Short Motorcycle Riders - Cowboy Mount 

Thank you! 😃

Glad it was helpful!

Dirt is a great surface for any bike practice. Since you know that you need to improve your uphill starts, find a slight uphill and practice just start/stop. Do that until your uphill starts get as uneventful as flat ones.

Great to hear!

You shouldn't need to use your arms to pull up. If you are, there are several possible reasons: 1. Your right leg is too far back in the starting position, so when the bike starts rolling, your body weight is not over the left peg, and you're having to pull yourself forward. Make sure the leg on the ground is positioned next to the peg and not behind it. 2. You may need to be more smooth with the clutch. If the bike starts rolling too fast, it basically tries to run away from you, and again you need to pull yourself forward to stay over the peg. 3. You may need to improve the strength of your quads. To the last point: we're not kids anymore, so if we want to be able to do more than just recreational cruising, fitness is important. I do a lot of exercises focused specifically on the muscles needed to lift the bike or ride standing. I never talked about it, but will maybe do a video on the subject in the future.

@LanaOnWheels Thanks for the reply. I have two bikes, one is a Xr650l which is power wise a bit rough and a clutch which is not so smooth and the other is an Africa Twin with a Dct gearbox which brings another level of skill into play. Anyway practicing this is fun, will try some more. Happy Easter

Heroyam Slava!

The answer is - many times. Think about this the same way you think about a human baby learning to walk. How many times a baby falls? Does anybody count? Or when a child learns to ride a bicycle. How many times a child falls? Does this matter? So the answer is - the number does not matter.

We are virtually the same height. All the exercises I'm showing here should work for you. I will be releasing more episodes focused on short riders.

It's a fantastic bike, you will absolutely love it ❤️😁👍

I do it all the time. Moreover, I discuss this specific situation in the video, starting at 12:25.

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​@@LanaOnWheels You are not really a short rider!? How tall are you.

5.7. To add more challenge, I keep my seat on High position in addition to the taller sport suspension. This totally prevents me from relying on my legs length. I got inspired by even shorter lady rider, Jocelin Snow, whose skills are on a different level from anybody else I've ever seen. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zYp1zXyc0fA.htmlsi=3QYCCsJSG-62MVOM.

:) these are off road mirrors. They are ones of the best for standing and seeing your riding buddies behind.

Good question. When mounting from the right hand side, I usually turn the bike off and put it into first gear before walking around to that side. Then you can pull in the clutch, start it and proceed with the cowboy mount.

Dismounting on either side is an important skill for those riders who want to master riding any bike of any size on any terrain. When you were a kid and rode a bicycle, did you care which side to dismount? Did you care if you stop uphill or downhill? No, because the weight of the bicycle was negligible compared to your strength. Larger and heavier bikes could be handled the same way if you know how. People who ride a lot in various environments get themselves in situations when dismounting on the other side is preferable. With additional knowledge and skills, one can easily walk around the bike after that to use the kickstand or use some other approaches to leave the bike standing. You can see this video about walking around the bike for further learning. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v34Gh_tDOu4.html

It's true that the 1250 weighs more, but it doesn't fall flat like the 750, 850, etc. Believe me, the 1250 is easier to pick up.

I think it would be only easier on a shorter and smaller bike. The reason is that you have less weight and less height to manage.

My speed was around 6-7 miles per hour. Your speed needs to be comfortable to you. The idea is that you go slow enough to focus on the balance exercise and not too slow to worry about dropping the bike. I did not have to play with the clutch when working on the balance exercise because the torque of 1250GS allows that. However, if your bike has less torque, you may need to use friction zone to stay in lower speeds.

5'7

@@LanaOnWheels thanks for reply. Looks like I’ll be more struggle. 5’5 😄

www.contimotousablog.com/jocelin-snow-born-adventure/#:~:text=Jocelin%20Snow%3A%20I%20have%20been,result%20in%20a%20tip%2Dover. This person inspires my riding. Jocelin is 5′ - 1.5″. Look at her riding skill.

@@LanaOnWheels thanks so much

This is not about the numbers. You just need understand the geometry of the skill in relation to your own bike and your own body and then work on learning it.

this is R1250GS

if you don't mind asking, how tall are you?@@LanaOnWheels thanks

5'7'' or 167cm@@ticorrei

and thats the normal sized GS not the lower version right?@@LanaOnWheels

this is an HP version that is one inch taller than a standard, not-lowered bike. I also keep my seat on High to ensure that I don't have an option of reaching out to the ground. This pushes me to train my balance and speed control. To have full control of the stopped bike, I have to significantly slide to one side.

This is an educational video. I show the learning process, in the order that any student will go through it. It is my second most viewed video.