You may need to think ahead
I'll agree with others that the problem is mainly a mindset.
I'm taller than you but nearly came to grief on a recent weekend break; the road from the hotel ended in a T junction that was 1:7 (about 14%) going forward, and 1:10 (10%) left to right. Fuelled up with luggage and Mrs MarkE and myself on board my ST1300 weighs in at almost 500kg (and I won't say how much of that is me!). Every time we went out we had to stop at that juinction (the opposite direction was the sea), and every time I had to plan carefully to be sure I was leaning to the right when I did so because I couldn't reach the ground on the left! The weight was not a problem, but the distance to terra firma could have been, but it was overcome with carefull planning every time. I imagine you would only forget once!
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