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Originally Posted by mattpatt
Hi, Jim,
I hate to ask this - but what is the "right " way?
Matt
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No one really answered the primary question, so try to visualize this sequence:
1. Open the driver's door.
2. Take your right hand and reach in over the top of the driver's seat, firmly grabbing it a little off-center (toward the center of the car). This is your balance point.
3. NEVER GRAB THE WINDSHIELD!
4. Now with your right arm/hand firmly anchoring you to the seat, you step over the sidepipe with your right leg and have it rest on the floor.
5. As you simultaneously apply more weight to your right leg (right arm is still firmly attached to that seat!), take your left arm and reach around behind your back and you will find the top of the seat with it. It sounds awkward, but your left hand will find the top of the seat.
6. Now with both hands taking on most of your weight, swing that other leg over the sidepipe and into the car, placing it next to your right leg.
7. Allow yourself to sink into the seat (sort of like a reverse push-up).
8. Buckle up, close the door, fire her up and have fun.
The procedure for getting out is the opposite (i.e. open door, start by working your hands up the side of the seat until they are both anchored at or near the top, then push yourself up, THEN swing that left leg out over the pipe, and so forth).
Again, both the windshield and either door are not designed to be weight-bearing members. I've heard war stories of people taking others for a ride and the passengers grab the corner of the windshield to pull themselves in...
CRACK! Some will grab/lean on the steering column or wheel, but it's not a good idea either.
-Dean