My first drop - already

[The Big J]

sorry to hear that but your a good lil battler for not letting it put you off. can you give me some info on those things that stopd your bike from getting damaged they sound good and might be worth my while chucking some on my bike.

Crash Bungs

I'm not sure if Wgtn motorcycles fitted them or they were on the bike but they were a VERY intelligent addition. the bike has a scratched muffler and lost the hero knob out of the peg.

Edit: point being no unsightly paintwork scratches - protects engine

[gijoe1313]

Ahh well, at least you're okay and your bike is in riding condition! All good I say - sounds like you've reflected over the salient points and know what you did, all good!

Glad to hear you are still keen on riding and enjoying the taste of two wheels of freedom!

Btw, I binned on my 2nd day of riding at nana speeds! Now you've got it out of your system, never have to worry about it again (much!) On ya!

[The Big J]

Just to comment in Steffi's defence here that she was saved from anything nasty happening BECAUSE she was taking it easy. I have changed to neutral several times and probably mmm 3 times, have only saved a fall by upper body strength. When you're off balance by something happening like that, I guess it's just a nasty way to learn how things go.

her attitude was great. thoroughly pissed off but after sitting down for 5 minutes, rode gently back into town.

I felt really bad. First time i've seen someone fall over who wasn't me!

[skelstar]

Well good on ya Steffi.
I only seem to find false neutrals when Im in the middle of dodgy passing manouvres...not cool.

[Drum]

...I only seem to find false neutrals when Im in the middle of dodgy passing manouvres...

For me its normally when a whole lot of girls are watching.......doh

[Ghost Lemur]

Squat down, with your back to the bike

That site actually shows a method that is non optimal. The chick is using her back to do the lifting, a good way to stuff your back up for the rest of your life.

When lifting a bike (or anything else) *don't* use your back. Squat , and use the strong muscles of your legs and thighs. Easier, and you don't risk stuffing up your spine.

What he said.

Also do some practice in the backyard on the grass. Lay it down, pick it up.

I'm a small week girly type guy and once you get the technique right (which I'm still working on) it's amazing how easy it can be (supposedly).

[lukelin250]

theres a thread on here somewhere that shows lots of easy manouvres for picking up a bike. even had photos of a small lady picking up some massive touring bike,so anythings possible.

[Grantasaurus]

At least it wasn't a write off like my poor ZZR. Doesn't take much, my crash was only at like 35-40ks...
Pity about the horse truck coming the other way.... that pretty much munted the bike.
Damn patch of oil or diesel on the road making me lowside it

[Sphinx]

Hi guys thanks a lot for your nice comments - I really appreciate that! Oh there is no way that this little stupid incident put me off from riding/ learning. How I said it before I knew it gonna to happen one day anyway and there is no point to be stressed out because that doesnt change anything. And how you guys said before you learn from your mistakes. And I won´t drive and lean again with black beauty without any gear - rides better with a gear :-) and I was never a fan from kissing the ground so THAT mistake will hopefully not happen again...
Well I went for a ride today because I didn´t ride since SATURDAY as the weahter was so bad. I really LOVE Wellington but man the wind sometims annoys me quite a lot! Special today. I rode along the coast and it was SO windy that I had to stop two times. It was even to strong (the wind) when I speeded up it just didnt work out for me. Still bugs me a bit because that just makes me to a better rider after a whil. But I gave certainly not up to ride in the windy wind and managed it without drop him again
I spoke already with Crasherfromwayback and he will show me the technice how to pick it up! That will be great (not that I planto drop it again ) and necessary for me as well!
Wow it´s really interesting to read what you all have gone thru already! And thanks a lot for the "how to pick my bike up" and the recommedation about the test with Andrew and Lynn!

Well black beauty was an import from Japan and as far as I know were these protection things already there! Pete, please how do you call these good protection things on the side??
So I will practice very soon (in the grass where its really soft for black beauty) how to pick him up and I will let you know how I am going with it.
Oh well my dears I hope you didn´t fell in a sleep after reading my "quick text"
I will talk to you very soon and oh yeah: Thanks for the tip that the "KB catch up" is Thrusdays I will try to find more out so I can go to them!!!

[Static]

full credit for taking it soo well and ur lucky for not gettin hurt. my first bin happened in the first week if me ownin my bike i emergency braked to avoid a car that pulled out 5m infront of me nd the bike stoped way faster than i expected and went through the windscreen nd over the handel bars, nice brused ribs nd the stupid car dident even stop. put me off ridin for a week

[Crasherfromwayback]

I spoke already with Crasherfromwayback and he will show me the technice how to pick it up! That will be great (not that I planto drop it again ) and necessary for me as well!


Pete, please how do you call these good protection things on the side??

And God knows I've had more practice than most!!

Crash Bungs

[dickytoo]

And God knows I've had more practice than most!!

Crash Bungs

that's true, I've seen quite a few of his early ones!

Can i borrow your training wheels, it seems like anthony could use them!

[McJim]

I've got a 2003 VTR250 - it has no crash bungs and has been dropped at low speed too - nice Celtic Runes inscribed along the exhaust but didn't suffer any damage to the paintwork, frame or engine at all. Don't know how necessary crash bungs really are on a naked bike.

Neutral instead of 2nd - easily done - you'll get to the point that you instinctively know there's no power on tap and will automatically flick your left foot into a gear to hold the bike up.

I will need to learn bike lifting technique for the day when I have a bigger bike. At the moment I just haul the VTR up one handed - the benefit of being a big bloke on a small bike eh?

[skelstar]

I droped my bike at 0km/h on my second day of ownership. The *very* slight scratches on the crankcase made a very good argument for crash bungs.

[Crasherfromwayback]

that's true, I've seen quite a few of his early ones!

Can i borrow your training wheels, it seems like anthony could use them!

The only difference between the early ones you saw, and the ones I've had lately are I don't bounce as nicely as I used to.

Mate...if I had training wheels I'd not be falling off as reg as I do.