Oh no she dropped it

[snuffles]

Well, you know how I told you she bought a new bike, well she dropped it

not really any speed, just forgot to put the side stand down, before dismounting.......

Had to spend at least an hour telling her it was ok , that we had all done it......

Hope it doesnt put her off................She was doing so well.

[Qkchk:Me]

It happens to the best of us. Look on the bright side, she will NEVER, EVER forget to put her stand down again. It may even stop her from making the fatal mistake of leaving it down..............

[snuffles]

luckily she has a bike with a kill switch when stand is down, but shi is still pissed off.

[James Deuce]

That is an utterly normal learning event and one reason why an unfaired bike is a good idea for a noobie. Sorry.

Tell her not to sweat it from me and no way do I think she's stupid.

We have indeed, all done it.

[Mrs Old Farts]

Well im sorry to hear that but on my first try of my new bike i also dropped it ON ME !!! sure as hell was not gonna let it hit the road so i decided not to let it go and i stayed between the road and it Ha I came off worse.
Its a case of trying to remeber to do the brake,clutch stop thing and most of all PUT THE FEET DOWN

[XTC]

Just to make her feel better I just thought I'd mention that I've never done that..... Done alot of other stupid shit tho

[sels1]

We have indeed, all done it.
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Well, most of us anyway. Me for one.

[heavenly.talker]

Every biker is intitled to at least one dumb incident without too much ribbing. Consider part of the intiation process!
Mine... I lowsided on the side of a hill while being distracted by another rider. Both bike and me ended up flat down on the road.
I looked at all the gas coming up and thought F**K that's $5 of gas that I'm losing so I jumped up and picked the bike up. The challenge was to stop it going over on the other side because of all the adrenlian I had pumping.
One red face and no other injuries to me or the bike later, I P***ed myself laughing, got back on and enjoyed the rest of the day riding.

Sweet! I was christened as being a real rider that day!

[grumpyoldkcman]

hi ,
I recently rode the FOGOTTEN HIGHWAY between Taumaranui & Stratford,
never has a road been more aptly named ,unless you want to peddle a quad or paris-dakar FORGET IT .
I ride an Aprillia rsv & live near Taumaranui , if youd like a major rave on it
drop me a line . it was the best test of my riding skills i've had in a decade.
------a rating with a smiley---

[Karma]

Can't say I've ever dropped a bike... had it lean pretty far a couple of times, but at 6'4" and 130kgs I can hold it fairly solid until about 30-40degrees from vertical.

Must admit the kill switch for leaving the side stand down is invaluable on my bike, still havn't got used to knocking the side stand up, and takes me at least two cut-outs to remember the bloody thing is still down!

[Skunk]

Every biker is intitled to at least one dumb incident...

One? Bugger. Over quota again.

[James Deuce]

Well, most of us anyway. Me for one.

You filthy, filthy man.

[gamgee]

yeah lol i did it with the sr250
twice

[Zapf]

Less than a year ago I dropped my VTR250 in front of my CBTA class and instructor... that was a great start of a day I tell u.

And then dropping my SV650S on the 2nd day I have it while looking up at the wind farms.

Feel better?

[Biff]

Bugger. That's biking life for ya. Just when you think you have it all sorted, you forget the daftest of things. Onwards and upwards, and I hope your good lady brushes this hiccup off as a mere 'experience' and continues to enjoy the many joys of motormacycling for years to come.