Embarrassing bike moments

**crack** · 24th November 2006, 03:09

Years ago: 1973 I was dared to ride my T 20 250, into the foyer of the Mayfair picture theater wearing my "sand shoes", all went well until on the exit run down the entrance hall, when I was challenged by the cleaners trolley pushed into my path, the trolley won.

What was bloody good fun one minute, became bloody "deflating" to be buck arse naked, with a bike screaming its lungs out on the carpet, and everyone looking at me like a stranded whale:

Cost me $25.00, and humiliated my dear old late Mum, ( she laughed like hell when she would recount it years later)

Yep: young and dumb!

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 24th November 2006, 06:24

I been trying to think of my most embarrasing moment and well the best I come up with is missing a gear reving and going nowhere... and just giving that intimidating glare at any one watching... Luckily I had black tinted visor, it wasn't really a glare behind the visor just the big oppps "you big gimp" click into gear and away I went...

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 24th November 2006, 06:32

Originally Posted by scumdog

H-Ds have a system that stops that from happening - and also their side-stands don't seem to sink into soft ground the same as 'other' brands of bikes do. (just look at who has to get flattened cans or bits of wood at the next rally you're at.)

But then again, what do I know, I'm a dumb-arse with a poor handling slow-as Harley.

Thats probably cause HDs have a lower center of gravity lower to the ground, less clearance and on the side stand the don't lean and put as much weight on the actual stand. They also usually have a wider stand end as well, the the side stand comes out further and dispurses the weight...

well its only a guess...

**Hotchefnz** · 24th November 2006, 06:39

Going round to meet girlfriends parents for first time.... Summertime - no rain for weeks.....come up the driveway onto the lawn kick out the stand, lower bike only to have the stand sink into the ground with the bike on top of me.
Needed them to lift the bike up in order for me to pick myself up.
Good impression - NOT.

Found out after he was a regular lawn waterer......

**-df-** · 24th November 2006, 11:17

about 6 years ago me and a mate went for a ride on friday night, hooning around the place as you do. Decide to go into town (Auckland)and end up having a drag at the lights in Queen St around 9pm, then get to the next...we sit there reving out engines (ZXR250C and FZRR250) thinking we are shit hot waiting for the lights to change so we can have another drag. lights change...both dump the clutches...I stall as he takes off up the road...all good, I'll just start it again I think...nope...she just keeps turning over, in the end I had the pedestrians give me a push start...they weren't laughing to much...

thankfully I had a tinted visor on...I still get crap from my mate.

**jeremysprite** · 24th November 2006, 14:10

Lol good stories,
Worst one was coming up to a busy intersection, bike stalls and I'm like oh crap, all panicked. Pulled the clutch in and instead of giving it a bit of juice from the electric start, I hit the horn (same button, opposite handlebar), everyone looks at me... slowly start bike and trundle away...

Another time, parking in town, I had it on the edge of a sloped park (yay free parking), just getting back on my bike and this little kid and his dad are walking past, staring at the bike. Big Cool Biker (me) tries to back pedal bike out of carpark, uphill. At that point I realised I'd parked on a big mossy patch. Gently laid the bike down as if that was how you were supposed to do it.

**Bussaman** · 24th November 2006, 14:48

Originally Posted by 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.

That reminds me of an incident involving the mrs a couple of years ago at the local supermarket in her cage. She had a "crooklock" that hooked under the brake pedal and then onto the steering wheel and then locked into place, effectively disabling the brake pedal and steering wheel.
She got into her car and forgot that it was connected up, long story short she ended up ploughing into the supermarket carpark wall.

**lukelin250** · 24th November 2006, 16:15

driving along the motorway wondering why everyone was waving at me as they passed, i thought nothing of it and just waved back. noticed when i arrived at my friends what they where waving and pointing about. i had left my backpack unzipped so as i was driving along the motorway all my belongings and paperwork were slowly but surely falling out the back. there was some good stuff in there too. haahah. oh well ill remember next time.

always look on the bright side of life.

**Sketchy_Racer** · 24th November 2006, 17:08

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

Thats probably cause HDs have a lower center of gravity lower to the ground, less clearance and on the side stand the don't lean and put as much weight on the actual stand. They also usually have a wider stand end as well, the the side stand comes out further and dispurses the weight...

well its only a guess...

They don't fall over when in soft ground.

Its hard to knock a bike over when its sunk in the ground like a blob of pig iron.

And they don't fall off the side stand, as when they are on Hard ground, they are already having ground clearace issues

**Donor** · 26th November 2006, 09:36

Dammit, was sure I wouldn't be qualified to post in this thread yet, but yesterday I became eligible... fuggitall...

Riding from Papakura to Freemans Bay, decided to Great South Road it ALL the way from Papakura to get maximum bike time.

Got to the lights in Greenlane at GSR and Greenlane East by the McD's and came to a good-boy halt at a red light. This was like 0700 of a nice Saturday morn, and there was piss all traffic.

Waited and heard this whining drone, looked over me shoulder and here comes Nana, approx 900 years old, on her 1927 Nifty 50... she drew level just as the light went green and carried on through the intersection.

So I thought to meself, "Right, time to bring Nana into the modern world of 2-stroke superiority" and did a pearler of a take off. Drew level at about 9,780km/h (+/- 9,730km/h) and pulled the clutch in, raised my SHINY boot to smack 2nd gear... and bloody missed it...

Nana proceeds to piss off while I'm left feeling like the proper prat I am/was...

So, nailed it eventually, passed her like a very embarrassed bat out of hell and made my way to the end of the GSR, all set to turn right onto Broadway.

Sat at the red there and... yep... here comes Nana...

I have to say it... I bloody did it a second time.

About time I adjusted the gear shift lever a bit lower methinks

**WINJA** · 26th November 2006, 09:38

I Fell Off Outside Treads In Front Of Everyone On A Busy Sat Morning Skidded On A New Tyre, Dragged Beside My Bike Outside The Domain Showing Off To Girls , Landed On My Nuts On The Tank Showing Off To Girls , Worst Time Is When I Bought A Brand New Blade And All My Friends Laughed At Me

**kro** · 26th November 2006, 14:01

Too many to list, but a couple of notable ones were.....

Main Street in Hamiltron, RX3 beside me, giving me the "come on", I was being casually indifferent on the Gix1100, light went green, and I stalled it. The shame of it all.

Years ago, during the resealing of a patch of road in Sandringham, a guy in a new Beemer was tail gating me, so I opened up the GPz900, with the intent of spraying his precious car with chip seal, which I did, but in the process, I dug a little too far, and hit the hard stuff, and popped the front wheel, which landed on the bumper of the car in front. No damage luckily.

**Clivoris** · 26th November 2006, 14:06

Originally Posted by scumdog

If you're cunning you get one of those spiral plastic cords like banks and suchlike use to keep their pens from walking and hook it from your disc-lock to your throttle or ignition or some other place that will get your attention...

If you're a cheep bastard like me you can wrap a rubber band around the lock, then when you use the lock wrap the rubber band around the bike key. Key doesn't go in lock? Take of disc lock.

**Clivoris** · 26th November 2006, 14:24

Originally Posted by scumdog

But then again, what do I know, I'm a dumb-arse with a poor handling slow-as Harley.

This could get me ejected from the site.

At the last Vic Club track day at Manfield Jarrod Wintle passed me round the outside on his 1200 Sporty. Aprilia probably have a hitman looking for me now. The laughter still haunts me.

**Mooch** · 26th November 2006, 17:25

Last lot of Carterton Sprints

I'm focusing on the Standing Quarter Mile Sprint.

The Guy indicates it’s my turn to go.

I pull the Clutch in

I rev and hold the engine around 7,500 RPM

I dump the clutch and give the throttle a handful.

The engine winds around to redline in a flash and hits the rev limiter.

I'm going nowhere in a hurry and trying to work out what’s going on

I look down

Bike is still in neutral.

The guy on the start line just gives me one of those smiles.
Fortunately my pipes are too loud to hear the laughter of crowd watching nearby.