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> -----Original Message-----
> From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:GTS-1000@;LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Boman, Jeff
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 4:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Centerstand (was: Another new GTS'er)
>
>
> Kelly,
>
> Thanks for the additional tip. I weigh in at 155lbs, which proves that
> technique is more important than brawn.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly [mailto:kelly@;THE-CLEARING.ORG]
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 1:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Centerstand (was: Another new GTS'er)
>
>
> > 7. Still holding on with the left hand at the left handlebar and the
> right
> > on the frame, step on center stand and using body weight rotate bike
> > backward, (this movement is upward and backward).
>
> Actually, I know some people who don't have enough body weight to
> do this. (I am NOT one of them...)
>
> What I tell people to to is to put their hand in the lift area
> and their foot on the centerstand, and then SEPARATE their
> hand and foot, like they would do if stretching a big rubber band
> with a hand and foot. This uses not just body weight pressing
> down, but also some lifting with the hand. Then the bike just
> pops up onto the centerstand.
>
> A number of lighter-weight riders who've been riding for years had
> never gotten a bike onto the centerstand until I gave them this tip.
>
> -K
>
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