Embarrassing bike moments

[Hawkeye]

off topic for a bit and please excuse my amateurness....but what causes a disc lock ...is it a mechanical fault? and if so are there warning signs??

Can someone tell me.......

No! It's one of those security devices that you sometimes forget to take off before pulling away. Only thing is.... most people won't admit to doing it in public

[Karma]

It's a padlock that goes through the discs, I've had a couple of times where I've gone to ride off and forgot, but never dropped because of it.

[dawnrazor]

when I was much younger, I remember one saturday morning very hung over, had to go to town for something - was feeling very ill when I parked up, so decided to sit on the bike and have a smoke. I was in a busy pedestrian shopping area at the time, and I had decided to rest my helmet on the tank. Well it didn't take long for me to rock the bike on the centre stand and knock the helmet off. And off it went, bouncying down the road through the legs of a bemused shopping public, with me scampering after it like a right tit.

One helmet straight to the bin; it bounced for about 50 meters before I caught up with it.

[Fat Tony]

It's a padlock that goes through the discs, I've had a couple of times where I've gone to ride off and forgot, but never dropped because of it.

Alright, rub it in why don't yah? lol Look, I was new to biking ok? lol

I've seen three people do similar since then, and laugh my arse off everytime... shouldn't laugh but you kinda have to

[dawnrazor]

did the disc lock thing once, didn't fall off but I did split the disc very neatly, and bloody replacement aprillia parts took near 3 months to arrive, by that time I had completely got out of the habit of using the rear brake.

[terbang]

Giving some boy racers some serious shame on me old 1200 bandit. Smoked past them with my front wheel barely touching the ground (gotta give it to those 1200 bandits, they sure get up and go). Gave them a sort of "up yours" nod as I went past as well. Punishment for being such a hoon arrives right on cue, Surge, pop, bang, Surge-dead. Franticly groping for the reserve position with my left hand only to find that it was allready there. Bugger thats what I forgot..Clutch in, coast to the edge as they sailed past all waving and laughing..!

[Jamezo]

Uh, having the sidestand go when parked facing forwards on a 20 degree angle, and then jumping underneath it to ease the inevitable drop.

Bike was fine :P

[KATWYN]

Um...Yeah ...Um .....Disc Lock...Yeah ...Used for Locking ones Bike up so it cant be moved.....Hmmm see immobiliser /Anti theft, and allround lots of Fun when Owner forgets to Remove one and Rides away.

Thought Tony meant "locked disc".....got it now!

[Big Dave]

Perth, Western Australia 1980
Went to the pub at lunchtime and the plumbers had scattered sand all
over the car park entrance to the big Industrial Hardware company i
was working at, all in the hour I was away.

Installing new drains.

Was on an immaculate T140 Bonneville - except the rear brake just
happened to have seized that morning and was not working at all.

Fully cranked over to cross 2 lanes of Welshpool Rd - hard on the
front disc and into 1/2" of builders sand over concrete.

I remained upright above the sliding bike with one gloved hand and
both feet on the ground - and one hand on the handlbars trying to keep
the bike off the ground.

I think I did close to a 520deg spin in this configuration before coming to a
halt adjacent the operation's front door - precicely as the managing
Director strode from it.

'Afternoon David' was all he ever said about the incident.

I have numerous more similar episodes.

[scumdog]

Um...Yeah ...Um .....Disc Lock...Yeah ...Used for Locking ones Bike up so it cant be moved.....Hmmm see immobiliser /Anti theft, and allround lots of Fun when Owner forgets to Remove one and Rides away.

If you're cunning you get one of those spiral plastic cords like banks and suchlike use to keep their pens from walking and hook it from your disc-lock to your throttle or ignition or some other place that will get your attention...

[scumdog]

Uh, having the sidestand go when parked facing forwards on a 20 degree angle, and then jumping underneath it to ease the inevitable drop.

Bike was fine :P

H-Ds have a system that stops that from happening - and also their side-stands don't seem to sink into soft ground the same as 'other' brands of bikes do. (just look at who has to get flattened cans or bits of wood at the next rally you're at.)

But then again, what do I know, I'm a dumb-arse with a poor handling slow-as Harley.

[DougB]

Main street of Kawakawa on a Friday night many years ago in the days when every one came to town to shop see and be seen.

Parked my two stroke bike, got my stuff, came back and re-started it, a strange small backfire was heard. Slaped it into gear and let out the clutch, the bike shot backwards depositing me in a heap in the street in front of hundreds of amused locals. What a "shrink".

I had worked on two stroke engined boats that could be re timed and started in reverse but never thought it could happen by chance.

[Ixion]

Yep. Had it happen on a Beezer bantam. Engine died off road on a hill, and started to roll back. So I dropped the clutch to hold it - no front brake (brakes were for wimps) and I couldn't get my foot on the back brake lever amidst the undergrowth. Engine started backwards , shot the bike backwards, threw me off good and proper. My mate refused to believe me, so I did it again - more controlledly this time. Hm. Check the ignition timing laddy.

Used to be a party trick with Scott owners, back in the days of manual mag timing. Very handy with a chair, too.

[Karma]

I'm a dumb-arse with a poor handling slow-as Harley.

Finally the truth!

[Forest]

My worst moment was riding a TU250 about five years ago. The bike was only just run in and I was caning it on the straights near Dargaville (in TU250 terms this was around 120km). I was in a full tuck position and having a great deal of fun coming up to cars and scooting past without slowing.

I really struggled to go past a Holden that was also doing about 120km. In fact it probably took me 20 seconds to get past it.

About five minutes later I felt the engine power drop away. No worries - just need to switch it to reserve. Oh shit! The tank was already on reserve and all the gas was gone.

So I had to park on the roadside and walk to Dargaville. The Holden slowed down and drove past while I was walking. The driver had a great laugh. I felt about six inches tall.