So Much For My New Gen III

[pcarnut]

I have a funny story that could have been not so funny! I brought my new 08 home in the back of my pick up. After arriving home my expected help wasn't available? So bright me decides to roll my scissor lift in behind my truck, bring the lift bed up to truck bed height and then simply roll the bike back onto the lift and lower it down to ground level! Keep in mind I had never even ridden my new bike yet except to sit on it in the show room! I hadn't yet experienced just how heavy the bike is! OK so I'm in the back of the truck with the bike no longer tied down and I'm starting to walk it backwards onto the lift! This should be no problem, right! Now I have the back tire onto the lift and me and the rest of the bike still in the back of the truck, perfect everything is going as planned? Me thinks? I pull back a little bit more and now I have one foot on the lift and the other foot on the tailgate of the pickup... are you following this disaster looking for a place to happen? In the aforementioned position the lift starts to roll back away from the truck! I freeze, I am balanced between the truck and lift with the back of the bike on the lift and the front still on the truck tailgate. The next thing to happen is the bike starts to become a little overbalanced to one side and I lose my balance jumping down to the ground now holding the bike by the footpeg in my right hand and my left hand reaching up to the handlebar! Are you following this so far! Oh did I mention that I live in a country like setting, neighbours not too close, you really like the privacy, Not! I couldn't move. As long as I stood there I was OK and the bike remained balanced, and if I tried to get back up the bike weight shifted and I knew it would fall probably on me, and if it did I hoped it would kill me for being so stupid! You probably guessed that this scenario turned out without the bike falling because a neighbour from his yard so me standing there for a very long time and wondered if I was OK and also wanted to come over and see my "New Bike"! The two of us were able to wrestle the bike safely to the ground. Just my first experience learning just how heavy the FJR is and how stupid I can be. The end.

Now that's a good story!

And congrats to Buzby on the new ride.

 

[redtail]

Here's an idea. Looks like I'm an hour from you.

 

[redtail]

Easy as you please. Trust me , I had to do it, with a bunch of guys watching, at a ride to eat!

Let me know if I can help.

Richard

 

[Matt H]

Congratulations! Enjoy...

 

[Buzby]

Thanks to those who offered to help. I was able to get it down in one piece thanks to our babysitter's uncle who has a full gate width ramp he uses for loading bikes and quads into his truck. She is safely in the driveway...

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(for some reason it's not allowing me to paste the direct image link)

 

[blueman]

Thank god this thread has a happy ending. When I first read the title I thought something bad happened. Congrats on the new ride. Every time I ride mine it puts a big grin on my face.

 

[ionbeam]

The joy of success. Assist.

 

[redtail]

Congrats! She's a beauty!

 

[escapefjrtist]

Congrats on the great find Buzby, glad you made it back to firm ground without a youtube event!.

Enjoy the new [to you] ride -- you won't be disappointed!!

--G

 

[deanw]

The platform lift idea is inspired- I'll have to remember that. But, uh, with the wheels blocked. (Actually, when the lift is up, shouldn't one set of wheels be elevated so it won't roll? Depends on the lift, I guess.) You would probably not be surprised that quite a lot of HD dealers have an in-ground platform lift out back, specifically for unloading/loading bikes from pickups.

Most street/driveway combinations, pull into the street, back up to the driveway until the rear wheels are in the gutter- this gets you the lowest tailgate height above the sidewalk.

I always have the bike in gear so I can control rotation of either wheel with my hands, using front brake and clutch.

 

[Buzby]

Thank god this thread has a happy ending. When I first read the title I thought something bad happened. Congrats on the new ride. Every time I ride mine it puts a big grin on my face.

Oops - in hindsight, the thread title is somewhat provocative and suggests something worse. Thankfully not! It's a happy beginning for sure! The downside is I didn't get to ride AT ALL today other than in the driveway. Between work, my boys, baseball scrimmage and the fact that my new riding gear I ordered didn't come in today like it was supposed to. It better be there tomorrow...

Thanks for the assist!

The joy of success. Assist.

 

[Steel_Gin]

Congrats on the purchase!! Opposite story for me, I had my eye on a brand new ’09 when a my favorite dealer told me he could get a ’12.

 

[bgross]

Easy as you please. Trust me , I had to do it, with a bunch of guys watching, at a ride to eat!



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Let me know if I can help.

Richard

In case it was too subtle, that was Richard sneaking in a couple shots of SoCal winter weather.

Gotta go out and catch some vitamin D while I pull weeds....

Congrats on getting the bike safely down. Gonna head over the hill toward Solvang this weekend?

 

[Fairlaner]

Who's coming down to Ortega?

R

 

[SkooterG]

Who's coming down to Ortega?
R

Wrong thread ya tosser.

 

[Fairlaner]

no it aint.......dip ****....

R

 

[bgross]

Who's coming down to Ortega?
R

See you at 0900 at the Lookout.

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

Who's coming down to Ortega?
R

Wrong thread ya tosser.

Hey Scooter why don't yu ride out for the ride Saturday??

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

no it aint.......dip ****....
R

 

[SkooterG]

Who's coming down to Ortega?
R

Wrong thread ya tosser.

Hey Scooter why don't yu ride out for the ride Saturday??

Be careful of what you ask for..........