Bend your right leg more, so you're only lifting your knee over the seat (and backrest, if you have one). Also helps eliminate the possibility of kicking the "mute" button on the passenger's radio controls and driving yourself nuts trying to figure out why the radio doesn't work. Nah, I've NEVER done THAT!drtechnology wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:03 pm You will enjoy the bikes for sure. I love my new to me 2002. The issue with me hopping on is more so a gear issue than the weight I think lmao. I have really thick riding pants with shin, knee, and hip guards in them, and even tho they are mesh, with winter n water liners removed, all that crash padding makes them hard to lift my legs high up in them lol. Fun times, but better safe than sorry, I will get used to it haha
I wear full gear, too, except if running local errands on 90+ degree days, then I trade the risk of low-speed (40 mph or so) road rash for the very real possibility of a heat injury if wearing full gear in slow-speed traffic. I ALWAYS wear helmet and gloves, regardless of the heat. And, when I'm not wearing full gear, it's long pants - jeans or genuine vietnam-era cammies. And steel-toed leather boots at all times.