Falling off ya bike

[slofox]

Very slow day today at the vino shop. So as always, the minds strays onto irrelevant claptrap. Like falling off motorbikes.

Got to thinking. So far, of all the bikes I have ever owned or ridden, there's only one that I haven't fallen off of. That was a cb250 communter bike. It was just too boring to fall off of. Present gixxer six doesn't count yet since I still own it. But so far, it has stayed shiny side up.

So how about others? What's your falling off record like? Doesn't have to be a crash - any time it's gone over with you aboard counts.


SCORE: Fell off: 7
Stayed on: 1

See. told you it was a slow day.

[Maha]

Parked the Yamaha between two cars once (locally) and Anne was a couple park down..
A'henny way....I forgot about the side stand and down it went...
Anne could hear my cries for help, but couldn't see me...
The people in the shop across the road could and probably would have come to my aid once they had picked themselves up off floor from laughing.


Lowered the Honda once...had my foot under it so only a hand grip touched the ground in the end (thank goodness)
But once it started going, there was no stopping it, minimise the scrapes was the only option.

Never dropped the Triumph...came close at Whanga's McDonalds one night in the rain, but managed to avoid it.

Heres the Yamaha on that very day...soon after in fact.

[bluninja]

Suzuki A100 ..turned into driveway a bit sharpish hit potholes...and slid bike into carpark with me running behind.
Kawasaki ZX9R, highsided at Monza out of the Ascari (sp?) bends
Aprilia RSVR.... bounced off a tractor
Suzuki SV650 ....dropped at Manfield hairpin, Pukukohe hairpin, and slid it across the infield grass at Manfield after the esses.
Suzuki SV650S.... hit 1 of 3 polish students who took a ride on my fairing

Didn't do anything with a Kawasaki Eliminator 600, a Kawasaki ZZR600, my second RSVR, a Suzuki X5.

The DL650 hasn't been dropped yet.

[Road kill]

Had a bad crash in 1988 but haven't come off or dropped any of the four bikes I've owned since then.

[\m/]

Twice on my bandit, first was stalling out of my driveway, put feet up too soon, second was a lowside at turn 1 Taupo.

[DMNTD:Me]

I've never dropped a bike

[KiwiPhoenix]

Kawasaki EL250, dropped due to the side stand not being down, 3 times (haven't dropped it since)
Yamaha XJ750, dropped in pub carpark as I was turning, dropped leaving the Brass Monkey last year (sprained ankle and some minor damage to the bike) then dropped outside the pub as I tried to start it in 1st gear (fractured my knee, won't be doing that again in a hurry! And again, I haven't dropped it since!)

[nodrog:Me]

I've never dropped a bike

I weeeeed!

[slofox]

I've never dropped a bike

You can't be trying hard enough.

[mossy1200]

I stopped for some girls at a crossing once on a xl185s and my shoe lace was caught in the rear brake lever. hot exausts suck and so does getting laughed at.

[Oscar]

I've never dropped a bike

You're not trying hard enough.

[Oscar]

I've primarily owned dirt or adv bikes, so you know that sooner or later yer gonna drop 'em. When you don't the air of expectation becomes intolerable...

When you do, 950 adventure bikes are fucking heavy to pick up...

[SMOKEU]

I used to have a CBR250R and a CG125. Didn't manage to stack either of them.

[Akzle]

i've never fallen off a bike before being hit my something.
and only twice anyhow. both on my ts185, which got stolen, so maybe that was for the best after all.
once when some dick cutting across 3 lanes of traffic "didn't see me" when my ankle actually stopped the bike hitting the hard. and once when i was following my mate in a car around a blind corner.

he stopped...


...i did not.

headbutted his car and rolled onto the pavement.

for reference i was a good hundred yards behind him, it's not as if i was following to close, but certainly put the shits up me. lessons learned. thankfully my now-bike has bigger balls than me.

[Oakie]

Before I answer, does falling off/over when trying to push start a bike count?