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GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: suzbnd12 on March 03, 2006, 04:23:15 PM

Title: Right hand position.....
Post by: suzbnd12 on March 03, 2006, 04:23:15 PM

Ok. You are on a trip and you have your soft saddlebags strapped to the back of your trusty Bandit. You stop at a gas station to tank up, get off the bike and go to put it on the centerstand. Where does everybody grab their bike with their right hand since the saddlebags are covering up the hand grab bar below the seat on the left side of the bike?

Title: Right hand position.....
Post by: jeepskate99 on March 03, 2006, 04:25:08 PM

No sir.  I just grab the passenger peg mount like I always do.  Easier than that dumb rail for me.  The grab rail has no room for my hand to go around it.

Title: Right hand position.....
Post by: Vlad on March 03, 2006, 08:07:38 PM

Quote from: "jeepskate99"

No sir.  I just grab the passenger peg mount like I always do.  Easier than that dumb rail for me.  The grab rail has no room for my hand to go around it.

Same here. It's much more important to press down hard on the centerstand than pull the bike up, IMHO. I hold the grab rail just for balance - I don't pull on it at all.

Title: Right hand position.....
Post by: suzbnd12 on March 03, 2006, 09:38:30 PM

Thanks for the tip guys. I will try the passenger peg mount grip thing.