Interesting ways to drop your bike

[Andrew]

Originally posted by Jim2
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He asked my why I was walking funny when we got back to Lower Hutt and got all arsey when I smacked him round the head as an answer.

Jim2

LMAO, thats bloody funny!

[MikeL]

Hey all these "true" confessions are a bit far-fetched if you ask me. Nobody could be that stupid...
I know you're all just making these stories up so as to make me feel better, being the only biker in the whole wide world who's had a bike fall over four times when he wasn't even on it.

[James Deuce]

Originally posted by MikeL
Hey all these "true" confessions are a bit far-fetched if you ask me. Nobody could be that stupid...
I know you're all just making these stories up so as to make me feel better, being the only biker in the whole wide world who's had a bike fall over four times when he wasn't even on it.

Heh!

That was just ONE of mine.

Another time I was giving my VFR400 a quick clean when I was away on holiday I was crouched down cleaning the under side of the fairing and I must have given it enough of a push to get at something to lift it off the sidestand. While holding the bike like that with my shoulder I must have knocled the sidestand up and when I stood up to admire my handywork it fell on me! Even more embarrassing the mother-in-law had to lift the bike off me (big woman!) because my legs were pinned (saved the fairing from any damage) and I couldn't reach far enough forward to get any leverage.

Jim2

[Motoracer]

I am sure the Italian bike owners have some tragic stories about accidents with those dodgy as spring operated side stands. Come on, time to confess

[matthewt]

Originally posted by Motoracer
I am sure the Italian bike owners have some tragic stories about accidents with those dodgy as spring operated side stands. Come on, time to confess

I've had several close calls, including one at a gas station recently while several bikers were watching.  The only time it's actually fallen over because of the stand was when someone sat on it while I was in a shop.

[danb]

it turned out he had fallen asleep and fell off his bike

LMAO

[Coldkiwi]

that is pretty funny he must've felt like a dope!

[Dave]

Ever done the; pulled up at the lights,go to put foot down,shoelace looped around gear lever. Falls over.

[matthewt]

Originally posted by Dave
Ever done the; pulled up at the lights,go to put foot down,shoelace looped around gear lever. Falls over.

Did it on my cbr900 while going to a shop on my luchbreak (hence no boots on).  I know of a VINZ workshop that did that while they were testing a brand new MV F4 that had just been sold.  As the bike went down the the guy wound the throttle which spun the bike around (on the ground!!).  I had my MV tested there 2 weeks later so the same guy looks at me and says "I'll just go and put my boots on". 

[marty]

Originally posted by Dave
Ever done the; pulled up at the lights,go to put foot down,shoelace looped around gear lever. Falls over.

i didn't fall off, but a huge lane of cars that i had just split watched as i screamed off in 1st gear thru the red light, unable to untangle myself to change into 2nd.......

[Coldkiwi]

not actually crashed getting the lace stuck but been very very close to it sometimes! another great reason to wear proper boots

[Big Dog]

All of this makes some of my fuckwit moments seem pretty tame.

Not with the laces as I only wear laces on high tops on the bike.

Have got my foot stuck on both sides at different times after particularly aggressive cornering. Lesson 1 adjust your controls properly.

As to funnies here are 2

1 Just learning, so I take my Honda cb100 circa 1970 to a freinds house "just for the practice".
Mental checklist:
Clutch in.
Throttle off.
Out of gear (a bit of guess work here as there is no neutral light.)
Side stand down.
Swing leg over.
Make sure the stand will take the weight.

And now the drama. Let go with left hand to grab the key to switch off (no kill switch).

F@#$en thing still in 2nd up onto the back wheel and bouncing along on it's merry way. Please note by now I don't have either hand on the bars and it does not go down.

No that would be too easy.

It's of down the main drag on one wheel with the "rider" in hot pursuit on foot. Caught up with it about 30m down the road (it went back down on two wheels about 15m up the road). Grab both handle bars but it's no good can't get a grip on the clutch run along side as the now accelerating bike tries to break free from the rapidly decalerating rider. Front wheel comes up. No choice I throw one foot on the pegs and mount up, kind of how you used to mount up on pushbikes before you grew into them.

No damage (except to pride) and I thought no witnesess until the following friday down at the pub the publican made the announcement that he had a video of special interest to the locals

2 A female of interest was dead cert that hogs were the shit and jappas were just shit. So when she agreed to a date I took here for a BLAT and showed her the superiority of a good sports bike

All seemed well until I went to leave. Knowing she did not think much of stunters I thought I would impress her by not trying to impress her so I rolled the length of her drive in neutral
Until i got to the other end. Blackberry either side meant leaving the safety of the concrete for the grass strip in the middle. Yup gently apply both brakes. Blink. Why is my bike lying accross my leg?

For some unknown reason she never returned my calls.

[bluninja]

My embarrassing put down was  my first bike 1 hour after getting it. I had been 'learning' by lapping the college carpark and decided I would now head back to my hostel (housing 60 other teenage marine engineers). Arriving at the potholed driveway I decided I could lean the bike over and get across in front of the oncoming car. That was no problem.....leaning a suzuki A100 through a potholed tarmac drive was.

The bike went down, and I sort of stepped off executed an athletic forward roll and ran behind the bike as it slid on it's side into the car park with an audience of marine engineer students and their bikes. Only damage was to my pride and a snapped off brake lever end (which I never replaced).

Since then I have almost dropped a ZZR600 whilst dismounting. Swung leg off and leant bike at the same time onto the sidestand that wasn't down. Jammed my knee under the bike to stop it landing on it's side. As it was picth black nobody saw me, but I learnt to check the side stand is down before getting off.

My RSVR has now been down on both sides. First was me working on the bike. I had just put an easyrizer stand under it ready to jack it off the floor, when I heard my daughter screaming as if dying. I ran from the workshop to find it was just some minor sibling dispute. I returned just in time to see my pride and joy tip over (this stand is supposed to be really stable) and crunch the carbon fibre ari deflector against the wall.

Second time was at Pukekohe. I decided not to do tracktime as I didn't want to damage my bike. I parked it on the new tarmac at the bottom of the footbridge and went to find where my mates were parked up. Just as I'm walking back to move it I see it rotate over the silly sidestand and land on it's side with a crunch. The other air deflector, an indicator and some scrapes the only damage. The sidestand keeps the bike so vertical that 2 cms of sink in the tarmac made the bike tip over the top of the sidestand BUGGER!

TTFN

[Goddess of Goof]

My embarrasing "offs" have all had witnesses, in various stages of shock-horror, or amusement.  I dropped my Yamaha FZR 250 outside the Waitangi meeting house Russell, in front of a whole bus-load of fascinated Japanese tourists, I think it was the most interesting thing that they had seen all day, oh yes.   And dropped it again outside Uni in Alfred Street, where I gaily tried to park it on the gravel, looking cool as cucumber   didn't notice the bloody tree roots, bike over while I half on half off, motor still running and students swarming all over the place cos it was between lectures - a guy helped me pick it up, and he vanished quickly into the crowd, leaving me red-faced.     Dropped my brand new Suzy RF in front of a large audience of Wombles from McDonalds in Quay Street and the group of Ulysses Club riders I was with. CRASH ! Locked up the front by stopping too sharp and down I was, before I knew I had done that.  Goes to prove that girls shouldn't try to ride those damned nasty machines.  Dropped it on the OTHER side when trying to leave a veggie stand on the Riverhead road and was too slow and careful, not enough revs, Aaaaarg, caught head down in the gutter and foot under the bike, trapped until released by riding buddy....... the guys and checkout chick in the veggie place just watched. No concern. Goes to show, too many potatoes in your pouch is bad for you.    This is the funniest thread I've read for ages, thanks guys, cheered me up.

[k14]

Well i have dropped my current VT250 five times since i have had it.

1.) Owned it for about 3 months, come home from uni, go to put right foot down on gravel driveway, slide. Me pinned under it. No damage.

2.) Come home from shops with bag of chips in supermarket bag. Go to put bag down on the ground (gravel again) to get off. Bag catches on handle bars, sets me off balance then drop bike on left side. Clutch lever snaps and goes flying for about 5 meters. Stuff back trying to pick it up not bending my knees.

3.) At mates house, turning around in driveway. Foot slips on gravel again, down on left side. No one has seen so i try to quickly pick it up without anyone noticing with the ignition still on. Grab handle bars and knock the horn Mates come out of house pissing themselves. Guttered. No damage.

4.) Just backing it out of garage after doing fork seals. Standing too close to left side and it starts to go to the right. Dont have enough leverage to keep it up. Bent brake lever, but only a little.

5.) Pushing bike backwards down a gravel driveway at a bike shop. Drop it on the right side again Bend brake lever more, just about at 90 degrees. Try to straighten it to no avail, snap it in half, $15.

So i think i should be alright as long as i stay away from gravel driveways. Lets hope that 5 is my quota for the next 10 years