Here is a method of getting off bike that I find works really well. after putting bike on kickstand, stand up and swing your right leg up and rest your foot sideways on the passenger grab rail which is metal, now twist your left foot that is on the ground clockwise a little and you will find that you now have enought leverage and clearance to easily lift your right leg up that was resting on the grab rail and off the bike. works every time and I am 69 and 5' 10"
I get a running start and leap onto the bike clearing the backrest and planting both feet simultaneously on the pegs when I stick my landings.
to dismount I do a forward flip over the shield and land on both feet and do a standard mark 1 PLF for effect.
Really.
The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot -
the guy who invented the second one... he was the genius!
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