Lessons learned the hard way

[Blat450]

When leaving the pits after refuelling don't assume all the people pointing and waving are doing it to acknowledge the riding god ripping down the whoops next to the pits and not the fact my fuel cap was not on and spraying fuel all over thighs and man vegetables!

[skippa1]

Dont leave your v twin (Buell) idling on the side stand on a slight grade, you may find it isnt where you left it when you come back

[Ocean1]

Dont leave your v twin (Buell) idling on the side stand on a slight grade, you may find it isnt where you left it when you come back

My XBR would do about 2M/min on the side stand, on dead flat concrete.

[Woodman]

My XBR would do about 2M/min on the side stand, on dead flat concrete.

My Benelli does that on the centrestand when idling. Takes about 2 minutes to do a width of the shed backwards.

[Ocean1]

My Benelli does that on the centrestand when idling. Takes about 2 minutes to do a width of the shed backwards.

Do I sense, I wonder an element of competition here?

Is this the beginning of a new class formula?

[eldog]

Next time the bike tour operator says it's only light gravel all the way, think again. Was fun though after.

Mate of mine parked his Harley on side stand on a slope, idling, came back a few minutes later, it has rotated around on the side stand and then 'driven' down the slope, lucky no damage.

[AllanB]

Dont leave your v twin (Buell) idling on the side stand on a slight grade, you may find it isnt where you left it when you come back

Yeah. My old 750 twin Kawa. I had stopped to get the mail, slight downward drive. Mail in hand and watched it ever so slowly go down.

Sweet F-A damage other than pride due to old school crash bars.

Bloody mail was only bills too!

[Luckylegs]

Petrol... Must get petrol!!!!!

Fuck 90kmh looks fast when your sat on a concrete barrier on the side of the motorway just before the akl harbour bridge

Ho hum

[george formby]

If you tuck the front and bin half a dozen times check that the front wheel is not jammed solid by the clay built up under the mud guard. A first for me and fresh of the press. I also found out they don't make twigs like they used to. Took me 20 minutes to poke the clay out. And many twigs.

[Muzz67]

the tree may not hurt ya,, but the thousands of fucking ballbearing-like acorns are nerve wracking to navigate a line through!

[Woodman]

the tree may not hurt ya,, but the thousands of fucking ballbearing-like acorns are nerve wracking to navigate a line through!

As are wet pine needles............Those bastards are slippery.

[sidecar bob]

A fully loaded R1200gs two up has a very washy front end on pretty much anything loose.

[Bass]

A fully loaded R1200gs two up has a very washy front end on pretty much anything loose.

Especially sand - video confirmation from pillion's helmet cam available

[george formby]

A fully loaded R1200gs two up has a very washy front end on pretty much anything loose.

Ahhh, the dreaded hint of front wheel contact. Eons ago I moved to the North of Scotland on an XT 350. All my worldly goods piled high on the back. Every time I pulled away from a junction or accelerated past slow vehicles it hoisted the front wheel. Half way through the trip my luggage began to flop around so I suffered wheelie wobbles until I could tighten it up. At the time I thought it was hilarious. I must have been mad.

[Uncle Mo]

that moment you think you got the hang of riding a bigger bike but really still a noob that knows jack! Over confidence is a b*tch!

Was filtering to the front of traffic,

lights turned green on you suddenly (because I should have taken note on the timing but didn't),

caught in the wrong gear,

stalled bike,

panic to start it back up,

Whiskey throttled like a mofo,

Wheelie'd unintentionally,

front wheel came down like a ton of bricks.

I have no idea how I didn't crash... but I'll go buy lotto later.

Extermely lucky to come away from that with only a bruised ego... and left testicle. lol

I have sooo much to learn... I'm such an idiot.