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inseam, now mounting by standing on the left peg

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:19 am
by pdstreeter@mmm.com
RobertWichert wrote:  
>I have seen people get on from the left by standing on the left peg.  I >tried it myself once, and it works, but I think if you weighed too much >(the person I saw do it weighed about 120# and I weigh 180#) the bike >might tip left on the stand.  I was almost too much for it, I think.
Well, I weigh 270 plus gear and mount my KLR this way every time.  It's a '98 model with about 30,000 miles on it, doesn't seem to have hurt it any yet.   Paul Streeter