Embarrassing bike moments

[MazTLR]

Saturday night leaving the pub at closing time, about a 100 people talking outside hanging around, start up the bike everyone look around at me and my passenger, give it a rev, to impress the on lookers, put it into first, goto pull away, forgot to take the chain and padlock out of the front wheel, we ended up on our backs, made everyone's night.
Second one. Racing at a clubmans meeting at Brands Hatch, in between my races walking around the pits in my leathers, when a large group of boy scouts came up to me asking for my autograph, I felt embarrassed being a no name racer.

[yungatart]

My most embarrassing bike moment was dropping in front of husband, teenage son, and a Welly KBer who was staying with us.
I was doing about 3 k/h, Mstrs says, go right... er ah no, we'll go left,
I tried to turn, saw my car parked on the side of the road, thought, I'll hit the car, so dropped it on the street - then politely said to son, pick that up for me, will you?
I believe it has been referred to as "performance anxiety"
Oooh, the shame...

[Wenier]

Back in the day of the old hack bike was doing the ride around burnout and as i came to a stop of the burnout i mistimed gettin my feet down and dropped it. But o well it was a good burnout, well worth it.

[hurricane_r]

stall bike at lgihts, car behind me BEEPS, and i feel embarassed

[KATWYN]

Dropping the R6 on top of me in front of the local publican in Westport (I ran out of legs on a slight uprise). He had been standing there watching us park our bikes up out the back to stay the night in his pub (he was leaping about panicking saying things like "He had never seen anything like it A/ Not many girls ride a bike and sees a girl drop 220kg bike on top of herself.

It Stuffed my leg but we still had a whole South Island tour to complete....and there was no way I was gunna ruin the fun for evryone else - did the rest of the tour with a gammy leg (just jammed voltaren down my gizzard every day)

[Maha]

Saturday night leaving the pub at closing time, about a 100 people talking outside hanging around, start up the bike everyone look around at me and my passenger, give it a rev, to impress the on lookers, put it into first, goto pull away, forgot to take the chain and padlock out of the front wheel, we ended up on our backs, made everyone's night.

You poor bastard..........
I have posted in threads about this sort of thing before....so wont do it again, it gets embarrassing......

[yungatart]

I have posted in threads about this sort of thing before....so wont do it again, it gets embarrassing......

Aaah, go on you know you want to.....
Besides, 'tis human nature to want to laugh at others' misfortunes and I hear that you are a real caring, sharing kinda guy... you wouldn't want us to miss out now, would you?

[apteryx_haasti]

I'd been out of town so left my bike parked up in my parent's garage for the 3 weeks I was away.

Went to pick it up on Sunday - it won't start! Gaaah! grumble grumble flat battery after only 3 weeks...tried to roll start in the driveway with my dad's help. Driveway too short. Push it to the next street where there's not much traffic and a slight incline. MAnage to get it started after 2 goes.

DOesn't sound too embarrassing right?

Fast forward to the next morning when I am back at my house and in my routine...remove cover, unlock bike, fuel on, choke out....

CHOKE OUT!!!!

D'oh!

[davereid]

Kick started my XT one day while it was in gear.. best mono I ever did, and I wasnt even sitting on the seay for most of it!

[Maha]

Aaah, go on you know you want to.....
Besides, 'tis human nature to want to laugh at others' misfortunes and I hear that you are a real caring, sharing kinda guy... you wouldn't want us to miss out now, would you?

Alright Well, went to take a beauty pic of my beloved Yamaha YZF 600 ( god i miss her ) anyway, nice sunny day, down by the river, Anne on her GN, she parks her bike, there's a car between us (also parked) i get off my bike and boy did i get off ! the Yamaha followed me to the ground, dam things, cant they stand up by themselves?...im calling to Anne, she can see me and wonders where the hell i went. This is in town, people in the shops across the road, and im sure they would have come to my much need aid, as soon as they picked themselves up off the floor (from laughing)..Bastards..

[KATWYN]

Kick started my XT one day while it was in gear.. best mono I ever did, and I wasnt even sitting on the seay for most of it!

now THAT sounded impressive

[Fat Tony]

Coming out of a busy shopping area, walked over to the bike, loads of people looking on as I started up my two week old SV with straight through carbon Remus pipe thinking... "ah, yes this is cool... I passed my bike test and gone from a nobody car driver to a cool bike rider... come on!"

Blip the throttle a couple of times and pull away... Doh! Disk lock... shit, over we go! Hahahahaaaaa... I've never had a moment of smugness since that moment 7 years ago... oh ok, maybe just a couple.

It's not just us amateurs though eh? http://tinyurl.com/ye5zx2

[riffer]

Had a good one yesterday morning.

My bikes currently laid low awaiting new carb jet needles, and I've been pillioning on the back of the Father-in-Law's Hornet 900.

We stop off outside my work (Big Grey Clemengers building opposite end of Courtenay Place) and I go to hop off the back of the bike.

Except I caught my foot on the Ventura Pack frame and arsed off completely onto the footpath...

Nice dismount...

[KATWYN]

Blip the throttle a couple of times and pull away... Doh! Disk lock... shit, over we go! Hahahahaaaaa...

off topic for a bit and please excuse my amateurness....but what causes a disc lock ...is it a mechanical fault? and if so are there warning signs??

Can someone tell me.......

[RT527]

off topic for a bit and please excuse my amateurness....but what causes a disc lock ...is it a mechanical fault? and if so are there warning signs??

Can someone tell me.......

Um...Yeah ...Um .....Disc Lock...Yeah ...Used for Locking ones Bike up so it cant be moved.....Hmmm see immobiliser /Anti theft, and allround lots of Fun when Owner forgets to Remove one and Rides away.