I'm worried about my weight ...

[MementoMori]

My BIKE'S weight, thankyou very much. I haven't had my bike for very long. But I'm worried about handling it cos it's pretty damn heavy. Piling up on certain foods and picking up random heavy things hasn't seem to have done me much good o'er past few days, and I was wondering... you really only need the strength to manhandle the bike in and out of sheds and what not, right? Just how important is strength, when you're owning a bike? I've been after the bike for ages and now I've got it, I don't want something like that to ruin the elation of having it. Erm, I only joined up today after reading an article about female bikers so this is my first post. It's rude of me not to say Hi, and sorry for jumping in with muchos haste. I hope you can help me!

Cheers, all.
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[PikeyNSR]

I think biking in general is a very physical thing.

If your riding really hard, especially on a super sports bike, the forces that you experience are quite extreme and you have to be fairly physically strong to be able to put up with this for a long run/manhandle the bike.

I find manouvering my bike a handful as I'm fairly short and I've dropped it a couple of times when I couldn't keep hold of it as it fell over! I'm strong otherwise as I do tend to go down the gym as much as possibe.

I think its best just to give it time and practice manouvering the bike around and eventually your muscles will build up strong enough and get used to it.

Hope this helps. oh and welcome to the forum!

Pikey
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[TheShaggyDA]

Part of my bike selection process is whether I could pick it back up if it was on it's side. But that's just me, as I'm a clumsy bugger

If you can manhandle a bike in and out of a shed, then you've got enough strength to ride it, easily.

Bike riding is more physical than driving a car, and just like any form of exercise, the more you do it, the easier it will become. Putting a bike on the centre stand is more to do with technique than weightlifting capabilites

And welcome
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[Reano]

is it me...or does your pic look like a peugeot XR6???

i got one of em!

[MementoMori]

Pikey and TheShaggyDA, cheers for your advice, it's great. Yeah, I think I will have to practice walking it around and stuff. Hm, the neighbours will think I've gone completely off my rocker, putting it on and taking it off its centrestand for about half hour. Oh well. But thanks again, I usually tend to jump into stuff, but like you said, if I take my time then I should be ok

Reano, it's a Motorhispania RX50 but it looks exactly like the XR6. I think maybe the Peugeot people nicked the idea off Motorhispania and just.. made an exact copy. I dunno. I was looking at the XR6 but there are none around here, so.. the Hispania seemed the next best thing.
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[The Tot]

Aren't MotoHispania's light anyway? or could that be the XR6. If you want to save your fairing in the event of a drop, try to get some crash mushrooms/bungs or fairing protectors although i think availability for your model maybe limited... The only thing damaged after a low speed spill at walking pace will be your pride, but you'll come over it BTW, how long have you had the bike anyway? Take it easy on your bike and it WILL take care of you
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[MementoMori]

Haha, that's a very encouraging post. Thankyou!! Erm, I don't know, maybe the XR6 is light. But I know that it's gonna take alot of practice to manouver the RX cos that's heavy. Maybe it is light and I'm just weak but still.

Crash mushrooms, wahey! Yes, I think looking into those would be a good idea. I have had some unfortunate experience with the damaged pride lol. My dad has a Kawasaki GPZ500S. Not very powerful but still heavy for a 15 year old which I was when I dropped it one way into the car... then the other way onto the drive and right by next door's house But erm, the less said about that the better.

I've had the bike now for.... a few months, but half of that was spent in the garage as we soon found out it was complete erm... "pants", and I ended up taking my CBT on a riding centre's scooter. So I have to learn how to change gear and stuff in a carpark somewhere with my dad
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[bikedudextrm]

You get used to after a while.

Saying that though i was looking at the side of my bike the other day to check the oil level, i was holding it with one had on the bars and tilted it over a bit and almost dropped the thing on it's side .
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[Bendy]

[MarJay]

Agreed @ Bendy.

I weigh nine stone, am five feet five inches tall and couldn't fight my way out of a wet paper bag.

I ride a Triumph Daytona 955i.

Its all about technique and confidence. I wheel my bike around, shove it in and out of the garage etc. I just use my common sense really. If I need to move forward I sit on the bike and use the engine. If I need to move backwards I get off of the bike and pull.

You will get used to it in no time and you'll be wanting a Boss Hoss before long!
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[izzi81]

Agree with Bendy as well.
I'm 5'5", weigh 9st (hmm am I the female version of MarJay lol) and ride a Kawasaki zx6r. I find it a lot heavier than the NSR I had previously, and I'm still getting used to the extra weight. But I'm getting the hang of it!

I go to the gym quite a lot, and do quite a bit of weights, which might help if I ever have to pick the thing up (fingers crossed that never happens) but I just try to avoid difficult situations - I don't park somewhere which I know will be tricky to get out of!
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[nc30 chick]

I agree, im 5'3 and weight 8 stone. I ride a vfr400 and she is heavy for a small bike (170kgs) I cannot lift her when she fell over but i can ride her with no problems at all (after i got used to her that is). I agree with Marjay, use the engine to help you as much as you can, failing that you can get your other half to push you out A bikes weight has no relevance when on the move, its only when you fall over the problems start!

[Kickstart]

Hi

Well I am a skinny 5'8" and about 10 stone, and manage to ride a 1200 Bandit. All that strength does is mean that you can get away with slightly less technique.

Keep at it and things will get better.

All the best

Keith
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[The Tot]

Do any of you find it difficult to like get off your bike in the end. I'm 5'10, 12 stone and ride an XR. Good ride height and postion but a bitch to get off in the end. My dad's a bit stumpy and found it nigh on impossible to get off before i compressed the rear suspension.

In fact, having too much "strength" or muscle bulk to be more correct can mean that you maybe over-handling your bike, like for example chucking it into corners too quickly which can potentially lead to an accident. You'll get used to it Mori. Sooner or later, the weight will be taken for granted and you feel that the bike is handling impeccably well. Least you're on a 50, so there's not a chance of highsiding!
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[sethwaite]

a small tip - i am never very confident pushing my bike around so i always push from the side with the side stand on and have the stand down. this way if it feels i am getting into trouble i can just drop it on to the stand.

S

[Davo]

[JodieWodie]

HI....
I am 5' 4" and fat
Well..not 8 stone..let us put it that way

Anyways...
I have given people on here MUCHOS mirth regarding my finding my CG heavy
Ha...laugh....idiots

So...I am not weak, not at all, but handling a bike was difficult for me at first. My mate had a 'feel' of the weight the other week, and I had to HELP her !! She freaked out...and handed the bike back to me after 2 seconds !! Not for everyone..

I have to wheel it down an alley way alongside my house and manoeuvre it around a tight corner....this is difficult with a big hunk of metal!
I AM getting used to it...it just takes time and practice....
but now and again...I have nearly dropped it..if I lose my grip slightly she goes!!

I can tolerate heavier weights now than I could have 5 weeks ago...I guess your muscles build up in the right places..and your brain learns to move your body auto to accommodate the bikes weight.

JO x
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