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5 Tips for Short Riders Handling Tall and Big Motorcycles

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This article is immensely helpful for those who are vertically challenged, yet quite intimidated about riding a tall and big motorcycle. This stands especially true for women riders. However, with these helpful and handy practices, you can easily live your dream of riding a robust motorcycle, irrespective of your physical size and height. Riding a tall bike needs your confidence more than your height. These five tips will help you to easily manage a robust motorcycle seamlessly.

Monitor these steps and maintain proper bike insurance, and enjoy a robust bike riding experience

1. Practice proficiency with a small bike:

Big and tall motorcycles are not quite ideal for short-height first-time riders. You must practice and gain proficiency first with a small bike and as you get quite used to it, then gradually proceed towards a bigger version. It will be very heavy and difficult to handle a big bike, as they are way too heavy for unseasoned bikers. This increases the risks of accidents manifold. Learn the biking techniques and strategies with small bikes by tipping them over on either side. Master the basic riding skills first and then proceed towards showcasing your efficiency. Try to practice serves and quick stops and backing it out by walking your bike out of a particular parking spot, to master the basic skills. Try to explore different kinds of riding scenarios to gain confidence and boost your riding strategies.

2. Scope out the parking condition before stepping down:

This is a very basic bike driving skill. You have to properly assess the parking condition and the surroundings before stepping your foot down from the bike. Practice with a level and smooth surface initially. Ensure that your motorcycle does not roll when it is parked, but it is easier to get out while leaving the spot. Primarily, you can just try to avoid non-paved surfaces or those with uncontented slopes. As a beginner, such scenarios might be risky, but once you start mastering the art, you can select such spots for enhanced practice and improved efficiency.

If the parking spot is tilted and goes uphill, the technique is to park the front wheel first. While leaving, you can easily back it out from the concerned spot. However, you must always ensure that your bike is in gear when parked to prevent rolling.

Ascertain these basic conditions first, then plan and implement your planning. If there is a cement bumper in the parking spot with riding room on both right and left sides, park your vehicle maintaining enough distance from it, to make it easier while leaving.

3. Practice walking the bike:

If you are short, one of the biggest problems is not being able to reach the ground while being seated on the bike. If you need to enter the parking spot or back out of it, the easiest way is to stand on the motorcycle and walk it along. You have to grasp firmly with both grips from the left-hand side while you upright the vehicle from its side stand. Lean the bike on your right hip, using your body as the leverage. Then you can back it up, keeping the clutch either in a squeezed position or keeping it in neutral. Then move the vehicle slowly while keeping the front brake covered. Practise the manoeuvring technique with a small bike and then proceed to practice it with the bigger and taller ones.

4. Lean left while coming to a stop:

Make this an invariable habit of securing the entire luggage, so that the entire weight gets evenly distributed throughout the bike. Along with this also practice leaning the vehicle slightly towards the left side while you are stopping the bike. In this manner, you are still able to utilise the rear brake pedal making it to a complete stop, while putting your left foot down initially.

In case, you can reach the ground on your tiptoes, you can keep the concerned front brake applied, as you step down with the right foot as well. Make sure that you always keep the handlebar well-adjusted, as you are halting your motorcycle. If you do not do this, the motorcycle will automatically fall in that particular direction, as soon as you turn it.

5. Observe your stopping/parking ground:

If you put your foot down, with no placing ground, it is quite natural that you will fall. It can also happen when you are loading your motorcycle onto any ramp or while you are halting into any small valley. To cut the long story short, if the rear and the front wheels are on an uphill surface, the placing ground in between naturally drops down.

You have to remain extra cautious while driving or parking on mountainous terrains or hilly regions. These phenomena are quite familiar at the entrances and exits of the parking lots. It is also applicable on sloped pavements. Under such circumstances, it is ideal to step your foot down on the shorter side of the vehicle.

If the road slopes towards the left, never lean your bike in that direction, otherwise it will tilt over. Rather, you must do it in the reverse direction, i.e., on the right, for steady footing while halting. Ensure to maintain excess safe stopping distance as you will need to go off the rear brake using your right foot slightly earlier.

Conclusion

These basic, simple yet crucial steps are the most helpful ones while riding a tall and large motorcycle, despite your short height. Practice with small bikes and then gradually work your way up. The very first step is to acquire enough courage and confidence to undertake the affair. You must push beyond the limits of your comfort zone, to gain and master this new skill. But, whatever the case may be, you should never fail to maintain valid bike insurance. This coverage is essential for your and your vehicle’s safety and security.

Disclaimer: The above information is for illustrative purpose only. For more details, please refer to policy wordings and prospectus before concluding the sales.

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