How to lift a motorcycle

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Staff at Harley-Davidson shows how to properly lift a bike that has been dropped. The technique is easy and everyone that ones a motorcycle should know it. You should also know how to get the motorcycle ready for the lift.

[@Adam-ce2fe]

Thanks i got my grom of the floor now

[@bikerrrmouse8765]

TwoWheelFury​ didn't realise that gromes were that heavy...

[@GummyBoar]

+BikerrrMouse87 What's a joke.

[@KDD8]

+TwoWheelFury How to take big girls home from the bar

[@mrfrosthase]

#mademyday tho

[@garyteague9555]

hehe

[@julianhuertas8909]

I learned this when i started riding at 16 yrs old in 2006, main thing is dont panic and dont worry about people watching, half of them have no idea of how to do it, safe rides everyone 🎉

[@captainkickstand]

Thank you for this video. It helped me out a lot just now when I dropped my Honda Shadow VT1100 in the driveway. (I haven't ridden it much lately and ride my bicycle a lot more. I had a brain-melt and tried to get off the bike without putting the kickstand down first--like you would do with a bicycle. I probably shouldn't admit that.) I see there are a few naysayers below, but I, for one, appreciate that you took the time to have this demonstration somewhere and put up the video if it.

[@CoolestKidOnTheShortBus]

Guy in yellow liked the cigarette joke :D

[@MattKirzner]

They should teach this when you learn how to drive.

[@VegasVolt3ya9a]

Guess what, even after 2 years, they don't teach that to anyone. It is pretty sad, that they don't really introduce an ongoing biker to everything but only driving and looking around carefully (more or less).

[@lxeyy]

@@VegasVolt3ya9a I was taught this when i got my bikers licence couple years back.

[@travissekutt]

fr they still dont teach that on the driver’s license test here

[@Akumarupup]

Lol my instructor with her broken foot wouldn’t let me pick it back up 🥲

[@spyarchive]

This is great! My bike's under 500lbs, but I'm on the cusp of 30 and anticipate pulling my back if I try to muscle it back up in 5 years like I do now.

[@SMaamri78]

This is great to know for when you are alone and drop it. But from what I've witnessed several times around here (and this may not be true elsewhere), if you drop your bike there will be others that will help you get it back up on two wheels.

[@fudjpackard3911]

i had a good Samaritan that helped me last night. believe it or not i had never had to deal with this in 35 years of riding....i just never dumped my bikes. i knew the correct way to do it, so i killed the motor, got my right leg disentangled and started trying to lift the bike. this guy in a truck stopped to help. while i was trying to pick it up using the technique in this video this large dude walked up, picked it up by the handlebars and stood it upright. it's not as easy as it looks. also i have to mention here that i am 67 years old. i plan on riding as long as i can so i'm going to practice doing this in case it ever happens again. i think it's all in the technique. very embarrassing.......

[@annemarie172]

@@fudjpackard3911 even if you're 67, I believe you can use this technique and continue riding as long as you want. I just figured this out tonight because I accidentally tipped my softail deluxe over in the garage. It wasn't even running. I had been adjusting the highway pegs and jumping on and off to try out the different positions, and I got careless. I had seen this technique a year ago so I tried it, but for the life of me I couldn't get it up. It might help to know that I'm a 55 year old woman, the bike weighs 726 lbs, and I live alone. I wasn't embarrassed because I couldn't do it, but I was worried about something happening to the bike if I had to leave it on its side over night until I could get somebody to help in the morning. I couldn't stand to leave it laying on it's side so I watched every video that showed how to do this. I finally did it, but it wasn't until I tried rocking the bike back and forth with my legs while I was basically sitting on it. I could kind of sense when it started to "bounce" slightly that that was when I had to walk it up while simultaneously straightening my arms out, more for balancing myself, as I was backed into the bike. The power really does come from your legs. Thank goodness I kept trying different approaches. Now that I've actually experienced being able to upright it by myself, I feel a bit of confidence that I hadn't known since 1997 when I had to pick up my Vulcan 550 by myself. I was a lot younger then and that bike was a lot lighter. But like you, I want to keep riding as long as I can. So, just keep practicing! Good luck!

[@johnraschilla4401]

Had. Watched a Number of How to on this Topic, it wasn't until I LOCKED MY ARMS at the full length, And Since it was down on the Kick Stand Side I made sure My Right leg would be able to adjust the kickstand as soon as the Bike Was up enough. It was so easy once I understood the Power of the Legs vs trying to Pull with my Arms, hence the locking of them.

[@caypercifield1778]

Sounds like harley knows their demographic

[@MyLegsAreKindaLong]

this video is so helpful I can't imagine anyone dislike it

[@JOSE-du7mu]

Maybe because he was talking way too much and not getting to the point.

[@Stellarspace95]

so easy a girl could do it haha I heard the awkwardness in that

[@amalpramod3803]

He just mean that men are more muscular and stronger compared to women its a fact we must admit it

[@terragaia7092]

@@amalpramod3803 in modern day for fickle minded people you gotta say stronger biologically else they come here screeching pussy power or some shit. Then debate half a day to shame their delusions of society.

[@magik97]

Men are stronger than women by a good margin. He doesn't deny reality at least.

[@PissTakeProduction]

Been picking up my BMX the same way ever since watching this video.

[@Stevits11]

Dropped a Vulcan 2000 before I had the crash bars head down in a ditch, and a GSXR1000 after a deer hit. This is the ONLY way I could have flipped these tanks back up. I share this every time I see it posted.

[@jasonklisz8528]

How about downing and lifting a bike "without" a case guard to pivit the bike on. It's called a fulcrum. Try it without it and you can't do it like that easy. Notice every You Tube motorcycle lift vid shows the engine guard?

[@2002MX5]

I dropped my Versys 1000 when I turned into a state park lot that used to be grass, and as I turned in, there's a loader coming at me spreading large gravel twenty feet away. Braked, put right foot down into a hole and slowly tipped over. Took two of us to pick it up. So embarrassed. Riding since '72, first time dump.

[@RalphARoo]

Just hurt my back lifting mine. Watching the video now. Prepared for next time. Lol

[@peachin74]

Thanks dude. Informative video.

[@justinlarry2750]

Thank god i have a mobile data to watch this vid i've been in the side of the road for almost 30 minutes and i can't lift my damn bike and no one is passing by just me finally i can get back home now

[@44357514]

I recently dropped my 2006 Honda VTX1300c cruiser motorcycle in my garage while sitting on the bike and trying to stab at the kick-stand with my left foot to try to find it to put it down. I have a Gravel Floor in my garage. I built a wood platform to place my bike on when parking it. The platform is near the right hand wall of the garage. The bike fell on its left side and I fell along with the bike and the bike landed on my left leg. I managed to pull my leg out from under the bike. The bike had it upper on the gravel and its lower on the wood platform - so the lower half of the bike was now higher than the upper half of the bike. Luckily the bike was resting on the end of the left handlebar, the front and rear foot pegs and the hard mounted Viking Leather saddle Bags. I tried lifting the bike by the handlebar and the seat but could only get it up about a foot and had to drop it back down. I tried doing the sitting on the seat method and lifting with my knees - but that had the same results. I only lifted it about a foot and had to drop it back down. I had poor footing being on the gravel floor. I am 65 years old and have a bad spine and had 5 discs removed and I have two bad knees. I got my wife out to the garage to help. She is 63 and has worse knees than I and also has a bad back. She tried to help by trying to lift it by pulling on the Sissy-Bar / Back-rest. That didn't work either. So finally I went and drove my car to pick up a young friend who is in his early 30's to help. He came over and helped by lifting on the sissy-bar and we managed to pick the bike up. Luckily there was no damage to the bike. No dents in the Gas Tank and No rips in the seat. If this would have happened out on the road some=place I would have had to call a Tow-Truck.

[@dannyw7662]

But if the bike is down on the left, the shifter is trapped underneath.

[@John-ob7dh]

Then it's best to tie the front brake lever back with something .( best to carry some cable ties with u ,or a short elastic Toggle strap.

[@RoninsCorner]

SWEEP THE LEG JOHNNY!

[@vaheenazeez1001]

What if the handle bar is turned towards the other side? (Front wheel pointing upwards)

[@HardcityRaindrops]

Except she use the exhaust pipe as leverage it doesn’t have that on the other side so it would be much more difficult

[@timekeep3r]

This the one ^

[@istvankis4089]

Okay, but how do you lift a motorcycle if it's tipped on right side? There is no side stand.

[@davids6533]

My! What nice back pockets she has! The demonstration was really nice also.

[@aryatale5232]

creep

[@tun-tunninc.6492]

Damn. That's pretty good. Great demo.

[@DiscoWalrus]

I don't think this will work. What if it was a supersport? You'd be pushing that thing around, scraping more of it's fairings and stuff.

[@nilus1955]

Move to 2:60 to quit all his babbelbabbel....

[@jackoneill1745]

2:60??? Hahaha what the fuck, 3 minutes works as well my dude

[@waynegeordiesdad648]

Yeah......someone as smart as you doesn't need to learn how to do stuff.....you NEVER drop and don't need to learn how to get it up on the rubber.......OH by the way....why did a smart guy like you even watch the video?

[@jackoneill1745]

@@waynegeordiesdad648 What are you even talking about? Or are you talking to the other guy?

[@jujagthemag]

Funny I dropped my bike pull yup to my parking spot. Caught a Charlie horse in my hamstring right side just as I was putting my leg off the peg to park. Yes it's a real embarrassing ordeal. I didn't break anything but damn was I insecure about someone seeing that. It may be one of the most embarrassing things to do. Crashing is not because your just happy if you survive. Dropping it looks so pathetic though.

[@juanete838]

agree

[@9988ScooterGirl]

People drop shit all the time. Nothing to be embarrassed about.

[@johnmarshall930]

what do I do if the bike is on the other side where there is no side stand to stop it falling over, other than let it fall on the other side and start again?

[@ginoordonez4739]

Thank you guys!

[@Kuachal13Zak]

Hay otro método más técnico y efectivo,hasta con una sola mano; aplicando la fuerza en manillares( Flanders) y como punto de apoyo en llanta delantera, ya sea que esté caída a la derecha o izquierda,siempre veo esta misma técnica en todos los vídeos,muy riesgosa

[@rvkvikas]

Thank you! Good video.

[@maleka58]

Helps if it falls the right way, so you can pull your stand out and put it in Gear to stop it moving. It also has crash bars so it is not flat to the floor. You're not going to get trapped under it with the bars keeping it off you either! and not off road! We would all love it if our bikes to fall in an ideal place and situation! And of course, nothing spilt on the road on the road that you may have slid on, to put it down in the first place. If you drop and a big old bike that has no fuel injection, you will have the added difficulty of petrol coming out of your tank as well, so it has to be done extra quickly. Looks good on youtube if you don't know better!!! in an ideal situation. Harleys never fall flat to the ground! also have bits to hold on too and there is no big fairing on that bike! I could go on!!! Nice short seat too!!

[@mrsmith4662]

Looks easy, I haven't found it so.

[@canadianloon6433]

Great video She's probably stronger than most guys. Lol

[@billofalltrades1468]

Awesome very informative! Thanks for sharing!

[@CBR250RMAN]

whenever I drop my bike....yea I don't drop my bike. as a matter of fact, I never quit riding. believe me it was much more difficult watching this at 90mph and typing my comment, than raising one up off the ground would ever be.

[@joshbeal7565]

Wish I would've watched this earlier today.... I laid my superglide down while practicing emergency braking and swerving today in an open parking lot.... Literally NOW DAMAGE thanks to crash bars and I wasn't going very fast.... But I'm 24 and can carry a refrigerator by myself but I tell you what I can't even lift myself off the toilet my back hurts so bad from muscling it up..... DO FUCKING NOT MUSCLE IT UP.... I'M 6FT AND 250 AND LIFT OFTEN AND I'M FUCKING MISERABLE

[@joshbeal7565]

And yes I mostly lifted with my legs like you would with a dead lift

[@johnjohnson-nd8fy]

what if ur on the ice

[@griopfrew3260]

Thanks very very good and informative too...

[@John-ob7dh]

If thats a sportster they are about 485 lbs easy for a man to pick up ,but she is doung great for a girl . I dropped my sporty once and just picked it up without the messing around wirh back routine.

[@MSSynsyterGates]

This is a really helpful video

[@extmankind3863]

Ozzy Osbourne on Harley🔥

[@no-eb2xx]

Nice technique but picking up a low motorcycle like a Harley isn't that hard. Picking up a tall cruiser or adventure bike is mich harder, but the same technique applies.

[@thegreatcauli9624]

Reddit ?

[@no-eb2xx]

@@thegreatcauli9624 yes?

[@MrTandtrollet]

Me wondering if I can lift the 700+ lbs Honda ST1300 =S

[@Cruz474]

2:05, Putting down the kickstand is absolutely detrimental? Alright I'll make sure not to put it down.

[@fsgarciajr]

So easy even a caveman can do it.

[@jujagthemag]

Really!!!!!? With that disgusted Caveman look lol funny dude. I miss those caveman commercial. We pissed them off every time.

[@dickjohnson5025]

I’d like to see Flo do it!!

[@monkeyzeetube]

what if it falls on the other side?

[@JamesKing2understandinglife]

Wow! Great video!

[@2phalanges]

when i come to a red light/ stop sign, can i put my kick stand down and just take off on first gear with it down and let the ground push the kick stand back up as i move forward or is that dangerous?

[@savagepharoah1335]

I think if you try accelerating while the kick Stan is out the bike will turn off for safety issues don't quote me on that though.

[@iwens1966]

OK, step away from the motorcycle, leave it parked in the garage, or better yet, sell it.

[@zerg_burger]

My bike automatically turns off when i put it into gear and the kickstand is down

[@CurvedSlightly]

How do I lift a proper motorbike?

[@takeru51]

I dropped a motorcycle when I was learning at 13 year old, and picked it up just like a push bike lol

[@cameronk5470]

Must not have been heavy.

[@halrice770]

but what if it fell on the left side?

[@rmonified]

+Hal Rice it tells you just do it the same then grab handle bars and put the kick stand out

[@notafanboy250]

+Hal Rice They addressed that at the end of the video.

[@nomellocreampig]

I need to go lay my bike down I want to see how much easier it was compared to doing it the man way.

[@lobosolitario.1065]

good video..

[@cwmagna1007]

To olsko7j, watch the whole video for your answer.....

[@hoover5418]

please try to lift super tenere ?huh

[@diggler2002]

My bike just blew over in the wind. Going to lift it now.

[@WatchJoelTV]

i can tell you it does not work on a 600 Katana. Especially on wet grass.

[@tomthompson7400]

very worth while post

[@tubeit365]

@ 3:22 she finally lifts the bike

[@joelangel7630]

Like it.

[@konagalHI1]

What is the difference in weight from a Sportster and a Softtail Custom?

[@adamclark94]

Not much like 80 pounds wet probably. doesn't feel much different anyways

[@100inthewind]

It has crash bars! Anyone can get the bike up. Try that method without crash bars. Won't work. Ask me how I know.

[@jerrysaunders6105]

Don't have to ask. Already know. Dropped my 01 FXSTD. No bags or bars. Wasn't anywhere near this easy to get it on her wheels again. I'm 6'4" and 260, and it took two of us.

[@KittyKit_Kat]

@@jerrysaunders6105 hi, doubt you'll answer but I'm also 6'4 maybe 6'5 and i want to know what cruisers do you fit on? Cuz i always haven't a fear it will be too small for me

[@ImNotADeeJay]

I'd rather go to Dagobah to make Yoda teaching me the ways of the force so I can lift it efortlessly

[@nomellocreampig]

Ghost ride the whip!

[@spookytook]

how heavy is this?

[@shoepm]

I damaged by solar plexis chakra while lifting a heavy bike. What to do now ?

[@ljprep6250]

Stand up, breathe out fully, breathe in deeply, and Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm it out. All fixed!

[@majortom4543]

the woman knows her stuff

[@chrisc6874]

u mean put down the kickstand

[@thepotcallinthekettle4409]

Zip past 3 min to get to the point.

[@ozpilotgirl]

knee dragger (anonyms) They show what to do if it's dropped on the left side?!?

[@JimmyDean4hotdog]

He said at the very end it is the same process, except that halfway from bringing it up you put down the kickstand.

[@yournightmare9999]

Try lift vtx 1800 :]

[@haryudha1993]

How about if the bike fall to the left side?

[@matthewborg3594]

He explains at the end.

[@captainkickstand]

That was how mine fell. You just have to be careful when you get it most of the way up to plant your foot and get a good grip on the bar before you try and put the kickstand down.

[@williamgilmore6931]

Look at all these Harley riders ._. ;(

[@dannydorito4675]

Turn it off what? You mean those over priced hunks of metal couldn't budget in $50 for a tip sensor. Unbelievable.

[@rob3568]

They have tip sensors dummy

[@marcmeyers1080]

Funny All these videos the bike always falls to the right so you can use the kickstand I l Always fall to the left

[@xsonz2]

Grade A buttocks

[@lorenhusky2717]

xsonz2 True story. I'd brown nose that.

[@shinren_]

Loren Husky ...wtf

[@akalilbit08]

Tried this. Didn’t work

[@markrossbach1458]

what happens if it drops on the left side

[@joneren1xD]

3:56

[@dickjohnson5025]

Did you watch?? Wtf man

[@jee2001]

Also sucks w no reverse...

[@tb8573]

At 3:20 is the point of this video. It ends 30 seconds later, but could have ended 20 seconds sooner - a total of 20 seconds - if the man was not wasting everbodys time talking and making this a 4 minute and 25 seconds long video. On top of misjudging how interesting he is, he manages to say ”So easy a girl can do it” and makes a total prick out of himself. God job!

[@magik97]

Women are physically weaker than men by a decent margin, so it makes sense if he says that. And he wasn't making a yt video. Somebody captured it and put it on yt.

[@frogmanjack8790]

That's nice if it falls on the right side all the time but what happens it falls on the left there's no kick stand on the right

[@MrHamalu]

3:56

[@dickjohnson5025]

Did you watch?

[@anthonybundy5262]

Or just lift the damn bike and ride away like a boss

[@Dansk55]

2:30

[@MaxAtTheMax]

The bike nearly fell over to the other side...

[@xxlunaxx4847]

MaxAtTheMax That's why you put the kickstand down. So it won't fall.

[@flowroll777]

SWEEP THE LEG

[@TheRealShadowspawn]

Yes, we should see this video with the kickstand side down, please. I've lost or bent plenty of a clutch lever because the kickstand went through the asphalt on a hot Texas day, or it simply gave out. In this video there is no balance or coordination needed when the kickstand is side down.

[@williamlillmars7250]

If a motorcycle weighs that much, it sucks.

[@Mrclassy46]

its a harley...leave it on the floor where it belongs

[@Devestato72]

Lol

[@aktau42]

Gary Caldwell Paying $10,000 extra just for the name doesn't make you cool or smart! Your arguments invalid

[@aktau42]

Gary Caldwell that just shows people nowadays have more money than brains, therefore you're the idiot here

[@aktau42]

Gary Caldwell I've never seen a Harley spend more time on the road than they do in the shop

[@aktau42]

Gary Caldwell just because the name it self is worth a lot of money, doest mean it's a good bike! people buy them just to say I got a Harley and for their sound, everything else about it is absolute shit....

[@PETROSoZieGOROS]

just skip to 3:40 .

[@Durn3viir]

Thanks my bike fell in mud

[@rajnarayannaik]

Abe jaldi bol kal subhe panwal nikal na hai

[@murraytownsing5662]

Best learn 2 ride and not drop in begining is best way

[@jellis3699]

Lift it already

[@acarocacaro]

Instead of talking you should have helped the lady! JK, nice video! ;)

[@fudjpackard3911]

man, that lady is put together nice.......everything's right where it's supposed to be......and plenty of it .....

[@23shipoopi23]

Get your wierd old ugly ass outa here

[@shoepm]

No wonder you have kept your name as vulture

[@dickjohnson5025]

It all comes from the hips, mmmm yes, nice hips

[@TheGamingJuicy]

Or you could just not get a harley... like why pay for a overpriced heavy slow vehicle?