You know as you get a little older you lose a little bit flexibility you got a big bike like the gold wing or the rest of touring. I saw that I saw you shattle. Or the rest of the touring bike. It's finding harder and harder to sling that leg over the bike. So what's going to be today video? You're going to show you how to put the leg over the bike. You're going to do it from the right side and the left side and show the advantages of using the right side compared to the left side also. You know what I'm talking about. You want to get out going? Struggling. Trying to put that leg up over the bike. Especially if you have a backrest. You know, you don't have to be that hard. So we're going to show you what I do. And what I've learned many, many years ago to use the bike to get on the bike. So the first one is this. Use your momentum to get on the bike. If you're walking up to your bike, walk up to it naturally and use your momentum. If you're standing close to the bike, use your momentum standing close. And it goes like this. And it is demonstrating. I don't want to be this close to the bike if I'm having trouble lifting my leg. So I take a step back and then I take a step with my left leg as if I'm walking and let my right leg just sling over the bike. Here we go. Step momentum. I'm on the bike, ready to roll. And then you just get it off the side stand like normal. And see how the side stand video. Make sure you go back and check that after this one. Also, we're going to show you this video. Easy way to dismount the bike. Instead of struggling. Like we see a lot, there's an easy way to dismount. Okay, the second way we're going to show you. It's simple. Especially if you have a passenger. How does passenger normally get on the bike? You want me to show you? They use the passenger floorboards and mount the bike. So get off baby for a second. So if the passenger is using their floorboards and all foot pegs, you do the same thing. Except if you left leg on the foot pegs stand up. If you don't have a tall windshield, this works perfect. Lane forward. Just if you would not have a seat, a backrest, and just sling your leg over. Easy, simple, peasy. That's how I get on my bike, 99% of the time. We show that as the same on the right side as it is the left side. So let me demonstrate it. Left foot on the foot peg. I don't have to grab the henna bars. I can use the windshield. My mirror. Or I do it lean forward and just lean my foot over as if. You did it just like, no, that's the same one. Time out for a minute. You want to get on it? No. No. You don't want to get on it. I'm just saying, I'm just saying, get on it. I'm just saying, look at his arms. Exactly. All the time. This guy always out there. Real good stuff when we use this parking lot. Just love us out here having a good time not doing donuts and spinning anything. We're going to get back to the program. But yeah, man, we just love hanging out with him. So let me show you this right quick. And put your... Now, we go get the camera, go start it so we leave. Okay, let's get back to the program. Really good guy, really good guy. Anyway, I'm going to show you how to do it with your foot pegs or your floor boards. Like I said, all you got to do is lean forward and lean your back leg over you. You got to do a different camera angle also. Lean forward, think your back leg over and you are set. You just get it up to side stand like normal. So we're going to do a different camera angle from this side. And then we're going to do dismounting and mounting from the right side. Okay, this is how I look from this side. It's the exact same thing. And sometimes put my knee on here and swing it over. But most of them I just swing my leg over. Left foot on the left floor board or peg. Don't really have to do that. But if you want to use your hand or bar, that's fine. Lean forward, swing over and you are set. And just get it up to side stand like normal. So now let's discuss dismounting. No different, the exact same way. I dismounted two different ways. First is just like I got on. Left foot on the peg, swing, and I'm off the bike. Second one is the way I got on the bike the first time. Second one, I always grab my hand bar with my right hand. I got my hand bar, put on the ground, turn, and just step off. Okay, now let's talk about the advantages or the reason you should be dismounting from the right side. It's just simple, safety. See police officers do it all the time. That's safety and tactics. Think about putting it on the side of the road. You get off on the left side, you may stumble into an oncoming traffic. Getting off the right side, no different than mounting like we've done before. If I use momentum, I would step my right foot first and let my left foot sling over. Step, sling, momentum. No different. Getting off, exact same way. Push, turn, step off. Okay, now we're going to talk about mounting from the right side using your foot pegs. For most people, they're afraid to mount because they think they stand up on it, the bike on a tip over. Just the key, keep it locked. Lean over the bike, step it on with your right foot. Lean over the bike, and then sling your left foot over. The pawn lock, I'm leaning over my bike, and then I just step on like normal, and I am set. Getting off, exact opposite, lock, lean on the bike, and step on. Step on, and you are ready to go. So, go out and practice that. If you do it a couple times, it's going to come second nature. In fact, I do it so much I really don't realize I'm doing it. When I'm on the side of a road, I do it intentionally on the right side. But normally, on some of my videos, I watch some of the videos and notice I was getting on the right side, which is habit for me. So, once again, left foot up, lean over your bike, then sling your leg over, and you get on the right side. Getting off, and we're about this. Peg, lean with the bike, and just step off, and you are ready to go. So, go out and give it a practice a couple times, and you will find out it comes second nature. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel if you like videos like this. We're going to be in the parking lot a lot before we get on the road for this year's tour. But if you are out riding, remember, ride long, ride hard, ride strong, for most importantly, ride safe. For boasting James Ryder's on Rich, I'm Kay. And we out. Peace! Thanks for watching.