04-24-2023, 11:45 AM
Boxerboy55 is 100% right, but let's emphasize that to make it really easy you need ALL your weight on the center stand, under your foot, and the bike virtually pops up on its own. Of course, being a little porky - as I am - helps. This doesn't work quite as well as did on previous generations (say, nineties & earlier) - the old 90/s almost lifted itself onto the stand.
having watched flocks of BMW riders on various occasions, something else that not a lot of people seem to do easily is getting the bike back off the main stand: simply stand to the left of the bike, your body facing toward the right hand mirror, hold both grips and just nudge the bike forward off the stand with your left knee.
Both on & off techniques are especially useful for a fully loaded, fully gassed GS/A which can be a bit of a handful.
having watched flocks of BMW riders on various occasions, something else that not a lot of people seem to do easily is getting the bike back off the main stand: simply stand to the left of the bike, your body facing toward the right hand mirror, hold both grips and just nudge the bike forward off the stand with your left knee.
Both on & off techniques are especially useful for a fully loaded, fully gassed GS/A which can be a bit of a handful.