Depends on how the scooter is setting for me. on level ground, i get on first, leave the bike on the kick stand, then she gets on. Unlevel ground, I get on, balance the bike and get a big handfull of front brake, she steps up on the rear floorboard and settles in.

 

I get on first and set the bike level. I get a wide stance to level the bike. I give her the ok to get on. She steps on the floorboard with her left foot while her left hand is on my shoulder and right hand on the passenger tour pak pad. She steps across the passenger pillion and puts her right foot on the right passenger board. I'll ask if she ready and we take off. She reverses the process for getting off the bike when I give her the ok to step off.

2 things I make sure of. 1. I don't let her get on the bike til I can find the most level area of the parking space. 2. or after I back the bike out of the parking place.

She doesn't weigh much, so it's not difficult for me to hold the bike in this position.

 

Twice I've been on my bike and had some girl come up and say, "Take me for a ride." and start climbing on. Luckily both were reasonably trim and didn't pull me over. It's a scary feeling though. That said, when the old lady gets on, I leave the kickstand down, level the bike and then tell her to get on. She doesn't have real long legs and has to step up on the left passenger board.

 

Sounds like it's about evenly split. As for me I get on first, then her. I've seen many do it the other way but I just don't trust the jiffy stand that much. I know it's sturdy but it rocks enough to scare me.

 

The other day my sister put her foot (and entire 165lb) on the floorboard to swing herself over. I almost fell over. That's not the right way.
I get on first, balance then my wife swings her leg over with the other one on the ground. That's the best way.

 

Agree 100% !...

 

My wife started out by grabbing my right shoulder when she was getting on. That stopped right away. One time she used my left shoulder for hand grip to pull herself over the bike. Both times I was in immediate critical pain from old shoulder injuries over the years and continued Bursitis, so we actually practiced her getting on until she got it right! lol

 

I get on first, then my girl. This is accomplished with military precision and usually preceded with either "bitch on" or "bitch off" from me. I also ensure that she is facing the front of the bike.

 

I get on the bike first leaving it on the jiffy stand. Then the wife gets on using the passenger floor board on the right side of the bike. Once she is on, I straighten up the bike. It works for us.

 

X2, I just posted this in another thread, one time my Wife went to get on my old Road King, left foot on the board, grabbed the sissy bar and pulled me to the ground, more force than I was used to, she was trying something new! If I had the jiffy stand down it would've been fine.