“My wife’s Harley fell over once and we damn near couldn’t get it back up with both of us trying!.................”
Right, and Harleys have a low center of gravity to help with that. I could barely pick up my Yamaha 1100 Maxim and it only weighed about 420 lbs, IIRC.
There’s a video somewhere on YouTube of a small woman showing a ‘trick’ on how to pick up a downed Harley, or any other large bike I suppose, lying on its side...............I’ll try and find it..............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndRF64N-PmQ
Found it!....
Another:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3T4BS3p8MU