Aww man, I just figured it out.. it's a Legend thing! It was Tori's Legend that I had my other abrupt moment with.
I was working at the Triumph shop at the time.. the lifts are air powered with a rocker type foot valve to raise or lower them. The valve laid out to the left side of the rack on the floor.. If the doors were open I'd usually ride the bike up on the rack instead of pushing it.. a lot less energy expended with the same results.
Anyway, as I rode the bike on the lift,I was duckwalking to keep it steady till I could get forward enough to clamp the wheel. Well I had managed to hit the foot valve and about the time I got the bike onto the lift platform,it started going up till it reached it's max at 36 inches and stopped.
Now the bike and I were on top of the lift, without the wheel clamp on the wheel and just enough room for my feet beside the bike to keep it upright. It's too high to try and step off of.. without dropping the bike.. and me so after careful consideration I decided that there was pretty much no way out of this situation without assistance. So I swallowed my pride and started with a "help".. a little softly so I cleared my throat let a bit louder "help!" ring through the shop. Having been there for about 5 or 10 minutes already I was become more wary of my situation. After another "help" or two someone from the front finally came to check on me and let me down.
The very next thing I did was attach the foot valve to the front of the rack..
My point? Legends! jeez man...
