How to get this beast up on the center stand?

[GearheadGrrrl]

Getting' about time for the 600 mile service and I still haven't been able to get this beast up on the center stand... Is there any secret? Or should I use the usual strategies for center stand impaired bikes- lift it with a "cherry picker", put it on the trailer and steady it with tie downs, long bar through the rear axle with a jack stand on each side, etc.?

 

[shrekonwheels]

This bike is a baby putting up on a stand. Simply roll backwards while lifting up on the handle press down with your foot on the stand and it is right there.

You can also take a 2x4 cut a 45 in one end and as it rolls up on the board press down on the stand.

 

[tomatocity]

Stand on the centerstand lever... hand on the passenger grip rail... lift "UP"... do not try to pull it back.

 

[Dogdaze]

No real secret, you can either do it or not. However, good shoes/boots help, keep bike on sidestand, press down the C/S with one foot, make sure both 'feet' are touching the ground, find a good hand hold, I use the subframe, then with one smooth movement, rock the bike backwards, whilst standing on the C/S lever arm, pull upwards and slightly back on the bike (almost as if you are trying to separate the C/S from the frame). Body weight and strength play into this as well, so don't feel bad if it takes a while. Also what may help is if there is a small down gradient in the direction of the rear.

 

[Checkswrecks]

Focus more on the step. It's actually gives you some leverage, so the more weight you put on it the less you need to lift with your hand.

 

[GearheadGrrrl]

Thanks guys, but I think the problem is the high center of gravity and long reach to everything. I can put my Guzzi Quota which is about the same weight as the S10 on the center stand, though I have to run the front end up on a ramp a bit to do it. On the S10 I've got all I can do just to balance the bike while trying to get it up on the center stand, and even using the ramp, one sneeze at the wrong second is going to put it on it's side. So 'til I get a sidecar on the S10, I'm gonna use other methods to get it vertical and off the ground for service.

 

[RIDEMYST]

It's not you!
My last 3 bikes have had center stands and the Tenere is by far the toughest to get on the center stand.
I might add that im 6'-2" 230 lbs. -JEP-

 

[Dogdaze]

It's not you!
My last 3 bikes have had center stands and the Tenere is by far the toughest to get on the center stand.
I might add that im 6'-2" 230 lbs. -JEP-

::026:: I forgot to add it's a tough bugger.

 

[GearheadGrrrl]

I'm 5'-8", overweight, and 64 with gimpy legs! I've been buying more stuff lately to help with lifting jobs, like a "cherry picker" engine hoist that has yet to hoist and engine... Works great for hoisting pickup beds and such though! I think I'm going go try the long rod through the rear axle trick though, it works real well with the Buell. Just run the rod through the hollow rear axle, put a jack stand under the high side end of the rod, jack up the low side, and insert a jack stand under it. But if the rear wheel has to come off, I have to put the stands under the swing arm, which kinda scratches it up. If I need the front end up, I use the cherry picker to pick it up while the rod and stands stabilize the rear.

 

[ExTriumphExp]

Once you have the correct technique you will find the its a piece of piss to get an S10 on the center stand. My previous bikes though were a Triumph Exploder, you have to be careful with this one as its so top heavy. Then it was a Triumph Tiger Sport, this was a complete bitch to get on the centre stand especially with the HUGE paniers fitted as you couldnt get you foot & weight on the foot pedal because the friggin panniers are so bulky.

Try gently pressing the foot pedal down & feel the two sides of the stand on the deck to ensure the bikes upright whilst holding the left handle bar grip in your left hand & your right hand gripping the left side pillion grab handle. Then just stand on the pedal using all your weight, so long as you dont let go, the bikes cant fall over & you dont have to lift, your body weight WILL lift the bike, this is why the foot pedal bar is so long as it acts as a crank. Try it yourself, I weigh 95 - 100 Kgs & find this very easy......, enjoy your S10

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[offcamber]

The key is to make sure the bike is in neutral or clutch disengaged....otherwise its a bitch I just stand on the lever and up it goes....

 

[Juan]

I know it's not easy to lift it up on the centre stand, especially for people weighing on the low side. With some practice you will overcome the difficulty. I always use the centre stand in the garage as the bike takes less space in my crowded garage. A full tank of gas does not help either. Make sure you're wearing a good pair of shoes with solid soles (not bedroom slippers). Balance the bike and get you weight completely on the arm of the centre stand and while the bike is lifting up DO NOT attempt to abort. Just stick to holding with one hand on the handle bar, the other hand pulling up by the rear grab rail, your foot on the centre stand arm and you other foot off the ground (so that all your weight is on the arm of the centre stand.

 

[racer1735]

To me, the Super Tenere is one of the easier bikes to get on the stand. Don't think of it as 'lifting' the bike. Keep your right arm locked onto the rear handle and use your thigh muscles to press down (don't 'jerk') on the centerstand. That force will push the bike up and back, with your right arm simply guiding it.

 

[Ron15S10]

Do what the others here mention as they're all correct. Additionally, the direction of your foot (the right foot that's on the center stand lever) can make a difference as it does for me. Also, I find that when I have the handlebar turned slightly towards the right, it minimizes the chance for the bars to turn left while rocking backwards which can create extra drag in placing on the center stand.

I'm 5' 8" and weigh approx 138# and lifting the S10 is not exactly easy but it isn't as difficult as my 2012 Goldwing was. I was also able to get that beast on the center stand albeit with some work. I think the '13 & up FJR's are much easier to put on the center stand - especially with the recessed handle in the frame - than the S10 however, as I stated, with the S10 it's not that difficult.

Hope this helps and there are lots of youtube vids for technique.

 

[SingleTrackMind]

Stand beside the bike, use my right foot on the stand and using my right hand I pull up on the passengers left foot rest. With my height the leverage works well.

 

[Baja Explorer]

one of you computer savvies make a you tube instructional video regarding this matter and share it with us, maybe I will realize I have been doing wrongfully all these past 42 years, but then again maybe you shouldn't! ::013::

 

[Madhatter]

being over weight helps, ask me how i know...side stand out, balance bike with left hand on left bar, right hand on passenger hand hold. remember balance, two hands one foot, with the right foot push down on the center stand foot pad and after you feel it make contact with ground press harder till you have all your weight on the center stand lever foot pad, it should go right up on it. get a friend or neighbor to spot you at first, that should give you a bit more confidence in performing this act... after a bit it will be old hat...

 

[snakebitten]

Madhatter,

That description was like a movie playing in my head. Exactly how I do it. And it is amazingly low effort considering the heft of this water buffalo.

 

[Bigbore4]

If you're in or near the metro, feel free to shoot me a PM. Be happy to come spot for you so you can work out "your" technique.

FWIW I face the bike, left hand on the bar, left foot on the CS lever, right hand pulling up on the grab bar or the pannier rack. Works for me.

 

[Tengai]

To me, the Super Tenere is one of the easier bikes to get on the stand. Don't think of it as 'lifting' the bike. Keep your right arm locked onto the rear handle and use your thigh muscles to press down (don't 'jerk') on the centerstand. That force will push the bike up and back, with your right arm simply guiding it.

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Me too. I had a very tall Ktm 990r, and when it had hard bags on it that bike was a bitch to get up on its centre stand, the S10 very easy.
It's all about proper technique. And this is the proper way ^^^^