works great until the side stand snaps .. that said I have only snapped a side stand on a KTM 640 and it went whilst I was kicking it... (using the kickstart ! not just a general beating)

31 inside leg now that would be a bonus try 27 and a bit hehe.

if you struggle with the height lower the bike a bit.

If I was off road all the time I would leave it standard but lowered its just easier for day to day stuff

Yeah, the horse mount worx well untill the stand pushes into the ground if terra firma is not so ferma, then you pin yourselve down under the bike, dont have any photo's, but ever since that happened i refuse to do the horse mount. Something that you can practice as well is to try to get on as you would get onto a bicycle. Put in gear while standing next to bike, little gas, get the bike going, stand up of course otherwise it will kill the bike when you put it in gear. Then when bike have little momentum, all you do is swing that leg over, and off you go.

The short leg syndrome is something we all get one day when driving offroad...camber to the one side, normally the wrong side from where you want to get off..attached is a friend of mine who recently discoverd his short leg syndrome.

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I'm 'only' 6 foot with 32" inside leg and always swing my leg over the back. The trick is to have the bike on the sidestand, get your hands on both grips and lean forwards towards them. That will make it much easier to swing you leg up and over the back seat.

I also have my topbox always fitted but have certainly given it and the rear hand grabs a good kicking every now and then.

I'm not quite sure what I'd do if I had a large bag on the bak seat however, probaly mount from the side if I could.

I always do this with my R, and if youve a bag on the back you do the old get the right foot on the seat first, then put pull your self into the bike and let your leg slide over the seat.

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So I'm not the only verticaly challenged person on here then, thats good to know.

Do people laugh at you too when youre at lights/junctions rocking from 1 foot to the other trying to stay upright?

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Ha ha - now that I really want to see Ryland try! - I can just imagine the Youtube hits if it was video'd!

Seriously, the Tenere stand won't break - the horse method is fine... likewise I have been known to do the McGregor goose-step more than once when I've got luggage strapped on the rear seat...

J xx

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I'm loving these names.

Ahem - have been known to mis time a goose step ascent on my enduro bike after a rather weary bog section and knocked her right back over again...

ohh yeah been there goose step to double knockover at that point I would normally give up and take a breather and have a good ol laugh about it.

as for the hoping at the lights i try and ride progressively so that i dont often have to stop at the lights keep slow momentum and good gaps

I always wonder what would happen if them bloomin happy slappers realised that when most of us are at a set of lights a simple push would have us all in the floor. most of the time you wouldnt even notice them coming at you.

just hope no happy slappers read this else i may have started a horrible new mobile phone craze.