Passenger Mounting Procedure
#51
02-09-2009, 04:36 PM
Size does matter
Start with a bike with a weight you can comfortably control. Five points of contact, two on the ground, two on the bars and your *** on the seat. Balance the bike and have your pax use you for balance while stepping across the seat. Oh yeah, go to the gym and bulk up!l Just a thought.
#52
02-09-2009, 04:55 PM
Yep, thats what we do. My signal is yelling "Get your *** on woman!"
Her signal is smacking me in the back of the head.
#53
02-09-2009, 05:27 PM
Road Captain
Last time I used that line on my wife in front of friends she told me her *** was already on the bike . HA HA to save face I agreed .
#54
02-09-2009, 05:36 PM
Standing, sitting,left side, right side. Get a center stand then you can stand on the side and watch her get on either side!
I have to help my wife get on (she has M/S) and the center stand works best for us.
I have to help my wife get on (she has M/S) and the center stand works best for us.
#55
02-09-2009, 06:11 PM
When sitting on the bike you are using your quads of your leg to try to maintain stability of the bike. Your legs are bent thereby decreasin leverage. Once the bike leans too far it goes down.
That said, I stand flatfooted with my legs barely spread clamping the seat with my inner thighs. The bike cannot move. With the bike "leaning" aginst your thighs it takes the weakest point (the knee) out of the equation. Picture it as leaning the bike against a fence post. If it can't teeter either way it can't fall over. Doing it this way I sometimes won't hold on to the bars.
I pull up to the mailbox, stand this way, lean over to get the mail, even pick the paper up from the street. With your legs down and locked you can lean any way you want from the waist.
Try it, works for me.
That said, I stand flatfooted with my legs barely spread clamping the seat with my inner thighs. The bike cannot move. With the bike "leaning" aginst your thighs it takes the weakest point (the knee) out of the equation. Picture it as leaning the bike against a fence post. If it can't teeter either way it can't fall over. Doing it this way I sometimes won't hold on to the bars.
I pull up to the mailbox, stand this way, lean over to get the mail, even pick the paper up from the street. With your legs down and locked you can lean any way you want from the waist.
Try it, works for me.
Bill
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02-09-2009, 06:11 PM
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Let me be the first to commend you on having the guts to post your wifes weight on the internet.
Its all about balance, your never actually holding anything near 900 pounds.
I usually stand the bike up and hold the front brake and look forward, don't watch her.
She puts her hands on my shoulders as she gets on.
I lean the bike slightly to the right as my wife steps on the floorboard and straighten it up as she swings her leg through. You can leave the jiffy stand down just in case.
Its all about balance, your never actually holding anything near 900 pounds.
I usually stand the bike up and hold the front brake and look forward, don't watch her.
She puts her hands on my shoulders as she gets on.
I lean the bike slightly to the right as my wife steps on the floorboard and straighten it up as she swings her leg through. You can leave the jiffy stand down just in case.
My wife gets on while the bike is on the stand, then I get on and stand it up.(got really stong legs). when we stop I put the stand down, I get off, then offer my hand and help her, like the perfect gentleman I am but she never makes a move until I tell her. (trained her well)
but she never makes a move until I tell her. (trained her well)You aren't the only one partner!
Start with a bike with a weight you can comfortably control. Five points of contact, two on the ground, two on the bars and your *** on the seat. Balance the bike and have your pax use you for balance while stepping across the seat. Oh yeah, go to the gym and bulk up!l Just a thought.
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02-09-2009, 06:12 PM
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02-09-2009, 09:28 PM
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....Articharleyman - I'm not hassleing you, but agreeing with you but using a different approach ?
Back to the subject:
Getting on the Bike:
I grab the front brake handle, swing from the right, straighten up the bike while seated, bring up the side stand, stand up with the bike balanced between my legs, nod head, wife gets on from the right.
Dismounting the bike:
Come to a full stop (backed into the parking spot if necessary), front brake is applied, stand up, nod head, wife gets off, I sit, put down the side stand, lean bike onto side stand, dismount to the right.
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