Another Bone Head Move
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 975
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From: earth
First (and last) time my wife, who is only 5' 1", got on the back of the bike.
I had just bought new foot boards for the bike and had taken it to a mate for installation. I took my wife so her boards could be adjusted properly for her. So, we get to the shop and I pull up outside and next to a few other bikes. I slide forward, holding the bike so my wife could climb off. Instead of sliding off of the bike, she chose to "stand on" the existing foot peg and climb down. So now I am holding the weight of the bike PLUS my wifes weight on the foot peg on the left side of the bike. Yep you guessed it - I couldn't hold it and had to lay the bike down ...
... so things like that happen, no big deal really but I was in a hurry to pick the bike back up, because of people watching and to try to save a bit of embarrassment, I got a little too exuberant and laid it down on the other side - got it to the perpendicular and kept going. Thankfully I was far enough away from the bike next to me to miss it.
This was also done outside of my regular watering hole whose patrons took great pleasure in reminding me of the incident each time I turned up on the bike after that - i took weeks for them to let it go
I had just bought new foot boards for the bike and had taken it to a mate for installation. I took my wife so her boards could be adjusted properly for her. So, we get to the shop and I pull up outside and next to a few other bikes. I slide forward, holding the bike so my wife could climb off. Instead of sliding off of the bike, she chose to "stand on" the existing foot peg and climb down. So now I am holding the weight of the bike PLUS my wifes weight on the foot peg on the left side of the bike. Yep you guessed it - I couldn't hold it and had to lay the bike down ...
... so things like that happen, no big deal really but I was in a hurry to pick the bike back up, because of people watching and to try to save a bit of embarrassment, I got a little too exuberant and laid it down on the other side - got it to the perpendicular and kept going. Thankfully I was far enough away from the bike next to me to miss it.
This was also done outside of my regular watering hole whose patrons took great pleasure in reminding me of the incident each time I turned up on the bike after that - i took weeks for them to let it go
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 734
Likes: 319
From: Rochester NY
When I was a kid, we used to go down to a main street that had 3 biker bars right next to each other and laugh at the drunks that couldn't start their bikes or forgot to put their feet down at the stop light. 1 guy fell over, engine still running...kicks the bike like it's the bike's fault, picks up the bike, gives us the finger cause we're laughing so hard and tears off when the light turns green! This was when I was about 13-14...
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2021
Posts: 520
Likes: 1,437
From: North East Iowa
My little brother pulled up next to a convertible with a bunch of good looking blondes in it and being the super cool, bas *** biker that he is, forgot to put his feet down, almost ended up in the car.😂
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2021
Posts: 520
Likes: 1,437
From: North East Iowa
I dont think so. Embarrassed the sh*t out of him. He picked it up pretty quick, all by himself too.
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Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Colorado Springs, Colorado
I had a '77 Shovelhead a few years ago. One day I pulled into the parking lot at work. I shut the bike down, took off my helmet and gloves and proceeded to get off the bike without putting the stand down. Over it went. And to my surprise one of the fuel caps wasn't sealed and it dumped gas all over the pavement. By that time I had been riding for 30 years and never did such a thing. Luckily there was no fire and just a scratch on the primary cover. It happens.
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