Bike knocked over (Wellington)

**BuzzardNZ** · 14th October 2014, 19:27

Originally Posted by GSW

No, again they had the courtesy to pick it up, they may have to to get their bike out from under it. And the steering was locked.
I could tell where it had hit the ground as the paint from the engine cover (blue) was embedded in the tar seal beside the bike

If kind of looks like that dent in the tank may have been caused from falling on something other than the ground. Plus it wasn't that windy today, so you can rule that out.

I've had similar things happen to various bikes of mine over the years and it really fucking stinks when that happens.

**R650R** · 15th October 2014, 06:58

That sucks.

At a guess I'm thinking the tools that move other peoples bikes and drop them (seems to be main cause here) prob don't understand how easy it is to brush the sidestand back slightly priming it for collapse then or later.
Maybe for you urban parkers, some kind of pinlock on side stand so it stays extended???

Your probably right about scooter riders. In Italy on holiday it was quite common to see someone jammed in middle of bike parks to smash their bike sideways to make room to pull out!!!!
Guess that's why there was only scooters in parking spaces and no 998SPs!