New rider | How to: Pick up your bike | Motorcyclenews.com

We've teamed-up with BMW Rider Training again to suggest some ways to pick up your bike, should you drop it. Chief Instructor, Ian Biederman, shows us how...

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[ilovelimpfries]

I’ve dropped my bike on a incline and i can attest that the 1st method is really hard if you small (5’5”) like me. The 2nd method is the best in ensuring that you dont slammed your bike on the ground if you ran out of strength while lifting the bike.

[andyw]

The gs is about 30 degrees from the ground. Much harder when the bike is flat to the ground. Also first method not so good for your back unless you keep it straight. Second method is safer and easier to use your legs to push the bike.

[UncleWally]

As other have commented, back to the bike is my go to choice. But, I’ll give the handlebar method a try. Of course, the best method is to pretend you’re hurt and allow other people to do the work . . . but that’s to go without saying.

[CubanRider]

I've always seen the second method taught, with the back to the bike, but I always thought lifting using the handlebar is the best method as you expertly demonstrate.

[howieboy]

Blowing an absolute hooley outside my house at the moment. Went outside to find my Benelli had blown over - this video was bloody useful getting it back up again!

[biscuitsalive]

Every bike type and specific situation seems to require a different method. My tenere 700 lays so flat, with the weight so high, many of the common lifting solutions don’t work for me.

I have to face bike, chest into seat, and push across with my legs. Seems the most reliable to me so far. (But very hard to do in slippy mud)

[karlosh]

excellent video. I can't remember this ever being covered in my training on DAS to "A" licence.
I guess another top tip, is make sure you don't get a really heavy bike. Better still, never drop it ! (easier said than done, I know)

[chiefchick]

I LOVE YOU. This is the only vid that showed how to pick up a dropped bike on the kickstand side. Everyone else are frauds bec they all show how convenient it is to pick it up when dropped from the other side - thereby making it easy to pick it up while you got your kickstand back up. THANK YOU!!!

[Thecougar]

Considering the price of these bikes they should stand themselves up!!

[edgeyt]

Boxer engine with cash bars - this is a how to pick up a GS (though it would work for a Harley too), on a flat, dry, hard surface.

[beforth]

Lifting from the handlebar only is a good way to break yor back, specially if you are in the middle of nowhere.

[wildone]

come on, we all know all bmw owners in such situation call AAA.

[fabiena]

BMW just went with an optional handle to pick up the bike (the regular version comes at 186 €, and the Adventure one, that allows you to pick your bike from dirt, is priced at 257 €). The Adventure handle can also be part of the Zupper Pack (on top of a parking aid and a heated clutch lever: 1321 €). Practising events will be announced. Be patient.

[figifister]

Thanks for the tip! I wish I knew this the first and second time I tipped mine over....sigh....

[VrabiaHipnotica]

Great advice, but if you weigh 50kgs it’s pretty much impossible to lift it back up.

[tomthompson]

handy video, ,, after lowering the side stand, check its in gear too, ,,

[merson]

Thanks Ian, the technique of leveraging the handle bar worked perfectly this morning outside of my garage! Best wishes to both you and Julie. Thanks to Julie, BMW Rider Training made me a safe rider, rather than an unstable speed freak. However, I occasionally have my moments.

[colindeans]

Excellent video. This should form part of motorcycle training.

[JReed]

From experience it is much easier to do method 2 with a Kawi Concours/GTR 1400 then the first method.

[bryantotten]

great advice .there is really some silly advice out there it is nice to hear the real thing