If i have a choice it is the stand side - just cos it leans and is easier to get me leg over .. otherwise if I have parked myself into a shit of the place I will get on the other side
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If i have a choice it is the stand side - just cos it leans and is easier to get me leg over .. otherwise if I have parked myself into a shit of the place I will get on the other side
Forum whore
i voted skyhook as there is no option for no stand
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ACCHOLES
I'm startin to feel lonely... I get on my bike from the opposite side to the stand. But I have a good reason... my bike is nice n low and I have more lift ability in my Left leg to get it over - especially when the saddle bags are attached!
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Moped rider
Me too. Opposite side for no apparent reason other than I'm 6ft 4 so no worries getting over and left footed- so right is normally still foot when kicking footy!
Bite my shiney metal ass
I did this thing once where I tried to vault on from the back. It taught me three things....
1) I am not a young man anymore.
2) Those saturday afternoon cowboy movies are all shit!
3) The tank is an immovable object and my gonads aren't!
Oh and my neighbour is a bastard and laughed his toupee off.
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire. -Samuel Johnson
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THAT MUST MAKE ME A COMPLETE BASTARD AS WELL CAUSE IM STILL LAUGHING FROM READING ABOUT IT.Originally Posted by Insanity_rules
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Highway Biker
I was thinking about this the other day, seems someone bet me to it!
I get on from the left because of the stand and its lower that side. I was taught in BHS to get on from that side and hold the front brake. I find it EXTREMELY difficult to get on from the right - very unnatural!
But then I'm uncoordinated at the best of times!!!
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest the crotch of the person who screws up your day and may their arms be to short too scratch...
Loud and Uncouth
Which ever side that's not lying on the ground..
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Loud and Uncouth
BUT...but...you still have to get your foot right across the high side of the seat??I was thinking about this the other day, seems someone bet me to it!
I get on from the left because of the stand and its lower that side. I was taught in BHS to get on from that side and hold the front brake. I find it EXTREMELY difficult to get on from the right - very unnatural!
But then I'm uncoordinated at the best of times!!!
From the 'non-stand' right-hand side you've already got your foot over staright away - and should for some reason the bike get knocked/fall over it will fall away from you if you're on the 'uphill' side.
90% of the time I get on from the non-stand side.
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'tart tourmenter
Prefer getting on from the stand side as from the other side it is possible to put weight on the bike forcing the sidestand into the surface. At least from the stand side you can support the weight easier as you are closer & it is easier to lift than pull down.
Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow arent just the 4 cycles of an engine
Can give good aural pleasure
Skyhooks??? I do it like a real man and jump off my roof onto my mount a la Zorro!
Motorcycling is like life - it's about the journey, not the destination.
Moped rider
Stand side as bike is leaning lower. Easier for us shortys
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Loud and Uncouth
Stand side as bike is leaning lower. Easier for us shortys
Haven't gone into too much study of the mechanics of getting onto a bike but the seat stays the same hight regardless of which side you get on, doesn't it????
So how is getting on from the stand side easier?
I found (when I had a broken rib) that it was earier on the 'up-hill side', leg up onto seat, slide it straight across and onto the ground, the highest part of the seat was nearest to me, ergo once I got my foot above that the rest was easy.
From the other side you still have the sam ehight to lift your foot - but that hight is further away and more awkward to get my foot past.
I guess if your seat does not have a wide flat top this won't be an issue.
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" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Highway Biker
You are correct - there is a high side regardless which side you get on. I just prefer to get on from the left - feels more natural - just as it would seem for you to get on the right hand side. Each to their own eh??
Doesn't appear to be a right or wrong way - just preference!
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Leaping over the pillion seat into the pilot seat
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