How dumb are you, or were you?

[T.I.E]

rode upto the bank, parked the bike and saw two hot ladies walking my way. thinking i'm on a bike looking cool.
trying to impress.
as they got closer i went to hop off the bike. forgot the side stand. bike started tipping over i couldn't hold the bike up. fell over bike on its side and i tried to get it up but too late the ladies saw everything.
and needless to say i kept my helmet on.
they stopped and asked if i needed help which was nice but "no thanks ladies i'm fine"
what a real excellent moment that was.

2nd would have to be riding the inside lane of the panmure roundabout, and chain flopped off. rear wheel locked up. managed to move or wriggle the bike into a safe area ( the bloody round about ) sitting in the middle of the island pulling the bike apart being watched by bloody everyone fixing my bike.
oh the shame.
and again the helmet never came off.

thank fully both were done on my little 250.

[Mental Trousers]

Me and the girlfriend were doing some work on the back end of her TT400. We decided we'd have to get it to the shop so the guys could take a look at it so she was in a hurry to get there before the shop closed. Told her not to rush putting her bike back together but she did anyway. We get half way there (I'm following her) and her back wheel starts to wobble left and right and then the backend jumps up and down. She sat by the side of the road having heart failure while I tighten everything up again.

We were pissed at a mates place. They had this huge back lawn and an RD50, so we marked out a racetrack using empty bottles (of which there were many). We all took turns blasting out our best laps (without helmets). I get on for another go, scream around the yard and the front wheel hits one of our track markers and jumps up in the air. It comes back down and then just slides and slides and ..... me and the bike end up smack bang in the middle of everyone. Luckily the bike only glanced a couple of people rather than fully barrelling anyone. I came out of it all muddy, but other than that I was fine and laughing my stupid drunken ass off.

[ducatilover]

i was riding past my old school last night impressing the mates with my new toy.....as i went out of the corner in front of the school i opened up in first down the staight forgetting that a 650 v-twin has a wee bit of power and did a wonderful long powerslide but managed to keep it under control unitl i hit the red at 90k and put it in second and took off down the road......thats the closest to embarrasing thing i've ever done.... i got called a nutty fucker cos i overtook my mates prelude at 180kph jus'cos'i'could i said.... maybe i am not an embarrasing person?

[Motu]

One day I went to see a couple of chicks in Ponsonby (one now my wife) on my Rickman Metisse - through the gate and down the steps and narrow path between house and corrogated iron fence to the back yard.Upon leaving I do the standard Motu demo - a full lock feet up 180 on the back lawn,but I entered the path between house and fence a bit out of shape and had to pick the bike up to get through,and put the left bar into the corugated iron fence....with my fingers behind the steel clutch lever! I can't stop,and the bars want to slam the front wheel into the wall,so I just grit my teeth and keep the power on,bang,bang,bang down the wall,up the steps and out the gate.The pain was excruciating,but they didn't know that eh?

I used to run full knobs on the Rickman,as my street bike...and one of my 'acts'' was to do pivot turns and donuts on seal,not a common trick in those days.But once I tried a competition trials tyre on the bike,these have very soft rubber like a racing slick and give very good grip on seal.So,one day hanging around with my mates I decide to leave,and as I'm parked by the curb figure I'll do a 180 pivot turn...um forgeting about the grip my tyre now has.The bike is leaned over to the right to do my pivot - but the back wheel doesn't spin at all and I pull a huge 10 o'clock wheelstand and do my U turn hanging off the bars,unable to throttle off,I somehow manage to pull it off without crashing into anything....but it was luck,pure luck I didn't take out people or cars.

One day my friends are at a trial - I come in the farm gate in a full lock slide I can't get out of and nearly end up in the pond.My mates are under a tree drinking wine,and after a couple of swigs I ask what's happening.They point to a big hill and say the trials guys have been trying all day,but none can get to the top - they wonder if I can get up on the Rickman.No worries I say,and off I go - I hit the bottom of the hill WOT in 2nd and charge up....half way up I find out why the trials bikes can't get up,there is a huge fortification trench,6ft deep and 6ft wide.Too late to stop,I just keep it nailed and sail into the air,and landing the trench swallows the bike,but I manage to stay on and get to the top.At the bottom they reckon they saw me ''disapear''. Later I have a front tyre blow out and find a broken fork spring.

This is just a few on one bike....I've had dozens of bikes....

[parsley]

Doing training for my Part 1 test in Pomland (before they changed all the rules) on an offroad course behind the instructors office (somewhere in Southampton). Riding an old Honda 100 CC and the instructor gets me to ride up the side of a 6 foot hump in the centre of the course. Worried about having enough speed (it was pretty steep) so open the throttle as I get halfway up the hump. The rear wheel pulls forward while the front goes up, the bike leaves the ground and does a 180 before landing on top of me. The petrol tank drops straight off the frame and dumps its contents over my old denim jacket. I had to ride home stinking of fuel, but didn't date stop for a ciggie...

Visiting my old school the summer after I left for a course, drove the bike into the school car park which was gravel. Got off to go and ask at the office where I was supposed to be going. Returned to the bike, started the engine and gunned it as a I turned to leave the car park. Bike slides out on gravel, I fall over and get my leg burnt by the exhaust.

[speights_bud]

Back when i was youngin at intermediate (about 5years ago) i was riding around he riverbanks on my ag200, went to ride up the bank onto the flat above it and decided to nail the gas, bike pulled itself into a wheelie, shot up the bank on the rear wheel and proceeded to do a half backflip (of which i fell off during) Although unhurt i managed to bend the right hand side handle bar at right angles to the regular position downwards. Damn it was weird riding it back to the workshop like that before 'fixing' it by levering it straight with a long pipe Bloody farmers sons eh?

[stunz]

parked the bike up for 5 weeks while waiting for a new fuel pump to arrive from japan land, only to find out that the reason it was making that god awful noise was NOT cos it was broken, but because the freaking thing was running on air. I can't believe I didnt think to put more gas in it...FOR FIVE FRIKKEN WEEKS!!

I also tried to ride off once with a padlock through the disc...I kind of stopped in a hurry, and spent an hour or so getting the durned thing off..

Then there was the time I thought I'd try my XR out on the hump on Military road (before they put the speed humps in...) Never having been airborne before, I think I handled it quite nicely...amazing how quickly the front end goes up when your pulling the bars back with all your might trying to hang on for dear life... eh...

A few more, like fumbling around trying to figure out why the bike wont start while staring blindly at the kill switch and not even comprehending that it is switched to the off position, but hey! no reason to give my wife any more ammo for her girls nights...

[FROSTY:Me]

I had an old GT750 kwakka--basicly a z750 with a big tank and a shaft drive
I rode it till the tank emptied --which was some 350km or so--I rode into the gas station -Stopped turned the bike off --Then fell over -I d just plum forgotton to put my feet down

[Mumbles]

Moved gear lever to new position. Tested said lever, found bike stalled every time. Thought I had farked up bike.



Forgot about kickstand starter interlock...

Proceded to feel stupid for some time...

Been caught by this also didnt think much of my mate laughing for the first 11 attempted hill start take offs. 20 min later the shoe was on the other foot when he droped his ZXR9 while turning around in the middle of nowhere (touched front break on stones and was like a slowmotion fall).

[Brian d marge]

Then there was the time I thought I'd try my XR out on the hump on Military road (before they put the speed humps in...) Never having been airborne before, I think I handled it quite nicely...amazing how quickly the front end goes up when your pulling the bars back with all your might trying to hang on for dear life...
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there used to be a good jump in Greers road is it ?? over fendalton way ...I used to give it welly on me ole 360 .... lost a gas cap or 2 ...one day there was a policeman directing traffic over the other side of the jump eerr railway crossing .....and the cars were backed up to the base of said crossing ....
I didnt hit ant cars ,,,and I didnt get a ticket ,,,,cos said copper thought I had learnd me lesson .....he was right to ....

* if I was back in CHCH on a mx bike ,,,I would see how far ,,,just for old times sake *

Stephen
dont believe in this older and wiser stuff ,,,,it dont work ....I returned mine

[redbaron36]

Probably my stupid things include running out of gas twice, taking off with by lock still on and cutting it clean in half, and not turning the park lights off for a flat battery.

Does anyone else notice that a lot of threads include mistakes from trying to impress other mainly females.

[Divot]

First time on a bike, road up the drive (2-300 metres) turned around and rode back. Was only told about the accelerator (not about the brakes) and road though the side of the olds fiberboard house, You know when the cat are away the mice will play!

[stunz]

First time on a bike, road up the drive (2-300 metres) turned around and rode back. Was only told about the accelerator (not about the brakes) and road though the side of the olds fiberboard house, You know when the cat are away the mice will play!

Must happen a lot. My first time on a 2 wheeler, I rode my friends friends DR through the back of the shed. Thought the throttle was the brake and kept twisting it. Busted my foot up on a dwang/stud/piece of wood in the wall...Hey! The bike WAS just sitting there and I WAS double dared...

[inlinefour]

did a powerstand though town, cost me $550 and as a teenager that was a bucket load of money

[Macktheknife]

Was really early in my riding days, (around 9yo) got on my older brothers Suzuki 125, rode around the garden a couple of times, dropped it by going to slow! Not satisfied with this level of embarrassment I got my other brother out to enjoy the fun also, got him on the back and he starts swinging around everywhere... I had no idea how to control it and promptly rode the bike into the pool in the back yard.
Couldnt get the bastard back out again, had to wait for help to arrive and took 4 of us to lift it out of the pool from the inside, unfortunately there wasnt another 4 to grab it from the outside of the pool so dropped it again! then had to explain to brother how bike had got mud and grass everywhere and now wouldnt go. Dad never found out how the pool had all the grass and a small oil slick in it.
Brother never let me ride again.... go figure!