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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 06:23 PM
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Low side. Don't know why, just natural for me.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 06:28 PM
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Low side I don't know why
 
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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I am tall, 6' 3", so I can mount or dismount from either side. Sometimes I will
throw my left leg over the rear seat on the Heritage, and sometimes I will pick
up my foot and just set it over the seat. I can do this from either side. Mostly I
do this so if anyone is watching, it's just to mess with 'em, like holding the lid
on a jar and turning the jar to open it.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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No preference, just depends where I'm approaching the bike at the time.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 07:45 PM
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If I remember correctly, motor cops are trained to dismount on the high/right side because that puts them on the side of the road and not in traffic.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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I have never even once got on from the "opposite" side of my bike. It just seems unnatural, as well as more challenging...unless one has a center stand.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 07:56 PM
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And I thought this thread was about somebody high siding...a crash. I guess it is good it is not.

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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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And I thought this thread was about somebody high siding...a crash. I guess it is good it is not.

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I've gotten off on that high side, also. Not a lot of fun, lol.
 
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i do both just depends on how i approach the bike
 
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Being vertically challenged, I always get on and off the left side
 
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