Dropping your 250 road bike

**firefighter** · 4th December 2008, 09:34

Ok i'm sick of seeing people giving advice about buying a first bike, and saying don't get fully faired bikes as "you will drop it buy a GN or some other slow piece of shit". Fucken bullshit, I don't personally know ANYONE who dropped their first bike, so I thought i'd see who has.

Ok to clarify this does'nt include race or trail bikes........for obvious reasons. I'm meaning the 250 road bikes......cruiser or sport

**Madness** · 4th December 2008, 09:39

So you think that those who have been unfortunate enough to have dropped their first bike will indicate yes in the poll with the options you have given them?.

Go ride your Hyobag, probably more constructive than this pointless drivel.

**firefighter** · 4th December 2008, 09:41

Originally Posted by Madness

So you think that those who have been unfortunate enough to have dropped their first bike will indicate yes in the poll with the options you have given them?.

Go ride your Hyobag, probably more constructive than this pointless drivel.

oh fucken waaa waaa waaa- perhaps I could have been a little less obnoxious, but hell it's my poll.

**Trudes** · 4th December 2008, 09:42

I've dropped all my bikes, shit happens, they're heavy.

**Tank** · 4th December 2008, 09:44

I didnt drop mine, nor my second bike, and only my third the other day after trying to mount in a stupid location (fucken north shore driveways).

**Lissa** · 4th December 2008, 09:46

Ive dropped a GN and my Bandit. GN in a driveway when I lost my footing and wasnt paying attention. And my Bandit in the driveway of work which is thick gravel, not proud of it but not going to worry about it.

**BOGAR** · 4th December 2008, 09:47

3 times.

First when some lady pulled out in front of me from the other side of the road, second on a corner in the middle of the night and I just panicked (slow speed crash) and the third was not long after the second. I was going for a ride around the port hills getting my confidence back and just as I was heading back into CHCH I hit a patch of grit in the middle of the road on a tight corner.

I now know a few more things to watch out for apart from paint and manhole covers. ffice

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Having said that there was never much damage to the fairing so I never worried fixing them.

>Having done it I’m glad it happened on that bike and not my current one and I hope that was the last of it. If people should get one or not because they might drop the bike is their call in the end though.
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**MIXONE** · 4th December 2008, 09:47

Yes I dropped my first bike.On the road/beach/trailriding/racing!!!If you don't fall off when your a noob you don't know your or the bike's limits.
Dropped my last bike too and that's more than 50 bikes later.

**firefighter** · 4th December 2008, 09:49

Originally Posted by Tank

I didnt drop mine, nor my second bike, and only my third the other day after trying to mount in a stupid location (fucken north shore driveways).

ahhh yeah I DO personally know people who have dropped their second-third bikes, as they are usually big buggers, and I understand the northshore driveway thing, the thing that I find odd- unless your a small lady if your moving around a little 250 you should be able to hold the thing up.

**Usarka** · 4th December 2008, 09:53

Originally Posted by MIXONE

If you don't fall off when your a noob you don't know your or the bike's limits.

Do you encourage young drivers to crash their cars too - to find their cars limits?

**firefighter** · 4th December 2008, 09:53

Originally Posted by MIXONE

Yes I dropped my first bike.On the road/beach/trailriding/racing!!!If you don't fall off when your a noob you don't know your or the bike's limits.
Dropped my last bike too and that's more than 50 bikes later.

hmmm, yeah perhaps i'll adjust that to road bikes, trail bikes I understand!(or race bikes)

**MIXONE** · 4th December 2008, 09:58

Originally Posted by Usarka

Do you encourage young drivers to crash their cars too - to find their cars limits?

If they happen to be racing at the proper place,ie the track,then crashes are bound to happen.

PS Love your holier then thou attitude just because you have been LUCKY enough not to have crashed yet!

**firefighter** · 4th December 2008, 10:02

Shit there's quite a lot of you that dropped their first bike! Mybe my mates just never fessed up? LOL

**3L4NS1R** · 4th December 2008, 10:03

sht happens. My mate dropped his pulling out of a petrol station, I dropped mine when I stopped to go back and help him. The observers were having a field day laughing at these two noobs fcking up thier brand new (fairing clad) bikes.