stand against the pavement, grab frame behind and below your seat and rock the bike back hard onto the stand. Worked fine for me. Came home super tired one day, did that leaned forward on the tank and took a 30 minute nap in the rain before getting off .
I put my GL1800 Goldwing on the center stand all the time. I rode to work one day and went inside one of my coworkers who also rides (40 + years) came up to me and asked how I could get a bike that big on the center stand. I told him it was easy and went out and showed him. He could not believe I was able to just pop it up on the center stand like that.
Rod, an excellent tutorial on using the centrestand. I use a slightly different technique for getting the bike back off the stand, which I use on my own Sprint (GT). That is, to gently rock it forward - at which point the bike will rebound slightly - then rock it forward again. The bike naturally just eases off the stand and then you let it settle on the sidestand. It takes almost no physical effort.
If you turn the bars to the right slightly the bike will naturaly fall towards you when you take it off of the stand.I also never leave the sidestand down as it could sustain some damage if you roch it off a little too aggressively
Great video! I agree absolutely that the side stand should be down. Can I also suggest that the bike should be in first gear (motor off!) with the clutch pulled in? That way, if as you say you have any difficulty, you can pull the bike down onto the side stand while letting out the clutch to stop it rolling away. This is particularly useful on any sort of slope and is my routine technique. Also, you maybe should stress that there is no question of pushing or pulling on the left bar, and the bars should always be straight. Finally, I’m not sure about putting the foot against the centre stand when bringing the bike down. I’ve never felt the need, and it looks a bit dangerous. But thanks again!
LOTS of things but you can narrow down, is spark missing from all 4 plugs? If so it is unlikely the coils, if spark is missing from two cylinders you can swap the coils and confirm bad coil. A low weak battery charge will stop ignition from firing plugs but may still turn over the engine. Check the Ignition Pulse Generator on Clutch Side (remove clutch cover). This is likely the culprit, buy a new one and replace it. After that there is the ECM, swap with known working bike to confirm. All this aside sometimes the simplest things are also at fault. Does the fuel pump prime the fuel rail when you turn on the ignition? If not there is the ignition switch (key) the Engine Start Switch (handlebar) and the Bank Angle Sensor (electrical harness). All these can be dirty, faulty or have bad connections that can cause this. - Good Luck!
I'd love to sit back and watch you do that to my K1200LT. I have done it with another strong guy on the other side...but, it was still a bear. I just never do it. That model does make a power controlled center stand, I can see why they did...but, unfortunately I don't have that model. I will say that when I've had it up on the center stand.. it was easy getting it off by sitting on the bike and rocking it forward with little effort. Good video, thx, but I'll slide you a crisp C-Note, if you can put my bike on the stand. Providing off course you're not Hulk Hogan ! Lol
@@RodRidesWrenches Well, it is a BMW and historically they made nearly unusable center stands. My father has three air head BMWs and they have no lever to lift them. Instead, they have a handle on the side. I’m sure the 1200LT is more sensible as I am sure that even BMW has figured it out. Sounds like an easy $100.
Unfortunately I have one of the 1%. It's a Ducati ST4, and has a little handle quite low down on the side. There is definitely a lot more upper body strength required to use the handle, but because it only had a single grab rail behind the seat, the handle is the only option. After owning the bike for 14 years I have to admit that I did drop it once whilst trying to get it on the stand. It's a horrible feeling as the bike falls away from you and you can't pull it back upright. Only happened once but it still haunts me to this day.
I need help just bought a 01 ktm 640 and there's no foot lever to step on for leverage, it's flat it didn't break off either looks like it was made that way. How do I use it, I can't do it by myself .
These are particularly stupid. I don't think KTM kept them past 2002 and you can buy the KTM stand with the foot lever for your bike. Since the 640 Duke is just a variation of the other 640 models that year (engine chassis the same). There are some unique KTM accessories you can bolt on. These center stands, based in what I found, the Duke did not come with that stand out of the box. It was probably not intended for the Duke application and was intended for the Adventure or LC4. The stand is used by planting the stand against the ground with your left foot and pulling the bike and on the stand. The duke does not have a pannier rail so this makes life more difficult. This stand was designed for side of the road tire repair or in your pit, that is why it is wider than a normal stand when deployed. The lack of the foot appendage was designed to save weight (racing applications). It is much easier to use with two people. Good news is there are proper center stands on the market for your bike in the aftermarket, so considerably less than KTM prices. - Good Luck!
Using two pieces of wood shim stock gave me a tapered slope rising to 5/16” lift under the front tire. So, as I strictly applied recommended technique, SUCCESS was not to be mine, UNTIL applying the instruction to CENTER MY BODY MASS ABOVE THE ST1300 CENTERLINE! Confidence instantly coursed through my mind as the bike rolled right up on the stand. A veritable reawakening. I had made it to the mountaintop! A veritable vision of verification stretched to the horizon....well, just to the end of the garage, really. Definitely shall practice this more today, and likely reduce that 5/16” by the end of the day. TIP: check your tire pressures more frequently, ride safe, and easy. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELPFUL COMMENTS AND VIDS.🌻
no matter how hard I 'step' and 'lift' the centerstand won't be stand even I pulled my right shoulder muscle, my right foot ball so painful. I use my whole body (180lb) on my right foot, bike (Himalayan) not even move at all. Is it because I was lowering my bike about an inch? Can you show me how to use centerstand of a lowering bike? Thank you!
What make/model of motorcycle is this? You've changed the physics of the bike by lowering it. The solution is to put the bike back to stock, not only will the center stand work, the handling will improve (I'm not a fan of lowering or rather shortening suspension). Or you can shorten the center stand by the amount the bile was lowered. If you do not want to do either of these then roll your motorcycle's rear wheel onto a 2X6 or 2x4 block. The inch and a half of additional height in the rear tire should get you into a position where you can put the bike on its stand.
I found your method didn’t work for me on my vfr. I tried and tried until I used my right arm grabbing the rear end and pushing the bike did the trick. Keeping left foot on floor whilst pushing down on centre stand.
I weight 58Kg... all my friends still cannot understand how I manage to put my ST1300 or my VFR800X on their centre stand. They do not believe me when I told them the ST1300 is way easier than a cross runner.
Your kidding me, st1300 is I think 286 kg, and you are 58 kg…. Really Awesome 👏. I think I do something wrong then, so I say I go still in practice with my cb1100👍
@@josephlarmor550 I’ve never had a problem with the bike tipping even when I didn’t get the bike on the stand on the first try. The center stand centers the bike upright; not on the left side.
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Great video. At 155lb I struggled to figure out how to muscle my VFR on the centrestand... trusty TH-cam content providers demonstrated the right technique and saved my back.
Glad it helped!
I was definitely one those searching how to out VFR on center stand.
Just put it up for the first time. Piece of cake thanks to you!
Thanks for the feedback & view! Be sure to check out the other VFR videos on the channel!
I use a piece of wood about 13/4" thick x6" wide x10 Long and tapered at one end with a 1" x 1"piece across the other end. Place the piece in front of the back wheel and move the bike on to it, lower the center stand it will only have to lift the bike about a quarter of an inch. Easy peasy, I have used it on a Kawasaki Concours a Yamaha FJR1300 and a BMW F650 worked well on all of them.
What a fabulous video! Excellent information, great filming, clear audio and a little bit of humour. TH-cam perfection!
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I have real issues wit my new bike. I am succeeded one time. I have the Honda cb1100ex 2016 260 kg, this bike weight almost 40 kg more than my bike here before. Some people says the weight of the bike doesn’t matter, the practice how you do it is important/technique. This guy on the video have more weight than me, and he use his weight. I am almost 74 kg and have now 8 month a new ankle on right foot. This booth things give me problems to set my bike on the middle stand. But I don’t give up and go further with trying. Thanks for this video and for taking time to read my story ✌️👊
Hello Mokumer, I think you meant to say your bike is a CB1100EX. Yes this is a heavy bike but things that can help, roll the rear wheel on a 2X4 block of wood then try to put it on the stand, use thick sole shoes or boots, don't lift, when you lift you move your mass on top of the bike, just stand up straight on the center stand until the bike pops up. - Good Luck!
@@RodRidesWrenches thanks for your advise, I am gonna tryout 👊 Cb100ex is not excist 🙏😅, I corrected
Hello friend(s) after several trying and technique no result. No result with wood under center stand, no result with wood under rear wheel. In a Dutch forum they advise me to set a 4 a 5 thick wood under your front wheel, and then easily set it on center stand. I try it 5 cm thick stone tile; with first gear easily ride on the tile, stop the bike and set it on the side kick, then use the technique like in this video. For the first time without help of my 😅 wife I set my new bike cb1100 alone on the center stand smoothly. Use 4-5 cm thick wood, tile whatever under your front wheel and set your bike easily on the center stand. Have nice time and drive save and be careful
Thanks for the video.
I have a 1985 Honda 650sc Nighthawk. When on the centerstand, the rear wheel is approx 3" off the ground. (warning, I'm a left hander) What I do is use my left foot to push the centerstand down, position the bike (with the kickstand down, just in case) up until both legs are in contact with the ground, then pull hard and steadily back and up using my right hand on the rail behind the seat while holding the left handlebar. Works for me, but since it takes a lot of force to be put on the centerstand lever, I sometimes put a 1/2" inch board underneath the rear wheel to lesson the left and wear my boots. (btw, I'm 6'1" and 195 lbs. To get the bike off the centerstand, I sit on the bike and simply rock it forward until the centerstand over centers. Simpler than putting it the centerstand.
Dude! WTF! Magic! Thank you! I finally did it two minutes ago and I had to say something, lol.
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The 2003 BMW R1150R "that I just gave to my 50 year old son" , I would put on it's center stand before getting off the bike. Take your left foot and hold the stand against the pavement, grab frame behind and below your seat and rock the bike back hard onto the stand. Worked fine for me. Came home super tired one day, did that leaned forward on the tank and took a 30 minute nap in the rain before getting off .
Great info and humor, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you will checkout some of the newer videos on the channel!
I put my GL1800 Goldwing on the center stand all the time. I rode to work one day and went inside one of my coworkers who also rides (40 + years) came up to me and asked how I could get a bike that big on the center stand. I told him it was easy and went out and showed him. He could not believe I was able to just pop it up on the center stand like that.
Your videos are great! You deserve way more views!
Awesome Thanks!
Very good information with the details.
Rod, an excellent tutorial on using the centrestand. I use a slightly different technique for getting the bike back off the stand, which I use on my own Sprint (GT). That is, to gently rock it forward - at which point the bike will rebound slightly - then rock it forward again. The bike naturally just eases off the stand and then you let it settle on the sidestand. It takes almost no physical effort.
If you turn the bars to the right slightly the bike will naturaly fall towards you when you take it off of the stand.I also never leave the sidestand down as it could sustain some damage if you roch it off a little too aggressively
Great video! I agree absolutely that the side stand should be down. Can I also suggest that the bike should be in first gear (motor off!) with the clutch pulled in? That way, if as you say you have any difficulty, you can pull the bike down onto the side stand while letting out the clutch to stop it rolling away. This is particularly useful on any sort of slope and is my routine technique. Also, you maybe should stress that there is no question of pushing or pulling on the left bar, and the bars should always be straight.
Finally, I’m not sure about putting the foot against the centre stand when bringing the bike down. I’ve never felt the need, and it looks a bit dangerous.
But thanks again!
Thanks for the feedback & the view!
I didn't know people would need a tutorial for this lol
Only US Americans. The rest of world can handle that with closed eyes.
very well done
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Hey I love your video I have a Honda vfr 800 don,t have spark can u help me out with any idea what can be
LOTS of things but you can narrow down, is spark missing from all 4 plugs? If so it is unlikely the coils, if spark is missing from two cylinders you can swap the coils and confirm bad coil. A low weak battery charge will stop ignition from firing plugs but may still turn over the engine. Check the Ignition Pulse Generator on Clutch Side (remove clutch cover). This is likely the culprit, buy a new one and replace it. After that there is the ECM, swap with known working bike to confirm. All this aside sometimes the simplest things are also at fault. Does the fuel pump prime the fuel rail when you turn on the ignition? If not there is the ignition switch (key) the Engine Start Switch (handlebar) and the Bank Angle Sensor (electrical harness). All these can be dirty, faulty or have bad connections that can cause this. - Good Luck!
I'd love to sit back and watch you do that to my K1200LT.
I have done it with another strong guy on the other side...but, it was still a bear.
I just never do it.
That model does make a power controlled center stand, I can see why they did...but, unfortunately I don't have that model. I will say that when I've had it up on the center stand.. it was easy getting it off by sitting on the bike and rocking it forward with little effort.
Good video, thx, but I'll slide you a crisp C-Note, if you can put my bike on the stand.
Providing off course you're not Hulk Hogan ! Lol
Let me know when you're in the vancouver area! LOL
@@RodRidesWrenches Well, it is a BMW and historically they made nearly unusable center stands. My father has three air head BMWs and they have no lever to lift them. Instead, they have a handle on the side. I’m sure the 1200LT is more sensible as I am sure that even BMW has figured it out. Sounds like an easy $100.
yep 👍
Unfortunately I have one of the 1%. It's a Ducati ST4, and has a little handle quite low down on the side. There is definitely a lot more upper body strength required to use the handle, but because it only had a single grab rail behind the seat, the handle is the only option. After owning the bike for 14 years I have to admit that I did drop it once whilst trying to get it on the stand. It's a horrible feeling as the bike falls away from you and you can't pull it back upright. Only happened once but it still haunts me to this day.
Thankyou so much
Nice! Hope you will check out the rest of the channel.
Good vid. Thanks
I need help just bought a 01 ktm 640 and there's no foot lever to step on for leverage, it's flat it didn't break off either looks like it was made that way. How do I use it, I can't do it by myself .
These are particularly stupid. I don't think KTM kept them past 2002 and you can buy the KTM stand with the foot lever for your bike. Since the 640 Duke is just a variation of the other 640 models that year (engine chassis the same). There are some unique KTM accessories you can bolt on. These center stands, based in what I found, the Duke did not come with that stand out of the box. It was probably not intended for the Duke application and was intended for the Adventure or LC4. The stand is used by planting the stand against the ground with your left foot and pulling the bike and on the stand. The duke does not have a pannier rail so this makes life more difficult. This stand was designed for side of the road tire repair or in your pit, that is why it is wider than a normal stand when deployed. The lack of the foot appendage was designed to save weight (racing applications). It is much easier to use with two people. Good news is there are proper center stands on the market for your bike in the aftermarket, so considerably less than KTM prices. - Good Luck!
Using two pieces of wood shim stock gave me a tapered slope rising to 5/16” lift under the front tire. So, as I strictly applied recommended technique, SUCCESS was not to be mine, UNTIL applying the instruction to CENTER MY BODY MASS ABOVE THE ST1300 CENTERLINE! Confidence instantly coursed through my mind as the bike rolled right up on the stand. A veritable reawakening. I had made it to the mountaintop! A veritable vision of verification stretched to the horizon....well, just to the end of the garage, really. Definitely shall practice this more today, and likely reduce that 5/16” by the end of the day. TIP: check your tire pressures more frequently, ride safe, and easy. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELPFUL COMMENTS AND VIDS.🌻
no matter how hard I 'step' and 'lift' the centerstand won't be stand even I pulled my right shoulder muscle, my right foot ball so painful. I use my whole body (180lb) on my right foot, bike (Himalayan) not even move at all. Is it because I was lowering my bike about an inch? Can you show me how to use centerstand of a lowering bike? Thank you!
What make/model of motorcycle is this? You've changed the physics of the bike by lowering it. The solution is to put the bike back to stock, not only will the center stand work, the handling will improve (I'm not a fan of lowering or rather shortening suspension). Or you can shorten the center stand by the amount the bile was lowered. If you do not want to do either of these then roll your motorcycle's rear wheel onto a 2X6 or 2x4 block. The inch and a half of additional height in the rear tire should get you into a position where you can put the bike on its stand.
Thanks
I found your method didn’t work for me on my vfr. I tried and tried until I used my right arm grabbing the rear end and pushing the bike did the trick. Keeping left foot on floor whilst pushing down on centre stand.
Glad it helped
Recently went from a 250kg yamaha xjr to a 300kg yamaha fjr and believe me the fjr was a dawdle compared to the lighter bike..
I weight 58Kg... all my friends still cannot understand how I manage to put my ST1300 or my VFR800X on their centre stand. They do not believe me when I told them the ST1300 is way easier than a cross runner.
Your kidding me, st1300 is I think 286 kg, and you are 58 kg…. Really Awesome 👏. I think I do something wrong then, so I say I go still in practice with my cb1100👍
Put the rear wheel of the bike on a 1×4 and putting it up on the center stand is now effortless. 6:48
You look like my dad
Pretty sure your dad looks like me...
You haven't tried a Triumph Trophy 12 then.
At 230lbs I can stand on my center stand and not get it still
What bike do you ride, has the suspension been lowered?
I don't even get off my bike I do it from sitting position.
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Leaving the side stand down is a trip hazard. I always ensure the side stand is up when putting it on or off the center stand
I must say I disagree, see my comment above. Having the side stand down gives you a fallback if you have any difficulty.
@@josephlarmor550 I’ve never had a problem with the bike tipping even when I didn’t get the bike on the stand on the first try. The center stand centers the bike upright; not on the left side.
@@BadDadio ?