If you have a motorcycle that fits your size and strength,
- you can lift the motorcycle with one hand.
- your hip bone hits the seat when you stand beside the motorcycle.
- your feet touch the ground while you straddle the seat. ✓
- you can fit two people on your motorcyle.
Answer: C. your feet touch the ground while you straddle the seat.
If a motorcycle fits your size and strength, your feet touch the ground while you straddle the seat.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's buying advice ties size and strength to control: when you straddle the bike, your feet should be able to reach the ground, and you should be able to handle its weight, push it back and forth, and keep it balanced. The answer that matches that advice is the one about both feet reaching the ground while you straddle the seat. Reaching the ground is how the handbook checks that the motorcycle is not too tall for you.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. you can lift the motorcycle with one hand. — Being able to lift the motorcycle with one hand is not the handbook's fit test; it asks whether you can handle the weight, push the bike back and forth, and keep it balanced.
- B. your hip bone hits the seat when you stand beside the motorcycle. — Your hip bone hitting the seat when you stand beside the bike is not a fit test in the handbook; the fit test is about reaching the ground and handling the bike's weight.
- D. you can fit two people on your motorcyle. — Fitting two people on the motorcycle is not the size-and-strength test; the handbook says a standard bike provides passenger seating but does not use passenger capacity to decide whether the bike fits you.
Remember it
Let your feet decide the size before your wallet does.