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Fubar

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Just drove in with my new Yamaha top box on my FJR. First thing my Wife says is how am I going to get on the bike now? I guess we are going to have to just use trial and error method. Not sure she can get her leg high enough to throw it over the bag as she steps on. Don't know if she can get her leg up high enough and slide between my butt and the box.... Whew, this isn't going to be pretty. Any help would be appreciated.... Not kidding.

 
With you seated on the bike, her left hand on your left shoulder and her left foot on the passenger peg. She can then step up and over. Voila.............What the hell do I know, I'm a bachelor! :blink:

 
With you seated on the bike, her left hand on your left shoulder and her left foot on the passenger peg. She can then step up and over. Voila.............What the hell do I know, I'm a bachelor! :blink:
Her tight leather jeans don't give her al lot of flexability. :rolleyes:

 
Simple fix. Have her remove aforementioned tight leather pants, then try again. That should do it. Remember, It didn't happen without PICS!!

 
Her tight leather jeans don't give her al lot of flexability.

Right...then how can she sit on the bike with her legs bent and her feet on the pegs?

Have her get on the bike by STANDING UP on the left peg with her left foot, (legs staight) ...if she can't get her right leg over the seat from there somethings wrong with her.....

KM

 
Just drove in with my new Yamaha top box on my FJR. First thing my Wife says is how am I going to get on the bike now? I guess we are going to have to just use trial and error method. Not sure she can get her leg high enough to throw it over the bag as she steps on. Don't know if she can get her leg up high enough and slide between my butt and the box.... Whew, this isn't going to be pretty. Any help would be appreciated.... Not kidding.
I can only think of a few solutions to this enigma. Here they are...

Option 1: Tie a rope around her waist. Throw end of rope over tree limb. Pull until she is suspended higher than the seat. Have her...or a trusted friend...hold the rope. Drive bike under her. Lower her into seat. Untie rope. Ride away.

Option 2: Have wife follow you in a taxi to the loading platform behind the local WalMart. She stands on top of platform. You get as close as you can. She jumps onto the seat. Ride away.

Option 3. Add an inflatable lift to one side of the bike. Lay bike down on its side. Have wife slide along ground into position. You slide along ground into position. Inflate the lift. Bike stands up. Call the EPA about a gas spill you found. Ride away.

Option 4. Buy a small step ladder or kitchen stool. Weld it to the rear of the bike so that it can be raised and lowered. Lower it. Have wife climb ladder and sit down. Raise it. Ride away.

Option 5. Tell wife you are going out for a pack of smokes. Ride away.

 
^^^^^ Exactly.

I have the bike, hands firmly on the bars, both feet on the ground, and I tell her I'm ready. She uses my left shoulder to help pull herself up to get to a standing position on the left peg. The right foot just steps across the seat, does not have to be swung around the back, finds the right peg, and she settles down.

Basically: climb up, step over, sit down.

For some reason my wife dismounts to the right. Don't know why.

I actually had to learn to do that myself when I loaded the pillion seat for a camping trip last April, I had to stand on the peg with the bike on the sidestand and step through the tiny gap between my tent and sleeping bag behind and my tank bag in front.

Oh, yeah. Sooner or later somebody's gonna punch you about your sig pics. There's a size limit, basically so the thread page fills up with useful information to peruse rather than repeated viewings of bandwidth-robbing images, which especially annoy dial-up folks, of which there are still 2 or 3. (Not me, just sayin' there are.) Guidelines here.

 
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"With you seated on the bike, her left hand on your left shoulder and her left foot on the passenger peg. She can then step up and over."

Gunny!

I also cheat and leave the side stand down until she's done "settling in". :rolleyes:

 
My wife is 5'2". I often pull out of the driveway, and stop parallel to the curb. 4" advantage for her to climb on.

 
Stella has the same problem due to the backrest. We've worked it out. Sidestand down. Engine off and in gear. She gets on and slides back to her spot. I then place my right leg through the opening between gas tank and Stella and settle in. Done.

 
We generally do like the others say, with her stnading on the pax peg and swinging a leg over. But if she's small, can she get on with the bike on the centerstand, you hop on, then rock it forward & off the centerstand?

Or you could get murderized by suggesting she needs a different set of pants. :p

Bob

 
Tell your wife the smarmy pants are only for use on the silver bike you have there... :rolleyes:

My wife is 5'2". I often pull out of the driveway, and stop parallel to the curb. 4" advantage for her to climb on.
:blink:

What advantage is there in a 4" curb if she is already standing on the left passenger peg? Are you saying she can't get up on the left peg?

 
Stella has the same problem due to the backrest. We've worked it out. Sidestand down. Engine off and in gear. She gets on and slides back to her spot. I then place my right leg through the opening between gas tank and Stella and settle in. Done.
Gunny. Wife has a bad knee and this works the best for her.

 
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