Dropped the bike
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13 and a bit years of riding. Advanced police biker and yesterday I dropped the bike for the first time.
Simply forgot to put the side stand down as I was getting off and it was just a slow motion fall to the left..
Only made worse by the fact I was on my police VIP course. I was at a busy cross road with around 40 cars and god knows how many pedestrians watching.
My only saving grace was I was able to pick up the RT by myself in front of everyone and only one other biker saw me.
Not quite how I wanted my first time to be, but still passed the course!
Simply forgot to put the side stand down as I was getting off and it was just a slow motion fall to the left..
Only made worse by the fact I was on my police VIP course. I was at a busy cross road with around 40 cars and god knows how many pedestrians watching.
My only saving grace was I was able to pick up the RT by myself in front of everyone and only one other biker saw me.
Not quite how I wanted my first time to be, but still passed the course!
LosingGrip said:
Not quite how I wanted my first time to be, but still passed the course!
Lucky but not sure you should have as that would be a fail on an ordinary punters bike test which would have greater personal implications than you having another paid for go.One rule and all that I suppose.
meridian said:
Unlucky, these things happen etc, etc. Good work picking the (big) RT up ! You clearly have the correct technique, and saved the day..
We get taught the 'correct' way to lift it up after a drop, but that went out the window and I just lifted it up (not going to lie kinda proud at that. Gym clearly paying off!). trickywoo said:
Lucky but not sure you should have as that would be a fail on an ordinary punters bike test which would have greater personal implications than you having another paid for go.
One rule and all that I suppose.
I mean i also rode at 130mph, ignored red lights, went the wrong way round the roundabout this week. So yeah it kinda is one rule for one. One rule and all that I suppose.
(And yep of course it was paid...best course ive done that ive been paid for
). LosingGrip said:
I mean i also rode at 130mph, ignored red lights, went the wrong way round the roundabout this week. So yeah it kinda is one rule for one.
(And yep of course it was paid...best course ive done that ive been paid for).
That right there is why everyone hates the police.(And yep of course it was paid...best course ive done that ive been paid for
). trickywoo said:
LosingGrip said:
Not quite how I wanted my first time to be, but still passed the course!
Lucky but not sure you should have as that would be a fail on an ordinary punters bike test which would have greater personal implications than you having another paid for go.One rule and all that I suppose.
anonymous said:
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I am a stickler for cake fines, but our instructor said on our standard course it would only be cakes if we laughed at someone dropping the bike not the actual dropping the bike itself (until it was established that no one was hurt). Im waiting for any fashcam footage to appear on Facebook ha.
Pretty sure most have done similar, mine was as a 17 year old on my brand new CBX1000 in front of my mate's very attractive sister (that I had high hopes of...) when I was attacked by a goat and stalled as I did a U turn. The embarrassment certainly helped a 9 1/2 stone me pick up it's 272kg bulk. Never did get to know the lovely Claire (not the goat) better.
Edited by J__Wood on Friday 27th March 20:30
J__Wood said:
Pretty sure most have done similar, mine was as a 17 year old on my brand new CBX1000 in front of my mate's very attractive sister (that I had high hopes of...) when I was attacked by a goat and stalled as I did a U turn. The embarrassment certainly helped a 9 1/2 stone me pick up it's 272kg bulk. Never did get to know the lovely Claire (not the goat) better.
Well done. Technique?Forgot to put the stand down a couple of times over the years.
You lean the bike just past the point where the stand should be, which just so happens to also be the point of no return for gravity to do its worst lol.
Dropped my bike on my first IAM lesson too, pulling up on a slope and running out of leg…
You lean the bike just past the point where the stand should be, which just so happens to also be the point of no return for gravity to do its worst lol.
Dropped my bike on my first IAM lesson too, pulling up on a slope and running out of leg…
carinaman said:
J__Wood said:
Pretty sure most have done similar, mine was as a 17 year old on my brand new CBX1000 in front of my mate's very attractive sister (that I had high hopes of...) when I was attacked by a goat and stalled as I did a U turn. The embarrassment certainly helped a 9 1/2 stone me pick up it's 272kg bulk. Never did get to know the lovely Claire (not the goat) better.
Well done. Technique?So it was just the automatic look at bike, swear, grab left handle bar grip and frame near rear shock and heave. Absolutely fuelled by embarrassment.
I did it once on my drive with a Multistrada
I managed to pin myself to the floor with the bike on my leg.
I was unable to free myself. I was actually finding it mildly funny until I realised I really couldn't free myself.
After about 10 hours with sun stroke and dileriem, actually about 5 mins but it felt that long , my wife saw me and came out to ask what I was doing.
She said why don't you just lift the bike up . I said it was heavy and pinning leg to the floor. She bent over the bike and picked it up from the floor in one movement. She weighed about 10.5 stone at the time. I was shocked and delighted and got up quickly to hold the bike so we could get the stand down. I immediately fell over as my leg was completely numb and simultaneously she dropped the bike again.
Later that day she said she thought I had made a lot of fuss over nothing
I managed to pin myself to the floor with the bike on my leg.
I was unable to free myself. I was actually finding it mildly funny until I realised I really couldn't free myself.
After about 10 hours with sun stroke and dileriem, actually about 5 mins but it felt that long , my wife saw me and came out to ask what I was doing.
She said why don't you just lift the bike up . I said it was heavy and pinning leg to the floor. She bent over the bike and picked it up from the floor in one movement. She weighed about 10.5 stone at the time. I was shocked and delighted and got up quickly to hold the bike so we could get the stand down. I immediately fell over as my leg was completely numb and simultaneously she dropped the bike again.
Later that day she said she thought I had made a lot of fuss over nothing
Edited by cliffords on Friday 27th March 21:19
slow motion then smash ! Wing mirror obliterated but otherwise ok. Amazing how strong you become when you want to make sure no one has seen !LosingGrip said:
13 and a bit years of riding. Advanced police biker and yesterday I dropped the bike for the first time.
Simply forgot to put the side stand down as I was getting off and it was just a slow motion fall to the left..
Only made worse by the fact I was on my police VIP course. I was at a busy cross road with around 40 cars and god knows how many pedestrians watching.
My only saving grace was I was able to pick up the RT by myself in front of everyone and only one other biker saw me.
Not quite how I wanted my first time to be, but still passed the course!
Well done, great course and the actual jobs are good days, lots of sitting around and then short bursts of high pressure stuff. The VIP motorcycle stuff was some of the highlights of my career. And then great for me to be on the other end and getting to teach it all as an instructor. A fair few failed.Simply forgot to put the side stand down as I was getting off and it was just a slow motion fall to the left..
Only made worse by the fact I was on my police VIP course. I was at a busy cross road with around 40 cars and god knows how many pedestrians watching.
My only saving grace was I was able to pick up the RT by myself in front of everyone and only one other biker saw me.
Not quite how I wanted my first time to be, but still passed the course!
And as for dropping bikes, I'm cursed with short legs, so have pretty much dropped every police bike I rode!!
Never on a live VIP job though, thankfully.Amazing that the adrenaline kicks in and how quickly you can pick up the heavy bikes when you're being watched and don't want to get caught out being seen by the easy rider or convoy.
Edited by nordboy on Saturday 28th March 07:55
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