I wish I was a little bit taller..... - Page 2

shmike · 06-04-2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tached1000rr

Damn you beat me to it! "I wish I was a lil bit taller, wish I was a baller, in a 64 impala"

That is the first thing I thought of when I read the title.

Kel,

Learn to walk the bike backward with the kickstand down or learn the venerable kickstand pivot.

CrazyKell · 06-04-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by shmike

Learn to walk the bike backward with the kickstand down or learn the venerable kickstand pivot.

Yeah if I could do the kickstand pivot I'd be good. Maybe I'll get someone to teach me that.

askmrjesus · 06-05-2009, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by CrazyKell

Yeah if I could do the kickstand pivot I'd be good. Maybe I'll get someone to teach me that.

It's easy.

You stand on the left side of the bike, rack the bars all the way to the right, tilt the bike towards you till the front wheel comes up, and spin it around.

Unfortunately, you can also break your side stand doing this, so I wouldn't recommend making a habit of it.

JC

EpyonXero · 06-05-2009, 08:45 AM

Hehe, short people.

CrazyKell · 06-05-2009, 08:47 AM

Don't you laugh at me!

Rsv1000R · 06-05-2009, 08:50 AM

Can you pull in, and turn the bike around in your spot? Then you can ride it out.

Particle Man · 06-05-2009, 08:52 AM

Saw the thread title and had that stupid song in my head way before I saw that AMJ posted the vid

CrazyKell · 06-05-2009, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Rsv1000R

Can you pull in, and turn the bike around in your spot? Then you can ride it out.

Thought about that but it's just too tight and there's a chance I'd drop it trying to get turned around. *sigh*

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

Saw the thread title and had that stupid song in my head way before I saw that AMJ posted the vid

Haha.....that's why I posted that title silly.

EpyonXero · 06-05-2009, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by CrazyKell

Thought about that but it's just too tight

hmmm

unknownroad · 06-05-2009, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by askmrjesus

It's easy.

You stand on the left side of the bike, rack the bars all the way to the right, tilt the bike towards you till the front wheel comes up, and spin it around.

Unfortunately, you can also break your side stand doing this, so I wouldn't recommend making a habit of it.

There are some videos on youtube demonstrating it. Some bikes have much better sidestands than others... the one on my 600-lb V65 Sabre looks like a piece of rebar

I usually use my thigh as a pivot point instead, but if you can't even keep the bike balanced to walk it, that's probably not an option...

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