I haven't dropped it but I have struggled in past. Now I use a piece of 4"x2" to help
1st off grab your tools
2nd, put your wood under your sidestand. This brings the bike up to just the safe side of vertical
3rd position your stand under the lh spool and line up the right
4th A gentle push to vertical and a wriggle on the stand has it all lined up ready to lift
5th Keep pressure on your stand and push down, up she goes
when taking off the stand gently lift it up, pulling bike gently to the left and making sure sidestand is down and slowly lower onto floor.
So long as you keep pulling the bike to the left you cant go wrong I dont think.
Works for me , no reason why it shouldn't on a Gen II I dont think. Incidently I'm not over 55 but I have a real dodgy back at times and dont need to struggle getting bike up
1st off grab your tools
2nd, put your wood under your sidestand. This brings the bike up to just the safe side of vertical
3rd position your stand under the lh spool and line up the right
4th A gentle push to vertical and a wriggle on the stand has it all lined up ready to lift
5th Keep pressure on your stand and push down, up she goes
when taking off the stand gently lift it up, pulling bike gently to the left and making sure sidestand is down and slowly lower onto floor.
So long as you keep pulling the bike to the left you cant go wrong I dont think.
Works for me , no reason why it shouldn't on a Gen II I dont think. Incidently I'm not over 55 but I have a real dodgy back at times and dont need to struggle getting bike up