Well, finally dropped it
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From: San Diego, CA
Well, finally dropped it
So, it happened. Not a question of if but when - as I have always heard.
No, not me. I would never drop my bike.
Street glide. Chilling in the east county san diego enjoying some 80 degree weather. Decided I need to pull over on a 4 lane highway and put some shades on under neath my helmet. The shoulder was super wide and safe. I pulled over. Realized that the shoulder was angled toward the road, no biggie. Put the kick stand down and started to get off the bike. Bars then turn inward toward the road and the kick stand immediately gave out somehow and down it went. I never practiced picking the bike up before. I then panicked a bit and immediately forgot everything. I didn't put it in gear. I didn't turn the bike off. I didn't do a reverse squat.
I face the bike and just tried to pick it up. No freaking way. I'm not a small guy, but no match.
So, turned around and squatted it up, no problem. Not in gear, so it started walking away on me. Now what. No return, keep going and doing the shuffle with the bike. I was lifting it from on the kick stand side, so worried about going too far and flipping it over onto the other side. Got it upright and just got back on. Put the kick stand down and all good.
But, geez, what the hek. Forgot to turn it off. Forgot to do the reverse squat. Forgot to put it in gear....
Anyway, if you haven't dropped your bike yet, there you go. Learn from my mistakes.
And, all good. I added those ST style hocky puck guards and they worked GREAT. The bike laid down on the lower left hocky puck. Nothing else touch the ground. I'm a believer in those darn ST style guards.
No, not me. I would never drop my bike.
Street glide. Chilling in the east county san diego enjoying some 80 degree weather. Decided I need to pull over on a 4 lane highway and put some shades on under neath my helmet. The shoulder was super wide and safe. I pulled over. Realized that the shoulder was angled toward the road, no biggie. Put the kick stand down and started to get off the bike. Bars then turn inward toward the road and the kick stand immediately gave out somehow and down it went. I never practiced picking the bike up before. I then panicked a bit and immediately forgot everything. I didn't put it in gear. I didn't turn the bike off. I didn't do a reverse squat.
I face the bike and just tried to pick it up. No freaking way. I'm not a small guy, but no match.
So, turned around and squatted it up, no problem. Not in gear, so it started walking away on me. Now what. No return, keep going and doing the shuffle with the bike. I was lifting it from on the kick stand side, so worried about going too far and flipping it over onto the other side. Got it upright and just got back on. Put the kick stand down and all good.
But, geez, what the hek. Forgot to turn it off. Forgot to do the reverse squat. Forgot to put it in gear....
Anyway, if you haven't dropped your bike yet, there you go. Learn from my mistakes.
And, all good. I added those ST style hocky puck guards and they worked GREAT. The bike laid down on the lower left hocky puck. Nothing else touch the ground. I'm a believer in those darn ST style guards.
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From: Lagoa - VNF
adrenaline works wonders. problem is end up pulling a muscle or something by doing the wrong thing...
my SG that I got back in 2021 was still virgin until this year. had to move it in the garage, so pulled the bike up and stand up, then the f***ing alarm starts to sound... forgot the damn fob somewhere else... no problem put it back down but oooops wheres the stand?
thanks to the horrible bag guard things I installed years ago it was unharmed.
my SG that I got back in 2021 was still virgin until this year. had to move it in the garage, so pulled the bike up and stand up, then the f***ing alarm starts to sound... forgot the damn fob somewhere else... no problem put it back down but oooops wheres the stand?
thanks to the horrible bag guard things I installed years ago it was unharmed.
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From: Hamlin, NY
Ive done something similar - same deal, pulled over on 4 lane divided highway to take a breather. Shoulder was angled down towards the grass. Put down kickstand, got off and grabbed a drink out of the saddlebag and walked over to the shade. Was chatting with my buddies and all of a sudden, "Bam" the bike just drops towards the grass. We all looked surprised. I guess I had it so straight up that the wind from passing cars just blew it over. Sucked but no damage - thank god for crash bars.