I know this is old hat to some of you, but this video and the explanation really cleared up some confusion for me. Hopefully this will help some other newbies.
I talked to Nickola today, mainly about the pod filters he sells. A very nice guy. Towards the end of the conversation I asked him, "and just how the heck do you guys get these things up on the center stand??"
He gave me the secret that I had never taken away from all the descriptions I have read before on this. Ready?
The secret (to me anyway) is that unlike the Hondas I'm used to, our bikes no NOT use the bar that sticks out to the side of the stand on the left as the lever you step down onto while 1) steadying the bike by holding the left handle bar, and 2) lifting up on the grab bar that wraps around the back of the seat. All this skinny rod on the left is for is getting a start on pulling the center stand down from between the frame rails.
The actual thing you use your right forefoot for is stepping on the CROSSBAR between the two sides of the center stand, and the curved part of the stand. This "locks" the stand to the smooth/hard surface needed for this to work, as well as providing a rearward and upward force that's added to the vertical force you apply to the grab rail. When executed correctly, you can see how easy this is from the video.
It's just like the Honda CB-750F I first learned a center-stand technique on--the bike is nearly impossible to wrestle up onto the stand using brute force, but a walk in the park when you know the "secret."
I would add that the 1300 is a good 200 pounds heaver than my 750, so good technique is that much more essential. Nickola also said that rocking the bike forward and backward a few times, as seen in the video, helps get up some momentum to roll the bike up onto the center stand.
I still need to get a bunch of practice myself, but at least I now know what to shoot for.
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