Short Motorcycle Riders - Stopping with One Foot on the Ground 

Thank you. Very good video.

Such a fantastic video. It explains the challenges of stopping with 1 leg down on both inclines and uneven roads. Especially viewing and identifying the terrain for the safest route before stopping. Lots of videos out there on 1 leg down. This one just hits the hammer on the nail. I went out immediately to practice. Looking forward to much more lessons like this. Great job!!

Thank you Lana !!　for your excellent video.

Excellent clip. Thank you for clear and eloquent tutorial

Lana I am enjoying your lessons very much. Thank you.

This is an excellent video! You demonstrate how to shift you body before you stop. Something I am not used to. I stop with my left foot down for the most part. It feels so awkward trying to put two feet or even my right down for that matter and being slow and smooth on the front brake. You have given me something else to practice. Thank you, and I love your riding gear! 😎

Loved this - Subbed!

Excellent, excellent, excellent! So many RU-vid clips out there showing short riders how to shift weight and put one foot down, almost always stressing that you should always use your left foot (unless on uneven ground). You are 100% correct on the importance of alternating left foot down and right foot down on a regular basis. Getting in the habit of using only one foot [the left foot] for the majority of the time over the years WILL ABSOLUTELY alter muscle growth / stretching vs shrinkage around the lower back area. And it will cause complications to your back in the future. It’s also just a great idea for your body to comfortably react to putting either left or right foot down depending on the situation occurring at the time. Love your RU-vid clip.

Thank for sharing you tips and time Lana. I am a 5ft9in GSA rider and appreciate all of your tips.

This is a really excellent video. Thanks for posting. I'm tall enough to flat foot an 800mm ADV bike but still practice the one foot down. To me it is a perfect way to stay in control of the motorcycle at a stop line.

This is a brilliant video for myself as a short and new rider. I prefer bigger sports bikes but the high seat heights mean I’m going to have to get use to this technique

Really professional in a depth view. Thank you so much for a great job! Subscribe 🙏

Thanks for covering this in such a detailed way.

Excellant video for short riders who aspire to ride tall bike like me.

Thank you Lana for your vlog tutorial about short rider driving a motorcycle that was big as me.thanks for your vlog.

Smooth, controlled movements, just like ballet. 👍🏽

Herzlichen Dank für Dein sehr informatives und sympathisches Video. Grüße aus Deutschland, Erich

I love how bmw looks. But it’s intimidating as i’m a short rider… this video is really helpful. Keep it up ma’am

I usually prefer just to add height to my riding shoes so I can use both legs, but the one leg technique is good to practice!

Thank you for the video. I just had my first driving lesson and since i didnt reach down flat footed, i was not able to enjoy any of it since i was terrified when ever i had to stop the bike. I almost dropped it several times when stopping. I will try your technic shifting position before i stop. Hopefully that will boost my confidence so i can actually learn how to ride a bike and not only focus on the next stop.

Thanks Toots, just bought a KTM Super Duke, after a chunk of years, I’m struggling to throw my leg over the bike, so I’m using my foot rest to hop aboard. The more time I have on it, I’ll develop my own style 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Usefull video. However in an unexpected situation where you have to make an emergency brake manouvre there is no time to see what the high side of the road is. I went down this way when I suddenly had to stop for a car where there was a storm drain running across the road where I tried to put my foot down.

Where have you been all my life? I am impressed with your approach and techniques. By the way, I have neglected some bikes because of their tall seat heights, and though my present ride doesn't present too much of a problem, these techniques will be of help. Thank you.

This channel is so underrated

Thank you Lana at 5-7 with a 29 inseam I have found I have a challenge on the CB500X.. seat height 32.7 inches..

This is incredibly helpful as a new, short rider. My bike has a 31" seat height and I have a 29" inseam. I was barely on my tip-toes at stops and it kind of freaked me out. The hardest part for me starting moving with only one foot down is adjusting myself - I kind of wobble until I get back firmly on my seat.

Very useful videos in your channel. Maybe I miss or maybe you didn't mention but what about gears when you are stopping the bike?

Great lesson, thanks. Sometimes you need to stop the bike while turning, perhaps in a drive or at a corner where the lanes leads left (right hand drive) or right (left hand drive). Or you are following traffic around a corner and it stops. Left foot down is fine, the foot brake will stop the bike. But using the front bike risks dropping the bike. A wight transfer forward stopping while turning tends to cause the bike to jus fsll over. So where conditions require right foot down how do you qvoid the front brake dropping the bike? Pehaps swap fron foot to hand gently at the last monment? What are ypur thoughts or other viewers? Ps short legs lookimg to buy a new taller bike.

top video. sometimes it looked liked you just leaned, and not jumped. Sometimes however, just leaning hasn't worked for me, and caused a quick change of foot to prevent dropping bike. Do do you jump, shift your weight or just lean your body?

fantastic ,i,m short inseam ,and just changed my bike from a low seat both feet on ground to a higher seat and i scared myself taking it home for the first time,,question ,if your at a stop sign t junction and you want to turn right or left onto main road and the road is sloping away from say you left hand side and you cant put your left foot down because of that slope how do you turn in that left direction safely,your holding the bike on your right leg and foot ,but you want to turn left following that slope downhill on the main road,,thats the bit that scares me, thanks for youvideos ,really helping me,

I've watched and rewatched your videos - and those of others talking about the same things - but I would add a word of caution that things can still go wrong. I'm 5'2 and usually ride a Harley Street Bob, on which I can safely get both feet not flat to the ground, but almost. I wanted to try out the new BMW 2024 F800GS, which is a lighter bike than mine but on even the low chassis/low seat option I can only have both feet 'en pointe', as it were. Many years ago I used to have one foot down only on previous bikes so I figured I'd need to brush up on technique but I should be OK, so took one out on a test ride. I was fine for the first 20 mins or so, managed stopping at lights and intersections, but then on stopping at another light I put my foot down, managed not to balance the bike properly, and it just fell over, trapping my leg underneath - I couldn't stop it falling. I have been off my bike for three weeks now, and my leg is still not healed enough to ride yet. Fortunately I was riding with a friend, and he got the bike off me. However, with this I have badly damaged my calf muscle and bruised from knee to toe - plus usually I ride alone, so this could have been much worse. It won't put me off riding this bike, but I need to figure out how to make sure the bike stays balanced when I shift my weight over to put my foot down. Even as a rider of 40 years as I am, this is still something I need to figure out!

Very good video and straight to the point. I am sick of watching videos supposedly for short legged riders produced by Americans that sound like unintelligible gobbling turkeys with intervening periods of showing off. Well done you.

Great video, what is your inseam length?

I am facing difficulties to release the stand at the start up , I am short

Your videos are very informative, Lana , May I know your height please?

Wear do your jacket and pants come from?

What gets me is if you put your left foot down on an incline and you realise you're not in first gear. What then?

How tall are you?

I dont know - cause lag of english skills - how exactly to write that in a nice way. But there is still one suggestion > all. Do not buy a bike that does not fit to you. Or at least, lower the bike etc. I saw a lot of skilled (mostly female) Rider which are to small and in 90% chance, the day will come, your rules/tipps will not match to a situation. The damage of such situation is mostly more through the shame, some riders feel, when they drop down. So realy, buy a bike fitting to your Size and you will be able to rule EVERYTHING in a normal way, insteed of using workarrounds.