First accident.

**schrodingers cat** · 13th May 2010, 17:47

Originally Posted by Mudfart

If you want people (guys) to stop and help you, being a female, take off your helmet!, then guys will line up to help you.!!

Thats right. Wearing a big safe jacket worked against you here. LOL

Managing panic is an aquired skill too. Stop. Breath. Think. Act.

**Quasi** · 13th May 2010, 17:56

Hi HK - sorry to hear of your mishap, but no damage and plenty to learned. Karma is waiting for those that did not stop or offer any assistance.

As previously said - set your self a little routine. I put on my leather pants and boots. Choke and start bike, tie up hair, neck sock, jacket, helmet (chin strap), gloves, choke fully off, ride off into the sunset

every expereince is a valuable learning expereince, be it good or bad. I had a couple of very minor, very small offs (most embarrassing more then anything else

), but they were wake up calls that i needed to be more focused

**Rogue Rider** · 13th May 2010, 18:27

My first accident was similar, I had just traded my GN250 in on a new XJ600, woohoo 16 and wild with a mean new bike fresh off the shelf.
I rode straight home, via the service station. I pulled into Shell Blenheim, pulled into the pump, flicked out the stand and leaned over.... sadly the stand wasn't all out and over I went, too the floor lol............. I only just managed to get it up again..... the bike that is lol.

**The Baron** · 13th May 2010, 18:30

Hi HK
Sorry to hear about this but it's good that all ended well. You are not the first and won't be the last to drop a bike and it's all part of only having two wheels.
Stay positive, you have been doing so well, hang in there.

**Old Steve** · 13th May 2010, 18:34

What? You're having to use your choke so early in the year?

Two choices, move to the Bay of Plenty or buy a hyosung. Couldn't resist that.

I had a valuable lesson on the day I took delivery of my bike. I'd got the bike home safely and as my heartrate had been down below the 150 beats per minute for a couple of minutes I thought I'd go for an evening ride. I had to turn slightly to line up with the drive, and used the throttle a little too much, swung wide and went front wheel first into a grouping of teracotta pots my wife that liked very much. Note the use of the passed tense. Broke two of them, and it's amasing how many pieces of teracotta two broken pots can make. No damage to the bike, but my confidence took a beating - maybe for the better.

**firefighter** · 13th May 2010, 18:35

Lol, I have to admit I did smerk a bit when I read this. It's not all that bad man. Sounds like a really minor thing that's hardly worth losing confidence over.

**Fatt Max** · 13th May 2010, 18:48

Dont let it get you down mate.

I left the steering lock on my bike once, too busy tipping a wink to a rather nice chick working in a coffee house on K Road. Got on the bike and performed a perfect U turn back into the kerb.

Thanks for sharing though, it has happened to us all

**Mom** · 13th May 2010, 18:53

Originally Posted by Fatt Max

Dont let it get you down mate.

I left the steering lock on my bike once, too busy tipping a wink to a rather nice chick working in a coffee house on K Road. Got on the bike and performed a perfect U turn back into the kerb.

Thanks for sharing though, it has happened to us all

I know a bloke that forgot his disk lock

TWICE

**beyond** · 13th May 2010, 18:55

Hey, it goes with the territory, even for us seasoned bastards.
Pulled into a gasser a while back on the big 14 and a van load of younguns was watching for the action. They got it. I was a little too suave and pulled up to the pump, flipped the sidestand down with one foot, slid off the seat and stood up with one fluid motion. Man that must have looked cool

BUT the side stand was not all the way down, the bike flopped over, NO! not my baby, threw a leg under her and tried to stop letting 250kgs of prime motorbike hit the ground. It slid painfully down my leg, I managed to stop her and pull her back up< I kinda hobbled around a bit after that. Not so cool

It's part of the territory. Don't sweat it. Most motorists won't stop unless they are bikers as well.

**beyond** · 13th May 2010, 18:56

Fattmax, I'd green you for that but had to spread some around. That's a laugh and well said for someone thats hurting

**bogan** · 13th May 2010, 19:06

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

You're right, what was i thinking. There are only 3 certainties in life: Death, tax and binning it.

and as far as ACC are concerned they all happen at once!

I've had similar experiences too many to count off road, once I managed to high side and knock myself out, last corner of last lap so they had to get all the riders (from next group) back for a restart.

On road I've binned once, front lock up at lights, a guy got out to help but I had it under control, I should have thanked him but was too busy swearing....

Dropped another one at a petrol station when I turned to look at some of the finer things in life, lucky I'd just put the petrol cap back on so no fuel spill.

so yeh, hope that makes you feel better.

oh, I forgot one silly moment, was using a disc lock but had inboard discs so had to chuck it on a spoke, turns out it didn't stop the wheel rotating, and half way down the road it developed massive headshake from the poor balance, at the point the siren on it also decided to go off

had a slow but very loud trip back home

**jrandom** · 13th May 2010, 19:18

Originally Posted by Hotkebab

blahblahblah I 'drove' my motorbike and then fell off it at a standstill

Yeah right right. Anyway, what everyone really wants to know is, are you attractive? Pixplz.

**hellokitty** · 13th May 2010, 19:26

shit happens...... it sucks that no one would help you though!
I have done dumb stuff, we all have - like when a little old lady drove into me, and I was so wild I jumped off the bike and forgot to put the side stand down - fell down into the gutter with the bike on top of me!
Another time I changed down in to second to go thru an intersection and put in neutral - revving and going nowhere! had to flick into first - looked like a cock, but we live and learn!