okay...get our minds outta the gutter....this is a serious question. in my safety class our instructor told us the proper way to dismount and mount the bike is from the right hand, or throttle side of the bike. any opinions on this? and how do you choose to dismount and mount and why?
Yup, you get off on the right and shove your foot under the exhaust looking for that centerstand and after getting a nice burn though your boot (or did he recomend flip flops) you'd opt to put it on the side stand which is conveniently on the right side (if you're riding an aeromacci )
You get off on the side where you have the center and side stands accessible ... duh.
Cool.
Srinath.
I have a hard enough time getting off the bike anyway....if I had to get off on the right side, I'd probably fall over even MORE often.... ???
Why in the world would a safety instructor advise dismounting on the right... :dunno_white:
you might want to speak up .. he might of ment his right your left ?
The right side? :icon_rolleyes:
OK Multiple Choice:
A) He was an impostor
B) He wasn't an instructor, but he did stay at a Holiday Inn last night
C) He has Dyslexia of the appendages
D) He is Eugene Levy's character in "Best in Show" in real life
E) He is mistaken
or F) What FearedGS500 said (But he did say throttle side)
I flip a coin to see which side of the bike I'll dismount, heads left, tails right. As for mounting I like to run up from behind & leap onto it like John Wayne. :2guns:
Personally, its ALWAYS the right side. Facing the bike.
-Ash
Same side as a horse. To the left of the vehicle when facing forward.
James
When people first started building and riding motorcycles it had already been "standard" for at least hundreds of years, maybe thousands, that getting on and off a horse was always done from the left side of the horse. That doesn't vary, unless you're a trick rider ("stunter", in that field). This is because the reins are always held in the left hand, and THAT tradition is to leave the strong hand free for other tasks (or weapons).
A horse may actually spook if you try to mount from the right, it's something that's never happened to most of them, and they won't know what you're trying to do.
So, yeah, that's why the kickstand is on that side, that's why it leans that way, that's why the exhaust is most often on the right (if on one side only).
It's your bike, you can do any silly thing you want to, but I almost always find that traditions have reasons, and unless you fully understand the reasons first, violating tradition often has it's dangers.
i dont mount my bike, im not that kinky, but from the left, to answer the question, or to rephrase it, from the low side of it
I dismount from the FRONT, with an over-the-windscreen 180-degree half-twist. And don't forget to bow to the judges.
Quote from: seshadri_srinath on June 26, 2007, 08:59:24 PM
You get off on the side where you have the center and side stands accessible ... duh.
+1000.
What the hell?
I NEVER heard/saw anyone dismount their bikes from right side. :cookoo:
Well, after I've set kickstand down I might be physically able to dismount from right (my height: 181 cms) but,...it's against instinct, IMHO; and many people shorter than me and/or on taller bikes could find it challenging.
Personally I will:
stop the bike
switch lights off
put into neutral (50% of times)
hit killswitch (80%+ of times)
turn key to OFF
kick sidestand down
lean bike on it
dismount from LEFT side of the bike.
If needed/required, then I'll put bike on the centerstand.
:thumb:
Besides, there are times when I happen to mount from right side. Exceptions to the rule, yet.
Quote from: Caffeine on June 27, 2007, 02:00:47 AM
I dismount from the FRONT, with an over-the-windscreen 180-degree half-twist. And don't forget to bow to the judges.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Johnny5 on June 26, 2007, 09:33:20 PM
The right side? :icon_rolleyes:
OK Multiple Choice:
A) He was an impostor
B) He wasn't an instructor, but he did stay at a Holiday Inn last night
C) He has Dyslexia of the appendages
D) He is Eugene Levy's character in "Best in Show" in real life
E) He is mistaken
or F) What FearedGS500 said (But he did say throttle side)
G) His instructor was a CHP officer. (They mount from the right.)
Quote from: GeeP on June 27, 2007, 06:50:40 AM
G) His instructor was a CHP officer. (They mount from the right.)
Maybe to keep from being picked off by oncomming traffic?
ark rider, you seem to get the point the instructor was making. he is also the instructor for the police dept as well. he told us by dismounting from the right side we would not have our back to any dangers behind us. he said it would improve our vision of our surroundings. on the little rebels were were riding it was not a problem at all. i'm a short person so on a taller bike it may be an issue.
Quote from: simon79 on June 27, 2007, 04:25:35 AM
(my height: 181 cms) but,...it's against instinct, IMHO; and many people shorter than me and/or on taller bikes could find it challenging.
What you weight mang? About 5 and a half stone? BTW, 181 cm means nothing to us. Metric systems if for bolts.
Quote from: jserio on June 27, 2007, 07:19:52 AM
ark rider, you seem to get the point the instructor was making. he is also the instructor for the police dept as well. he told us by dismounting from the right side we would not have our back to any dangers behind us. he said it would improve our vision of our surroundings. on the little rebels were were riding it was not a problem at all. i'm a short person so on a taller bike it may be an issue.
OK, all kidding aside, I can see that. I wouldn't want to be dismounting and mounting a bike on the highway after pulling someone over, at all... and there is definitely some sense to dismounting from the right in that situation. Still, I have never ever heard anybody (instructors and not) give that advice. Try mounting/dismounting your bike from the right when it's on the sidestand... not going to be easy unless you have some seriously long and skinny legs, which I definitely do not. May be different on a police cruiser, but you have to access your center stand and side stand from the left side of your bike... that alone is reason enough to mount/dismount from the left.
Quote from: Jake D on June 27, 2007, 07:27:03 AM
What you weight mang? About 5 and a half stone? BTW, 181 cm means nothing to us. Metric systems if for bolts.
181 cm = 5' 11''
my weight: 73 kgs = 160,6 lbs
Sorry,man. Here in Europe metric system is for almost everything :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: Jake D on June 27, 2007, 07:27:03 AM
Metric systems if for bolts.
Ok - that's awesome :thumb: I have to remember that.
Back on topic - I dismount from the right sometimes - usually if it's too tight to get off on the left, but
always after the kickstand is down.
Uhmmm....with my wife :flipoff:
Ok CHP instructor yeah that sounds right LEO's are taught to the sidestand down and step off to the right. If you lose your balance and fall or knock the bike over it doesn't fall on you and you fall away from traffic.
Normally I dismount to the left. When we park the bikes when out riding the wife has a habit of pulling in too close on my left side so I get off and on the bike from the right side when space is tight. She's still learning but hey it's nice to have someone to ride with.
i get off on the left side almost all the time. ill get off on the right when i have to park it close to all the junk in the garage that makes it impossible to get off on the left side or once when i was too lazy to walk around after opening the garage door :).
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That way...
Unless something is in the way of that way, then the other way... And if something is in the way of both ways, I climb over the smaller of the two things in the way...
watch internet porn.
from the left side unless the bike is in the garage then i mount and dismount from the right side.
'watch internet porn'??????????????????????????? whatthegoddamnfuckinhell?????? Forget your xanex today??
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: i have seen some really funny replies. my wife told me to title the post different but i couldn't help it. i wanted to see what kinda responses i would get. thanks for the response fellas.
Hey Mach1, who wrote that post for you, it has good spelling & makes sense :o
Oh my f%$king god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the aussie is right :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Dude mach1 you need to get out more :flipoff:
bubba it is rare when anyhting makes sense here :icon_confused: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on June 27, 2007, 11:51:38 PM
bubba it is rare when anyhting makes sense here :icon_confused: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
That I know, but a post from Mach1 making sense & having good spelling. That sort of crap only happens once in a blue moon. :o
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
On and off from left every time, the bike seems to be built that way plus living in a drive-on-the-left country it seems to make more sense.
As a left-hander I always recon that the motor cycle is one of the very few things in the world that are not a problem for us lefties, you can pretty much control everything with your right hand leaving the left free to scratch your nose or your 'nads, make gestures, adjust zips, point to where aunt alice used to live, and a hundred and one other interesting things.
I loved Srinath's point, perhaps two side stands.....
Quote from: bubba zanetti on June 27, 2007, 09:46:26 PM
Hey Mach1, who wrote that post for you, it has good spelling & makes sense :o
A few years back, a buddy who is notorious for bad spelling/grammar sent an email to us that wasa perfect. Turns out his wife wrote it. Sadly - they're both teachers.
/jack