Is my Rocket III Touring too heavy for me?

[mully95]

Welcome from Anderson SC!

I'm almost the exact same weight and height as you and have a Roadster. You have got to watch where you're going at all times when in the act of parking the bike. Always park it in a way that will make it easier on you to leave. Don't feel bad because I have did the same thing as you. Parked the bike in a way that was very hard to get back on the road. Took me about 15 minutes and a bunch of hard manual labor. Once I got on my way it was "I be ****ed if I get myself in that situation again!"

Your bike doesn't have a car tire on the rear by chance? I tried the car tire deal and was so relieved to get the tire off and a motorcycle tire back the rear. Car tire on the rear makes low speed maneuverability a real challenge.

 

[RKTNMYPKT]

It's definitely a learning curve. I had to lay my R3T down in situations that I thought I could handle simply because they were never a problem on any other bike. Mainly slow speed off camber situations. Once I got used to it and learned what to do and what not to do I never had another problem with the R3T or subsequently my Roadster.

And as what's already been mentioned, the riders back rest will help for backing it up.

Just give her some time you'll be fine

 

[2012cliff]

I had a serious crash in 2013. Didnt know if I would be able to handle any big bike again . But my first thought was putting on a Leg Up Landing Gear.
Never would consider a trike. If i couldnt ride it would be a convertible.

 

[TRIIICK]

Welcome ... A man has to know his limitations..

 

[Joesmoe]

@yearocket thank you for posting that. After all the videos I've seen about "You too can pick up your bike" and thought they were BS, because I tried and tried and couldn't do it, that one finally makes sense !

Thank you !!!

Yes, I too dropped the Rocket a couple of times. Once pulling into the garage, and up on the dolly I use to move the bike around, and another time out in the country I stopped on uneven pavement with my wife on pillion, and the bike went over. That said, the Touring bikes have the bars that in those situations keep the bike mostly off the ground, and already a big start of getting it back up.

Echo what everyone else said -- and I'm not all that big at 5'9" and 150 lb and a general weakling at that.

 

[1K9]

The oversized engine bars seem to help a lot in case the fat lady has slipped. The guy on the photo easily lifted it up several times on that show.
I don't know if they fit for the Touring, though. Edit: they do.

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Hey, I like those Fat crash bars. Who makes them?

 

[ThingKing]

The link is there already. Those guys at Edelstahl 4VA do them, I bought them in 2015 and they work great for me.

 

[IMFASTTOO]

Welcome from Anderson SC!

I'm almost the exact same weight and height as you and have a Roadster. You have got to watch where you're going at all times when in the act of parking the bike. Always park it in a way that will make it easier on you to leave. Don't feel bad because I have did the same thing as you. Parked the bike in a way that was very hard to get back on the road. Took me about 15 minutes and a bunch of hard manual labor. Once I got on my way it was "I be ****ed if I get myself in that situation again!"

Your bike doesn't have a car tire on the rear by chance? I tried the car tire deal and was so relieved to get the tire off and a motorcycle tire back the rear. Car tire on the rear makes low speed maneuverability a real challenge.

AND its very hard to push the bike with a CAR TIRE and thats an indication of the rolling resistance

 

[GPMAZ]

Give yourself some time to get used to the weight of the bike. You don't say how many years riding experience you have or what bikes you've owned in the past. If after a reasonable period of time, you still feel the bike is too heavy for you, it probably is. But before you give up check out some of the videos available and lay the bike over in your garage and practice picking it up.

 

[skydog1000]

Hey, I like those Fat crash bars. Who makes them?

I think I am going to look into these crash bars to