Coming down off of center stand

[Mak10]

After the previous thread about if you use the side stand or center stand it got me thinking.

I always put my bike on the center stand when parked in its spot in the garage at home.
When getting on the bike to go I usually stand on the pegs and rock the bike off the center stand.

I try and always have the bike in Neutral when doing this. There have been a couple of times it is in gear and I can only imagine it puts a lot of stress on the drive train dropping off of the center stand. I try not to do this.

Also. Make sure you put up the side stand. Coming down from the center stand to land on the side stand is a sure fire way to put the bike on its side. AMHIK.

 

[SHUMBA]

After the previous thread about if you use the side stand or center stand it got me thinking.

I always put my bike on the center stand when parked in its spot in the garage at home.
When getting on the bike to go I usually stand on the pegs and rock the bike off the center stand.

I try and always have the bike in Neutral when doing this. There have been a couple of times it is in gear and I can only imagine it puts a lot of stress on the drive train dropping off of the center stand. I try not to do this.

Also. Make sure you put up the side stand. Coming down from the center stand to land on the side stand is a sure fire way to put the bike on its side. AMHIK.

Thanks for that Mak10.
Centre stand vs side stand; all excellent advice.
Transmission in neutral, side stand up.
I often wondered what would happen if you rocked the bike down off the centre and forgot to raise the side stand.
Plonk on its side having a nap.
When I have fully regained my strength I will be able to raise my Ten onto the centre stand, it for the next little while I will only use the sidestand.
Oil change coming up @ 7,000 km soon
SHUMBA


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[cyclemike4]

I have forgot to put my bike in neutral and put it on the center stand. I was thinking dang i am getting weak! I usually sit on my bike getting it off the center stand. I have forgot the side stand a couple times but with me sitting and feet down on the ground it was not a big deal.

 

[cyclemike4]

I just had flash backs of you must first be young and stupid to be old and wise. I used to start my bikes on the center stand jam them in gear gas up and rock it off into a wheelie. Much younger then and much smaller bikes! Not sure if it ever impressed the girls though.

 

[airmed]

I always have my side stand down when taking my bike off the center stand. However, I'm always standing beside the machine and not actually on it. I'm kind of small and put the side stand down to add stability to any possible instability while I add a little left hand lean. This guarantees that when the motorcycle rocks forward off the stand, it then leans a bit left and then rests on the side stand.

 

[Don in Lodi]

I rock it off the center stand in gear and pull away... no wheelie. Works fine.

 

[OldRider]

JMHO, but there's a lot of bad advice in such a short thread.

 

[EricV]

When ever I center stand the bike, I put the side stand up so it's a non-issue later. While I do typically mount up and rock the bike off the center stand, I'm usually in neutral, or PULL THE CLUTCH IN.

I'm also in the camp of suggesting that you do NOT leave the side stand down. It's really easy for the bike to come down, hit the side stand, and bounce over on the other side. Especially on any kind of uneven ground. BTDT, had to get some help to pick the bike up fully loaded.

I know some people that squashed their toes with the side stand as well, pulling the bike off the center stand in the garage in sandals. Thankfully, that's one I haven't done myself.

@OldRider Don't be shy, point out the flaws that you see.

 

[SilverBullet]

I rock it off the center stand in gear and pull away... no wheelie. Works fine.

+1
Feet on pegs, rock off center stand, release clutch and away I go.

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[ballisticexchris]

JMHO, but there's a lot of bad advice in such a short thread.

No kidding! I see absolutely no reason whatsoever to do a “rock off the center stand start” other than being a poser.

 

[Sierra1]

 

[OldRider]

@OldRider Don't be shy, point out the flaws that you see.

Like you said. If you go off the center stand with the kickstand down, it is very easy for the bike to slam down on the kickstand and throw you over on the right side before you know what happened. Putting it in gear, standing on the pegs and cowboying it down and off like a rocket is sure to look cool and can end up with bad results too. I prefer to just put both feet on the ground and rock it forward off the center stand. While not very macho, this style usually ends up with good results.

 

[Don in Lodi]

I can't touch the ground when it's on the center stand. Nine times out of ten I just hold the brakes when I come down off the stand and my feet touch at the same moment. Very rarely is the bike pointed in a good direction for the 'taking off like a rocket' thing.

 

[SilverBullet]

No kidding! I see absolutely no reason whatsoever to do a “rock off the center stand start” other than being a poser.

Try that it is faster and easier. I use the center stand everytime I fuel up unless the station's lot is dirt or gravel. Why not complete one fluid continuous process instead of 3 separate ones?

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[ballisticexchris]

Try that it is faster and easier. I use the center stand everytime I fuel up unless the station's lot is dirt or gravel. Why not complete one fluid continuous process instead of 3 separate ones?

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Never thought of it like that. I use the sidestand and dismount.

 

[Longdog Cymru]

I always have my side stand down when taking my bike off the center stand. However, I'm always standing beside the machine and not actually on it. I'm kind of small and put the side stand down to add stability to any possible instability while I add a little left hand lean. This guarantees that when the motorcycle rocks forward off the stand, it then leans a bit left and then rests on the side stand.

I’m not small, well 6’2” and 80kgs, but I always have the side-stand down when I put the bike onto the centre stand and when I roll it off.

I think that unless you have extended the side-stand in any way, then I don’t see how the bike could “slam down onto the side-stand and bounce away from you” as some have described.

 

[EricV]

I think that unless you have extended the side-stand in any way, then I don’t see how the bike could “slam down onto the side-stand and bounce away from you” as some have described.

Actually, it's very common. It's more likely with bikes running luggage or loaded up because the suspension compresses more as the bike comes down. It's not as likely when the bike is being brought down w/o a rider on it, but can still occur. As I indicated before, I have some friends that have managed to crush their toes doing this in the garage.

In a way, your size/weight makes it less likely, because you have the suspension set up firmer for your weight. Less of a tendency to compress deeper as it drops onto the ground.

 

[EricV]

Putting it in gear, standing on the pegs and cowboying it down and off like a rocket is sure to look cool and can end up with bad results too.

I see this done more by former BMW owners than any other sub set of riders. I suspect this is because the flawed German engineers put the center stand location in such a manner that the front wheel is in the air and the rear is on the ground when on the center stand.

 

[Don in Lodi]

My sidestand will hit pretty hard when coming down off the centerstand with me sitting on the bike. Gotta be aware.

 

[Sierra1]

Try that it is faster and easier....

For speed and ease: on the side stand, left in gear. As I'm mounting, and bringing the bike upright, I'm putting the side stand in the up position, as I'm pulling in the clutch, and hitting the start button. Let the clutch out, and gone.