Note to self!

[1monkey1]

Got home from work early today ,was nice and sunny so thought I would give my bike a good clean.
Dragged bike out the shed. Armed with my can of WD40 and a hour later one nice fast shinny blue vee!!
Very happy with the results, except the grab rail/luggage rack starting to look a bit shabby.
Decided to take it off and get it powder coated,half a hour later bish bash bosh all 3 parts off ready to take with me in the morning.
Right time to put bike away, got hold of handle bars and went to grab grab rail/luggage rack to take it off center stand. What a feckin struggle I had, really not recomended. So think before you take the grab rail/luggage rack off, put it on the SIDE STAND!!
Oh and you should of seen me trying to push it up the little ramp back into the shed!
But can't wait for my nice shinny black grab rail/luggage rack

[Brockett]

Oh! yes how true. I have an up slope on the front path. Easy to put it on the centre stand and almost impossible to get it back off. I also have an uphill push into the shed. So I leave the side stand down just in case my foot slips from under me. I am getting an estimate on block paving at the front and a garage at the side but hell ...... it's going to be a whole lot of drinking vouchers.

[Fatbelly]

But be careful...a mate of mine pushed his Freewind off the centre stand with the side stand still extended - the side stand came right down on his foot! Nothing broken but damned sore!

[Brockett]

Oh! yes FB I've done that too, but only once and it was only my toe that hurt. If the bike goes down it'll be my wallet crying tenners and I'll probably have to wait till my son comes home to help me get it back on it's wheels. His derision will be merciless and endless.

[Sharpy]

If on the centre stand I just sit on the seat and roll it off the stand... works a treat and avoids problems mentioned above!

[MartinW]

Me too

[mjc506]

Heh, I watched someone try that not long after I passed my test. He gets on, starts up, lifts sidestand, engages 1st, throttles up and lets out the clutch. Only then does he realise he's on the centrestand too, and hurredly rocks forward, forgetting the back wheels' spinning merrily away in drive...

I don't think I need to explain what happened next    

[Brockett]

I can't rock it (uphill) off the centre stand.