The most stupid thing you have done (while riding)

**breakaway** · 13th July 2007, 19:23

Originally Posted by kevfromcoro

rode my T-Bird through someones lounge at a party one night,grabed a handfull and dumped the clutch.tore the carpet clean off the floor. when traction took over..couldnt stop and embeded the front wheel in the lounge wall

We have a winner.

Bling awarded.

**Meanie** · 14th July 2007, 12:36

Originally Posted by kevfromcoro

rode my T-Bird through someones lounge at a party one night,grabed a handfull and dumped the clutch.tore the carpet clean off the floor. when traction took over..couldnt stop and embeded the front wheel in the lounge wall

That would have been bloody funny, unless you owned the home

**.produKt** · 15th July 2007, 16:11

Having just passed my first year of learning to ride on my Zxr, i have made the following mistakes.

Forgotten to bring the foot stand up and tried to corner left (4 times)

Have switched the tank switch to reserve, then promptly forgetting about it, and running out of gas 3-5 km's from a gas station (2 times)

Riding down Papanui road, bored and in need of entertainment, fanged it a bit up to about 16000 rpm then turned the killswitch on, pumped a fuckload of unburnt gas into the cylinders, then turned the killswitch back off. ..... Slightly toasted bike and ego Check! (1 time, never doing that again, but bike is cleaned up now :P)

In the Eastgate mall car park on the rooftop one, just leaving from buying some steak and eggs at the supermarket, fired her up and took off got up to about 30 k's and a vehicle pulled out from a park some 30 metres ahead. Unbeknownst to me there was a large 4 meter long oil or coolant or detergent patch right ahead of be.I touched the brakes just just slightly and I went left, the bike went right, fucked up my leg, and broke 8 out of the 12 eggs... least the meat was well tenderized tho.

And yea, that's my disasterpiece of a year of motorcycling

**Sleepr** · 15th July 2007, 22:50

[QUOTE=.produKt;1132841]...

Riding down Papanui road, bored and in need of entertainment, fanged it a bit up to about 16000 rpm then turned the killswitch on, pumped a fuckload of unburnt gas into the cylinders, then turned the killswitch back off. ..... Slightly toasted bike and ego Check! (1 time, never doing that again, but bike is cleaned up now :P)

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Holy, now why would you do that? Thats like a sudden stop while making love at full peak. You just wouldnt do it -_- All the bits inside the engine must've taken a toll.

**.produKt** · 16th July 2007, 08:04

76583 Km's atm i think the internals are tolled enough!, Engine has a strange rattling noise on idle as it always has even after replacing the cam chain. But still, this was a few months ago and she's still goin strong

.

Albeit the headers are getting bloody thin as they do over time, but meh

:P

**NhuanH** · 19th July 2007, 22:05

Originally Posted by Mr Skid

Would any fellow team jandal members care to comment on my behalf?

For you, it's easier arithmetic to count the times you have been sensible while riding.

The 100m Whitianga sprint is right up there though.

**Insanity_rules** · 20th July 2007, 10:59

Don't sneeze in your helmet with the visor down doing 100. Nuff said?

**ZeroIndex** · 20th July 2007, 11:14

When doing wheelies, always cover your rear brake with your foot.... ALWAYS. If you don't, you get to go shopping for new bike pieces, and if you're lucky, like I was, you get to carry walking around without going to hospital...

**bert_is_evil** · 20th July 2007, 14:24

Originally Posted by Insanity_rules

Don't sneeze in your helmet with the visor down doing 100. Nuff said?

I concur
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**Meanie** · 21st July 2007, 11:08

Originally Posted by Insanity_rules

Don't sneeze in your helmet with the visor down doing 100. Nuff said?

eeewwww yuk

**The Stranger:Me** · 22nd July 2007, 11:57

Originally Posted by R6_kid

Highsided at approx 10kmph outside Africa Bar, on my mates bike, who was standing 20m away... the reason was mud covering the rear tyre on the GSXR1000k3. I was on the ground before I knew WTF was going on. Thankfully no damage other than a bent rearset which was fixed the next day. Still felt/looked like twit... and no matter how many times my mate says 'dont worry' i still feel responsible!

Well hey, you were responsible.

But don't worry.

Seriously, I wouldn't loan my bikes out to anyone who didn't have respect and I wouldn't loan a bike out if I was going to cry because it got damaged.
I know that shit happens on bikes at times, that's life.

**.produKt** · 22nd July 2007, 18:28

To highside your bike is to do what?

not something this newbie has heard of before :P

**breakaway** · 22nd July 2007, 18:34

When your rear steps out and then grips again, which makes your bike jerk violently and throws you off. Low side is when the bike slides out from underneath you.

**.produKt** · 22nd July 2007, 18:38

Holy shit

. That means that i've both highsided and low sided my bike

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Coming out from from a side street onto a main road, spotted a gap and fanged it abit, about to straighten up when the rear slid out under power, i got back vertical (phew) but then i got tankslapped when the bike was shaking left, right left right and then bang, got me a good one. =\ (ouch)

not sure if that could still be called highsiding or not tho :P