Tips & Tricks for Short Riders  

Thanks for your videos. I mount and dismount my CRF300L while standing on the left foot peg. I did install a kickstand extension which helped tremendously by keeping the motorcycle from leaning so far over while on the kickstand. I’m now completely use to this method and it reduces the leg muscle strain and exhaustion I use to feel on a long day of riding from getting on and off. Thanks

I mount the bike like a horse. Foot in the stirrup (left peg) and over, side stand down. Get off the same. I have a 34" inseam but the huge 30 litre bag behind me is why I still need to do this, so I don't kick it full force.

In just stand on the peg with the kickstand down and swing my leg over.

I like the intro buts its a little long

Try to mount like a bicycle, Stand on left side, start engine, put in 1 gear, put left foot on peg, ease out clutch while standing on left peg and swinging right leg over to peg in one easy fluid motion. I’m 61 short and ride a Beta 300 and other bikes and this works great.

Love your vid, you got me laughing when you said, “none of this homo shit”. Your tips are much appreciated. I’m a 5 ft. 6 inch female with 32 in inseam (none of this flirty shit, ha ha), and have pretty well figured it out. I also bought some Dr. Martins Audrick boots which have a platform sole. They are unisex boots, so men or women buy them, and I can now flatfoot my Suzuki v-strom 650. I also cut the seat down by 1” and had the bike lowered 1/2”. The combination makes me feel much more sure-footed when coming to a stop.

I’m 5’6” with a 28” inseam. The stock bike, even with that soft suspension, is too tall for me. I’ve got a low seat and a lowering link, but I’ve found that using them together makes me feel like I’m riding a freakin chopper. So I use the stock seat with the Kouba link, and it works for me. Also, I’m a SIG fanboy, so-nice 938, and new subscriber!

Yes height has a bit to do with it in regards to how some might fit on taller bikes as taller people might have longer legs but not always. Your overall proportions are what matters here, I'm a little over 5' 9'' so about the same height as the guy in this vid but I have longer legs with a 33.3 inseam and I can flat foot the CRF300L without any issues.

Great tips , thanks

My buddy showed me to mount and dismount to the right side while standing on the peg. Put your weight into the left hand grip and that’ll keep the bike from moving to the right too much. I haven’t struggled since. Well, besides trying to get a foot down on the trail.

Great humor and great tips! And hitting your knee on the helmet lock? Agreed.

I’m 6’ and the rally is challenging at times, wearing timberland hikers I often get my shoe lace hung on the pegs that hold the seat and top of the back fender on. Good video, wasn’t about to give a thumbs up, haha.

Stepping on the footpegs, right or left, is the simplest way on or off a bike. More elegant too.

There's is currently a sale on the Off Grid pants for the holidays. Just sharing.

I dropped my bike on the low side of the road 3 times in one day because I had baggy, low riding cargo pants on. I went home and changed into some hiking pants and had no problem. I'm 5'8" and the klx has a 35" seat height, I may put a lowering link on it and a thinner seat concept seat

Huh. I think RU-vid heard that I'm having a not so great time vertically. What im having problem is agressively driving and stopping in traffic.

I know its not preferred, but I just climb on using the pegs to step up on and over. Full gear and 5'6 99.9% of the time. Until its 🔥 as ⚾️🏀🏈's in Florida...then its just boots and britches 😎..... and gloves. I so wanted a WR250, except I'm like a toddler on Santa's lap. I did the lowering links and Corbin lowering seat on a KLR650 back in the day. Did not like the low rider feel. Excellent trouser 👖 information 👌

I'm 5'4" with a 27" inseem, and I used to have a BMW 1150gs 246kg adventure bike with a 860mm seat height we can ride anything 👍

Nice heater . The FBI is always looking for good men .

I didn’t realize how huge the 300l actually is

It sucks being short. I am 5 ft 5 with a 25 inch inseam. I managed to safely ride a 01 Yamaha r6 with no suspension mods. I had an 97 Honda CBR900rr and I had no choice but to install a lowering link on that bike the seat was too tall and too wide. Not the best handling due to moding the suspension but I made it work. Dirtbikes my last dirtbike was a 2001 Honda cr125 , I usually leaned it up against the house or a tree. to take off. to dismount I usually layed over to the right no problem. It was a trail bike for me. I never raced it. In all honesty my favorite bike ever was an 2004 ktm 85 sx, fun bike not to tall and manageable power. I no longer ride due to injury in an auto accident back in 2007. I still miss riding.

So vertically challenged that I may as well be horizontally inclined.

You are kinda taking my fear of tall bike away.

Cool intro 👍

I just use the peg.

Holy smokes that front tire is tiny compared to the back

Have you thought of a lowing link mod?

Why do you take the bike off the kickstand before you mount or dismount?

5'9" isnt short idk why people say that when its average height! Im 5'9" and I dont feel like its too tall I throw my leg over just like on my cbr haha I think the issue some people have is hip flexibility

We can’t defeat the physics…. On the trail we are going down if we can’t reach to put a foot down no matter how many tricks we learn or how much experience we have.

First tip for short rider: carry your 9mm ready to go! Haha

The problem is the bike design, not your height, legs, or pants. Those Japanese engineers with bow legs for sure cant even ride that machine.. send them to jail

You make nice videos but that you have to carry weapons in your own home (security zone) shows what a sick country you live in.

heighth isn't a word. Read a book