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[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by No Worries

Speaking of the deadlift, have you ever seen someone try and lift a bike onto the centerstand. Most people put one hand on the handlebar and another on the lift handle above the rear tire. Then they try and heave the bike up. You have to be pretty strong to do that. The centerstand is the most useful thing on the lucky bikes that have one, and most can't use it.

I lift my bikes up by grabbing the rear lift handle with both hands. One foot on the centerstand tang, the other under the lift handle. Then it is a simple deadlift, using legs and straight arms, onto the centerstand. I think I also give it a little shoulder shrug too. Works like a charm every time.

If you are lifting at all you're doing it wrong. I put my foot on the centerstand tang, one hand on the handlebars, the other on the rear subframe spar and just roll the bike backwards until the centerstand hits the stops - the levering action of the centerstand lifts the bike off the ground.