Dumped in the garage.

[booger]

Your not gonna believe this.  My wife bumped the C-14 in the garage this AM and dumped it over.

I can't get it uprighted.  I know the proper procedure to leg press it from the low side - but the damn thing just slides on the cement before I can get the tires to bit.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Brown

[gPink]

Have you got anything to tie off a strap (the car, the wife ) If you can tie it low and then lift against the strap?

[Gsun]

Get your wife to put her feet on the tires while you lift. Or put a non skid mat down against the tires.

[SPX]

Your not gonna believe this.  My wife bumped the C-14 in the garage this AM and dumped it over.

I can't get it uprighted.  I know the proper procedure to leg press it from the low side - but the damn thing just slides on the cement before I can get the tires to bit.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Brown

If possible, try to get the bike in gear (if it's in neutral). If that's not possible, put something solid behind the rear tire to stop it from moving.

I know you said that you know the technique, but...

Then put your butt firmly in the seat, and with one grip (the one closest to you), hold the bars at full lock, and with the other, grab onto something on the rear of the bike that is solid. Then, while not moving your butt at all, and while leaving the bars fully locked, walk backwards, using your heels. The bike will pop right up.

If it's on the right side, be sure to put the sidestand down before doing the above. 

[booger]

Finally got the darn thing up.  Just had to wrestle with it and let it slide until I got the tires to touch.

Wish I had left it down.

Right mirror buggered up and broke the bracket.  Fairing upper and lower scratched pretty badly.  The lower covered up with tire dressing.  I got the upper fairly buffed out, but not to my liking.  Might have it painted.  The saddle bag scratched all to hell.  Will definately have to be refinished or replaced.

I love my sweet wife, but she just took a pristine 09 C-14 down several knotches.

But I guess I am lucky.  I don't see how she didn't take out the side of her new (1 yr old) Rubicon Unlimited attempting the manuver she did.  I don't have comp/collision on the bike, but fortunately I am at the point in my life where I could afford to write off the bike if necessary.  I think I should be able to get it back in shape for less that $1000.

[shreveportSS]

I personally would rather have a scratched up Rubicon than the bike. What good is a Jeep without offroading anyway? Scratches and dents give it character. Can't say the same for the Connie. Maybe an adventure bike should be sharing the garage with the Fiat...I mean Jeep.

[Pokey]

My wife would be in some serious shite if I were in your shoes, and she would be making up for it for quite some time. I agree about the Jeep comment, they are to be scratched up and dirty "most the time" IMHO.

[Sea Level]

Having sustained similar damage to my 2011 when, as I was taking it around my parked car it slipped on the wet grass and fell over onto the car, I feel your pain. It was a two-fer, as I also put a nice dent into the fender of my car.

To get a new mirror and housing, and new upper and lower cowling plastic ran me $1,300 including shop labor (which wasn't much). Haven't appraised the car, but I'll bet it's half that, at most. Problem is, I don't care what the car looks like, but I couldn't stand having my Connie look anything less than perfect.

[Jay]

Your not gonna believe this.  My wife bumped the C-14 in the garage this AM and dumped it over.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Brown

http://www.divorcelawinfo.com/

[Spanky]

http://www.divorcelawinfo.com/

That is sooo wrong, please excuse my laughter.

[Z71]

McEnterprise bars, McEnterprice bars, Mc.............

[Conrad]

ooooh! That stinks Booger! Sorry about that man, what did your wife have to say? Was all the damage from the fall or did Connie suffer some from the pick-up as well?

[Makz58]

If this happened to me I would take the wife's dead body and roll it up against the wheels. This would stop the wheels from sliding. LOL Couldn't resist. Sorry about your bike..

[VirginiaJim]

Booger, I take it you weren't there when this horrific act occurred otherwise you would have thrown yourself under it before it could have hit the ground.  I know that when mine fell on me in the garage I was able to get it back up after a bit with only a few scratches on the lower bits (the bike, that is).  Course I was in traction for a month but the bike was safe and that's all we care about, don't we?

Have you asked your wife to help you get it up?  I'm sure she could lend a hand.  It's the least that she can do.  Doesn't she have some friends that could help you get it safely erected if the two of you can't accomplish the task at hand? 

I wish you the best of luck in getting this personal problem attended to.

[VirginiaJim]

If this happened to me I would take the wife's dead body and roll it up against the wheels. This would stop the wheels from sliding. LOL Couldn't resist. Sorry about your bike..

There's also that technique.   Not sure if a jury would find it justifiable, though.

[Conrad]

Booger, I take it you weren't there when this horrific act occurred otherwise you would have thrown yourself under it before it could have hit the ground.  I know that when mine fell on me in the garage I was able to get it back up after a bit with only a few scratches on the lower bits (the bike, that is).  Course I was in traction for a month but the bike was safe and that's all we care about, don't we?

Have you asked your wife to help you get it up?  I'm sure she could lend a hand.  It's the least that she can do.  Doesn't she have some friends that could help you get it safely erected if the two of you can't accomplish the task at hand? 

I wish you the best of luck in getting this personal problem attended to.

Wait just a dang minute! Are you saying this would be ok with the wife, maybe my wife too, if she knocked over my bike? Would I get to pick out which of her (my wife's) friends she asks to help? If I get to pick the friends then it may be worth it.    

I'll be right back, gotta move my bike a lil closer to the door...

[Conrad]

There's also that technique.   Not sure if a jury would find it justifiable, though.

That would depend on how many of the jury are MC owners.

[B.D.F.]

Now that you have the bike upright I really have to ask- how did your wife bump the bike and knock it down? Was she running? Carrying several car batteries or something similar?

:-)

Brian

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My wife bumped the C-14 in the garage this AM and dumped it over.

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Brown

[Tim]

The whole thing is just sad.  But you can look at it this way....I would rather my bike take a fall in the garage than at speed with me on it.  Yeah, it sucks and all that but it can be repaired.

Does this mean your wife gets to join CDA without owning a Connie?

I lost a bag due to not re checking the orange hook. I got it back about 2 weeks after I got the new bag. I was able to pull the lock but the bag was trash. 

 I know a female cop who backed her patrol car, a SUV, into her husband’s big yellow Caterpillar which was parked in her drive way. (day light) Of course the Cat did not take any damage, but the back end of her patrol rig did. I think I would rather not have to explain that one. 

[booger]

Booger, I take it you weren't there when this horrific act occurred otherwise you would have thrown yourself under it before it could have hit the ground.  I know that when mine fell on me in the garage I was able to get it back up after a bit with only a few scratches on the lower bits (the bike, that is).  Course I was in traction for a month but the bike was safe and that's all we care about, don't we?

Have you asked your wife to help you get it up?  I'm sure she could lend a hand.  It's the least that she can do.  Doesn't she have some friends that could help you get it safely erected if the two of you can't accomplish the task at hand? 

I wish you the best of luck in getting this personal problem attended to.

My wife is 61 and I am 58.  At this point in our life,, she doesn't do too much to help get things erected.