Fell Off. A stationary bike. Which was on its side stand...

[AllanB]

Sorry all I'm finding this thread amusing (after a shitty day at work).

It also reminded me of decades back riding along next to a mate we stopped at the traffic lights and he pulled up next to me then fell over with his motorcycle. He had stopped and forgotten to put his leg(s) down ........... blamed the hangover if I remember correctly.

[Laava]

it was piscing down with rain

Like this?

[caspernz]

Ouch! Wishing you a speedy recovery

[jellywrestler]

i once pulled out to avoid a child and fell out of bed...

[pzkpfw]

Ouch. Sympathy. Only time I've ever laid my bike down was at 0 kph, moving it around in my garage. It happens.


Having said that, I had my first on-road "accident" on my current bike last Friday. Again - stationary. Was behind a Van at some red traffic lights. He decides he wants to turn right not left, so reverses to go to other lane, hadn't seen me behind him (I wasn't stupid close). His bumper was on my guard before I could react. Luckily kept it upright, not too much damage. Worst was my pride; after we had our initial discussion and agreed to go around the block to park up and discuss insurance, I left my side stand down (was a bit flustered) and the engine turned off when I went for 1st. Flailed a bit getting it going. Pride damaged more than bike.

[Honest Andy]

It also reminded me of decades back riding along next to a mate we stopped at the traffic lights and he pulled up next to me then fell over with his motorcycle. He had stopped and forgotten to put his leg(s) down ........... blamed the hangover if I remember correctly.

And this happened to your 'mate' did it?
Riiiiiiight

[Cosmik de Bris]

It looks like most of us have had this experience. Like the OP, on one of Pioneer's rallies I stopped at the Rolleston petrol station, went to get back on, right leg caught the luggage on the back, bike went over on the right side and I hung on to the handle bar to slow the fall, it threw me like one of those Irish whip moves in Judo and I landed on my back on the other side of the bike. It earned me the first drop of the rally award.

I've also had the "catch the boot or jeans on various bits of the bike" thing, several times.

Cheers

[old slider]

Enjoying this thread,
I remember looking at my new pride and joy, 1999 W650 in absolute pristine condition not a mark on her, only 2500kms and been in storage for 10 years,
I placed it on her stand and started to move back to admire her and take a photo, the slow motion fall as she crashed onto her side still grates me.

My Harley Davidson side stand locks and can not retract once the bike weight is on it, something the Japanese hadn't done to this bike .

[T.W.R]

My Harley Davidson side stand locks and can not retract once the bike weight is on it, something the Japanese hadn't done to this bike .

Ducati should've taken note of the HD system...... My mates 900SP had a vicious side stand anything less the level was just asking for trouble, I dunno how many times we'd pulled in somewhere dismounted and turned to see him wrestling with the damn bike as it's tried to lay down for a nap

On a slightly different tone though but worth a laugh.
There was a certain Croatian that used to work at the VTNZ in Ashburton, right pompus A/hole and popular as a dose of the mumps
He was doing a wof check on a new Can-Am Spyder and drove the bloody thing over the pit he was dispatched backwards into the pit off it and the spyder was swinging away like inverted metronome

Needless to say he doesn't work there anymore

[HenryDorsetCase]

After a couple of times either forgetting to kick my stand down or it springing back up after I have kicked it I now always LOOK at my stand before getting off.If some on here find doing this unsafe I am sure your local riding school can give you a lesson on how to do it.

ooooh, snippy

[old slider]

After a couple of times either forgetting to kick my stand down or it springing back up after I have kicked it I now always LOOK at my stand before getting off. If some on here find doing this unsafe I am sure your local riding school can give you a lesson on how to do it.

Some manufacturers developed a safety feature into their side stands for those, possibly like yourself who may forget to retract them as well, this feature allows you to start and run your engine, but if transmission is in gear and clutch released the bike stalls, clever HD designed theirs to overrun this feature if your travelling over 15-20kmh and your stand for some reason falls out of its fully retracted position and the indicator lights etc will flash a warning. I read it in a book or maybe it was mentioned at a learn to ride day.

[granstar]

Sidestand on Honda, I don't trust it, of the shorter type when at the bike is on an odd camber it can roll off it.
Sidestand on Triumph complete faith in stand to hold bike, no faith in stand bracket to frame weld, I'm on my second one.
Sidestand on Guzzi, forward lump of metallic bliss, you should all be jealous...

[russd7]

And current import dairy farm workers think clutch locks are great things....funny they keep burning out clutch packs had one rather large farm with a fleet of KL stockmans do a multitude of packs in one season we didn't mind but when we informed the farm manager of what was causing it he wasn't a happy camper

Personal experience of arsing off bikes at near stationary was having a mate on his Pantah decide he wasn't able to get in a small side gate that we always used and he backed back into me, I went to paddle my way back out his road & went to put my left hoof down and just went clear into the gutter totally off balance and ended up on the side of Porthills Rd 230kgs+ of XJ750 lying on top of me

yup they were removed quick smart off the two wheelers that the staff used for that very reason. worst i had was an ag100 with a hole in piston at two months old and a broken rear axle on my kvf650 while i was away on holiday, came back early and had staff meeting only to be told "shit happens" the staff member concerned was suspended and it took another ten effen days of interviews and meetings to finally be able to tell him to pack his bags and fuck off. turns out he was flying down the road ringing the ags' neck and decided to whack it down a couple o gears to lock the back wheel up in the gravel, never did get to find out how the hell he snapped the axle tho

[T.W.R]

yup they were removed quick smart off the two wheelers that the staff used for that very reason. worst i had was an ag100 with a hole in piston at two months old and a broken rear axle on my kvf650 while i was away on holiday, came back early and had staff meeting only to be told "shit happens" the staff member concerned was suspended and it took another ten effen days of interviews and meetings to finally be able to tell him to pack his bags and fuck off. turns out he was flying down the road ringing the ags' neck and decided to whack it down a couple o gears to lock the back wheel up in the gravel, never did get to find out how the hell he snapped the axle tho

ol Ag100 mighty wee things, the guy I worked with at Chappies had a real passion for them, or more the so the motors; he'd hot-rod the hell out of them and make grass karts for them......I gave him a loan of a template book of Yamaha porting options for air cooled YZ motors and the bugger never gave it back

Doing well to snap a axle on a KVF
you might have seen this post, there's a picture of a cam shaft out of one that I had to repair after it came in with the owner saying it was running a bit rough
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131048742

[russd7]

ol Ag100 mighty wee things, the guy I worked with at Chappies had a real passion for them, or more the so the motors; he'd hot-rod the hell out of them and make grass karts for them......I gave him a loan of a template book of Yamaha porting options for air cooled YZ motors and the bugger never gave it back

Doing well to snap a axle on a KVF
you might have seen this post, there's a picture of a cam shaft out of one that I had to repair after it came in with the owner saying it was running a bit rough
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131048742

no longer farming but kept the 650, now sitting in the shed in disgrace, died on the beach and got towed home by a monkey bike and a honda chaly, effen embarrassing that was, but a bloody good laff at the same time. one day i may pull the motor but pretty sure its fucked the front cyclinder which apparently is a serious weak point with them