Jeezums, what a bunch of maroons! Like the guy said a few posts back... Put in 1st gear, roll forward to take up the drive line slack, drop stand and let 'er lean (on the stand, dummy). I had to do this on most of my bikes EXCEPT the Road King (best thing about that tank, actually.)
And don't lean your bike against a tree! You scratch the friggin' bark, causing the tree to catch some botanical disease that'll kill it and during the first good gully-whumper that comes along it'll get blown over and crash into your house and ruin your Time-Life Golden Anniversary Edition of The Greatest Bubblegum Hits of the 60's and 70's, featuring such mega tunes, as Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (I got love in my tummy), I Can't Stop That Feelin' (Oooga-Chaaga), Hunky Funky, Dizzy and of course who can forget the splendid rendition of Bang-Shang-A-Lang, by the Archie's. Worse, your wife's collection of, um, power tools will float away in the resultant mêlée and you'll be forced to step in and take over, which will kill what's left of the baseball season. Oh, the family of squirrels that took up residence in the tree hollow will scurry out and make up a new nest in your underwear drawer, find your porn collection makes for a dandy new acorn container after they chew a big hole in your stack of ****s and Snatch magazines that you stole from your old man's garage back in '62. Of course, this will all happen while you're at the Evangelical Cross Dressers For Jesus meeting and when you get home to find your life's work is sliding into the creek, you'll have a heart attack and croak, then your bowels will let go all over those new patten leather, high heeled pumps you just got at the Ferragamo store down at the mall...
So, use the stand, k?