Yes, I made my comment because I actually hurt my ancle trying to put the cbr on the center stand, expecting it would be as easy as for the NH. Live and learn. Javier.
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Allen Thomas <althomas...@gmail.com>wrote: > I think it has to do with the design of the stand and weight of the bike. > My nighthawk I didn't even need to get off the bike to pop it up on the > center stand. My VFR is way harder even though it's roughly the same > weight. Javier's CBR is almost a 2 person job, his GL1200 actually was a 2 > person job. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Pastor Ron" <pastor...@cox.net> > *Sender: * nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > *Date: *Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:27:00 -0500 > *To: *<nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> > *ReplyTo: * nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > *Subject: *RE: [Nighthawk Lovers] Center stand stability...how to. > > I can’t speak to all years of the ST but my 2006 is pretty simple and I > think easier than the NH. **** > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0aLO8RpYbI**** > > Ron**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com [mailto: > nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Brian Collett > *Sent:* Saturday, April 20, 2013 5:34 PM > *To:* nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Centerstand stability...how to.**** > > ** ** > > To add to this conversation, having lower profile tires on a bike can make > getting it on the centerstand difficult. **** > > ** ** > > I bought a st1100 that I could not get on its centerstand with all the > practice in the world. And I've never had an issue with my NH750. So I > gave up and never used the stand. **** > > ** ** > > This week I got new tires and in the process noticed the new tires, > regulation size, were higher profile than the old ties the previous owner > had on the bike. I thought that might have been the issue, so when I got > home I tried to put the bike on the centerstand...and it popped right up > there with no issues.**** > > ** ** > > So if anyone's having issues with the centerstand I would check the tire > size. > > Sincerely,**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Brian**** > > > On Apr 20, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Javier Garcia <jajgar...@gmail.com> wrote:*** > * > > This is how I do it on my 96 NH750. But I have to add that this doesn't > quite exactly work on all bikes. The technique is the same, but there are > bikes in which just putting your weight on the center stand won't make it. > You will actually need to pull up the bike. I have found this to be the > case in even smaller bikes, like the suzuki gs500.**** > > > Javier.**** > > ** ** > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Pastor Ron <pastor...@cox.net> wrote:**** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H3m8AAzaAsA**** > > Ron**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > **** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > **** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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