On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 19:37:16 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 8/7/2018 1:51 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 07 Aug 2018 06:26:32 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 6 Aug 2018 16:42:55 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 5:53:59 PM UTC-5, John H wrote:
...wish I'd seen this video a few years back when I dropped the Mille at a MacDonalds!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyWpIKC_Br8

I saw a guy do that once because the kick stand collapsed, so he picked it up just to have it keel over the other side.....

I posted a video of that here a while back. Funny as hell, but I think the guy must have been drunk.

When I dropped mine, it dropped on the kickstand side. Whoops!

Harleys have a real bad habit of going over on the kickstand side if
you park in the grass. That is why guys carry a little block of wood
to put under the kick stand..



Any bike will tip over if the kickstand pushes through soft soil, even
my little 150 cc scooter.

The scooter gave me the itch though. Bought a used Suzuki C50T to ride
(drive?) :-} around on. Decent bike ... not anywhere near as heavy as
the last two Harleys that I had. This one weighs in at just about 600
lbs wet. The Harley's were about 900 lbs. It also has a lower CG.

My superglide was a tad over 700 but some of that factory stuff was
gone. It never did have the crash bars, windshield bags etc.