General motorcycle parking...
#1
General motorcycle parking...
Do you pull in front wheel forward to a parking space? On the street where there is a curb I always back my bike in so ther rear wheel is against the curb. I thought of this after reading a post about backing out of a parking space. I f I am forced to park in a car parking space I usually pull in so I would have to back out, but that is a rare occurence. I have been riding bikes long enough to realize that it is usually easier to park a bike in a different spot like the end of a long line of spots that have been lined odff and say no parking, or on the sidewalk in front of the store or restaurant, or almost anywhere besides in a regular car parking spot. I take advantage of the fact that I have a vehicle that is less than half the size of a car. In our city parking structures we actually have motorcycle parking spots which is nice. On our permit parking streets ( this freakin' city) we can park without a permit. When I used to work as a messenger we would all park our bikes on the sidewalk across the street from the courthouse in Downtown L.A. and never had a problem. This is a big part of the advantage of riding a bike. It is quite easy to find parking. Aside from traffic, this rules. Once I am accustomed to riding my bike somewhere I forget about traffic jams and parking fees. LOL...
#2
RE: General motorcycle parking...
Usually back up to a curb. Main thing is the grade of the road I want to power out of any up hill. If the parking place is angled up toward the curb I would head in and back out. Did the backing up hill thing a couple of times (i'm slow) and don't no more.
#3
RE: General motorcycle parking...
I always park with the front wheel headed up hill. In other words, I don't want to push the bike uphill backwards out of the spot. Other than that, depends if any other bike are with me. If alone, I never pull deep into the spot for fear someone might think the spot is empty and accidently hit my scoot.
#6
RE: General motorcycle parking...
Some States require the license plate to be visable,when parked,from the roadway.Thus you would have to head the bike in or parallel park.[:'(]
#7
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What about parking downhill and leaving it in neutral? HAHAHA j/k
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#8
RE: General motorcycle parking...
You laugh but I've seen bikes go down when the riders have done that. A habit I have formed is, with the exception of my garage, I always kill switch with the bike in first gear. Simply put that means "every" time I start the bike up I pull in the clutch first. I have never (key word being never) had a problem.
#10
RE: General motorcycle parking...
I almost always backer in. Sometime back the wife said she wanted hers to have reverse! lol With those short legs of hers she will have a hard time of it pushing it back. Think she might have to carry a step stool