How to Safely Pick Up A Motorcycle

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[MotoJitsu]

Any other tips on how to pick up a motorcycle?

[Ronda-gojt]

As an owner of a motorcycle training school, in order to stop the bike from rolling, I would suggest that you take a glove off and place over the handlebar to squeeze in the front brake. You can use whatever finger in the glove that you need to make the front wheel secure, so that it doesn't roll.

[knappdaddy]

I’m more impressed with how gently you were able to lay them down lol

[brunopombo]

Dont forget that engine/exhaust will probably be hot. Dont get burnt.

[dkaldossari]

no bike was harmed in this video...grateful to put your own bike under harms way for our education

[vert]

I love how animated this guy is. He sure loves his job and that makes me happy for him. Haha thank you for your knowledge @MotoJitsu !!

[pocketlint]

I commend this guy for showing multiple methods. Every bike is different. On my naked, I tried the way I was always told, facing backwards. And the bike just wanted to slide on the ground. Instead I front deadlifted it using a sumo stance. Worked great. Also impressed he just put them down on the concrete and didnt line the floor with carpets like most people do for the tutorial

[razvandumitru]

This is an absolutely great video. Nobody wants to put their bike on one side to show you this. In my opinion, this should be taught in the beginner course. Keep up the good work and thanks man.

[ThePhotofit]

I especially like how you demonstrated these methods on a slippery polished concrete floor! Good skills!

[loriebarker]

Have a zip tie or something strong enough to tie off the brake lever. Quicker and easier than trying to get the bike into gear if it's in neutral. I use a rubber coated thick garden wire that's always at hand and easy to get to in case of a drop.

[jameschesterton]

Man, this was me the other day. I stopped in a queue of traffic and for some reason couldn't get my foot down off the peg and I just went straight over. The bike was still running, so I just freaked out grabbed it and picked it up as quickly as possible and pretended like nothing had happened. I probably did everything you just told us not to do.

On the plus side though, my riding skill is increasing exponentially, thanks to all of your fantastic content.

[PetrolJunkie]

Tip: Carry something that you can tie the front brake lever down if you drop it on the left and can't get to the gear shifter to put it in gear. I have a velcro strip that I keep attached to the handle bar for that. (I ride dirt, my GSA likes to take naps in the middle of a trail.)

[grantbradley]

Several years ago I was making a petrol stop. The gas station had speed bumps, while going over one I looked down, mistake. My fully loaded RT with my wife on the back slowly fell on its side. Fortunately a couple days prior I had watched a video regarding picking up a heavy bike. I used the deadlift maneuver which was effective. Lesson learned, don’t fixate on the ground while doing a slow speed maneuver. Great video👍

[frilford]

Just dropped (gently) my G310GS whilst backing it out of the garage (I am very short of leg and the thing is a bit tall for me!) and since I am suffering with Long Covid fatigue (my excuse!) I couldn't lift the thing back onto its wheels. Luckily my neighbour's teen sons were kicking a ball in the garden so they came round, righted the bike and pushed it back into the garage. "There must be a technique to lifting a bike back onto its wheels..." I said to myself. I hit YouTube and up came your video. Very useful... Thanks. I've subscribed. Greetings from UK...

[nuxnux]

Thanks man. I just picked up my motorcycle thanks to your advice. Alone on top of the mountain, there was no one to help, then I turned on your video. Just to say that I had to drag the motorcycle by the back to put it in an adequate position because it fell on the hill

[bryanweaver]

Another method for bikes with handlebars is using the bars as a lever. With the bike on its side, turn the bars to point the wheel "up", i.e. if the bike is on its left side, turn the bars fully to the right. Now the lower half of the bar sits at its furthest point from the center of gravity (I'll avoid a physics lecture). Bend down into a squat position with the bar pointed at your navel, grab the grip with both hands, and lift with your legs. This method has your feet firmly planted and provides a handle to control the bike once upright.

[toyetoyetoye]

Just dropped my bike in my garage when a jack failed. I immediately remembered what I learned from this video months ago. Did the trick one time! Thanks!

[chineseboxer]

I picked up my 450 LBS KLR 650 like a bicycle no problem... until the next day when I woke up. Owwwch. I'm not 44 anymore. I gotta watch it.

[girlinagale]

I'm 61 and dropped my crf300l turning sharp right, the neutral gear was in so I lost power.
I've watched loads of pick-up videos but couldn't do it.
A kind woman stopped to help and she said she rides a Street Triple.
I'll rig up a pully at home and practice picking it up.
I was on alert because I'd gone riding specifically to practice slow u-turns.

[Shangrila]

The backup technique starting at 2:30 totally worked!! Thank you! I’m a small chick with not much strength at all. Awesome video, thank you again. You got me out of a pickle!