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