How a Petite Woman Picks up a BIG Bagger (like Police)

So picking up a 900-pound bike is possible, even for a petite woman. First thing you wanna do is make sure that the front brake is tied, check. Next thing you wanna do is make sure that the bike is in gear, check. So I'm gonna show you how I learned how to pick up the bike in police and civilian training lock and lean. You got one hand on the seat, or if you don't have a seat on a big bagger, if you have something else hard, just making sure that your back is gonna be straight. You don't wanna be like this. For this bike, I'm on the seat, and the other hand is on the handlebar. My butt is kind of sitting right here in the middle of the seat. And what I'm gonna do is use my back, looking up, and I'm going to push back at the same time I walk backwards. And exhale at the same time. Kickstand down. That's it. Now I'll show you at a different angle, and I'll also show you on the other side what to do, and also what to do if you can't pick it up by yourself. Say maybe the bike falls downhill or on some area with very little traction. I'll show you my trick for that too. See how I kind of scooted down? That kind of helped when my legs got locked to just bring them in closer. And now I'll show you on the other side where you don't have the kickstand. Oh, it's already going. And then I'll also show you what I do if the bike doesn't have engine guards. Okay, so I might not actually have enough traction to pick this up here. So if I don't, then I'll show you what I do if I can't pick it up by myself. So first, kickstand's down, check. We're already in first gear. We've got the front brake tied. So let's see if I can pick it up on the dirt with less traction. I'm gonna use this stick to give myself a little more traction than just rubbing on dirt. Sometimes it takes more than one try. Okay, and then we're safe. So what would I do if this fell over totally flat because it didn't have engine guards? Well, if a 900-pound bike didn't have engine guards, I probably wouldn't ride it in the first place. And if for some reason I'm the one who was riding it and I dropped it and I'm struggling to pick it up on myself, here's what I'll do. Let me just put it down so I can show you. So you get a buddy. Don't be a wuss. If you need help, ask for it. It's not a big deal. So what my better half is gonna do is he's just gonna hang off, find a hard spot on the bike, hold something. I learned this from the Zakat Adventure Riding School. And that's it. He's just gonna be an extra weight on the opposite side of the bike, be able to help me lift it. Okay, you ready? Okay. Oh, it's already coming up. Okay. So easy. The kickstand was already down and that's it. Now that you know how to pick up your bike, there is another method, lifting the bike off using your upper body. I tried that and I am not a man, so it just did not work for me. The upper body strength for me is just, it's not there. But this has been so far the only way I've been able to find to lift this bike. If I can do it, so can you.