DOH! Falling off a stationary bike

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

Bad luck buddy and a thumbs up to the dude that helped you pick it up.
I know I'd rather fall of at that speed than anything any faster given the choice.

[Love my Bonnie]

I've been riding my mates 955i Daytona.
Dropped the bloody thing in the gas station, at least only my ego was bruised LOL

[The Pastor]

The most embarrassing accident of my whole biking days today (15yrs) and I feel like a complete knob!! Pulled up at a set of lights about 1k from home and fell off my bike while it was stood completely still!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As i stopped my draggin jeans caught somewhere / somehow in the area of the right foot peg. Had already leant slightly that way to put my foot down and arrrgghhh, fuck i'm stuck. In the milli second thereafter just managed to jump off as the bike crashed to the ground!!
The sight of your bike laid on its side is just the worst thing ever.

Damage:
1 x Footpeg hanger
1 x Indicator
1x Ego

Lessons:
Tuck jeans into boots or get some clips.
Its true that most accidents happen within 10k of your home, so fuck it i'm gonna move somewhere else.

Big thanks to the guy in an Hyundai SUV who was behind me and got out to help without laughing his head off. He stopped the traffic, lifted up the bike with me and waited till i'd drove off

Yep you are a knob, and now everyone knows it.

[Swoop]

Best moving to a hilly area so that your right foot stays glued to the brake pedal.

Either foot can get caught up, not just one side.

[crazyhorse]

I bet most of us have done that before................. I will put my hand up to admit I've done it stationery, but all I could do was laugh as it went down

[Mrs Shrek]

thinking back to the 08 kb rally i seem to remember a certain "old rider" with mrs oldrider on the back showing off in front of tv cameras. think he felt rather
not to mention myself very recently when practising at home for the bhs i came off (no problem) got back on but bike was not running properly so decided to go and park it. turned around and stalled on a hump on the ground and couldn't put my feet down, bent foot brake and the end off the accelerator
Neighbour came to the rescue 2nd time and "shrek" did the fixing of the bike

[longwayfromhome]

Strange things happen with bikes...I was at a National Park entrance station in the US one day...had been riding the bike for 10 days, thoroughly aclimatized with it.....when I pulled to a stop, I just got off, forgetting to put down the side stand. Never done it previously, never done it since....hard to explain! As tall as I am, it takes two to lift my bike.

[rocketman1]

I have had this happen when locked into push bike pedals, so i know exactly how you felt.
You got it right though , morale of the story tuck your jeans into your boots, or make sure your trouser straps around your boots are done up tight.

Tell you one thing it wont happen to you again, but it will happen to others, because people don't learn from others mistakes.

[mr-burger]

OK, I'll admit one too. 2 weeks ago parking my 6 day old Tiger in central Taka. Still not too sure what happened to be honest but I was on full right lock which meant the bike only scratched a $50 plastic hand guard, whew!! Luckily nothing was driving down the road cos I ended up sprawled all over it. Funny thing was when I killed the engine and stood up to see who could help me pick it up I was surrrounded by hundreds of 80+ pensioners!!!! I was so pissed off/angry/embarrassed I just picked it up like it was paper. Adrenaline is a good response!!

[Shiny side up]

Just stopped off at a mates place on the way to the Cold Kiwi. Went to hop off the bike and caught my boot in my bag. Caught the bike before it hit the ground and pushed it back up.

Note to self.... next time let the dam thing fall......torn calf muscle is a nuisance and takes forever to heal.

[Spearfish]

Just stopped off at a mates place on the way to the Cold Kiwi. Went to hop off the bike and caught my boot in my bag. Caught the bike before it hit the ground and pushed it back up.

Note to self.... next time let the dam thing fall......torn calf muscle is a nuisance and takes forever to heal.

Fark, what a bastard of an injury.


I bet instinctively you would catch it again though.

[pzkpfw]

First time I put gas in the Z.

Rode out of the servo, and stopped to wait my turn to enter traffic. My front wheel was just on the (very wide) road and my back wheel was on the footpath.

Put my foot down, and couldn't reach the ground - I was just over the gutter, and it was deep. Only just kept it up, and lesson learned.

(Bike's been down just once - and that was in my garge moving it around (zero km/h, engine off) while sitting on it. Lost balance and couldn't catch it. Frack. Another lesson.)

[cheesemethod]

Stopped at the Dairy Flat BP on the Impulse about a year ago. Had a bit of a brain fart while parking and let the clutch out before putting it in neutral. Lost my balance as the bike lurched forward and went down with the bike. Thankfully the only damage was a cracked indicator lens and snapped an inch off the end of the clutch lever, enough left for me to continue the ride.

[Madmax]

Many years ago i pulled up to gas station put my foot
in a patch of oil when stopping splat!
bikes on its side,
did a good recovery though
Just left it on the ground like i ment to do it
got up and walked inside and bought a coke!
Z900 did not hurt it at all.

[A_Mans_Ruin]

My first ride on the R1, after every one told me it was too big for me yadda yadda.... your gona kill yourself blah blah blah...
I was second at the intersection, only a slight camber to the road, left foot down... and im thinking... wheres the road.... slight tip.... uh oh.... and we were over.
Had the bike sitting on my thigh refusing to let her touch the ground... I knew Id never hear the end of it. Now way this girl was getting it back up tho. Thankfully between snorts of laughter my so called friends jumped of thier bikes and got us upright again....

No damage phew...