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I'm not short on strength and have (many times!) picked up a fully loaded BMW 1200 GSA but it all depends on having the purchase points on a bike.
I dropped my XT660Z Tenere in a gorge I named 'Jaws of Jaffar' which leads to the famous Cirque de Jaffar in Morocco. Even though I unloaded the soft luggage I just couldn't lift it as there was no point low enough at the rear—a taller rider might have managed to get leverage.
No worries—even in the remotest part of Morocco, someone will be along shortly to help, and sure enough a couple of hours later a group of silver-haired French walkers came along the gorge and helped me lift it.
Later I fitted pannier rails and found these made lifting the Tenere child's play.
Jaws of Jaffar (riding a Hondas XR400 a couple of years earlier): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naICBtD6tL8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Cullis
...No worries—even in the remotest part of Morocco, someone will be along shortly to help...
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Exactly. If your moto falls over, just step off it, vent out your favourite profanities, light up a cigarette, and wait for someone to come along and help you lift it. No need at all to lift the thing up by yourself, or (unless you are going waaaaay off-road) bring along any kind of hoisting device.
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Originally Posted by PanEuropean
Exactly. If your moto falls over, just step off it, vent out your favourite profanities, light up a cigarette, and wait for someone to come along and help you lift it. No need at all to lift the thing up by yourself, or (unless you are going waaaaay off-road) bring along any kind of hoisting device.
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It's always great when things work out that way, and they do, often.
There are lots of places where I don't find that to be a great strategy, though.
Didn't see another vehicle all day. Peru.
YMMV...............shu
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PanEuropean
Exactly. If your moto falls over, just step off it, vent out your favourite profanities, light up a cigarette, and wait for someone to come along and help you lift it. No need at all to lift the thing up by yourself, or (unless you are going waaaaay off-road) bring along any kind of hoisting device.
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In many parts of the US no one will stop. How often do you stop to help someone who appears to have broken down? My car died outside Vaughn NM. Lucky me, I told the 3 little kids to get out of the car and play next to the fence. Gentleman drives by sees the kids, and felt safe enough to stop and gave a lift into town. The most most kids I ever carried on my bike was two, and that was only a short ride in town. Probably would not have been enough to get help.
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