BSA-54 – I have to say your logic escapes me.
“Standing astride you are doing the same thing but you are unbalanced because if the bike tends to fall to the right, there is noting to stop it. And we have all seen some one trying to kick astride the bike and have the bike fall over to the right on top of them.”
Nothing stopping the bike fallig to the right? What about your right leg? It’s only on the kickstart for a second or two. And we’ve all seen ….. well, in 60 yrs of motorcycling the next time for me will be the first…..
hat depends upon how fast you can get your foot off the starter pedal and on to the ground.
It also depends upon the tilt angles
I do see people lean the bike to the left when say starting a stalled bike at the traffic lights but if the bike was fully vertical, by the time you get your leg, not only on the ground but far enough away to brace the bike you are on the ground.
If I have seen this once I have seen it happen 100 times.
The other biggie is when you feel the bike falling you slip the foot off the pedal and then the bike kicks back.
It goes back to that arguement about which side to put a walking stick.
On the injured side and put all your weight on it as you walk or on the good side so your bad foot is taking a very small amount of weight.
Next time you hurt you foot, give it a try.
and aas for holding the bike cross handed, no need, right hand where it normally goes and left hand the same , unless you have short arms in which case you turn the bars to the left and put your left hand on the saddle.