Feeling a fool

[FuriousD]

Thought it appropriate to post here about something stupidly idiotic i just did.

anyway went for a ride to mission bay and back to enjoy that nice stretch of road there, chilling listening to the soundtrack from drive
got home and was feeling really content and happy
went to park my bike up, turned of the ignition and went to stepped off. oh shit, wait ive forgotten to put the side stand down

scratches along the front of the bike, where the indicator is and a nice crack just above the indicator

god i feel like a newbie right now.


on another note at least i don't feel as bad as a police biker i saw back home who forgot to put his feet down at a light. poor guy

[JustNick]

Two lols don't make a right

[tigertim20]

Thought it appropriate to post here about something stupidly idiotic i just did.

anyway went for a ride to mission bay and back to enjoy that nice stretch of road there, chilling listening to the soundtrack from drive
got home and was feeling really content and happy
went to park my bike up, turned of the ignition and went to stepped off. oh shit, wait ive forgotten to put the side stand down

scratches along the front of the bike, where the indicator is and a nice crack just above the indicator

god i feel like a newbie right now.


on another note at least i don't feel as bad as a police biker i saw back home who forgot to put his feet down at a light. poor guy

dont sweat it. everyone has an 'Im an idiot' story about learning the ropes with bikes, its just that some are less willing than others to admit it.

[unstuck]

Yep, been there done that. You are not alone.

[FuriousD]

dont sweat it. everyone has an 'Im an idiot' story about learning the ropes with bikes, its just that some are less willing than others to admit it.

shit worst part is i have a full irish license and have been riding a couple of years now! but for some reason was just not paying attention today.

just stitched the old girl up with some handy cable ties, kinda looks cool....

[Tigadee]

There, there... The pain will fade, lad, and you'll feel better in the morning.

[Maha]

I once dropped a bike in public..I am sure the people in the shop across the road would have come to my aid, just as soon as they had picked themselves up off the floor from laughing.

[FuriousD]

I once dropped a bike in public..I am sure the people in the shop across the road would have come to my aid, just as soon as they had picked themselves up off the floor from laughing.

that makes me feel better mate, thanks! mine happened in a dark alley behind my my house!

on another note my bike is really light!

[oldrider]

Don't worry most of us have had those experiences and some you can't even imagine .... you are just a normal biker, welcome to the club!

[sgtp]

on another note at least i don't feel as bad as a police biker i saw back home who forgot to put his feet down at a light. poor guy

I wonder about those biker cops....last one I saw was splitting lanes in slow traffic looking for people driving while on a cell phone...dude was wobbling all over the place. I thought he was going to turf it a few times.

My "feeling like fool" story is when I strapped a camera to the front of my mirror to record my ride. Have you ever had someone looking over your shoulder while using a PC and you find you can not type your name correctly to save your life? Thats what that ride felt like, lol. Pretty must everything went wrong...battery died on me, had to bump start, almost lost it on a wet painted arrow, and so on and so on..................

[PrincessBandit]

Hmmm, let me see - parking facing inward to the kerb (wrong way with the camber, so guess who had to ask a stranger to pull her back out onto the road as I couldn't walk my bike backwards 'uphill' [shhhh and it was only a ginny ] ). Or who couldn't figure out why her bandit wouldn't start, in front of a bunch of guys who were watching me, only to eventually discover the kill switch had been knocked...

Funny how the most embarrassing things are always in front of an audience. Otherwise they're not really all that embarrassing. Unless you confess online.

[nathanwhite]

Bike fell over TWICE on the side of the road while a policeman was watching.

Turns out it was because it was a slight downhill and I had it in neutral.
Needless to say I always park in 1st now.

[superman]

First time taking the bike out on the road, tried to do a U-turn on a thin country road rather than a 3 point turn. 1.5 feet deep ditch either side of road... hard to get enough traction for your feet on gravel to try stopping and reversing away from the steep ditch entry.

[Armi]

I tried parking with my bike in gear even though I wasn't on a hill, first time doing it. Was standing beside the bike and hit the start button, bike jumped forward and over it went...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Least you didn't ride off with the steering still locked!