Mounting - getting on

[Bike543]

Probably not safe using foot pegs. I know a guy who can weld, i could get him to weld some scaffolding polls on the side for you.
That should do the trick!

 

[Michael R1150GS Adventure]

this is hilarious. I love this site.



do you wash your bike with your left or right hand?

Does anyone knwo which works better?

 

[rocky burns]

This is why he has problems!!!!!

 

[Steptoe]

It's a record - Four pages and no mention of hitler.

 

[Zoomboxer]

It's a record - Four pages and no mention of hitler.

Apart from now

 

[R17GSR]

On a side line, what engine oil do people use if they are lighter/shorter. As the engine is carrying less load?.
This is not an oil post.............honest

 

[Reckless]

Outstanding thread - I haven't laughed so much in a very long time - what a tonic!

My GS has yet to arrive but I have spent many a minute watching my GS owning mates hopping across car parks towards their bike with a leg pointing up in the air - now I know what they were up to!

Hopefully, at 6' 2" and with a 34 inch inside leg I will be spared much of the embarrassment above but forewarned is forearmed and, I will always smile now if/when I am struggling!

 

[snerkler]

Absolute bollox...................

I've been touring abroad, at least 3-4 times a year on GS's for 15 years and all sorts of other bikes before that and I've never, ever used the sidestand on any ferry

No deckhand has disageed, whether they have secured the bike or I have

I've travelled in seas of up to Force 10

My bike has never fallen over or even moved an inch

So..............you're talking shite

Is that right? I've always been led to believe that the bike is most stable on the sidestand with the bars turned to the left? From a physics point of view this makes sense, and also from my own experience

This post has been most amusing, however I do feel for the OP. Some folk on here do like to think they're better/smarter than everyone else

 

[Mightytharg]

This is far from being the most ridiculous post I've seen on this or other bike forums - it's not in the "how do I change gear?" "what's the side stand for?" "when should I indicate?" "what's the back brake for?" category.

I guess the OP presumed that some might use/have used the method he described and had problems or not with pegs or stand.

I'm only 5'10", not as light, lithe or nimble as I used to be, and with panniers fitted and some extra gear loaded then I find it easiest, most convenient and most comfortable to, with the bike on the side stand, simply stand on the left peg and swing my right leg over dragging the bike upright with me as I go (the Nippy Norman stand extender also helps).

I do this everyday.

I've seen people much taller than me struggle in getting on/off a GS - watching them hopping backwards with one foot still hooked over the seat is considerably funnier than anything in this thread - and more than one mechanic has left a scuff mark on the seat of my bike as a result of using a more conventional method of mounting/dismounting.

 

[Martin S]

On the Hull/Zebrugge ferry last year waiting to unload - near a small guy stood next to his GSA which was on the centre stand. When the ferry door opened he climbed on his bike and two of his mates pushed the bike off the stand and off he went. Unfortunatly we left the boat a little ahead of him so we missed him stopping at customs where presumably his mates jumped quickly off their bikes to help him before he fell off. Amazing.

 

[AberdeenAngus]

Nah, that's just playing. This is what you need....

 

[Skipssong]

This is far from being the most ridiculous post I've seen on this or other bike forums - it's not in the "how do I change gear?" "what's the side stand for?" "when should I indicate?" "what's the back brake for?" category.

I guess the OP presumed that some might use/have used the method he described and had problems or not with pegs or stand.

I'm only 5'10", not as light, lithe or nimble as I used to be, and with panniers fitted and some extra gear loaded then I find it easiest, most convenient and most comfortable to, with the bike on the side stand, simply stand on the left peg and swing my right leg over dragging the bike upright with me as I go (the Nippy Norman stand extender also helps).

I do this everyday.

I've seen people much taller than me struggle in getting on/off a GS - watching them hopping backwards with one foot still hooked over the seat is considerably funnier than anything in this thread - and more than one mechanic has left a scuff mark on the seat of my bike as a result of using a more conventional method of mounting/dismounting.

As the OP I really appreciate the underlying 'your not a stupid fecker' sentiment - thank you. Having said that, however, the responses have kept me chuckling for a lot longer than it takes to get me leg over...............the bike.

So, thank you.