[palarimer]

...but I didn't believe you surely my girl would never lay down on me. Standing on the left taking her off the center stand she decided to lay to the right, all I could do is make it as gentle as I could and think to my self they told me so. Fortunately I knew how to put my butt into her to get her back up before anyone saw. Now I need to find a piece of trim for the right bag, low priority I think I'll give it a chance to get more beaten up before I replace it.

 

[katnapinn]

That is the main reason I sit on the bike to get it off the center stand. This way you can put a foot down on either side the big girl wants to lean toward.

 

[pauleknight]

I would say that getting an LT off the center stand and not being on her is the quickest way to laying her down.

 

[LTFan]

Does the 02 have a electronic center stand? Is it possible to sit on the LT and get it off the center stand without a electronic center stand?

 

[johnbaker15]

...but I didn't believe you surely my girl would never lay down on me. Standing on the left taking her off the center stand she decided to lay to the right, all I could do is make it as gentle as I could and think to my self they told me so. Fortunately I knew how to put my butt into her to get her back up before anyone saw. Now I need to find a piece of trim for the right bag, low priority I think I'll give it a chance to get more beaten up before I replace it.

Rather than new trim, that you will need to replace again, try these.. BMR

 

[amarider]

Does the 02 have a electronic center stand? Is it possible to sit on the LT and get it off the center stand without a electronic center stand?

Why Yes it is easy - Just rock forward.

 

[kk610lt]

Does the 02 have a electronic center stand? Is it possible to sit on the LT and get it off the center stand without a electronic center stand?

05 and later had factory electric center stand. Electric stands only raise bike, not lower. It is very possible to get an LT off centerstand while seated. Easier if your legs can reach the ground.

 

[DanDiver]

I see the guys at the dealership rock it off the center stand while standing beside her all the time, but not me.

Sit on her and rock forward. Never fell that way.

 

[palarimer]

Does the 02 have a electronic center stand? Is it possible to sit on the LT and get it off the center stand without a electronic center stand?

02 does not have the Electronic stand I usually do take it off while sitting on it but this time my head was somewhere else, maybe contemplating my FD issue...

 

[mwnahas]

That is the main reason I sit on the bike to get it off the center stand. This way you can put a foot down on either side the big girl wants to lean toward.

Yes! +1, even though the manual may say otherwise. Its the best way with the most control assuming your legs are long enough.

 

[palarimer]

Rather than new trim, that you will need to replace again, try these.. BMR

Thanks for the link John, I like the look those much better than the all chrome look I have now.

 

[Cochinosucio]

I see the guys at the dealership rock it off the center stand while standing beside her all the time, but not me.

Sit on her and rock forward. Never fell that way.

+1. Easy to rock forward, even on an incline. I wouldn't just stand to one side of the girl, let alone get her off the center stand on one side....seems like a recipe for a laydown....

 

[2K1_6T8]

The ONE time my big girl laid down on me was doing the same thing - getting her off the center stand while standing on the left side of the bike. She went to the right and there was not a damn thing I could do about it. (I was on a slight slight angle that I didn't notice initially).

NEVER again have I gotten her off the center stand without straddling her. I actually forgot the was the BMW recommendation as well. Looking back now, that really is not the best way to do it.

 

[wa1200lt]

This is one of the reasons I never use the center stand. Although if the springs sag any lower I wont have to put it on either stand. Just climb off and walk away!

Loren

 

[wrmoss]

Loren, you might be onto something--hydraulic or air shocks. Lower when you want to park--brilliant! :rotf:

 

[hschisler]

Loren, you might be onto something--hydraulic or air shocks. Lower when you want to park--brilliant! :rotf:

I wouldn't be surprised if Ari hasn't already looked into this.

 

[dthogey]

When I dropped mine it was getting it off of the center stand. My problem was that I parked in a gravel parking lot and didn't get on an even surface. When I put the stand down the bike came up and was leaning left. When I rocked it off of the stand my left foot came down on the gravel, the bike was already leaning that way and my foot just slid right across the gravel and down she went.

I found out that a deployed Jpeg adds a little protection for the bike! Although it's just a one time use for protection because it bends the heck out of the Jpeg. It's also pretty costly to repair/replace.

 

[Kra961]

Glad nothing got badly bent, but damn man I'm a big guy and there is not a chance I would ever take that bike off the center stand while standing on the side.

 

[STEBS]

I sometimes take the bike off the center stand from the side, it's easy, the trick is to always turn the wheel to the right a little if standing on the left and the opposite if standing on the right, this makes the bike fall into you if it's thinking of falling over.


Turn right = fall to left
Turn left = fall to right

 

[deputy5211]

That is the main reason I sit on the bike to get it off the center stand. This way you can put a foot down on either side the big girl wants to lean toward.

+1, he said, emphatically.