I found after having both stand feet touch the ground pressing down with your foot while pulling the bike up with the rail helps a lot, from my experience though SW motech stands for up a lot easier but maybe come off a bit easy too. I love having one though can allow you to park in tighter spaces being up right
Thanks for this, I’m considering a centre stand for mine, so very helpful! I’ve found on my previous VStrom 650, pulling the bike backwards when standing on the lever seems to improve the movement of the bike rear wards, but it might be different on the 800. I’ve subbed for your future DE content 🙏😀
Great video. I got the Suzuki center stand. I still haven't gotten it on the center stand without my little hack of rolling the rear tire up on a small wood block. It's cheating, but until I can get the correct motion to get it on the center stand, my cheat will have to work for now. lol. I uploaded a short about it. :) Having the center stand makes simple maintenance tasks much easier without a doubt.
I find that placing all of your weight on the stand (once it makes contact with the ground / floor), the bike is much easier to place on the centre stand. Wearing sturdy boots is essential. Dirt bike boots with a steel shank in the sole are best, as they're hardly any flex of the boot.
Hi there, Hope you have mastered the art. i would practice on concrete to begin with though. The trick is to gently push on to the floor, so both feet of the stand are on the floor. Now you should be able to hold the bike upright, just by pushing down on the stand (do this when confident). Now, hold rear grab handle or rack etc, Now the the trick is to stand on the stand, putting your full weight through your Right leg, Now just pull up AND push down with your leg/Foot. Hope this rambling makes sense and good luck. But being on concrete will make a lot of difference
I found after having both stand feet touch the ground pressing down with your foot while pulling the bike up with the rail helps a lot, from my experience though SW motech stands for up a lot easier but maybe come off a bit easy too. I love having one though can allow you to park in tighter spaces being up right
Thanks for this, I’m considering a centre stand for mine, so very helpful! I’ve found on my previous VStrom 650, pulling the bike backwards when standing on the lever seems to improve the movement of the bike rear wards, but it might be different on the 800.
I’ve subbed for your future DE content 🙏😀
Nice video 👊
Great video. I got the Suzuki center stand. I still haven't gotten it on the center stand without my little hack of rolling the rear tire up on a small wood block. It's cheating, but until I can get the correct motion to get it on the center stand, my cheat will have to work for now. lol. I uploaded a short about it. :) Having the center stand makes simple maintenance tasks much easier without a doubt.
Glad it's not just me!
I find that placing all of your weight on the stand (once it makes contact with the ground / floor), the bike is much easier to place on the centre stand. Wearing sturdy boots is essential. Dirt bike boots with a steel shank in the sole are best, as they're hardly any flex of the boot.
Hi there, Hope you have mastered the art.
i would practice on concrete to begin with though. The trick is to gently push on to the floor, so both feet of the stand are on the floor. Now you should be able to hold the bike upright, just by pushing down on the stand (do this when confident). Now, hold rear grab handle or rack etc, Now the the trick is to stand on the stand, putting your full weight through your Right leg, Now just pull up AND push down with your leg/Foot. Hope this rambling makes sense and good luck. But being on concrete will make a lot of difference
Thanks for the tips. I'm getting there but slowly!