Momentary lapse of reason [Archive]

Kendog

19th March 2006, 19:31

beyond

19th March 2006, 19:43

Awww mate. Sucks aye? Haven't done it with my latest bike but did it once when I was younger and it's pretty upsetting watching your pride and joy bounce of the concrete floor. :(

Hope she's alright mate.

Maha

19th March 2006, 19:47

I posted in the thread about most embarrassing moment the very same thing, but i dropped mine in town........:doh:

Kendog

19th March 2006, 19:54

Yeah, it's fine, nothing I couldn't adjust, sand and touch up myself. Mostly hurt my ass muscles picking it back up off the floor on my own:shake: , normally do stupid shit like that when there are a bunch of men around so I can do the "I'm just a chic, help me" routine. LOL. Just goes to show the weights have been paying off.:apumpin:

Kendog

19th March 2006, 19:56

I posted in the thread about most embarrassing moment the very same thing, but i dropped mine in town........:doh:

Oh, I know what you mean! I was almost glad for once there was nobody around to laugh at me or state the obvious!

Shadows

19th March 2006, 20:55

Or blondeness maybe.
What are some of the stupid things people have done to or on their bikes?:corn:
I just finished cleaning and polishing my bike till it shone, rode it into the garage, spent a couple of minutes adjusting the clock for the new time and then lept off. Stupid tart hadn't put the side stand down and placed bike nicely on garage floor.:slap: Yeah, dumb!
So fess up, who else has done stupid shit like that, or worse..........?
The Mrs.

Well I was going to make a smartarsed comment about having a clock in the first place until I realised how many times I've caught myself riding with no hands fumbling with the sleeve of my leather jacket trying to get a glimpse of the time before I hit the car which has just stopped in front of me. Actually having a clock on the dash isn't such a silly idea after all.

Gremlin

19th March 2006, 21:08

Came extremely close to having mine smash onto the floor after moving it. Leant it onto its imaginary stand, and suddenly realised it was coming after me.

Grabbed it, and stopped it as something just touched the ground (I think the peg). Then lifted it up again... dunno how... but I now love adrenalin

sunhuntin

19th March 2006, 21:58

posted my two in the other thread too....

once i forgot to pull the old gn towards me when dismounting, bitch fell on the left side. ive since learned to put the kickstand down and then get off! that was a semi crowded parking lot, managed to get her stood up fast and rode with no brake for a few hours. taught me to use my right foot to brake and my left to support the weight when stopped.

second was the new bike....neutral light on the dash had blown so she was in gear when i got off and she lept forwards, stalled and dropped. kickstand was down, but the jerking forwards naturally retracted the stand. luckily i was still right next to her, but half pinned under. finally got her stood up with nothing hurt but my muscles. lost a bit of petrol [choke was out] and a minute scuff on the rubber on the footpeg.

:brick:

skelstar

20th March 2006, 08:48

Ah that sucks. Hate it when that happens.

Grahameeboy

20th March 2006, 08:59

Not yet but always worry that one day I will forget to put side stand down when I use the rear paddock stand.......that would be messy.

avrflr

20th March 2006, 09:49

I know a guy who, when he was a newbie, stopped at a traffic light and forgot to put his feet down. Can you get training wheels for a motorbike?

HenryDorsetCase

20th March 2006, 10:09

Ive done a LOT of stupid shit (youd think I would have learnt...) but the most recent one was my SV650: pulled up outside work and kicked the sidestand down with my foot. Didnt look at it, swung my leg off the bike, pulled the key and took two steps to see the bike going gracefully over on to its side. grrrrr.

new handlebars, new clutch lever, gark in the fairing, slightly bent gearlever etc. not to mention feeling like a complete muppet.

the stand had gone down, but not over centre, so it was balanced and when that butterfly flapped its wings in Argentina, the thing rolled off the stand..

still makes me feel stupid.....

scumdog

20th March 2006, 10:22

Well I was going to make a smartarsed comment about having a clock in the first place until I realised how many times I've caught myself riding with no hands fumbling with the sleeve of my leather jacket trying to get a glimpse of the time before I hit the car which has just stopped in front of me. Actually having a clock on the dash isn't such a silly idea after all.

Do what a lot of others do: get an 'el cheapo' watch with large figures (digital not so good for this) take off straps and use some silicone sealer or hot glue gun to fix it on top of steering head.:woohoo:

Hot glue not the best as I lost one such 'clock' somewhere near Arthurs Pass on a hot day when the glue softened - broke my Scots heart to see $2 worth of watch tumble down the road and vanish into the scrub....

Kendog

20th March 2006, 10:43

My bike, as Skelstar will know, has a clock in the dash readings, can flick between two trip meters, total kms and a clock. Bloody handy!! Hubby has a little digital job velcroed to the bike, just under the dash, also really handy. Maybe it's an omen that I shouldn't polish my bike!

fliplid

20th March 2006, 19:05

bladez

20th March 2006, 19:11

mine is ..... brought a rf900 the bike shop had it all started for me cool left bike shop stoped to have a smoke and couldent start the bike pushed it back to the bike shop thinking it was stuffed they looked and pulled the clutch in and started it never went back to bike shop for a long time :no:

Stopper Dan

20th March 2006, 19:15

tried to trim my blade a bit coz it was long and ugly, now im still looking for a replacement (im cheap) after it broke into many many pieces :slap:

Drum

20th March 2006, 19:28

A young lady at work was 3/4 hour late for work. She later told me that she had got trapped under her GN in the basement, and when she realised no-one was around to help her, took all that time to lift it up enough to slide free!:psst:

Sketchy_Racer

20th March 2006, 21:00

i also posted in a thread about my very first mis-hap

my very first bike, a home built one at that!!

Spent sooo many hours cutting welding, cleaning, fixxing etc.

Had the tank off one day to change the spark plug, put tank back on, sweet as. Jumped on the bike rode off.... as ya do.... (i will tell you now so you understand, the fuel tap didnt work properly) as the fuel dribbled onto the head, i think a jump arc from the spark plug ignited it.... woosh!!

dropped it in the middle of the road... only to try piss on it to stop the flames but it had already burnt through the plastic tank..... so i stand there watching my pride and joy burn to the ground, while all the kids laugh at me trying to piss on my burning bike!!

try top that :no:

Kendog

20th March 2006, 21:08

Haha, that's farking funny:killingme The mental image I got from that..... Nice one!

Toast

20th March 2006, 21:20

Oh, one of these threads...

As a learner...

cellphone dropped out of my top pocket while waiting to cross Queen St at the Whitcoulls intersection...I reached to grab, lost my balance, and fell down like a pile of elephant shit as my cell hit and the pieces separated. I held the whole row of traffic up for that sequence as I got my shit back together.

I must've looked like a huge mean bastard in my puffy cordura jacket though, 'cos none of the many people staring were pissing themselves as it happened...and I've gotta admit it must've looked some funny shit.

SuperDave

1st April 2006, 19:42

When I still had my FXR I forgot to put up the footstand and ended up crashing at about 60kph as a result. Felt pretty stupid after that.

pritch

1st April 2006, 20:20

I had an attack of stupid today. Left the key on, flattened the battery.
Took ages to find the trickle charger which I hadn't used in years but after an hour on charge the bike started. Sluggish turnover but it fired.

I use the Hornet's clock, and both trip meters. When I suspect the tank is getting low I tend to be more interested in the distance travelled than the time of day, and when the warning light comes on I reset one trip meter to zero. So a clock, a scots one even, does has some appeal.

1st April 2006, 20:26

My most stupid Bike moment recenty recorded here:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=522759#post522759

Live and learn I guess :whistle:

Virago

1st April 2006, 21:43

The day after I bought the Virago, decided to give my pride and joy a quick clean. On the side stand, facing slightly downhill.....

A good bit of elbow grease got a rocking motion going, and down she went - with me underneath.

Weighing over 250Kg wet, there was no way of stopping it, but I'm glad to say she had a soft landing on me.....

Getting out from underneath, now that was another matter!

wendigo

1st April 2006, 22:16

:doh: Disc lock caused me some anxious seconds once, rev up, pull away...bike dives...grab in time...struggle with falling weight. Not nice! Managed not to wreck disc either. Memo to self- use disc lock reminder!!!

I feel for ya brother. Did pretty much the same outside repco. Didn't fall. Was just one big large "CLONK" & I drove with a warped front disk for a few months. Doh!

Also had the one where sitting on the bike it overbalanced. Put the foot down to catch it & instead my foot became the fulcrum. The front lifted about a foot of the ground & then the whole show started to fall on top of me. Cue one hasty exit stage left followed shortly thereafter by an incredibly sad looking CBR lying on the ground....

megageoff76

1st April 2006, 22:45

I was bleeding the brake on my X-7, and had unfortunately left a massive amount of brake fluid on my nice ribbed cheng shin front tyre. I didn't notice until I turned into that first corner....oh well you do these things when your a novice 16 year old.

SARGE

1st April 2006, 23:07

Jeff da maori

2nd April 2006, 08:39

me and my brother were doing a week long ride up north. his bike broke down. we were just out side wanganui so I dubbled him into town and we got some help from suzuki NZ who got a ute out to pick up the bike. we loaded the bike up and my brother and his mate headed back into town. me not knowing where they were going had to keep up. problem was we had to turn onto the main road which they did but left me sitting there as about 10 cars went past. so you do what any self respecting biker dose and found a nice stright pice of road and opened the RF up and passed the whole lot in one hit. the problem starts as im sitting on about 140km/h about 100m in front of the lead car and I see a black flash in one of my mirrors. look back to see my saddle bags end over end down the road in the oncoming lane. the shit I got from the cars I had just passed :( dont use bailing twine to tie your bags down.

Krusti

2nd April 2006, 08:48

Not a major but the other day decided to give thou a clean, proud as punch of the job,even took headlight protector off and cleaned behind it.Walked around admiring my work, crack, stood on headlight protector, snapped in half....:brick: :Oops: :angry2:

Jackrat

2nd April 2006, 09:02

:doh: Disc lock caused me some anxious seconds once, rev up, pull away...bike dives...grab in time...struggle with falling weight. Not nice! Managed not to wreck disc either. Memo to self- use disc lock reminder!!!

Hmmm yes,Did similar thing on my old SD900 Ducati.
But it was a chain through the back wheel.
Result was one slightly bent spoke on mag' wheel:brick: ,an reminder NEVER to tell so called mates about these things.

Insanity_rules

2nd April 2006, 17:57

Well I was getting ready to go for a ride with my mates, they were all parked around in my driveway as I went into the carport to get out my VF400F.

My mind must have been a bit elseware as I exited the carport. The end of my handlebar hit the carport pole, the bike fell over and I was left standing upright with the bike lying down between my legs revving its nuts off in front of 4 of my mates.

Try living that down!!!!! It was 12 years ago and I still get shit!