how do you lift a motorcycle after you fall?

Question

can't lift bike on my own

Answer 1

Check out skert's website. She has info, videos and pics to show you how to do it.

http://www.pinkribbonrides.com/dropped.html

My husband directed me there after I got my bike.

Answer 2

If you're not hurt, lift it IMMEDIATELY! Your adrenaline has kicked in, and you are more likely to be able to lift it. Unless you're a 120 lb woman trying to lift an 800 lb cruiser, you just need the technique.

Put your back on the seat, facing away from the bike, reach underneath it and grab the frame and/or handlebars. You could try lifting the bike while facing it, but having your back to the seat forces you to use the far stronger muscles in your legs rather than destroying your back.

Now hold tight, get MAD, and HEAVE with your legs until you get it upright enough to handle (i.e. don't push it over onto the other side), and pop the kickstand down. Then you walk around it and swear at the top of your lungs as you tally $75 for each turn signal you destroyed.

DO NOT get back on and ride until you feel calm and know for certain that the bike is safe to operate (albeit with a few scratches).

Answer 3

shut it off, put into any gear to act as brake.
Plant both feet aside the handle bar end on ground with both feet parallel to the length of the bike. You are trying to use the outward lenght of the handle bar as a leverage force multiplier. Make sure the front wheel will point straight ahead, so put yourself at a 90 degree right angle to the bike.
From a squatting position, knees bent (and both hands holding the bar between legs) rise using only leg power. Keep your butt as low to the ground as possible while both your hands keep a strong grip. As both legs rise, lean back (like a fall backward to keep your back muscles as the minor lifting partners in the strain. If its too heavy let go and be prepared roll back onto your backside.

You will not likely get it the first couple times but its something you can teach yourself. Its all leverage and finding a fulcrum point to your advantage. Try find a scrap bike for practice, though. Good Luck and you got plenty guts to keep on riding if you're falling on a regular basis.

Answer 4

Believe me, even if you cant lift your own bike right now .....

You WILL be able to lift it when you drop it. Pure adrenaline. With Super Human strength, you will lift the bike , get back on , and try to ride it away. Chances are, it may not start, or be able to ride, because the wheels or forks are bent. but if you've even been in shock from a bad spill, or witnessed someone who has, you'll know what I'm talking about.

Answer 5

The safest way to lift a heavy bike is to sit perpendicular to the seat with your back against it and basically do a leg press to stand it up. You legs are the strongest muscles and since your back is braced against the bike, it doesn't have to bear any weight (like it would if you lifted with your hands). It uses all the leverage you have to the fullest...just don't push too hard or too fast or the bike might keep going and end up on it's other side.

Answer 6

Bend at the knees & not middle, turn it off & put it in gear so it doesn't roll & lift, then put it neutral.

If your bike is still too heavy Get a smaller lighter motorcycle, nobody should ever have a motorcycle they can't stand up, that's the rule I used when my son wanted to move up, I laid down a bike he wanted & said when you can lift it you can move up.

What if you fall over in the boondocks & nobody's around to help you lift it up? You die?

Answer 7

The bike makers say "turn your back to the bike and pick it up, little by little, using your back. I think I would do it from the opposite side of the kick stand. That way the kick stand could help stop it from going on over.

I had a 81 Goldwing that weighed over 600 lbs and a GL-1500 that was over 800 lbs. Its tough!!!

I think I would "try" to get help. Good Luck. Pops

Answer 8

With the right technique, any one can lift a motorcycle. I've seen a 5' lady in her '60s pick up a Honda Goldwing.
http://roadstarclinic.com/content/view/82/123/

Answer 9

What kinda bike is it?????? it depends on the bike and your size, but I'm pretty sure you can lift it. It helps if you have a frame slider or cage.... lay it over in the grass and practice picking it up. I lift up on the gas tank.

YOU CAN DO IT!

Answer 10

I always got on the left side, cause that is the side with the kick stand, and turned the handle bar all the way to the left then lifted with my back with left hand on left grip and right hand near the back of the seat. Mine just kind of stood up from there.
Kawasaki 1000.

Answer 11

Ditto (guardrail jim). I have seen a 120 lb woman lift a 900 lb Gold Wing .