Tell him to order the Ride Like a Pro DVD, he will be glad he did. It can really help your riding, and when you see the 110 pound woman pickup that glide, he'll worry even less. It's all about technique, not strength.

 

All these posts and nobody mentioned the passenger redistributing their weight before you had the jiffy stand down and caught you off guard. Hmmmmm, guess I am the only one??? Then again the heifer does weigh about a buck 10.

 

We actually have Ride Like a Pro 2, but thanks for the advice.

 

I got all you "wanna be's" in my pocket ..I dropped mine at the entrance to DEALS GAP OF ALL PLACES!!! Had like 6-7 guys put it up before I had a chance to even realize what had happened. We were fully loaded, I had to stop for a passing car, didn't notice the pavement sloped to my left ...put foot down ...nothing ...oh chit!She went over on her left, thank God and crashbars not a scratch ...

 

I dropped my bike once, under my carport! Only thing hurt was my pride.

 

I dropped mine in a gravel driveway once. Gravel and motorcycles-bad mix. Small scratch on engine guard, big dent in pride!!

 

Not if you drop it on your wife.

 

I was crossing a sandy track, the front end kept twisting until it fell on its side. Not a scratch but ate alot of sand!

Here is the pic
http://www.uaetrips.com/portal/detai...?image_id=1098

 

Some one had posted these pic of his bike he had dropped while trying to load it on a truck. Same thing happened to me on my Kawi 1000 CSR. rode it up the ramp and it stalled half way up. I bailed. Broke a mirror that was about it.

 

Well my buddie pulled into my driveway one day and forgot to put down the kickstand down on his Heritage,very next day so did I,it took alot of straining but I caught it before it got 1/2 way down. My wifes ride too,so I tell her to move my bike from behind her car so she can leave cause I was not out the door yet,does she crank it and let the motor move that 850lbs,hell no she tries to push it out of the way. She dropped it right on her leg. Again I strained like hell in a big hurry to get it off of her. One more time,raining like hell and I came to a stop abruptly with the wheel turned to the right,if not for my buds I would have never got her up. All that and not one scratch and she still runs like she should.