Agreed, I love this look!

 

The bike is light to pick up compared to say the breakout do to the tire size! If that helps

 

"To the Low Rider owners: How hard is it to get the low rider "upright" from the kickstand position(say in comparison to a dyna glide)? (I'm not a puss, I have a spinal injury...and I'm a bit of a puss, haha)" Heli-Tim

I had no problem at all. At first, I was a little worried about the greater weight of cruisers over my current ride:





All of my bikes for the last 20+ years have all been lightweight sport bikes. My current bike is under 400 lbs wet. I had no problem with the Low Rider.

 

It doesn't really feel any different to my old Super Glide....

 

I don't think you will have any problems. I find due to the low cg and low seat height it is easy to get off the stand. It's a lot more secure than my previous bike, 2010 Triumph Scrambler, which had a high cg and high seat height but weighed less.

 

+ 1 Dobietrainer. The low center of gravity makes it easy. I was worried about the weight of cruisers when I first tried a few at two different HD Demo Day events. For a cruiser, the Low Rider is a relative lightweight.

 

Thanks for the input guys. I really appreciate how easy it is to get some straight foward answers around here

That's basically the boat I am in now... I've tried Fatboys, Soft-tails, Dyna's, Sportsters, etc. and found them all too "top heavy to get off of the kickstand without straining my back(I can get them off the stand and upright, but wouldn't want to do it often.

I sat on a custom 1991 HD soft-tail that was lowered (not sure how much), and this was significantly easier to get off of the kick-stand then the regular bikes. I'm not sure what else was modified on the bike though. I currently have my heart set on the Low Rider, but I'm keeping an open mind (giving preference to the best HD for my back). Oddly enough(or at least for my expectations), the 2005 Sportster 1200 I sat on was the most difficult bike to get upright!

 

They are all heavy (cruisers) if they get to far over! Even your bike is hard to stop if it gets over far enough! I feel the lowrider would be as easy to ride with back problems as the sport bike! I know the lowrider is better for me then my hayabusa was to run around town on! They make a stand extender for most bikes!

 

I`ll have to look into the stand extender, might be a good option to look at. I think that the extra leg leverage of the low riders seat position may be a big help for me too though. On the other side, I'm 6'. So I'm at the upper limit of who the low rider is designed for. Won't know for sure until I can sit on one I guess! Thanks for the feedback either way!

 

I'm 6' 1" for what its worth and I love my lowrider