I believe what he is saying is the bike is very difficult to get onto the centre stand, hence the comment about the technique of doing so and the possibility of it being the wrong stand, as a Thou stand could be longer? It is the terminology of “stand up” and “stand down”, stand up means in use. Different to what most of us here would say. I 🤔 so anyway.
Getting the bike off the stand is another matter
Quote from: Decoke Dave on 23 January 2023, 11:39:07 am I believe what he is saying is the bike is very difficult to get onto the centre stand, hence the comment about the technique of doing so and the possibility of it being the wrong stand, as a Thou stand could be longer? It is the terminology of “stand up” and “stand down”, stand up means in use. Different to what most of us here would say. I 🤔 so anyway.I was always taught, put your foot on the stand and then stand up straight holding onto the handle by the rear foot peg - always works for me. Getting the bike off the stand is another matter
To get off the stand always sit on the bike first and just push forward and roll off it really easy and safe having both feet on the ground reduces the risk of drop if it gets the better of you and leans away from you if you are on one side.
Quote from: fazersharp on 27 January 2023, 04:23:47 pmTo get off the stand always sit on the bike first and just push forward and roll off it really easy and safe having both feet on the ground reduces the risk of drop if it gets the better of you and leans away from you if you are on one side. That rather depends on whether your legs are long enough to be able to flat-foot the bike on both sides...!
to be honest, getting the bike of the main stand is easy IF the stand isnt bent, the bracket isnt bent and you are not a 10st weakling.As said above, stand on the left, left foot in front of the main stand, right hand on the brake lever and rock forwards, if thats too hard , right hand on the grab rail. Push/pull the bike forwards. job done.My Tiger has a bent stand/bracket so the rear wheel is on the floor when on the main stand meaning a lot more force required to get it off the stand.
Quote from: Grahamm on 27 January 2023, 07:24:13 pmThat rather depends on whether your legs are long enough to be able to flat-foot the bike on both sides...!If you can't then you have a bike that isn't suitable for you!
That rather depends on whether your legs are long enough to be able to flat-foot the bike on both sides...!
I would never take the bike off the centre stand without sitting on it.
Plus standing on the left side means you can't even grab the front brake for any proper control either.
Quote from: darrsi on 27 January 2023, 08:31:05 pmQuote from: Grahamm on 27 January 2023, 07:24:13 pmThat rather depends on whether your legs are long enough to be able to flat-foot the bike on both sides...!If you can't then you have a bike that isn't suitable for you!Then I've been riding a bike that's "not suitable for me" for the past 16 years and, indeed, I did both my Basic and Advanced Tests on bikes that were "not suitable for me".QuoteI would never take the bike off the centre stand without sitting on it. I have never taken a bike off the centre stand whilst sitting on it. QuotePlus standing on the left side means you can't even grab the front brake for any proper control either.The only time that I could see that being an issue is if you were parked with the bike facing downhill, which suggests you made a mistake by parking it that way (and on the centre stand!) in the first place.
I think any info about an fz6 centerstand may be confusing for the OP who is needing help with his FZs 600Perhaps we should just keep any experiance on the subject to the fazer FZs 600.Odd he has not come back here, hope he isn't lying under the bike calling for help after it fell on him when he followed fz6 procdures for his fzs
🤔 Just a note about sitting on the bike to push it off the centre stand, I have never done this as I am a bit short arsed! I was always told never to sit/put extra weight on the bike with the main stand down as this is what buckles and bends it, as it is only designed to take the weight of the bike, especially when rife with tin worm, which our bikes are famous for!😡 You should really consider use of the side or centre stand depending on how and where the bike is situated for ease of getting it off . So unless you are very long legged I would advise against this! Only my opinion, I’m sure the same as most of us vertically challenged stumpy twats!
Ha! Yeah nice one,Bit of confusion here guess that’s my fault for a bad explanation of my woes.Getting it off the side stand is not the issue it’s getting it on.It seems straight enough and it pivots up and down smoothly but it seems very difficult compared to my mates fazer same model.The bike is not lowered which would be the most obvious thing after eliminating it being bent.The Fazer 1000 stand looks identical but could be a tad bigger which led me to conclude it could be the wrong stand replaced at some point.It will pop up onto the stand if someone stands at the back and yanks hard enough. (Fnar fnar)
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