I get on/off the normal way- from the left.

Uuuuuhhhhhh................ really? There is no wrong or right is there? .............. Water ski?.............left or right foot forward?..........snowboard?............skateboard same chit!.......hockey stick? What ever works I guess

Off the left side every time! right foot forward on every thing else! I'm right handed and and play hockey lefty????

with the problems i have physically it is much easier for me to get on the left and off on the right.

even after a 30 or 40 mile ride my legs are numb and back is fatigued witch makes it very hard to dismount the bike. since i put the crash bar on the bike is very easy to grab it and pull myself off that helps out a lot. also since I'm a fat ass if i try to get off on the left i end up leaning into the mirror.

always left side (kinda like a horse)it just seems odd getting on from the right side

Since yesterday when this post came around, I'v been thinking about your question and the merits of which side to use. Mounting from the left surely gives you the best ballance as you slide into the seat, but other things come into play..... are you talking about a 'hot' bike where you might be suceptable to leg burns? or if your exhaust is such that it's fairly well tucked out of harms way.

Either way, you must swing your leg over or step on the floorboard/peg and clinb up and on. From the right side it 'feels' like your swinging and arcing your leg further, which you might be doing with hard bags especially. Mounting from the right might catch a marginaly ballanced and parked bike, in a situation where it wants to go ahead and roll to the right because of the weight you'v now added to the floorboard or peg.

I just think that mounting from the right has more opportunity for drama of disturbing and causing mishap. It's akward, non-conformist and contrary at least, at most makes you look like a newbee. But as was noted about Dually pipes............you be the judge, but one thing.....I bet you'll be thinking about it every time you mount from the right.

AS LONG AS YOU DON'T FALL OFF, RIGHT ?????

Maybe it has to do with how tall you are? I'm only 5'8" and my bike leans a lot to the left, so it's a real "Stretch" to try and get that right foot down and stand up. The majority of people I see getting off on the right are either tall, or their bike stands up straighter than mine, or center stand.

I can see where the "Old Timers" who were born on the "Kick start" bikes would be used to the right side to get on, but again, why get off the same way? I started with dirt bikes and had to "Kick start" them, but I did that from the saddle, not standing along side it.

Gohot229 wrote:
It's akward, non-conformist and contrary at least...)

That's enough reasons to convince me! Guess I'll be making it a point to mount/dismount right side from now on.

I really had to think about this question and in the end had to go sit on my bike to figure it out. It is just such a natural thing it is nothing I could consciously say "Yes I do it this way."

So to get ON the bike I mount from the right side.

To dismount I exit from the left.

I have no idea why. That's just how it is. Haha

Wasn't gonna get involved in this craziness, but couldn't help myself......I get on from what ever side I'm nearest to.......