I fell over!!!!
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Had I been there, to see it...
I wouldn't have laughed at you for dropping the bike. Although, it would have brought tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard, when I saw you look around to see if anyone was watching.
I wouldn't have laughed at you for dropping the bike. Although, it would have brought tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard, when I saw you look around to see if anyone was watching.
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Well I was riding the RoadKing yesterday and it happened for the first time in my life. I was riding into a business that had pallets on cement blocks with plants on top like a shelf. I was pulling in to find a spot where cars wouldn't back into me and was going to park next to the pallets. Well I was coasting into position and my left rear bag guard clipped the pallet and I started to go over to the right. It was like slow motion and I was holding it a bit but couldn't hold it up and it laid down on its side. I got up grabbed the bar and the saddle guard and lifted it up. I looked around and I didn't see anyone looking at me with thoughts of did you see that guy fall over? So I was embarssed but I guess only to myself. A little rash on engine guard and saddle bag guard but that's it. So there you go Im a dork and Now I will be more carefull around unusal riding locations, parking lots and the such.
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yea, there's a saying in aviation that "real trouble comes in small doses". Kinda similar with the bikes. You're slow/stopped, distracted. Throw in a deceptively uneven or slippery surface and maybe even an undetected protruding object and....next thing you know you're doing a "how to lift a touring bike demo".
Glad you and the bike are OK.
Glad you and the bike are OK.
I've done that also, except I didn't hit a pallet in order to have a good reason. I just dropped it one day. Funny how anger and embarrassment can overcome most things and give you super human strength. I did the same thing and just yanked it back up by the bag guard and handle bars. Who needs that video? LOL
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In my past life I saw a guy do that at just after 2:00 AM (When the bars close in CA) but he forgot to take his feet off the pegs as he stopped at a gas pump. It was the same night (er morning) I dumped my own bike about 1/4 mile from the house up in the hills about an hour later. Don't know how I lived through all the stupid crap I pulled in my 20's and 30's.
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From: Michigan
Mine was target fixation, pulling out of backyard and saw the hole that Dufess had dug, front tire caught edge of hole, handle bar swung fast and down I went.
Month ago wife dropped her sporty. Missed our turn, found a spot to turn around but it was gravel. Wife did ok turning, then as I was watching she stopped then just like a big ol oak tree the bike leans left and starts falling. I didn't think that old woman could do a side step that fast so the bike wouldn't pin her leg.
It was all my fault she said, you know how I hate F****** gravel, net time if I have to drive 50 miles to find a spot to turn around thats what I'll do. Yes dear, glad you didn't hurt your leg.
Month ago wife dropped her sporty. Missed our turn, found a spot to turn around but it was gravel. Wife did ok turning, then as I was watching she stopped then just like a big ol oak tree the bike leans left and starts falling. I didn't think that old woman could do a side step that fast so the bike wouldn't pin her leg.
It was all my fault she said, you know how I hate F****** gravel, net time if I have to drive 50 miles to find a spot to turn around thats what I'll do. Yes dear, glad you didn't hurt your leg.
A few years ago we had a small group of bikes with us that included three women (my wife, my cousin and a friend).
My wife hates slow turns, especially on gravel, my cousin hates LH turns, and the other lady couldn't ride "up" a hill.....and we were on the BRP!
No mishaps, but we had to be careful where we stopped, turned, bought gas, and took "leaks"!!!!!
I can't complain too much as I have "dropped" a few bikes in my time.
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From: Columbus, OH
I came really close on a bike trip to Pigeon Forge two summers ago. After a long day on the bike riding there in the heat we missed the entrance road to the cabin and had to turn around at the next street. Everyone was going all the way around the island at the entrance to n apartment complex, and I thought it better to just do a u'y right at the entrance. I pulled off an amazing slow speed tight u-turn only to be foiled by a just too slight of an incline and the left side peg just planted in the asphalt. Somehow I saved it and didn't drop it, but it was by only the smallest margin. Another few degrees, and it'd have benn laying horizontal.
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When a guy drops a bike, the first thing he does is look to see who saw it (hopefully no one). When a girl drops a bike, the first thing she looks for is who will help her lift it (hopefully some one). Men think pride first, women think practicallity. Okay, all you independent-minded women riders can flame me now.
