bone headed move this morning
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Palm Beach
Aw, man, that's nothing.
Once I was leaving the house, took my low rider down the sidewalk and was working it thru the small walk-in gate. Got the bars and back turns thru the gate ok, then started down thru the ditch. Done this a million times with no problems. Well this time I somehow stalled the bike. Front tire on one slope, rear tire on other slope, and my feet about 2 feet above the ground in the middle. Balanced pretty good for a second or two. Then, over we both went. Mirror, turn signals (that I was so careful with coming thru the gate), shift lever all had to be replaced. Not to mention there was probably 50 neighbors hiding in their houses and peeking out their windows at the idiot that just dumped his bike in the ditch.
Once I was leaving the house, took my low rider down the sidewalk and was working it thru the small walk-in gate. Got the bars and back turns thru the gate ok, then started down thru the ditch. Done this a million times with no problems. Well this time I somehow stalled the bike. Front tire on one slope, rear tire on other slope, and my feet about 2 feet above the ground in the middle. Balanced pretty good for a second or two. Then, over we both went. Mirror, turn signals (that I was so careful with coming thru the gate), shift lever all had to be replaced. Not to mention there was probably 50 neighbors hiding in their houses and peeking out their windows at the idiot that just dumped his bike in the ditch.
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Thanks. I knew better than to wind up under the bike. I was 3 feet away and just coming to my feet when it hit bottom.
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: up in the hills of WV
How about this one. The day I got mine home from dearler I had put it in the out building and had been putting the back rest on it. And I had some tools laying around on the floor when my bro-in-law and his wife come by to see the bike. So I'm backing the bike out of the building and slip on a ratchet and the bike comes over and I knew there was no stopping it, but I'm not letting it go, I go down under her. And there I am stuck under the bike with the inlaws and my wife watching. I felt about [.] this big. So any way he helps me get the bike back up and all that was hurt was my pride. Guess you could say I went to the mat for my bike.
Cruiser
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 145
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From: S.W. Ontario
WELCOME TO THE CLUB!!!
From all the posts here, you can see you're not alone.
We can all laugh about these little mishaps after.
P.S. Always park your scoot with the front wheel higher than the back, the weight will keep the side stand solid.
Kim
From all the posts here, you can see you're not alone.
We can all laugh about these little mishaps after.
P.S. Always park your scoot with the front wheel higher than the back, the weight will keep the side stand solid.
Kim
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Joined: Jan 2007
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From: back home in Michigan
Ooops. Sorry to hear about that for sure. Thats one reason I added an engine guard to my WG. Haven't dropped it, yet...lol, but came close one day. In McDonalds parking lot with the wife on back and was just going to get off the bike after a cold damned ride, and a cage pulled into the adjacent slot to my right and came so close I jerked, hadn't put the kickstand down yet, and of course my wife leaned to the left and down the bike start to go. She rolled off the back like an acrobat, over and back on her feet, while I struggled to keep it from going over all the way. I stopped it from going down and managed to pull it back up while straddling the seat, but I thought for a second it was going over.
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Road Master
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From: South Bay, CA
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From: Denton County, Tx
yeah, but..
I dumped my FXDC doing some low-speed stuff the third time I rode it. It ticked me off more than anything, but it was going to get its first scratch eventually. If nothing else, I learned early on how to swap out a busted clutch lever.
And another thing - I think the scratches and scrapes you get on your bike from riding it are one of the things that make it yours; as much as any mods or accessories. They almost always have a story behind them, too. Thank goodness we can laugh at most of them.
And another thing - I think the scratches and scrapes you get on your bike from riding it are one of the things that make it yours; as much as any mods or accessories. They almost always have a story behind them, too. Thank goodness we can laugh at most of them.
