The CB1100 Community Forum

That Iron Rider looks good. Maybe I should have gone that way. Oh well, I'm happy.

Another question, right now I'm just doing my temporary bag, strapped to the rear of my seat. With a box or larger bag it seems you would be hitting it all the time as you swung your leg to get on?

For those with a large bag or Givi type luggage, is it a pain getting on? I suppose one gets used to it, just seems initially one would be hitting it some.

Besides my box on the Honda rack, I have a Cortech bag on the passenger seat. I feel like I'm getting on a horse, but I like having them so I can live with it.

(06-10-2015, 08:22 AM)sourdough44_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Another question, right now I'm just doing my temporary bag, strapped to the rear of my seat. With a box or larger bag it seems you would be hitting it all the time as you swung your leg to get on?

For those with a large bag or Givi type luggage, is it a pain getting on? I suppose one gets used to it, just seems initially one would be hitting it some.

I get the same issue with the tall backrest on my CB750. You have to bend your knee a bit more when getting on and off so that your foot passes in front. Not a huge deal. You get used to it.

My problem is that i occasionally forget which bike I'm riding. The CB11 just has a rack with a low grab bar, so I can swing my leg over it. If I try that when dismounting the CB750 my leg gets caught on the backrest and I have to hope no one is watching.

I have no trouble getting on and off the bike with the top box mounted. If I'm touring and have a duffel bag strapped on in font of it, I have to mount by putting my left foot on the peg and swinging my right leg over the top. Like being a kid and swinging a leg over the bar of the bicycle as you get it moving. Must look ridiculous.

Last year I went on a ride with Pterodactyl and another bloke on a Triumph ST. The bloke on the a Triumph had so much gear aboard that he had to perform this weird hop-step to get his leg through the gap between luggage and tank.

I've never had an issue getting on/off the bikes with the Givi trunks. You just instinctively adjust to it.

(06-15-2015, 08:50 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]I have no trouble getting on and off the bike with the top box mounted. If I'm touring and have a duffel bag strapped on in font of it, I have to mount by putting my left foot on the peg and swinging my right leg over the top. Like being a kid and swinging a leg over the bar of the bicycle as you get it moving. Must look ridiculous.

Last year I went on a ride with Pterodactyl and another bloke on a Triumph ST. The bloke on the a Triumph had so much gear aboard that he had to perform this weird hop-step to get his leg through the gap between luggage and tank.

That's how I do it when loaded for travel.

Yep. When loaded like this, the procedure is as follows :

1. Face the left side of the bike.
2. Kick your right leg up like a Rockette...
3. While hopping toward the bike on your left leg.

The kick and hop have to be coordinated just right, or you'll just end up looking silly.

What do you mean--end up looking silly

That's how I do it by the way

Or if you kick too low you either bounce off backwards or kick the bike over on it's right side... Then you look silly