Ever dropped ya bike at standstill??

[mikey]

Of Course, I do not drink and ride/drive anymore

yeh me to

[Shaun]

yeh me to

Its because of the bumps

[bell]

Came back to my Z750 a few weeks back after doing a first aid course to find some C*%T had backed into the bike and knocked it down. They had very kindly picked it up and put it on its stand again though. No note left, no witnesses can be found....means I'm up for the $500 excess. So far the quote is at $3500. Scratched and bent quite a few bits. But the ultimate fucking irony, and I deserve some bling for this I reckon (!), is that the night before I had unsuccessfully attempted to put on a set of crash posts! They would have been on it if I had been able to get a hold of a long enough 8mm hex head wrrench...). Yep, sad but true eh. That bike will NOT get ridden out of the workshop until those crash posts are on it!

[Crisis management]

I've definately dropped a few bikes but only rarely at a standstill, it takes rare talent to achieve that BMW

I think (and I am looking for the brain cell dedicated to rembering things "that" long ago...) the most embarassing standstill one was trying to impress a new girlfriend.

She was on the footpath waiting to be picked up, I flamboyantly nailed the bike towards (4 into 1, no baffle) her, pulled up, flicked the side stand down and stood up on the pegs to dismount.
Sidestand carefully slotted between the grill on a gutter drain and I faceplanted at her feet.

She was quite impressed!

[Kickaha]

I'm still not sure how I managed this but I hopped on my BMW R75/7 in the driveway and promptly fell straight over and off the other side ( I was sober) luckily the BMW twins have those sticky out bits so you dont have to lift them as far

1992 (or 93 cant remember) just finished 19 1/2 hours riding on the 1000 miler and pull into Turangi Motor Camp, I go to put the Darmah on the centre stand, lifting under the seat as I always did and it come off in my hand and the bike falls over, I think someone even got it on video

[Her_C4]

Hmmmmm - maybe I have ....... on at LEAST one occasion One of the issues some of us that are vertically challenged face ... always looking for a bit of flat ground to stop on

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=6366

[petesmeats]

yep i was riding down to christchurch from wellington at the beginning of this year and i got to Kaikoura fine and decided to stop for some lunch (about 4pm saturday.) at a lookout somewhere (loose gravel carpark) ... I finished my fish and chips and then went to back my bike out of the carpark and my foot slipped on the gravel... Downski's... It went down hard. right next to a touring couple on a BMW Luckily they were a nice couple... They helped me pick it up. On close inspection of my unscratched neptune pipe i discovered minor scratching and then decided to check other more integral parts of the bike and found that i no longer had a front brake lever... Rode the rest of the way to christchurch with rear and engine brakes only... DoDgy

[rwh]

I haven't dropped mine yet (fingers crossed), but I've had a couple of nervous moments ...

I've made a policy of never getting on or off without the sidestand down - if I want to put it on (or take it off) the centre stand, I do so with the sidestand down as well. I then have at least one 'safe' way to lose control

Richard

[mdooher]

Exactly one year ago today my wife and I drove to High Country Motorcycles in Fairly, that’s inland from Timaru for those who are wondering, to take a look at a nice shiny red Ducati ST2. “WOW yummy I’ll take it” or words to that effect went through my mind. But being totally cool, after a suitably long discussion period I actually said “looks ok, I’ll just need to take it for a test ride”.

Off I went, up the 1km long dirt track that served as the driveway and onto the main road toward Tekapo. After about 10min of smiling I thought I should make my way back so at the first opportunity decided to do a U turn….

Guess What! A Ducati ST2 has a much bigger turning circle than a GSX250. The result was that the front wheel hit the wet grass that sloped away from the road and to cut a long story short I was left standing over the bike holding the bars to stop it sliding down the slope.

I got myself on to the right side of it with my boots JUST on the roadway and through sheer adrenaline and embarrassment lifted it up and pulled it back up the slope. Zero damage

I discovered two things that day
1) I love my Ducati
2) I can lift my Ducati

[kensuem]

Many,many years ago I was late riding to Tech college in the UK,due to 3 inches of hard packed snow on the roads,I pulled into the car park and went to haul my Royal Enfield Constelation onto its centre stand.My feet shot out from underneath me and i ended up under the bike,which weighed a ton,or thats what it felt like! Due to the snow and ice I couldnt get a grip on the ground,and ended up laying there for 15 minutes untill another late arriver turned up and helped lift the bike off me.I was just glad the hot exhaust wasnt on my side!Although the bike was powerful,because of its weight,the power to weight ratio wouldnt allow the wheelies that modern bikes do,although opening the throttle hard on a wet road one day did cause the back wheel to slide round sideways.From memory I think the Connie was about 54 hp.

[Jsn]

Ha the same day I bought my mint condition (not a scratch on it) RG250, I parked it on a slight incline at the beach.. everything was fine so i walked to get a coffee.
20 METRES LATER!!!!
Heard a crash, turned around and yelled obscenities at it. gr. Turns out when you park on a hill on a windy day you REALLY REALLY shouldn't leave the bike in neutron.
Was kinda funny, becuase we had sat down for a coffee and saw my friends car drive past us on the back of a tow truck, so I thought to myself "hmmmm better move the bike eh".. in hindsight i should have left it where it was.

Also dropped my tzr in my driveway (not quite sure how it happened.. just let go of it..
Also when I picked the TZR up after buying it, I put it on a trailer and we got all the way to the turn going onto my friends street before the strops gave way and the bike smashed onto the side of the trailer thats just good fortune after already driving for an hour.

[Timber020]

Wellington has alot of steep driveways and streets, I have dropped my bikes about 5 times around the place, every time because my downhill leg was about a foot to short.

[Zapf]

haha... yea dropped my VTR250 at the 1st day of my CBTA course, the instructors wern't too impressed.

And with my SV650S, dropped it doing a U turn the 2nd day I own it while looking up at the wind farms.

[NSR-Dan]

Damn People

If i ever see an auction onn trade me for a 2nd hand bke and it says "never been dropped" im not goin to believe it.

[axamax]

Yep! Triumph T140 (Left the chain on it), BMW R45(reversed back and hit kerb too early), GL1500 (3am, put the stand down and didn't notice the pothole). BMW K1200LT(Putting it on it's Hydraulic Centre Stand- panicked when both feet left the ground and let go of the button.)
I have a copy of the PIck Up video, I'll try to post it