BUT, this is important, Swede, important!!! You have to know which side to get on and off of in order to use your Jiffy stand correctly!

 

Typically one will mount and dismount the bike from the bikes left side. It is however a good idea to be able to mount and dismount from both sides in case of an emergency. Some disciplines like calf roping actually use the right hand side of the bike when they have the calf roped...:

 

You took the MSF course and don't trust what they taught you?????? bwahaha!

I think cops get on from the right side to avoid getting run over, other than that it's the left. If you are talking "proper" as in the eyes of the pros.

But really, being your own bike and all I'd think whatever way feels best is what we shall "allow" you to do. He he! (If you agree to touch your nose twice before climbing on).

 

So Ed...does that mean it's alright to get run over if you're not a cop, and you're putting the bike on the jiffy stand and getting off on the left. Really confused now!

 

That's the way I understood it. Cops ain't supposed to get run over, but it's okay for the rest of us.

Dang,..... time to "rethink" this thing,..... LOL

 

Maybe it's just me, but I usually get on/off the right side. I stop, put the jiffy down, set it down and get off the right side. Seems like when I try the left side I scrape my boot on top of the seat. As mentioned in a previous post, maybe has to do with working a kicker. Maybe a good thread, "How many have actually kick started a harley".

 

Surely we have a motor officer here to solve this for us, don't we? I thought I read once that all motor officers are taught to mount/dismount from the right. I read that this is for the reason already stated about getting hit, but also if the bike should fall on dismount, it will fall away from you and not on you.

I saw it on the internets so it must be true. If it's good enough for motor officers, it's good enough for me.

 

Just like a bicycle kickstands are on the left,common sense rules!

 

I can't believe I red this whole thread in hopes of finding why it makes a difference which side you mount from. After all these years I still get on from which ever side I approach the bike from.

God, I can't wait for spring so we can get the normal fingerless glove threads going again instead of these stupid ones.

 

I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous.