Easy to Expert Motorcycle Mounting & Dismounting Techniques - Petite Rider on a Big ADV Bike / Tips

Hey lady, don't you think that  bike's a little big for you?  Welcome to MOTOTREK I'm Cassie Maier,   professional motorcycle  instructor with West38Moto.  I'm a petite rider and I operate one of the  heaviest adventure motorcycles on the market.   I prefer not to wrangle this 555 pounds motorcycle  so I've learned to work smarter and not harder one of the ways that I conserve energy is by using  a variety of mounting and dismounting techniques.   learning these techniques can really help with  your endurance while adventure riding. let's start   with what i call a "Standard Mount". most people  are typically going to park their bike in this   fashion which is where the wheel is turned to the  same direction that the kickstand is on there's   nothing wrong with having it this way but i prefer  twisting the handlebars pointing the wheel away   from the kickstand it opens up all of this space  and it brings this front brake a lot closer to me   making mounting the motorcycle a lot more simple  all i do is grab that front brake and swing over   you can certainly dismount from the same side that  you mounted it from or you can actually exit the   motorcycle on the right side now we don't have a  kickstand on the right side so we have to approach   this a little bit differently the handlebar  technique is going to be the same if i want to go   this way i need to open this up allow that big  open space once more slide over i want to have   my hand on this front brake just in case you can  either press on the motorcycle here you can grab   your guards i usually prefer down here and what  this does is it pushes that motorcycle back into   that kickstand to ensure it doesn't go anywhere  if you want to mount the motorcycle from the   right side you're going to grab that front brake  press the bike a little bit into that kickstand   and swing a leg over being off-road you  never know what you're going to run into   so knowing how to do that both dismounting  and remounting from that side is important   now if you ever go out and you end up on  pavement or where there's a lot of traffic   this is also the side that a lot of police  officers will mount or dismount from   because traffic's whizzing on this side it's  a lot safer over here the cowboy mount is a   technique that allows us to mount the motorcycle  closer to it reducing any leg swing it also puts   us higher on the motorcycle allowing our  legs to get over the luggage more easily   you're going to pull on the handlebars put your  left foot on the left peg engage that front brake   and place your right foot on the right peg if  you can't mount the motorcycle from the left side   and you've got too much luggage to allow a leg  swing you can cowboy mount from this side too   you're going to put your right foot on the  right peg you're going to put as much weight   as you can over the side stand to ensure the bike  is stable swing your leg around and put it on the peg   this bike is really heavy and it's leaned a  lot on this side stand with my leverage i'm   not going to be able to upright the motorcycle  in this way instead with both feet on the ground   i can use my body's leverage to upright the  motorcycle fold in the side stand this is   where this mount becomes a little bit more  challenging the bike has to be balanced and   you have to be balanced what you're looking for in  the motorcycle is for it to feel soft if it leans   too far one way or the other it becomes heavy you  want to find that perfect zone come up close to   the motorcycle and actually turn the handlebars  again you're opening up all of this space and   it allows the bike to lean into you just a little  bit so now that you and the bike can work together   stand up on one foot throw that leg over and  immediately bring that foot to the peg in order   to find the balance in your motorcycle let the  bike be up on two wheels and start to move around   it making sure to put your hands in places where  it's nice and firm not on anything that can move i like to let the bike tip to one side or the  other when i get usually to the back side of it   it'll end up getting really  heavy I'm trying to find   that perfect soft spot here I'm hardly doing any  work but when i let it drop then i have to work you can travel around the  whole motorcycle this way it helps you become a little bit more acquainted and this will help you find  that balance when you're   mounting the motorcycle without a side stand with a lot of practice you can actually learn to  mount and dismount the motorcycle while it's in   motion the reason that I like using the rolling  mount and dismount is it conserves a lot of   energy for me I'm only 5'4 and i have a 27 inch  inseam getting this bike up takes a lot of work   i don't always have enough leverage to get the  bike up when i have a leg over one side of it   this isn't gonna work so rather i can just  bump the bike up with both feet on one side   put a foot on the peg and ride away  and that requires a lot less work with the motorcycle uprighted and the side stand   in stand next to the motorcycle using your hip to  balance it bring your left foot to the left peg look in the direction you want  to be going engage that clutch   and start the engine if it's not already  in first gear go ahead and put it there   use delicate and deliberate input on both the  clutch and the throttle to slowly start moving   forward as soon as the bike starts moving  you have to commit and pull that foot off   the ground if you drag it behind you you're going  to lose your balance have to stop and start again once you're standing up and the bike is  in motion fine tune your balance again   throw your leg over and put your foot on the peg the rolling dismount technique is  the rolling mount in reverse once   you're a few bike lengths away from  where you've decided you want to stop   you're going to pull in the clutch at the same  time swinging your leg over apply delicate   pressure to the front brake as soon as you come  to a complete stop you bring your foot down to learn these techniques it takes a lot of  practice there's no getting around it you just   you have to put in the time you're going to have  days where you drop the bike and you drop the bike   a lot especially in the things that are going  to require a lot of balance you just have   to go through it i dropped my bike a thousand  times trying to learn some of these techniques   if you really want it continue to be  persistent practice practice practice   you're gonna get it it's just  you gotta get there first regardless of what kind of rider you are you can  always conserve energy using these mounting and   dismounting techniques give a few of them a  try and find the ones that work best for you

Channel: MOTOTREK

Views: 831,793

Rating: 4.9369407 out of 5

Keywords: adv, bret tkacs, adventure, motorcycling, motorcycle, bmw, ktm, skill, world, travel

Id: oOD9NnTevH0

Length: 9min 41sec (581 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 28 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/nychawk]

Great video, one small tip, when doing a rolling stop dismount, at the very last possible second before putting your foot down, turn the handlebars very slightly to the side you are dismounting on. This will cause the motorcycle to “fall” to that side and it reduces the risk of the motorcycle falling away from you

[u/LMGDiVa]

I maybe the only one here but I think MotoTrek is better off with Bret gone. He was just a pushy and egotistical guy in so many videos and I think the hosts they have going now are much more personable.

[u/sully-the-guy]

Riding west a few years ago I saw a couple on this BMW series that were shorter than her. They each dismounted then mounted with ease. Its possible. Being 6'2" myself I still have issues getting my leg over luggage sometimes.

[u/Idiot_Savant_Tinker]

2:45 - that's how I get my on my DR650.

[u/Landhus]

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