How dumb are you, or were you?

[The_Dover]

What's the most retarded bike related thing you've done? You know, forgotten to switch to reserve (oops, I did that!), forgotten to put the side stand down, left the park lights on all night, locked your keys under the pillion seat.......

Spill it folks, I want to see who is more of a dumb shit than me..............theres gotta be someone............surely.......please?????

[jrandom]

fell over at a stop sign, once.

after I'd already stopped.

[britneys underpants]

When i was about 18 on an old GS 550 a car pulled out in front of me just before a corner. I comfortably swerved around him ( 4 wheel drive). Being all cool, i turned and gave him the finger, missed the corner and went through the fibrolite fence of an old peoples home. The Cops turned up and just stood there laughing. Quite humilating really. Beat that

[v.ros`]

started riding with my lock in the wheel... damn fell down but no scratch...

ohhh another time, actually rode the bike WITH the lock in the spokes...until i saw my reflection in a show window and realised the orange thing on my wheel is a damn lock... actually taught me how to lock the bike - and then the top happened :(

[Beemer]

fell over at a stop sign, once.

after I'd already stopped.

Ditto - but at traffic lights - and on Christmas Day!

So, The Dover, when are you going to tell us what dumb shit you've done?

[Cibby]

got off my bike without putting the foot stand thingie down.. dropped my bike.

dropped my bike at a stop sigh

dropped my bike into a door on the first day that i got it

dropped juzzers bike on a hill

i see a pattern here. :apumpin:

better got to the pub and get tanked.

[Rashika]

started riding with my lock in the wheel... damn fell down but no scratch...

ohhh another time, actually rode the bike WITH the lock in the spokes...until i saw my reflection in a show window and realised the orange thing on my wheel is a damn lock... actually taught me how to lock the bike - and then the top happened :(
yep done that... :whistle:
but the funniest thing happened to a mate of mine.
Said mate had just got new hard paniers put on the bike, thought they looked very cool. Had finally convinced partner to go the back of the bike with them for a trip away. Had to stop for petrol and didn't think much of diving between the bowsers to get to the other side....damn bad idea with new hard paniers that make bike twice as wide... shit! is probably the least of the words that got said that day.

said mate and partner are no longer together...i do wonder if that was in any way a contributing factor

and nope wasn't me... I'd never have those bloody ugly hard paniers on anything i ride :headbang:

[Sniper]

and nope wasn't me... I'd never have those bloody ugly hard paniers on anything i ride :headbang:

Just imagine how pretty the Buell will look though :whistle:

[Phurrball]

Moved gear lever to new position. Tested said lever, found bike stalled every time. Thought I had farked up bike.



Forgot about kickstand starter interlock...

Proceded to feel stupid for some time... :mellow:

[Blackbird]

Had the Blackbird 3 days. Pulled up outside mate's house with mate in full view, caught boot on something in the road just as I was stopping, leg went backwards and over went the bike. I stayed underneath it to prevent damage. Smart move (not) :crybaby: , popped a rib, got trapped and mate had to lift bike while crying with laughter and $500 worth of respray to fix the scratches.

There are others, but further back in history.... :whistle:

[Lou Girardin]

I was chasing one of the local bikies off at the Royal rd exit, he just missed the gravel patch at the intersection - I didn't. The bike low-sided, did a 360 spin on the crash bars. I stood up, bowed to the cars stopped at the intersection, got back on with as much dignity as I could muster and rode into the sunset.

[Magua]

I couldn't start my first bike at all after it had been sitting for a week. At this point I didn't have a liscence or know what a "choke" was. :Oops:

Trailer my bike to Frosty's for him to tell me that I needed to replace a fuse :blink:

[Slingshot]

After pulling the carbs out of my bike to give them a good clean, then getting them back in and all of the fairings back in place I tryed to start the bike.

It just wouldn't fire, I checked the fuel tap...all good...so I figured I've forgotten to re-attach a hose or something, pull the bike to bits again and everything looks ok...now I've got no idea what I've done. I pull the carbs out and strip them again and everything looks ok, put the carbs back together and then fit them to the bike again...I try to start the bike again (with the fuel tank balancing carefully) and then realise the kill switch is off :whistle:

[Sketchy_Racer]

lol

when i first got into bikes i took my bike apart to clean it and when i put it back together i forgot to put the fuel pipe back on the carb- started the bike rode down the street and i could smell something funny

bike was on fire and i couldnt stop it, it procceded to burn to the ground :(

i felt really silly as all the kids down the street were watching me!!

[v.ros`]

lol that takes the cake..

sorry to laugh but im just picturing this happeneing ..... lol

[scooterboynz]

forgot to put my side stand down , bike fell over , luckily landed on me (not a scratch on the bike) . also once did a u-turn in traffic and some how ran over my own foot with the back wheel and fell over (dont ask me how i did it?) i front of about 20 waiting cars

[stify]

had a scooter once with a very touchy clutch, would pull wheel stands away from the lights, my boss at the time said I was full of crap and scooters don't pull wheelies, said he wanted a crack at it, he got on and nailed the throttle, up went the front wheel, he slid off back with the throttle still on full noise, and ended up chasing it round the carpark for a minute or two until he managed to lift the whole bike of the ground to stop himself.

[hazard02]

damn manual fuel valve gets me every time. im so good at turning it off but when it comes to turning it on again.....
made for some embarassing moments wile driving off in front of mates then rolling to a stop 50m down the road.

[emaN]

3 events spring to mind...
first; riding from Gizzy to Palmy,stopped at a rest stop to check out the river (which then made me need to have a leak..),back on bike, cut across the grass instead of going long way round,next thing bike spins 360 on damp grass& lands on it's side...all in front of holidaying families...arse.
second; busting for a leak i spotted the toilet block in some wee scottish village. pull in quick as, mrs gets off, i lean the bike...bang! no sidestand. arse.
third; a full bus comes to a stop in London (this NEVER happens - busses hate bikes there!) to let me pull out,i do...and the bike stalls as i'm leant over...bang. full bus of pommie gits have a giggle...arse.
they happen in three's...

[Oscar]

When I was about 18, I werked in the same building as ACC.

They used to chuck out all their claims junk next to where I parked me DT250.
One day I saw on the top of the pile a one piece PVC Rain Suit (the ones with the racing stripe down the chest), in good nick with just a bit of a rip in the lower leg. I thought "just the thing fer trail riding" and half inched it.

Of course I found out after about 10 minutes in Maramura Forest that PVC Riding gear may keep the mud out, but they also keep the heat and the sweat in...so off it came.

Anyways, later after riding at some stage after a session in the Red Fox the arms were tied around my waist and riding home (to my mate's dads place on SH2) I entertained the boys by having the legs flapping in the breeze behind me.

So after stopping to open the gate I let the guys go through, closed it, and then hopped on my bike in a tearing hurry to get up the house afore they drank all the beer.

As I opened the throttle on the mighty DT, I felt a tremendous pain in my neither regions - "Appendix!!!" - but this hypothesis failed to explain why a) my guts were being squeezed, vice like, and b)I was being pulled backward off my bike....

What had happened of course, was that the legs of my riding suit had tangled in the sprocket. After drinking most of the beer, the guys returned back down the race in time to see me ripping the last shred of PVC from the chain....

[sAsLEX]

brakes needed new fluid so stopped in at servo to get some on way to BJs before a loop ride, pop container on tank and take off from servo swerve round van in the bp flick bike back but for some reason *insert brake fluid container between tank and steering mechanism* it didnt flick back and over it went. Held on and caught the bike on me and mainly my foot which still hurts now a few months later !? Foot bent gear lever so was 1st gear all the way to BJs then a claw hammer to fix, oh and fixed the brakes then to!

[T.W.R]

Done the sidestand trick ( namely at Arthur's pass dinner/ servo in front of tourists mmm duh!) excuse though it had been a hard weekend (punakiaki rally 91')
Stupidist thing though was when i got my old XR500 years ago, riding the sod around the back paddock over a few humps & the bitch clawed up over 1, i'll fell off the back the rear came up ( it had a small packframe thingy) collected me under the jaw, KO'd me, woke up roughly 10mins later. 3 stitches required HAHA! :whistle:

[gamgee]

spent about half an hour trying to push start my bike, late for work...
flicked the kill switch off and started it :argh: people who touch my bike should be shot!
and forgot the kick stand and went :thud: twice on my old sr250 and thats about it
oh another stupid thing i did was ride on a bald front tyre for 3 months but i don't think thats the sort of stupid thing you mean

[gamgee]

oh another stupid thing, changing the fluid in the hydrolic clutch, early morning, still half asleep, pulled the top off, got all the old stuff out, without thinking to get the rest out of the cable gave the clutch a squeeze, just as i went to do it dad yells "don't do..." too late, brake fluid shoots 50' in the air haha shiiit lucky it didn't land on anything

[Stroker Girl]

Dropped the bike in crowded public places a few times but nothing too bad yet (touch wood).

However had a classic happen to my friend when at the testing station.....was asked to ride up the aisle (between the two pits) and do a quick stop to test the front brakes. A combination of hitting the picks too hard and a smooth surface caused the bike slip out from under him and slide across one of the pits. The momentum must of kept it going right across otherwise it could of got quite nasty for everyone. Needless to say, the rest of the inspection was rather brief and he was quickly sent of his way with his new WOF :whistle:

[campbellluke]

Once when I filled up my 250cc, forgot to put fuel switch back to ON from reserve. Then ran out of petrol in the middle of nowhere.

[pyrocam]

ive driven off with the disc-lock on 3 times. dropped it once.
gone around a corner while staring at the curb. flipped the bike over.
gone onto the wrong side of the road cos i was to scared to lean it any further over twice.

oh and saw someone crash, so pulled onto the right hand side of the road on the blind right hand corner and dropped my bike into the clay. I think i did more damage to my bike than he did. thats all I can think of

[Speedy]

Well had just brought my bike (2years ago) first 1 i had practised rideing 4 about 3hrs and then went dwn 2 papakura 2 visit my mum,she wasnt home so i went 2 show off my new bike 2 my mates no prob whole way there but when i was about 2 leave (grass drive way, concreate strips) i was on the grass went 2 pull out and fuked up the clutch back wheel promptly spun out and bike did a 180 and crunch onto the concreate needless 2 say my mate and his dad were draging my fat arse up laughing 2 boot!, on the way home i get a fone call so i stop on side of motorway 2 answer blablabla i get off the fone and try 2 leave my brand new! bike wouldnt start im screaming and yelling so i ring up suzuki and there like yep yep uhuh yep ok ..........can u look at side off bike , ok ill just have a look, is the side stand dwn..... cause it has a kill swi........beeeeeeeeeeep (proceded 2 hand up and ride away with very small balls......lol

[Colapop]

Had borrowed a mates bike a few years ago (one of the early GSX's) and went for a blat. Seeing the fuel was low I thought I'd top it up for him so I pulled into the station filled it up (all of $10 in those days), went in to pay for it and bought a pie too. Didn't even notice getting charged only $1.50 and left. 3 seconds later (where are they when you need THEM) sirens and lights. Shiiiit!! I freak out (no lisence) and gunned it. Up the road lose it on a corner, go through the fence into the playground, drop the bike in the sand pit. Handcuffed in the back of the car, get charged with evasion, resisting, theft, and spent the rest of the weekend in the cells! I ended up with a $200 fine for failing to stop and riding without a lisence. And $500 for fixing mates bike. Dumbass.

[Motig]

Got ahead of a mate on a back country road,stopped on cambered corner to wait for him and yes put my foot down on the down side.Very quick scramble to get upright before he appeared :wacko:

[TwoSeven]

I have two that really annoyed me.

1st was parking motorcycle in busy area in london, going in and waiting half an hour with customer to pick up a parcel. Came out and found bike still running, unlocked with keys in ignition.

2nd was trying to drive off in a public area with disc lock still attached (done that several times).

[DMNTD]

Was 17 and just bought a GT750,my first bike.
I thought I was the ducks nuts :tugger: Had a few drinks(pissed as!) and thought I'd show off...went to kick start it and fell over with the bloody heavy arsed beast on top of me! :weird: ...in front of the Crew...what a tosser!
Never have drunk 'n rode since! :mellow:

[Unit]

Was 17 and just bought a GT750,my first bike.
I thought I was the ducks nuts :tugger: Had a few drinks(pissed as!) and thought I'd show off...went to kick start it and fell over with the bloody heavy arsed beast on top of me! :weird: ...in front of the Crew...what a tosser!
Never have drunk 'n rode since! :mellow:
Me, I have a habit of forgetting to put my side stand down at petrol pumps, and dropping my bike on them. Have done it once, twice, three times, yep, never learn. Last time a bunch of kids in a nearby car just kept cracking up, making me even madder. And yep, done it with the Duke too!!! :argh:

[Jamiepo]

Well mine are both off road crashes.
I was riding an old honda 3 wheeler on the northern end of Papamoa beach, it is basically empty out there so it is good fun going flat tack out there!! I was running full throttle in top gear and someone had dug a HUGE hole in the middle of the beach, I swerved, went up on 2 wheels so I over compensated and woke up 15 minutes later about 15 foot away from my bike missing both shoes and with a mouth full of sand. I had come off the back hitting the wooden fishing box on the back and breaking it off I got 3 brused vertibrae and lost about a week of my holidays (which I still can't remember!!) and ended up missing out seeing the new melenium come in as I was bed ridden!!
The second was riding my fathers rather decrpit TS185 on the Stop Banks near the river in Otorohanga I went up one side too quick and both front and back breaks weren't really up to the task so I tootled on down the other side taking out 3 battons and bending the bike on the strainer. I got back on rode home and was unable to walk for about 4 days as my knee balloned up to 3 times the normal size and went bluey black.

[TonyB]

OAB... where's YOUR post dude? :dodge:

OK- Stupid act number 1
When young and stupider, I used to have a bad habit of hooning around town passing anything that moved (or didn't move) up the inside at high speed. Once I was passing a line of traffic that had left a set of lights a while before I got there. At the front was a bus. I was blasting up the inside coming up on the bus when it started to pull in to a bus stop, as buses often do. There was a car parked at the front of the bus stop. I was going to fast too stop
or weave, so my only option was to drop a gear and nail it. I shot through the gap at a very high speed with inches to spare. I can still remeber the wide eyed open mouthed expressions of the waiting passengers as I shot past. Amazingly I had enough sense to stop passing up the inside after that.

Stupid Act number 2
I used to have a Kwaka GPZ750R which was blessed with a centre stand. I used to start it up on the stand and then rock it forward and ride off. Once I was sitting in the Buxton car park in Nelson about to ride off. A couple of rather nice chicks were walking towards me, so being a complete tosser I thought I'd give them a demo. Rocked the bike off the stand, gave it some herbs and went to pull away..... as I let the clutch out the revs dropped, almost as though the back brake was on. So I tried again, with a few more revs... same result. Weird. So I tried one more time, with maximum revs.... the engine died down again- just as well, if it had taken off it probably would have launched me into the next row of cars. The two girls were laughing out loud by now. So I hoped off to see what the hell was wrong, went to put down the side stand.... OOOPS! It was already down. The saftey switch was linked to the clutch.

[myvice]

Endless ones on a motorbike, but my personal favourite is on the push-bike...
Riding along and I noticed my quick release for the front wheel is sticking out a bit, no worries, get a bit of speed up (don’t stop and do it up, that’s just stupid) un-clip (lock in type shoes, clip into the pedals) and give the offending leaver a whack with the side of my foot. And another, started to slow down so I clipped back in and got moving at a better pace again...
One more kick should do it...
Foot slipped past the leaver, behind the forks and in-between the spokes.
Stops you real fast, lucky I landed on my head, so apart from a broken toe I wasn’t too badly hurt!

[riffer]

um ...

well this was this time once (when I was younger) on my newish GPZ750, and on a dare I wheelied it past my girlfriends house (all her girlfriends were watching too and a few of my mates) in Oxford Terrace...

Unfortunately right past an unmarked cop car.

doing 50km/hr over the speed limit.

Had to go to Lower Hutt District Court to defend the careless driving (sic) charge ...

and got let off after a long bullshit story about how I'd had the carbs pulled apart that morning and the throttle had stuck when I took off. :sweatdrop

[WINJA]

IN THE 80S I WAS SHOWING ABOUT 5 GIRLS I KNOW HOW GOOD I CAN WHEELSTAND I STARTED TO GO OVER , SLAMMED ON THE BACK BRAKE, GOT THROWN ONTO THE TANK LANDING ON MY NUTS , THEN HIT THE CURB AND CRASHED , THEN A FEW MONTHS LATTER SHOWING OFF TO THE SAME GIRLS A WHEEL STAND AT THE DOMAIN I GOT THROWN OFF THE SIDE OF THE BIKE HELD ON AND DRAGGED OFF THE ROAD AND DOWN THE BANK , THIS TIME ONE OF THE GIRLS GAVE ME A ROOT , WHICH IS WHAT I WANTED ALL ALONG

[riffer]

:killingme

I can just see it...

Are you sure you didn't grow up in the Hutt Valley Winja?

[WINJA]

:killingme

I can just see it...

Are you sure you didn't grow up in the Hutt Valley Winja?
I SPENT TIME THERE , IM NOT ALLOWED BACK

[SPORK]

I SPENT TIME THERE , IM NOT ALLOWED BACK
NO, PLEASE COME BACK TO UPPER HUTT, WINJA. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU HERE. CAN YOU AT LEAST PULL A SWEET WHEELIE PAST UPPER HUTT COLLEGE?

[WINJA]

NO, PLEASE COME BACK TO UPPER HUTT, WINJA. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU HERE. CAN YOU AT LEAST PULL A SWEET WHEELIE PAST UPPER HUTT COLLEGE?
MIGHT SEE YA SOON , IM DOING A WHRILWIND TOUR OF NZ , IM ATTEMPTING TO HAVE A MASTY IN EVERY MCDONALDS TOILET IN NZ

[Goblin]

Haha! Some good minties moments.

When I was about 17 my boyfriend & I had a 750 Katana. I rode it to work a few times and was feeling extra confident one day on my way back from lunch. My workplace was down a dead-end road with these huge steel & wire gates padlocked together. There were pea-stones all over the last 50m or so of road. Being a lunch hour, the whole of the industrial area was fairly quiet and our Kat had a nice throaty sounding four into one so I gave it a wee handful, just to show off to all the lads watching me from the sawmill. Before I knew it I had to slow down for the driveway but found I was locked up, skidding along the pea-stones towards the gates at the end of the road. I kept it upright and gently bumped the gates, then forgot to put my feet down and over we went. The guys all laughed the arses off and I had to yell out to my workmates to help me pick the bike up. Broke the right indicator and spent the afternoon repairing the damage(boss was into bikes too). I still dont think the boyfriend ever knew I'd dropped it.

[cowboyz]

I brought a TT250 which was a nice upgrade from my TF125 and took it down to a mates farm, where his house was in the middle of a paddock. He had a Trojen200 so we decided on a drag to show off the TT. Went at max revs and left him behind. Soon to find out that the paddock his house was in was actually 2 paddocks. Collected a 3 wire electric fence at top speed and bloody near cut me in half. Then to complicate the issue the wire which had a crap-load of power running through it got tangled in my leg and I was lying on the ground getting a damn good shock and had to wait for my mate to go down the the sheds and turn the power off so I could get the wire off me. My 5 min old TT250 ended up half way across the next paddock somewhere......

[Teflon]

Getting off a four and onto a twin. leave the first set of lights slipping the clutch, having the front end launch smacking me in the head.

only did it once..

[justsomeguy]

Pushing it too hard for my skill level in the wet and forgetting to look for diesel spots.

Leaving my bike parked what I thought was a safe distance behind some bloody @5!@n drivers..... now I park it 2 feet away from the entrance to any place I go.

[SuperDave]

Lowsided at about 45kph after leaving the sidestand down. My first bin.

[flash]

spark plug fowled 30 meters from school on the way home, i had to push it all the way back to school passing about 50 kids smurking and laughing (BASTARDS)

wonce (before i had a chian guard), i got my pants traped in the chain stoping at my driveway (thats on a really busy 70km road). i tried to tear my pants out to no avial , so i gave up and let the beast land on me, thank god i didnt even get a scratch on the bike.

fell off backward on a mini moto trying to do a wheelie

after a hard day of dirt biking i was geting cocky (my second ever ride), so i decided to ride up the ramp onto the trailer....got to the top and went to put my foot down, sadly i found out there was nothing there, i fell off the side of the trailer. the good thing was that the bike was balancing horrozontaly right above me so no major boo boo's exept the 20 guys that saw me

[zooter]

Back when I was a bit of a novice there's a pub with beer garden on an intersection on a bit of a hill. Do you think I could do a hillstart?? Much hilarity for sunny afternoon pissheads.

Bought a vespa with an airleak, turned out to be a rooted manifold and carb.

[WINJA]

I GOT LOADS OF STUPID THINGS IVE DONE , ON THE TRACK I WAS WONDERING WHY NZS TOP 5 RACERS WERE SUCH PUSSIES AS I WAS CATCHING THEM ALL UNDER BRAKES ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE CORNER WAS 50 METERS CLOSER THAN I THOUGHT.
HAVING MY KNEE HIT MY HORN AS IM GOING OVER THE BARS OF THE MAGIC DOING A STOPPY ON HIGH ST ON A BUSY SATURDAY NIGHT , THEN GETTING PINNED UNDER THE MAGIC.
DOING A STOPPY IN THE RAIN IN THE CARPARK AT MT WELLY THRU A PUDDLE , KNEE ON HORN AGAIN EVERYONE LOOKING AS IM PINNED FACE FIRST UNDER THE MAGIC ALMOST DROWNING IN THE PUDDLE .

[Phenoix]

After have a few problems, decided to pull the bike apart.
Put it all back together, its running so go for a blat.
Get 50m up the road and it stops.
After pusjing it 50m home, found I hadnt reconnected the fuel line

[SPORK]

MIGHT SEE YA SOON , IM DOING A WHRILWIND TOUR OF NZ , IM ATTEMPTING TO HAVE A MASTY IN EVERY MCDONALDS TOILET IN NZ
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN TO ME. JUST WONDERING, DO YOU TALK IN CAPS IN REAL LIFE?

[Mooch]

Spent about 5 minutes kickstarting a Kr1 two stroke only to find I'd turned off the kill switch. :brick:
Dropped key down fairing on same bike at gas station ... Needed key to open rear seat to gain access to tools to take fairing off :crybaby:

[Nitzer]

This is my 1st post, so may as well list (some) of the stupid things I have done.

Attempted to ride bike with disc lock still on.
Lost keys under tank

Most embarrassing moment was being flatened by a fat businessman on Liverpool St in London when couriering. Riding along fairly slolwly up the middle on the road in heavy traffic, huge man appears out of no where and knocks me flat on the deck with bike on top of me. He was perfectly fine.

[DMNTD]

Most embarrassing moment was being flatened by a fat businessman on Liverpool St in London when couriering. Riding along fairly slolwly up the middle on the road in heavy traffic, huge man appears out of no where and knocks me flat on the deck with bike on top of me. He was perfectly fine.

:killingme :rofl: :rofl: :clap: Now that was a goodun!

[Coyote]

Locked the keys under the pillion seat :pinch:

There is a way to open it up but I don't want to release that info or else everyone with a CBR250 will find thier bike broken into after leaving it parked

[sunhuntin]

taken off with the side stand down...had a major lean for some reason, stand caught the road and flicked up to safety.

dropped the bike after getting off and forgetting to pull her towards me....that lead to me learning to put the side stand down first then dismounting!

cornering too hard on wet grass when learning....first accident.

[Bonez]

Filling the fc2's tank with a fuel it was never intended to use...................... :mellow:

[Biff]

In my newbie days I was stationary at a set of traffic lights (on a KMX 125) when a group of fit chicks walked by, and one shouted, "pull a wheelie sexy". Lights turned green, I twisted the grip, dumped the clutch and the bike pulled a huge wheelie. Unfortunately I was left standing at the traffic lights while it did so, the bike carrying on its merry way down the street before wobbling and falling over.

Lesson learnt.

[Mattyc]

THIS TIME ONE OF THE GIRLS GAVE ME A ROOT , WHICH IS WHAT I WANTED ALL ALONG

Must have been a good root ? did she let you stick it in her ,....... nevermind

[T.I.E]

rode upto the bank, parked the bike and saw two hot ladies walking my way. thinking i'm on a bike looking cool.
trying to impress.
as they got closer i went to hop off the bike. forgot the side stand. bike started tipping over i couldn't hold the bike up. fell over bike on its side and i tried to get it up but too late the ladies saw everything.
and needless to say i kept my helmet on.
they stopped and asked if i needed help which was nice but "no thanks ladies i'm fine"
what a real excellent moment that was.

2nd would have to be riding the inside lane of the panmure roundabout, and chain flopped off. rear wheel locked up. managed to move or wriggle the bike into a safe area ( the bloody round about ) sitting in the middle of the island pulling the bike apart being watched by bloody everyone fixing my bike.
oh the shame.
and again the helmet never came off.

thank fully both were done on my little 250.

[Mental Trousers]

Me and the girlfriend were doing some work on the back end of her TT400. We decided we'd have to get it to the shop so the guys could take a look at it so she was in a hurry to get there before the shop closed. Told her not to rush putting her bike back together but she did anyway. We get half way there (I'm following her) and her back wheel starts to wobble left and right and then the backend jumps up and down. She sat by the side of the road having heart failure while I tighten everything up again.

We were pissed at a mates place. They had this huge back lawn and an RD50, so we marked out a racetrack using empty bottles (of which there were many). We all took turns blasting out our best laps (without helmets). I get on for another go, scream around the yard and the front wheel hits one of our track markers and jumps up in the air. It comes back down and then just slides and slides and ..... me and the bike end up smack bang in the middle of everyone. Luckily the bike only glanced a couple of people rather than fully barrelling anyone. I came out of it all muddy, but other than that I was fine and laughing my stupid drunken ass off.

[ducatilover]

i was riding past my old school last night impressing the mates with my new toy.....as i went out of the corner in front of the school i opened up in first down the staight forgetting that a 650 v-twin has a wee bit of power and did a wonderful long powerslide:doh: but managed to keep it under control unitl i hit the red at 90k and put it in second and took off down the road......thats the closest to embarrasing thing i've ever done....:yes: i got called a nutty fucker cos i overtook my mates prelude at 180kph jus'cos'i'could i said....:nono: maybe i am not an embarrasing person?:blip:

[Motu]

One day I went to see a couple of chicks in Ponsonby (one now my wife) on my Rickman Metisse - through the gate and down the steps and narrow path between house and corrogated iron fence to the back yard.Upon leaving I do the standard Motu demo - a full lock feet up 180 on the back lawn,but I entered the path between house and fence a bit out of shape and had to pick the bike up to get through,and put the left bar into the corugated iron fence....with my fingers behind the steel clutch lever! I can't stop,and the bars want to slam the front wheel into the wall,so I just grit my teeth and keep the power on,bang,bang,bang down the wall,up the steps and out the gate.The pain was excruciating,but they didn't know that eh?

I used to run full knobs on the Rickman,as my street bike...and one of my 'acts'' was to do pivot turns and donuts on seal,not a common trick in those days.But once I tried a competition trials tyre on the bike,these have very soft rubber like a racing slick and give very good grip on seal.So,one day hanging around with my mates I decide to leave,and as I'm parked by the curb figure I'll do a 180 pivot turn...um forgeting about the grip my tyre now has.The bike is leaned over to the right to do my pivot - but the back wheel doesn't spin at all and I pull a huge 10 o'clock wheelstand and do my U turn hanging off the bars,unable to throttle off,I somehow manage to pull it off without crashing into anything....but it was luck,pure luck I didn't take out people or cars.

One day my friends are at a trial - I come in the farm gate in a full lock slide I can't get out of and nearly end up in the pond.My mates are under a tree drinking wine,and after a couple of swigs I ask what's happening.They point to a big hill and say the trials guys have been trying all day,but none can get to the top - they wonder if I can get up on the Rickman.No worries I say,and off I go - I hit the bottom of the hill WOT in 2nd and charge up....half way up I find out why the trials bikes can't get up,there is a huge fortification trench,6ft deep and 6ft wide.Too late to stop,I just keep it nailed and sail into the air,and landing the trench swallows the bike,but I manage to stay on and get to the top.At the bottom they reckon they saw me ''disapear''. Later I have a front tyre blow out and find a broken fork spring.

This is just a few on one bike....I've had dozens of bikes....

[parsley]

Doing training for my Part 1 test in Pomland (before they changed all the rules) on an offroad course behind the instructors office (somewhere in Southampton). Riding an old Honda 100 CC and the instructor gets me to ride up the side of a 6 foot hump in the centre of the course. Worried about having enough speed (it was pretty steep) so open the throttle as I get halfway up the hump. The rear wheel pulls forward while the front goes up, the bike leaves the ground and does a 180 before landing on top of me. The petrol tank drops straight off the frame and dumps its contents over my old denim jacket. I had to ride home stinking of fuel, but didn't date stop for a ciggie... :stoogie:

Visiting my old school the summer after I left for a course, drove the bike into the school car park which was gravel. Got off to go and ask at the office where I was supposed to be going. Returned to the bike, started the engine and gunned it as a I turned to leave the car park. Bike slides out on gravel, I fall over and get my leg burnt by the exhaust. :bash:

[speights_bud]

Back when i was youngin at intermediate:blip: (about 5years ago) i was riding around he riverbanks on my ag200, went to ride up the bank onto the flat above it and decided to nail the gas, bike pulled itself into a wheelie, shot up the bank on the rear wheel and proceeded to do a half backflip (of which i fell off during) Although unhurt i managed to bend the right hand side handle bar at right angles to the regular position downwards. Damn it was weird riding it back to the workshop like that before 'fixing' it by levering it straight with a long pipe:doh: Bloody farmers sons eh?

[stunz]

parked the bike up for 5 weeks while waiting for a new fuel pump to arrive from japan land, only to find out that the reason it was making that god awful noise was NOT cos it was broken, but because the freaking thing was running on air. I can't believe I didnt think to put more gas in it...FOR FIVE FRIKKEN WEEKS!! :bash:

I also tried to ride off once with a padlock through the disc...I kind of stopped in a hurry, and spent an hour or so getting the durned thing off.. :thud:

Then there was the time I thought I'd try my XR out on the hump on Military road (before they put the speed humps in...) Never having been airborne before, I think I handled it quite nicely...amazing how quickly the front end goes up when your pulling the bars back with all your might trying to hang on for dear life...:doh: eh...

A few more, like fumbling around trying to figure out why the bike wont start while staring blindly at the kill switch and not even comprehending that it is switched to the off position, but hey! no reason to give my wife any more ammo for her girls nights...:grouphug:

[FROSTY]

I had an old GT750 kwakka--basicly a z750 with a big tank and a shaft drive
I rode it till the tank emptied --which was some 350km or so--I rode into the gas station -Stopped turned the bike off --Then fell over -I d just plum forgotton to put my feet down

[Mumbles]

Moved gear lever to new position. Tested said lever, found bike stalled every time. Thought I had farked up bike.



Forgot about kickstand starter interlock...

Proceded to feel stupid for some time... :mellow:

Been caught by this also :doh: didnt think much of my mate laughing for the first 11 attempted hill start take offs. :bash: 20 min later the shoe was on the other foot when he droped his ZXR9 while turning around in the middle of nowhere (touched front break on stones and was like a slowmotion fall).

[Brian d marge]

Then there was the time I thought I'd try my XR out on the hump on Military road (before they put the speed humps in...) Never having been airborne before, I think I handled it quite nicely...amazing how quickly the front end goes up when your pulling the bars back with all your might trying to hang on for dear life...:doh:
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there used to be a good jump in Greers road is it ?? over fendalton way ...I used to give it welly on me ole 360 .... lost a gas cap or 2 ...one day there was a policeman directing traffic over the other side of the jump eerr railway crossing .....and the cars were backed up to the base of said crossing ....
I didnt hit ant cars ,,,and I didnt get a ticket ,,,,cos said copper thought I had learnd me lesson .....he was right to ....

* if I was back in CHCH on a mx bike ,,,I would see how far ,,,just for old times sake *

Stephen
dont believe in this older and wiser stuff ,,,,it dont work ....I returned mine :banana:

[redbaron36]

Probably my stupid things include running out of gas twice, taking off with by lock still on and cutting it clean in half, and not turning the park lights off for a flat battery.

Does anyone else notice that a lot of threads include mistakes from trying to impress other mainly females.

[Divot]

:2thumbsup First time on a bike, road up the drive (2-300 metres) turned around and rode back. Was only told about the accelerator (not about the brakes) and road though the side of the olds fiberboard house, You know when the cat are away the mice will play!:2thumbsup

[stunz]

:2thumbsup First time on a bike, road up the drive (2-300 metres) turned around and rode back. Was only told about the accelerator (not about the brakes) and road though the side of the olds fiberboard house, You know when the cat are away the mice will play!:2thumbsupMust happen a lot. My first time on a 2 wheeler, I rode my friends friends DR through the back of the shed. Thought the throttle was the brake and kept twisting it. Busted my foot up on a dwang/stud/piece of wood in the wall...Hey! The bike WAS just sitting there and I WAS double dared...:blip:

[inlinefour]

did a powerstand though town, cost me $550 and as a teenager that was a bucket load of money:shit:

[Macktheknife]

Was really early in my riding days, (around 9yo) got on my older brothers Suzuki 125, rode around the garden a couple of times, dropped it by going to slow! Not satisfied with this level of embarrassment I got my other brother out to enjoy the fun also, got him on the back and he starts swinging around everywhere... I had no idea how to control it and promptly rode the bike into the pool in the back yard.
Couldnt get the bastard back out again, had to wait for help to arrive and took 4 of us to lift it out of the pool from the inside, unfortunately there wasnt another 4 to grab it from the outside of the pool so dropped it again! then had to explain to brother how bike had got mud and grass everywhere and now wouldnt go. Dad never found out how the pool had all the grass and a small oil slick in it.
Brother never let me ride again.... go figure!

[heavenly.talker]

Was really early in my riding days, (around 9yo) got on my older brothers Suzuki 125, rode around the garden a couple of times, dropped it by going to slow! Not satisfied with this level of embarrassment I got my other brother out to enjoy the fun also, got him on the back and he starts swinging around everywhere... I had no idea how to control it and promptly rode the bike into the pool in the back yard.
Couldnt get the bastard back out again, had to wait for help to arrive and took 4 of us to lift it out of the pool from the inside, unfortunately there wasnt another 4 to grab it from the outside of the pool so dropped it again! then had to explain to brother how bike had got mud and grass everywhere and now wouldnt go. Dad never found out how the pool had all the grass and a small oil slick in it.
Brother never let me ride again.... go figure!


I figure you even after seeing what he has done to your Savage!

[mikey]

i was showing off on my gay ole K5 gix1000 an crashed it in a straight line.......... hahahahaha yeh that was dumb alright. wonder what ill tell insurance. fell asleep casue its a shit boring bike or soemthing........

[Biff]

The local bike shop had DT125s going dirt v.cheap. So I went and bought one. When I arrived home on the new toy I took the back way to my house, up a private gravel lane that led to my garage. Garage door opened - I intentionally cut a corner in order to ride over a small tree stump. I deftly popped the front wheel up (about 3 inches) to mount the stump, then I tweaked the throttle to move the bike forward and to get the back wheel onto the stump. So far so good. Then I twisted the throttle again and the back wheel spun out from under the bike, resulting in both man and machine falling slo- mo style. Bugger.

I sold it 3 months later and made around £200 ($500ish). Which was nice.

The moral to the story - If you're going to make a complete tit of yourself make sure there's no-one around to take the pi$$. Then think up a good excuse for the bent brake lever, smashed front hindecator and scratched clutch cover - like being chased by the feds for 20 miles accross miles n miles of dense woodland, in the pitch black, and it was raining. And I got my knee down.

[N4CR]

Few very silly things...

First proper bin - lowsided it just getting too low on an intersection on abbots way in Remuera, on closer inspection it was covered (densely) in oil drops from vehicles, and had 'give way' painted nicely in the middle of it. Duuuuh.
Thing(s) learnt: Assumed that if I had done that corner faster before then this speed would be no problem - nope check the corner every time.

Overtaking a two trailer truck on the downhill section of the corro loop after the scenic lookout, on a blind corner with no idea what so ever if a car was coming. Thing(s) learnt: If you can't see clearly around the corner, don't do it no matter what.. just in case you value your life and other road users.

Various rediculous lanesplitting at stupid speeds on the southern between Greenlane and Papakura. Worst was probably the '160+ in the rain between two cars with a large tramping backpack and a raincoat in high winds'.
Thing(s) learnt: Make sure the vehicles won't try and crush you, ensure that you can actually fit, ensure that you are doing it with a reasonable level of safety, value your life and consider what others would think if you were killed. And finally, you are not ghost rider... no matter how hard you try.

P.s. always check the kill switch/side stand before embarrasing yourself.

[sAsLEX]

Overtaking a two trailer truck on the downhill section of the corro loop after the scenic lookout, on a blind corner with no idea what so ever if a car was coming.


I have no idea what your talking about!............................

[Smorg]

ive been married 4 times...


you tell me...

save yourself some cash next time man get a hooker:confused:

[Gremlin]

hmm... all my dumb stuff happened when I got the bike, so that will be my excuse. Basically bought the bike damaged, rego on hold, no warrant, so had no idea what anything was supposed to be...

1. Sidestand. Yep, couldn't figure out why the bloody revs kept dying, until when cleaning saw the bloody cable

2. Kawasaki safety (not sure if other bikes have it): can't get any other gear, except first, until on the move. I thought the bike was broken... (feature is good tho) so my first ride meant going on the driveway all nervous and managed to find second at the top...

3. Other than that, classic learner mistake of front brake in corner... :doh: twice :brick:

[ducatilover]

on my learners, bought a 650, two weeks one day later [today] crashed at 160ks and walked away, thats stupid and fucking lucky:blink: