Embarrassing bike moments

[MazTLR]

Saturday night leaving the pub at closing time, about a 100 people talking outside hanging around, start up the bike everyone look around at me and my passenger, give it a rev, to impress the on lookers, put it into first, goto pull away, forgot to take the chain and padlock out of the front wheel, we ended up on our backs, made everyone's night.
Second one. Racing at a clubmans meeting at Brands Hatch, in between my races walking around the pits in my leathers, when a large group of boy scouts came up to me asking for my autograph, I felt embarrassed being a no name racer.

[yungatart]

My most embarrassing bike moment was dropping in front of husband, teenage son, and a Welly KBer who was staying with us.
I was doing about 3 k/h, Mstrs says, go right... er ah no, we'll go left,
I tried to turn, saw my car parked on the side of the road, thought, I'll hit the car, so dropped it on the street - then politely said to son, pick that up for me, will you?
I believe it has been referred to as "performance anxiety":shit:
Oooh, the shame...

[Wenier]

Back in the day of the old hack bike was doing the ride around burnout and as i came to a stop of the burnout i mistimed gettin my feet down and dropped it. But o well it was a good burnout, well worth it.

[hurricane_r]

stall bike at lgihts, car behind me BEEPS, and i feel embarassed:(

[KATWYN]

Dropping the R6 on top of me in front of the local publican in Westport (I ran out of legs on a slight uprise). He had been standing there watching us park our bikes up out the back to stay the night in his pub (he was leaping about panicking saying things like "He had never seen anything like it A/ Not many girls ride a bike and sees a girl drop 220kg bike on top of herself.

It Stuffed my leg but we still had a whole South Island tour to complete....and there was no way I was gunna ruin the fun for evryone else - did the rest of the tour with a gammy leg (just jammed voltaren down my gizzard every day)

[Maha]

Saturday night leaving the pub at closing time, about a 100 people talking outside hanging around, start up the bike everyone look around at me and my passenger, give it a rev, to impress the on lookers, put it into first, goto pull away, forgot to take the chain and padlock out of the front wheel, we ended up on our backs, made everyone's night.


You poor bastard..........:killingme
I have posted in threads about this sort of thing before....so wont do it again, it gets embarrassing......:o :whistle:

[yungatart]

I have posted in threads about this sort of thing before....so wont do it again, it gets embarrassing......:o :whistle:

Aaah, go on you know you want to.....
Besides, 'tis human nature to want to laugh at others' misfortunes and I hear that you are a real caring, sharing kinda guy... you wouldn't want us to miss out now, would you?:innocent:

[apteryx_haasti]

I'd been out of town so left my bike parked up in my parent's garage for the 3 weeks I was away.

Went to pick it up on Sunday - it won't start! Gaaah! grumble grumble flat battery after only 3 weeks...tried to roll start in the driveway with my dad's help. Driveway too short. Push it to the next street where there's not much traffic and a slight incline. MAnage to get it started after 2 goes.

DOesn't sound too embarrassing right?

Fast forward to the next morning when I am back at my house and in my routine...remove cover, unlock bike, fuel on, choke out....

CHOKE OUT!!!!

D'oh!

[davereid]

Kick started my XT one day while it was in gear.. best mono I ever did, and I wasnt even sitting on the seay for most of it!

[Maha]

Aaah, go on you know you want to.....
Besides, 'tis human nature to want to laugh at others' misfortunes and I hear that you are a real caring, sharing kinda guy... you wouldn't want us to miss out now, would you?:innocent:

Alright Well, went to take a beauty pic of my beloved Yamaha YZF 600 ( god i miss her :bye: ) anyway, nice sunny day, down by the river, Anne on her GN, she parks her bike, there's a car between us (also parked) i get off my bike and boy did i get off ! the Yamaha followed me to the ground, dam things, cant they stand up by themselves?...im calling to Anne, she can see me and wonders where the hell i went. This is in town, people in the shops across the road, and im sure they would have come to my much need aid, as soon as they picked themselves up off the floor (from laughing)..Bastards..:sunny:

[KATWYN]

Kick started my XT one day while it was in gear.. best mono I ever did, and I wasnt even sitting on the seay for most of it!

:clap: :laugh: now THAT sounded impressive

[Fat Tony]

Coming out of a busy shopping area, walked over to the bike, loads of people looking on as I started up my two week old SV with straight through carbon Remus pipe thinking... "ah, yes this is cool... I passed my bike test and gone from a nobody car driver to a cool bike rider... come on!"

Blip the throttle a couple of times and pull away... Doh! Disk lock... shit, over we go! Hahahahaaaaa... I've never had a moment of smugness since that moment 7 years ago... oh ok, maybe just a couple.

It's not just us amateurs though eh? http://tinyurl.com/ye5zx2

[riffer]

Had a good one yesterday morning.

My bikes currently laid low awaiting new carb jet needles, and I've been pillioning on the back of the Father-in-Law's Hornet 900.

We stop off outside my work (Big Grey Clemengers building opposite end of Courtenay Place) and I go to hop off the back of the bike.

Except I caught my foot on the Ventura Pack frame and arsed off completely onto the footpath...

Nice dismount... :mellow:

[KATWYN]

Blip the throttle a couple of times and pull away... Doh! Disk lock... shit, over we go! Hahahahaaaaa...

off topic for a bit and please excuse my amateurness....but what causes a disc lock :shit: ...is it a mechanical fault? and if so are there warning signs??

Can someone tell me.......

[RT527]

off topic for a bit and please excuse my amateurness....but what causes a disc lock :shit: ...is it a mechanical fault? and if so are there warning signs??

Can someone tell me.......

Um...Yeah ...Um .....Disc Lock...Yeah ...Used for Locking ones Bike up so it cant be moved.....Hmmm see immobiliser /Anti theft, and allround lots of Fun when Owner forgets to Remove one and Rides away.

[Hawkeye]

off topic for a bit and please excuse my amateurness....but what causes a disc lock :shit: ...is it a mechanical fault? and if so are there warning signs??

Can someone tell me.......

No! It's one of those security devices that you sometimes forget to take off before pulling away. Only thing is.... most people won't admit to doing it in public :rofl:

[Karma]

It's a padlock that goes through the discs, I've had a couple of times where I've gone to ride off and forgot, but never dropped because of it.

[dawnrazor]

when I was much younger, I remember one saturday morning very hung over, had to go to town for something - was feeling very ill when I parked up, so decided to sit on the bike and have a smoke. I was in a busy pedestrian shopping area at the time, and I had decided to rest my helmet on the tank. Well it didn't take long for me to rock the bike on the centre stand and knock the helmet off. And off it went, bouncying down the road through the legs of a bemused shopping public, with me scampering after it like a right tit.

One helmet straight to the bin; it bounced for about 50 meters before I caught up with it.

[Fat Tony]

It's a padlock that goes through the discs, I've had a couple of times where I've gone to ride off and forgot, but never dropped because of it.

Alright, rub it in why don't yah? lol Look, I was new to biking ok? lol

I've seen three people do similar since then, and laugh my arse off everytime... shouldn't laugh but you kinda have to :)

[dawnrazor]

did the disc lock thing once, didn't fall off but I did split the disc very neatly, and bloody replacement aprillia parts took near 3 months to arrive, by that time I had completely got out of the habit of using the rear brake.

[terbang]

Giving some boy racers some serious shame on me old 1200 bandit. Smoked past them with my front wheel barely touching the ground (gotta give it to those 1200 bandits, they sure get up and go). Gave them a sort of "up yours" nod as I went past as well. Punishment for being such a hoon arrives right on cue, Surge, pop, bang, Surge-dead. Franticly groping for the reserve position with my left hand only to find that it was allready there. Bugger thats what I forgot..Clutch in, coast to the edge as they sailed past all waving and laughing..!

[Jamezo]

Uh, having the sidestand go when parked facing forwards on a 20 degree angle, and then jumping underneath it to ease the inevitable drop.

Bike was fine :P

[KATWYN]

Um...Yeah ...Um .....Disc Lock...Yeah ...Used for Locking ones Bike up so it cant be moved.....Hmmm see immobiliser /Anti theft, and allround lots of Fun when Owner forgets to Remove one and Rides away.

Thought Tony meant "locked disc".....got it now!

[Big Dave]

Perth, Western Australia 1980
Went to the pub at lunchtime and the plumbers had scattered sand all
over the car park entrance to the big Industrial Hardware company i
was working at, all in the hour I was away.

Installing new drains.

Was on an immaculate T140 Bonneville - except the rear brake just
happened to have seized that morning and was not working at all.

Fully cranked over to cross 2 lanes of Welshpool Rd - hard on the
front disc and into 1/2" of builders sand over concrete.

I remained upright above the sliding bike with one gloved hand and
both feet on the ground - and one hand on the handlbars trying to keep
the bike off the ground.

I think I did close to a 520deg spin in this configuration before coming to a
halt adjacent the operation's front door - precicely as the managing
Director strode from it.

'Afternoon David' was all he ever said about the incident.

I have numerous more similar episodes.

[scumdog]

Um...Yeah ...Um .....Disc Lock...Yeah ...Used for Locking ones Bike up so it cant be moved.....Hmmm see immobiliser /Anti theft, and allround lots of Fun when Owner forgets to Remove one and Rides away.


If you're cunning you get one of those spiral plastic cords like banks and suchlike use to keep their pens from walking and hook it from your disc-lock to your throttle or ignition or some other place that will get your attention...

[scumdog]

Uh, having the sidestand go when parked facing forwards on a 20 degree angle, and then jumping underneath it to ease the inevitable drop.

Bike was fine :P

H-Ds have a system that stops that from happening - and also their side-stands don't seem to sink into soft ground the same as 'other' brands of bikes do. (just look at who has to get flattened cans or bits of wood at the next rally you're at.)

But then again, what do I know, I'm a dumb-arse with a poor handling slow-as Harley.:innocent:

[DougB]

Main street of Kawakawa on a Friday night many years ago in the days when every one came to town to shop see and be seen.

Parked my two stroke bike, got my stuff, came back and re-started it, a strange small backfire was heard. Slaped it into gear and let out the clutch, the bike shot backwards depositing me in a heap in the street in front of hundreds of amused locals. What a "shrink".

I had worked on two stroke engined boats that could be re timed and started in reverse but never thought it could happen by chance.

[Ixion]

Yep. Had it happen on a Beezer bantam. Engine died off road on a hill, and started to roll back. So I dropped the clutch to hold it - no front brake (brakes were for wimps) and I couldn't get my foot on the back brake lever amidst the undergrowth. Engine started backwards , shot the bike backwards, threw me off good and proper. My mate refused to believe me, so I did it again - more controlledly this time. Hm. Check the ignition timing laddy.

Used to be a party trick with Scott owners, back in the days of manual mag timing. Very handy with a chair, too.

[Karma]

I'm a dumb-arse with a poor handling slow-as Harley.:innocent:


Finally the truth!

[Forest]

My worst moment was riding a TU250 about five years ago. The bike was only just run in and I was caning it on the straights near Dargaville (in TU250 terms this was around 120km). I was in a full tuck position and having a great deal of fun coming up to cars and scooting past without slowing.

I really struggled to go past a Holden that was also doing about 120km. In fact it probably took me 20 seconds to get past it.

About five minutes later I felt the engine power drop away. No worries - just need to switch it to reserve. Oh shit! The tank was already on reserve and all the gas was gone.

So I had to park on the roadside and walk to Dargaville. The Holden slowed down and drove past while I was walking. The driver had a great laugh. I felt about six inches tall.

[crack]

Years ago: 1973 I was dared to ride my T 20 250, into the foyer of the Mayfair picture theater wearing my "sand shoes", all went well until on the exit run down the entrance hall, when I was challenged by the cleaners trolley pushed into my path, the trolley won.

What was bloody good fun one minute, became bloody "deflating" to be buck arse naked, with a bike screaming its lungs out on the carpet, and everyone looking at me like a stranded whale:

Cost me $25.00, and humiliated my dear old late Mum, ( she laughed like hell when she would recount it years later)

Yep: young and dumb!

:love: :love: :rockon: :done: :scooter:

[NighthawkNZ]

I been trying to think of my most embarrasing moment and well the best I come up with is missing a gear reving and going nowhere... and just giving that intimidating glare at any one watching... Luckily I had black tinted visor, it wasn't really a glare behind the visor just the big oppps "you big gimp" click into gear and away I went...

[NighthawkNZ]

H-Ds have a system that stops that from happening - and also their side-stands don't seem to sink into soft ground the same as 'other' brands of bikes do. (just look at who has to get flattened cans or bits of wood at the next rally you're at.)

But then again, what do I know, I'm a dumb-arse with a poor handling slow-as Harley.:innocent:

Thats probably cause HDs have a lower center of gravity lower to the ground, less clearance and on the side stand the don't lean and put as much weight on the actual stand. They also usually have a wider stand end as well, the the side stand comes out further and dispurses the weight...

well its only a guess... :third: :scooter:

[Hotchefnz]

Going round to meet girlfriends parents for first time.... Summertime - no rain for weeks.....come up the driveway onto the lawn kick out the stand, lower bike only to have the stand sink into the ground with the bike on top of me.
Needed them to lift the bike up in order for me to pick myself up.
Good impression - NOT.

Found out after he was a regular lawn waterer......:whocares:

[-df-]

about 6 years ago me and a mate went for a ride on friday night, hooning around the place as you do. Decide to go into town (Auckland)and end up having a drag at the lights in Queen St around 9pm, then get to the next...we sit there reving out engines (ZXR250C and FZRR250) thinking we are shit hot waiting for the lights to change so we can have another drag. lights change...both dump the clutches...I stall as he takes off up the road...all good, I'll just start it again I think...nope...she just keeps turning over, in the end I had the pedestrians give me a push start...they weren't laughing to much...

thankfully I had a tinted visor on...I still get crap from my mate.

[jeremysprite]

Lol good stories,
Worst one was coming up to a busy intersection, bike stalls and I'm like oh crap, all panicked. Pulled the clutch in and instead of giving it a bit of juice from the electric start, I hit the horn (same button, opposite handlebar), everyone looks at me... slowly start bike and trundle away...

Another time, parking in town, I had it on the edge of a sloped park (yay free parking), just getting back on my bike and this little kid and his dad are walking past, staring at the bike. Big Cool Biker (me) tries to back pedal bike out of carpark, uphill. At that point I realised I'd parked on a big mossy patch. Gently laid the bike down as if that was how you were supposed to do it.

[Bussaman]

Saturday night leaving the pub at closing time, about a 100 people talking outside hanging around, start up the bike everyone look around at me and my passenger, give it a rev, to impress the on lookers, put it into first, goto pull away, forgot to take the chain and padlock out of the front wheel, we ended up on our backs, made everyone's night.



That reminds me of an incident involving the mrs a couple of years ago at the local supermarket in her cage. She had a "crooklock" that hooked under the brake pedal and then onto the steering wheel and then locked into place, effectively disabling the brake pedal and steering wheel.
She got into her car and forgot that it was connected up, long story short she ended up ploughing into the supermarket carpark wall.

[lukelin250]

driving along the motorway wondering why everyone was waving at me as they passed, i thought nothing of it and just waved back. noticed when i arrived at my friends what they where waving and pointing about. i had left my backpack unzipped so as i was driving along the motorway all my belongings and paperwork were slowly but surely falling out the back. there was some good stuff in there too. haahah. oh well ill remember next time.

always look on the bright side of life.

[Sketchy_Racer]

Thats probably cause HDs have a lower center of gravity lower to the ground, less clearance and on the side stand the don't lean and put as much weight on the actual stand. They also usually have a wider stand end as well, the the side stand comes out further and dispurses the weight...

well its only a guess... :third: :scooter:

They don't fall over when in soft ground.

Its hard to knock a bike over when its sunk in the ground like a blob of pig iron.

And they don't fall off the side stand, as when they are on Hard ground, they are already having ground clearace issues :innocent:

[Donor]

Dammit, was sure I wouldn't be qualified to post in this thread yet, but yesterday I became eligible... fuggitall...

Riding from Papakura to Freemans Bay, decided to Great South Road it ALL the way from Papakura to get maximum bike time.

Got to the lights in Greenlane at GSR and Greenlane East by the McD's and came to a good-boy halt at a red light. This was like 0700 of a nice Saturday morn, and there was piss all traffic.

Waited and heard this whining drone, looked over me shoulder and here comes Nana, approx 900 years old, on her 1927 Nifty 50... she drew level just as the light went green and carried on through the intersection.

So I thought to meself, "Right, time to bring Nana into the modern world of 2-stroke superiority" and did a pearler of a take off. Drew level at about 9,780km/h (+/- 9,730km/h) and pulled the clutch in, raised my SHINY boot to smack 2nd gear... and bloody missed it...

Nana proceeds to piss off while I'm left feeling like the proper prat I am/was...

So, nailed it eventually, passed her like a very embarrassed bat out of hell and made my way to the end of the GSR, all set to turn right onto Broadway.

Sat at the red there and... yep... here comes Nana...

I have to say it... I bloody did it a second time.

About time I adjusted the gear shift lever a bit lower methinks :blink:

[WINJA]

I Fell Off Outside Treads In Front Of Everyone On A Busy Sat Morning Skidded On A New Tyre, Dragged Beside My Bike Outside The Domain Showing Off To Girls , Landed On My Nuts On The Tank Showing Off To Girls , Worst Time Is When I Bought A Brand New Blade And All My Friends Laughed At Me

[kro]

Too many to list, but a couple of notable ones were.....

Main Street in Hamiltron, RX3 beside me, giving me the "come on", I was being casually indifferent on the Gix1100, light went green, and I stalled it. The shame of it all.

Years ago, during the resealing of a patch of road in Sandringham, a guy in a new Beemer was tail gating me, so I opened up the GPz900, with the intent of spraying his precious car with chip seal, which I did, but in the process, I dug a little too far, and hit the hard stuff, and popped the front wheel, which landed on the bumper of the car in front. No damage luckily.

[Clivoris]

If you're cunning you get one of those spiral plastic cords like banks and suchlike use to keep their pens from walking and hook it from your disc-lock to your throttle or ignition or some other place that will get your attention...

If you're a cheep bastard like me you can wrap a rubber band around the lock, then when you use the lock wrap the rubber band around the bike key. Key doesn't go in lock? Take of disc lock.

[Clivoris]

But then again, what do I know, I'm a dumb-arse with a poor handling slow-as Harley.:innocent:

This could get me ejected from the site.:shutup: At the last Vic Club track day at Manfield Jarrod Wintle passed me round the outside on his 1200 Sporty. Aprilia probably have a hitman looking for me now. The laughter still haunts me.

[Mooch]

Last lot of Carterton Sprints

I'm focusing on the Standing Quarter Mile Sprint.

The Guy indicates it’s my turn to go.

I pull the Clutch in

I rev and hold the engine around 7,500 RPM

I dump the clutch and give the throttle a handful.

The engine winds around to redline in a flash and hits the rev limiter.

I'm going nowhere in a hurry and trying to work out what’s going on

I look down

Bike is still in neutral. :doh:

The guy on the start line just gives me one of those smiles.
Fortunately my pipes are too loud to hear the laughter of crowd watching nearby.

[RC1]

just got new rear tyre on vfr400rr,turned out of shop onto barrys pt rd,smoked it up then snaked down road then rear went out, broke mirror,brake lever,right fairing, haha bloody expensive tire

[NighthawkNZ]

And they don't fall off the side stand, as when they are on Hard ground, they are already having ground clearace issues :innocent:

:D







10 charactors

[scumdog]

This could get me ejected from the site.:shutup: At the last Vic Club track day at Manfield Jarrod Wintle passed me round the outside on his 1200 Sporty. Aprilia probably have a hitman looking for me now. The laughter still haunts me.


Nah, not possible - see post #39 on this thread!

He must be right, right? pffft!

[Roj]

many years ago when still a teenager, Friday night Victoria St hamilton, (main street) on an MT50 (trail/dual purpose bike) dropped the clutch at the lights, bike leaps out from under me and I walk behind it on 1 wheel trying to get it back on the ground.....

[Lias]

many years ago when still a teenager, Friday night Victoria St hamilton, (main street) on an MT50 (trail/dual purpose bike) dropped the clutch at the lights, bike leaps out from under me and I walk behind it on 1 wheel trying to get it back on the ground.....

LOL :-)

Nice to see your getting more active on here Roj. Dont spose wolf has a picture of said wheelie for me to laugh at? :innocent:

[gijoe1313]

I wondered if I would be posting in this thread... and I've done it! Was pootling back through from Kaiaua when I got hit in the head, long story short - I recovered and ended up on the ground after taking a breather trying to get going again! Full details in how it led up to that moment :o

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=839046#post839046

[tommorth]

ran out of gas 10meters from gassy entrace in peak hour trafic had 2 push bike off road