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Bike fell over today!!!!!
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Road Master
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From: England
Bike fell over today!!!!!
My Streetbob fell off its side stand on top of me whilst I was washing it today (only myself to blame) - I'm a tad sore and wrenched my back lifting it back up. Fortunately only very minor damaged, slightly dented front fender but has not boken the paint, minor scratches on the clutch lever, and a few cosmetic scratches that are not immeadiately visable on the derby cover and the crank case black metal coating. Spoke to my 'stealer' who were really sympathetic and are going to do what they can to 'fix' it up. Reckon I got off lightly as I managed to slow its fall and lay it down reasonably gently - just really annoyed at myself for firstly not making sure the side stand was properly down, and secondly for not being able to hold it up. A nice man who happened to be passing the front of my house came to my aid and helped me lift it back up.
Tourer
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Bummer......had a Sportster that fell over once but luckily it fell into and against a large pliable rubber garbage can, not one scratch!! I had only myself to blame because the kick stand was not completely engaged. I learned a valuble lesson........Ride safe!!
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Sorry this happened to you, but since neither you or your bike was badly damaged it's kind of funny. I don't know if you feel like laughing yet, so give it a little time. You're lucky somebody came along and helped you out. I'm sure it won't happen again.
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Ditto. I pulled up in a spot and put the stand down on my Sporty. It snapped back up (I thought it was still down) and I just laid the bike over, kind of in slow motion. I was wearing shorts (dumba$$) and my leg landed on the straight pipes (no shields) and I ended up with several branding marks on my leg that took forever to heal up. Nope, won't do that again.
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