How not to pick up a GS1200 Adventure

[TastyRabbitStew]

I spent 3 and a half hours edging a f650gs Dakar out of deep mud.... On the road its easy to pick up..... A day in deep mud and sand soon brings total despair to the user!!! I literally start dreaming of helicopter air lifts to get me out. I also dream of a 50cc scooter I can just pick up.... If you ride by yourself you can find yourself getting stuck with ease, beginner or expert. Learn to lift, but avoid getting stuck at all costs. The only difference is the expert gets stuck less.

[hafezeku]

How to pick up a GS1200 Adventure

[canktm11]

Make it easier...buy a KTM 990

[PlexusMusic]

Howcome this is NOT the way to pick it up? Is it because of your back?

I have a 1150GS and can only pick it up this way.. Thanks.

[aerhearts]

Wow, he made that look so easy!



[brybish]

if i did that on my fjr i would be £2,500 poorer.

[adamvmax]

@brybish why?

[jdwoodwork750]

Damn that is a big pig ! so glad i bought the klr instead of that overpriced monster

[Kostrz3wa]

@jdwoodwork750 only few men can handle that beast....

[irishpker27]

@jdwoodwork750 me too but i do find the klr lacking in off road capabilities itll do it dont get me wrong just dont want to push it.

[nicafy]

This technique is the one Si Pavey teaches on the BMW Off Road skills course, and so if it is good enough for him........!! The other tip of course is to make sure the bike is in gear.

[alanbstard4]

@nicafy I guess that would be the end of most women on the course

[dukacosmic]

How to pickit it up from the mud? Right or the wrong way? I guess the right way will bring the bike up. That said, i had to use the technique from this vid.

[NatK1981]

You're doing it VERY wrong

1.Turn around- your back facing the bike

2.Bend knees, keep back straight

3.Right hand on left handlebar, left hand on tail/luggage rack (the opposite if bike falls on the other side)

4.Grab and lift using your thighs, not your (watch out-don't fall back)

5.Ride

:)

[NatK1981]

@NatK1981 Type error- No4: not your back

[ALKVID]

@NatK1981 Title is "How NOT to pick up a GS1200 Adventure"

[NatK1981]

@ALKVID you're right....:( Maybe because i watched it right after the video :how TO pick up a gs1200

[ExperienceCounts2]

A GS is easier to pick up than most bikes since the cylinder heads/crash bars stick out so far. I ride an '06 Adventure and an '07 KTM 950SE. The GS is usually easier to pick up because it doesn't lay flat like the KTM. I'm old and outta shape now but I can still pick the GS up properly, "improperly" as he shows in the video and "really really improperly" while still straddling it when it's on its side. The center of gravity is very low on the GS.

[gazzabart]

Douche ????

he is just making a light hearted vid

you seem to have an anger problem

or have a honda C90 maybe ????

[ddr110285]

this is how not to pick it up ..... then picks it up anyway ...douche

[dodok7575]

źle to zrobiłeś!

[Sleepinglion22]

@kripkiller102889 A Yamaha Super Teniere maybe, but nothing Suzuki, Buel or Victory makes can be compared to this thing, its as happy off road as it is on road.

[themanitasdeplomo]

@kripkiller102889 Incomparable!

[josephsaliba79]

i borrowed an r1100gs 98 from a friend once i used it for a couple of weeks, i remember that it was terribly heavy, dint know it was so easy to lift up, thanks for the vid will try it.

[blinkimr]

same as me :)

[ptittigrou1]

merci pour cette video !!!!

[greenslime6]

yea but my one had more dirt on it than your one,,,,and me trousers were falling down.