My bike fell over........
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with me on it. Only had the thing for 3 weeks. Stopped at a junction, waiting to run right and things went a little wrong and over I went. I thought I'd be a little pssd but no. The crash bars did their job, only broke the brake lever and scratched the bar end. I'm kinda hoping thats me finished with school girl errors. Next time, I will not try and turn from a stand still! A wee warning to all newbies out there. What a tw4t I am
Dropping a new bike for the first time is an ace thing... Cos the fear of dropping an immaculate bike is often worse than dropping it. Well done.
Oh.. and i knew someone who made school girl errors, tho he swore she was 16 at the time. He's paying for it now though... not jail, he's married to the ugliest woman on earth. Hehehehehe
Oh.. and i knew someone who made school girl errors, tho he swore she was 16 at the time. He's paying for it now though... not jail, he's married to the ugliest woman on earth. Hehehehehe
happychick said:
with me on it. Only had the thing for 3 weeks. Stopped at a junction, waiting to run right and things went a little wrong and over I went. I thought I'd be a little pssd but no. The crash bars did their job, only broke the brake lever and scratched the bar end. I'm kinda hoping thats me finished with school girl errors. Next time, I will not try and turn from a stand still! A wee warning to all newbies out there. What a tw4t I am
Don't worry you can be an experienced biker and still drop your bike-ish. I bought a GSXR600 new in 2004 (8 years riding bikes at the time) and 15mins after picking it up it rolled forward off (I have to say poorly designed) sidestand into the car in front at the petrol station as I was filling it up due to a slight incline. Wedged the bike via its front fairing/headlight right into guy in fronts plastic bumped with me using all my stength to stop it falling any further. Man I was gutted.. luckily the guy was cool.. my bike had more scratches than his car. I never did change the scratched plastic headlight before it got nicked oh well.
You haven't done the old disc lock special yet. Always a classic 
I always pull away slowly fom a parking spot these days ... 
The Falco (EU version) has a suicide side stand - it wobbles alarmingly in the slightest breeze. Glad I ditched that and got one from a US bike, could have cost me a lot of £££s
I always pull away slowly fom a parking spot these days ... The Falco (EU version) has a suicide side stand - it wobbles alarmingly in the slightest breeze. Glad I ditched that and got one from a US bike, could have cost me a lot of £££s
Edited by Steve_T on Tuesday 10th July 18:47
)Never did mention this at the time, but I dropped my Mint 748 the first time I got it out the garage! Well more kind of it went over whilst I was leaning backward to slam the door (too lazy to get off!) and it start4ed going. All I could do was lower it slowly to the floor. Just a 1cm scratch on right fairing and small scratch in wing mirror. Oops.
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
virgil said:
Never did mention this at the time, but I dropped my Mint 748 the first time I got it out the garage! Well more kind of it went over whilst I was leaning backward to slam the door (too lazy to get off!) and it start4ed going. All I could do was lower it slowly to the floor. Just a 1cm scratch on right fairing and small scratch in wing mirror. Oops.
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
Bastids just stopped and stared at as well....!!
Chilli said:
virgil said:
Never did mention this at the time, but I dropped my Mint 748 the first time I got it out the garage! Well more kind of it went over whilst I was leaning backward to slam the door (too lazy to get off!) and it start4ed going. All I could do was lower it slowly to the floor. Just a 1cm scratch on right fairing and small scratch in wing mirror. Oops.
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
Bastids just stopped and stared at as well....!!
) which was nice of them, was more embarrassed than anything else. My instructor rode up and said, "Oh, he's dropped his bike" (to the other guy out with us).Wyvern971 said:
Chilli said:
virgil said:
Never did mention this at the time, but I dropped my Mint 748 the first time I got it out the garage! Well more kind of it went over whilst I was leaning backward to slam the door (too lazy to get off!) and it start4ed going. All I could do was lower it slowly to the floor. Just a 1cm scratch on right fairing and small scratch in wing mirror. Oops.
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
Bastids just stopped and stared at as well....!!
) which was nice of them, was more embarrassed than anything else. My instructor rode up and said, "Oh, he's dropped his bike" (to the other guy out with us).Yeah,
When i first did my CBT at 16 all those years ago. I had a brand new Aprilia RS125 and i was riding it to college on my first day, thinking (god - im such a hero) It was raining, a car stopped infront of me.. I *through my inexperinece* slamed on the brakes and off i came sliding down the road.
Oh how i laugh now, but i was gutted. Almost as much as my dad was ....
Oh well.
When i first did my CBT at 16 all those years ago. I had a brand new Aprilia RS125 and i was riding it to college on my first day, thinking (god - im such a hero) It was raining, a car stopped infront of me.. I *through my inexperinece* slamed on the brakes and off i came sliding down the road.
Oh how i laugh now, but i was gutted. Almost as much as my dad was ....
Oh well.
Chilli said:
virgil said:
Never did mention this at the time, but I dropped my Mint 748 the first time I got it out the garage! Well more kind of it went over whilst I was leaning backward to slam the door (too lazy to get off!) and it start4ed going. All I could do was lower it slowly to the floor. Just a 1cm scratch on right fairing and small scratch in wing mirror. Oops.
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
Bastids just stopped and stared at as well....!!
Nowhere nearly as bad, but still not good:
Arriving at petrol station on brand new (to you) shiny red Ducati - £5050
Filling up with premium unleaded for the first time - £10.50
Strolling casually and smugly up to the door of the petrol station, thinking you are the dogs dangly's, ready to pay - free
Spending the next 10 minutes strugling to get your helmet off cause its got one of those loopy back type straps you're not used to yet - PRICELESS!
virgil said:
Chilli said:
virgil said:
Never did mention this at the time, but I dropped my Mint 748 the first time I got it out the garage! Well more kind of it went over whilst I was leaning backward to slam the door (too lazy to get off!) and it start4ed going. All I could do was lower it slowly to the floor. Just a 1cm scratch on right fairing and small scratch in wing mirror. Oops.
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
One redeeming thing is my garage is tucked nicely at the bottom of my garden so no-one saw me.
Can't imagine how embarrased I'd be if I dropped one in public like a petrol station!
Bastids just stopped and stared at as well....!!
Nowhere nearly as bad, but still not good:
Arriving at petrol station on brand new (to you) shiny red Ducati - £5050
Filling up with premium unleaded for the first time - £10.50
Strolling casually and smugly up to the door of the petrol station, thinking you are the dogs dangly's, ready to pay - free
Spending the next 10 minutes strugling to get your helmet off cause its got one of those loopy back type straps you're not used to yet - PRICELESS!
Picked my shiney 99 R1 up from Kens Westgate road Newcastle. Jim says, "be careful new tyres", I say (joking), "do you know who I am".
Take my time up the "Hill" and stop to turn right opposite the Mega Bowl, really busy junction. Lights turn green, I'm too busy watching the traffic and fail to miss the big pot hole in the road. According to Mark, "The Biker", from this site, while I was turning I hit a big pot hole in the road. I must have given the throttle a right hand full. Back of the bike came round, pointing me straight at the barriers at the side of the road. Big handful of front brake, big sideways stoppie, big sideways nut of the barriers from me.
I was only knocked out for about ten seconds, and when I got to my feet I couldn't understand why everyone was looking at me and I wasn't on my bike. I could have died with shame when I saw every one looking at me, had too put the visor back on my helmet, pick my bike up, and ride the one mile back too the bike shop.
And that's just the tip of the Ice burg, Twenty Six years of road riding.
great first five minutes.
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Take my time up the "Hill" and stop to turn right opposite the Mega Bowl, really busy junction. Lights turn green, I'm too busy watching the traffic and fail to miss the big pot hole in the road. According to Mark, "The Biker", from this site, while I was turning I hit a big pot hole in the road. I must have given the throttle a right hand full. Back of the bike came round, pointing me straight at the barriers at the side of the road. Big handful of front brake, big sideways stoppie, big sideways nut of the barriers from me.
I was only knocked out for about ten seconds, and when I got to my feet I couldn't understand why everyone was looking at me and I wasn't on my bike. I could have died with shame when I saw every one looking at me, had too put the visor back on my helmet, pick my bike up, and ride the one mile back too the bike shop.
And that's just the tip of the Ice burg, Twenty Six years of road riding.
great first five minutes.
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Edited by Biker's Nemesis on Thursday 12th July 00:19
Steve_T said:
The Falco (EU version) has a suicide side stand - it wobbles alarmingly in the slightest breeze. Glad I ditched that and got one from a US bike, could have cost me a lot of £££s
Indeed having owned a Falco for 3.5 years I know exactly how upright the bike was. Cost me a new right hand clip on due to wind damage and a number of close moments too. Having to find exactly the correct level piece of ground which the stand would work on was also not always fun. Unlike you Steve I didn't ever change the stand. My gixxer incident (documented in my earlier post) was caused as the side stand didn't allow the bike and forward weight support on the smallest of front wheel down inclines unlike the falco one, obviously gixxer side on support was rather better!I nearly dropped mine the second day of owning it after completely forgetting to put the sidestand down.
It never touched the ground as I would rather snap a leg than get a scrath on the new bike
Luckily it was outside a bike shop and 2 guys were chatting and came over and straightened me up.
It's amazing how heavy a bike is a at 10 degress and standstill.
Cheers,
JC
It never touched the ground as I would rather snap a leg than get a scrath on the new bike
Luckily it was outside a bike shop and 2 guys were chatting and came over and straightened me up.It's amazing how heavy a bike is a at 10 degress and standstill.
Cheers,
JC
Oh joy, the potential newbie problems I got to come and I've not started yet. Got the CBT in a couple of weeks then hopefully get full DAS done before end of year.
I hate to drop a school bike but I'm sure they've seen it 100 times.
Same as driving I expect confidence, competence, and oberservation to see me right.
I hate to drop a school bike but I'm sure they've seen it 100 times.
Same as driving I expect confidence, competence, and oberservation to see me right.
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