Joined the "I dropped it club" yesterday
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Joined: Sep 2014
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From: Arizona
Joined the "I dropped it club" yesterday
The wife and I snuck away from work yesterday to do one of our favorite 150 mile afternoon rides. When we pulled in the restaurant lot it was a surprise that the had just spread some new gravel. Not just a little gravel, 2-3 inches thick of 3/4" gravel. Parked the bike and went in and had a nice lunch. When we went to leave she had to push us back since I was unable to get a footing in this stuff on level ground. As we left I had to make a slight left turn and instead of turning the front tire dug in, slid, and down we went. She skinned her knee a little but was a trooper. A French tourist helped us stand the bike up, it was sitting on the guards, we thanked him and went on our way. This isnt the first time I have dropped a bike, Dropped the Roadking twice in 11 years so my pride wasnt hurt to much, but it still hurts a little. Im sure it will happen again.
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Joined: Dec 2013
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From: Enterprise Alabama
I dropped my 2014 Ultra Limited a few months back. I was just sitting on it and stood up without holding the handle bars and down she went, it happens. I just completed a 2000 mile ride from Alabama to Key West Fl. great ride and did not drop it.
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Joined: Feb 2014
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From: Cypress, TX
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Cruiser
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From: Cleveland
I havent dropped one, yet. As I get older and my right knee keeps getting worse, Im sure it will.
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Joined: Jan 2014
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From: Plainview, NY
I should have taken all the crap out of the bags and the tour pak, that extra weight up there threw me after doing it on a Road King...
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Joined: May 2014
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From: Rhode Island
a few years ago on a rental street glide in Vegas I found a speed bump taller then the ground clearance of the bike ! just idling over bump I stopped unexpectedly and it went down. I just stepped off it and bike rolled onto guards no damage but burned the hell out of my leg standing it back up. Last time i ever wore shorts on a bike `