First accident.

[Spearfish]

I know a bloke that forgot his disk lock TWICE

Yeah...now I have one that doesn't let me forget , well its supposed to.

Put my foot down at the lights and it slid sideways on the paint (wet day), the more I tried to hop back up the further it slid, farken funny now but painful then.

My brother used to ride years ago and would forget to put his feet down at the lights, especially after a really long run, would have been funnier if I wasn't the pillion.
since starting to ride myself I cant handle going pillion any more

Same brother had a pre-flight check that didn't include checking the kill switch resulting in a 15 min kicking frenzie with a couple of run and jumps before the switch was checked, funny bit was he got really bad cramp in his kicking leg and had to jump off at a busy set of lights to do a few laps around the bike.

[sinfull]

Always bin around....just dont post much because quite frankly cant be bothered with the slamming and personal attacks. I am such a precious thing.......Oh you meant JR.

Sigh !!! Good to see ya back ! Awww BTW FTW means fuck the waltz rocks !

[sinfull]

Sorry HB Just had to shut the KB hot dog stand down before it got started !

Your all good girl !

Before ya know it, you'll be warming ya bike up before taking it out on the road !

[sinfull]

He he ! Adds a little bit more chilli to his feed !

[Cayman911]

Glad you are ok and keep on riding!

reminds me back, years ago on my minibike. decided to take a shortcut through a field/park and it was quite wet so the inevitable happened and my front tire dug in the mud at like 60ks ?, and i got thrown way ahead.

im laying flat on my bike dizzy over wtf just happened, and i see people sitting on the park bench just staring at me. not one of them even asked if im ok. just a empty stare.... i just got up and rode home after a while.

makes you wonder aye? if it was me i would stop and help on the road, or the park , or anywhere to anyone

[TomJ]

dropped my bike last week an ended up with an expensive hole in the faring.....

anyway a camper van pulls up and a guy runs over saying 'I've got a Kawasaki myself let me give you a hand'. I was upright and ready to go in no time. it didn't quite make up for the damage caused but confirmed my faith in the biker world again.

[rastuscat]

It wasn't an accident, you caused it.

It's called a "lie down" and it's rite of passage.

You got to learn a great lesson at no cost other than to your ego, so you're on a winner.

So there.

[onearmedbandit]

Nothing more to add about your accident, but reminds me of an experience the other day. I was out for a ride out in the country, passed a few cars including two Honda sedans full of elderly people. I passed them 'politely' but still went past them at a decent rate of knots. Further up the road and I'm feeling like something isn't quite right with the bike (back tyre was going off) so I pulled over to inspect it. Next thing both Honda's slow down as they aproach and stop on the side of the road, windows roll down and I'm greeted with offers of assisstance. I thanked them and told them I was fine, but I was chuffed that people will still pull over to help when they can. Unfortunately it's a dying characteristic. And obviously I don't look like the big scary biker in my toothpaste tube suit on my 'jappa'.

[davereid]

.... sedans full of elderly people.... I don't look like the big scary biker in my toothpaste tube suit on my 'jappa'.

You may be surprised just how many elderly people in NZ were bikers... It always amazes me when I go somewhere like the RSA on me bike, how many of the old dudes used to ride.

[Toaster]

You may be surprised just how many elderly people in NZ were bikers... It always amazes me when I go somewhere like the RSA on me bike, how many of the old dudes used to ride.

Exactly right! And they are only too keen to ask questions and tell their biker stories too.

[Ixion]

And even more old pussies who used to pillion behind the old dudes! Get a classic British scrap iron collection and you'll be swamped by old biddies wanting to tell you about boyfriends or husbands who had "one of those" back in the day. Quite knowledgeable some of them too. And very posiitive toward bikes

[onearmedbandit]

Yep fully agree with what has been said about the elderly folk. My grandmother passed away about 15yrs ago just shy of 90, still run her own business in the middle of the city. Totally unknown to me was the fact she used to ride a HD. Once she bought a gift for my Harley riding brother from the local HD retailer, and proceeded to tell the guys in the shop that these 'new bikes make riding too easy'. Apparently the look on their faces were priceless.

[skinman]

couple of days ago bike got blown over parked at work
Think I will tie it to a post on the next windy day

[bittertwistedcute]

Nice choice of words for my nana

And even more old pussies who used to pillion behind the old dudes! Get a classic British scrap iron collection and you'll be swamped by old biddies wanting to tell you about boyfriends or husbands who had "one of those" back in the day. Quite knowledgeable some of them too. And very posiitive toward bikes

[maggot]

On the topic of people being unhelpful tossers, I had an incident that made me lose faith in mankind recently.
I'm a bit green on the bike, and I dropped at low speed doing a U-ie on a mild incline (I'm kinda short and couldn't get my foot under me in time). And so there I was with my RGV lying flat, and I'm trying to get it back vertical. This is in the middle of a pretty crowded carpark, and there was a bit of a crowd, people just staring.
Sure okay, I didn't expect anyone to exactly come screaming over to help me lift up the bike, but I really didn't expect the muscle-bound gym buff to come up to me and stand there chuckling, "Bit heavy there is it?" He just stood there chuckling til I got it back upright then walked off.
I mean really, that's just going out of your way to be a dick isn't it?