agh no dropped mine too :(

**surfchick** · 29th June 2005, 07:34

reading all the small accident posts i though naarr, that'll not happen to me...then as i was riding, ultra slow in pouring rain 10mins ago,.. up a driveway with two small lanes of concrete w. grass in between, went round a tight corner, front wheel goes round then arrrgh over she goes. back wheel dropped 4 inches into a muck pond in the middle strip and got stuck. then i could hardly get the bike lifted...driving rain...then when it's up, exhaust covered in mud and me wondering is the clutch handle supposed to look like that...the back wheel is stuck spinning...roll it forward and back and the hole gets deeper...eventually got it out by going sideways. get soaked, got muddy, grrr, but i think bike is sweet...no fairings oh my gaad the KB crew was right about the no fairings for learners thingi...so no more high and mighty for low down muddy surfchick

**Riff Raff** · 29th June 2005, 07:37

Sadly, its a fact of motorcycling that you will drop your beloved every now and then. Mine has now gone over 3 times since I got him, so hopefully that's the end of it!

**surfchick** · 29th June 2005, 07:39

Originally Posted by Riff Raff

Sadly, its a fact of motorcycling that you will drop your beloved every now and then. Mine has now gone over 3 times since I got him, so hopefully that's the end of it!

do you think would bubble wrap work??

**Riff Raff** · 29th June 2005, 07:43

Originally Posted by surfchick

do you think would bubble wrap work??

He he - nah that would just compound the general public's (i.e. chauvenist pigs) attitude that girls can't ride!

**Sparky Bills** · 29th June 2005, 08:48

Originally Posted by Riff Raff

Mine has now gone over 3 times since I got him, so hopefully that's the end of it!

Stop trying to wheelie!

**bugjuice** · 29th June 2005, 08:51

that sux! if it's any consolation, at least it wasn't onto concrete where it'd scratch everything up to buggery.. the mud is a little more forgiving..

**aff-man** · 29th June 2005, 08:55

yeh even though yours went over it still probably looks better than mine.. and i havn't even dropped it (myself) hahahaha

Oh well it happens to us all at least you didn't have a crowd of spectators.....

p.s. welcome to the crashing in driveway club, it's quite exclusive

**zadok** · 29th June 2005, 09:05

Those type of driveways should be BANNED. Never see any here.

**Sparky Bills** · 29th June 2005, 09:20

Originally Posted by surfchick

reading all the small accident posts i though naarr, that'll not happen to me...then as i was riding, ultra slow in pouring rain 10mins ago,.. up a driveway with two small lanes of concrete w. grass in between, went round a tight corner, front wheel goes round then arrrgh over she goes. back wheel dropped 4 inches into a muck pond in the middle strip and got stuck. then i could hardly get the bike lifted...driving rain...then when it's up, exhaust covered in mud and me wondering is the clutch handle supposed to look like that...the back wheel is stuck spinning...roll it forward and back and the hole gets deeper...eventually got it out by going sideways. get soaked, got muddy, grrr, but i think bike is sweet...no fairings oh my gaad the KB crew was right about the no fairings for learners thingi...so no more high and mighty for low down muddy surfchick

Sorry to hear that.
Hope you get back out there soon.

**surfchick** · 29th June 2005, 09:57

Originally Posted by zadok

Those type of driveways should be BANNED. Never see any here.

till today i always thought those were the coolest driveways. two perfect strips of concrete and a small flat grass line in between. minimal, austere-lovely. not anymore. i'musually really carefull on this drive cause its long and goes round to a back section reall tight- but i was late today, it was pouring and i was tired and grumpy. then had a mud puddle shower and got grumpier. but no damage to da bike i don't think (not that i know. was in a bad mood and rammed it in the garage

) the only other accident i had on a bike was on a farm where I was on an ag bike riding on a riverbed and rode onto a small patch of grey sand while turning. fell off in front of a van load of hunters. boo hoo. i pretended nothing had happened, picked it up and stood in the river with a massive burn on my calf from the muffler...
i don't think my future in bking is off-road

**Beemer** · 29th June 2005, 09:59

When we bought our house two years ago it had a very steep gravel driveway leading up to it. I took one look at it and said there was no way I was going to take the risk of riding my (at that stage) four month old BMW DOWN that, so we decided to get it concreted. We looked at two strips of concrete but found it was going to cost as much as having it done full width, so that's what we did. 400sqm of concrete and the cost of a decent new bike later, one lovely driveway, the envy of all the neighbours and the delight of every rider who comes to visit!

I dropped my bike at a WIMA rally five years ago, I was wheeling it backwards along a narrow concrete path and the back wheel went over the edge. I wasn't expecting it and I lost my grip on the bars and over she went. Cost me several chocolate fish... but I got a big cheer from the crowd watching!

**surfchick** · 29th June 2005, 10:05

Originally Posted by Beemer

I dropped my bike at a WIMA rally five years ago, I was wheeling it backwards along a narrow concrete path and the back wheel went over the edge. I wasn't expecting it and I lost my grip on the bars and over she went. Cost me several chocolate fish... but I got a big cheer from the crowd watching!

oh no-i hate the looking dumb on a bike in public- yes it's unavoidable when i;m actually riding as i can't hide my un-coness. but i always try to look cool driving off-in control-that would have been a funny moment in front of the punters. luckily my mudbath was an "all to myself moment" privately shared between me & my bike

**MOTOXXX** · 29th June 2005, 10:17

sorry to hear about that surfchick.

i think it was close to this time last year that there was a huge amount of posts of people dropping bikes/crashing. i think it started with jimbo on his 750. maybe because its winter.

everyone be extra safe out there please

**Eurygnomes** · 29th June 2005, 11:51

Originally Posted by surfchick

luckily my mudbath was an "all to myself moment" privately shared between me & my bike

I'd like to think that it's one of those symbiotic relationships between woman and bike. So...you must have said she was wearing the wrong shoes or something - so she took her revenge by dumping you in the mudbath.

Of course, boys may prefer to see it as she took you mudwrestling...

...whichever way, I'm glad it was just rain & mud at low speed and not concrete & gravel at highway speed hon. And at least you were on your way home (hot shower) not 'out'.