(01-06-2016, 10:18 PM)Frieman Wrote: hope this isn't another dumb question but why embark as a foot passenger if riding as pillion ?

Couple of reasons, the ramps and decks can be slippery and you can be asked to make u turns in tight spaces, secondly when disembarking there are far to many muppets who feel the need to start their bikes ages before they need to creating a lot of fumes.