So, this one time, at Band Camp...oh wait...wrong story.

OK, my buddy and me pull into an off-camber, part gravel, part hard pan, part dirt parking area in front of this old tavern up in Deckers, CO (dirt bikes everywhere, lots of trails, a river, etc...used to be an old stage coach stop...now a bar - of course)...both riding two-up.

I'm on my '09 RK and he's on his '05 Victory Touring Cruiser (the old style big baggers).

I pull nose-in (slight up hill) and my buddy pulls up next to me...on the right. I see that the surface is unreliable (to put it mildly) and reach in my bag for the flattened pop can I keep in there. Toss it down, and get ready to put the stand on 'er and be all good...but.

THEN I hear the sounds...odd grunting and straining and no, my buddy had NOT decided to take a dump right there...he had decided to throw his stand down into the questionable surface and was parked CLOSE to me...like we would if we were in a crowded blacktop parking lot...and F#@%K!!!...here come his handlebars right at my right thigh! He ws in loose dirt and and cracking hard pan stuff.

Slow motion...and with all of the wisdom of a rock...his woman decides she's gonna bail right then...throws him off balance even more...I put my hand on his bar instinctively trying to help him keep it away from my bike (I really didn't care about my leg, more about denting my ride - funny).

He's now waay off balance...and mind you, he's a big guy...not a wimp in any way...but he's so far off-balance I am pretty sure he AND his bike are gonna be on top of me in seconds. Well...his left bar goes right into my leg...not puncture of course...but damn...that hurt...but was doing a good job of protecting my bike! Meantime...I press, he pulls, and throws his weight to the outside...THEN his girl runs over thinking she's helping...grabs the right side of the BARS...tugs...and BLAM over they go to the OTHER side and onto the dirt...bike on his girl's legs (crash bars protecting her). No chit...what a fiasco!

So...as hilarious as the visual may be...the moral of the story is...when in doubt..stay the F away from me in a parking lot!...oh wait...I mean...don't trust the surface and be mindful of what you can hit if it DID go down (the bike, not his bitch of course...but that's another story). The crushed beer can could've saved this all!

Have fun...

 

First off, I’m laughing with you, not at you. This is one of my all time high rants. Why do people think they need to park right freakin’ next to me? Come on man, give me some room. If the parking lot is completely empty and I give myself plenty of room between me and another bike, some damn fool in our group will try to pull in next to me.

When I first put my 21” front rim on, my bike would lean way over because the frame was higher and the kick stand was farther off the ground. But some fool would pull in right freakin’ next to me. Sometimes I would have to dismount off the other side. DAMN MAN !!!!

Second thing, I know how much handle bars can hurt. I was working on the bike the other day trying to get to that screw that holds the outer fairing on (the one inside the forks). I was leaning in really hard getting ready to get to the screw and WAM. I hit my head squarely on my forehead on the end of the handle bar grip. The wheel was turn all the was to the stop, so there wasn’t any play at all………..and to top that off I have the grips with the chrome on the end, so it was metal to my forehead (no rubber contact at all). Blood started flowing down my face. I looked like Randall Tex Cobb after he had fought Larry Holmes. I dam near knocked myself out. LOL

 

Sorry guys..I'm laughing also. You just can't make this stuff up. I've recently added a backrest to my bike and love it...but I have to get my leg over my seat and it can be difficult at times to say the least...so I don't like people parking that close to me either..i need room to manouver. Don't feel bad about going over...part of the game

 

Holy crap.....I was laughing so hard then i thought about how much that must have freeking hurt your leg.....then i stopped laughing........but i think i saw the same thing at a rally once and i was rolling on the damn ground....sorry dude.......Glad you are ok and glad the scoot didnt get messed up.......

I dont care what you say that was funny rite there...

 

great visual!! Glad all turned out sorta ok for ya!. I have noticed that I need more room with my Ultra than with the RK. I too cant stand it when people feel compelled to park so close that you cant even open your bags!!

 

I was with two noob riders at a place called the Union Hotel which depending on the day can be quite a busy biker bar.The grass parking was tight and the gravel road in the parking area was quite bad,loosely packed etc.I instructed noob #1 to pull out and then noob # 2 but noob #2 panicked because he was sliding and grabbed the front brake and down goes Frasier,he then proceeds to push the bike back up and falls over again and lands on the bike.Man I tell you all eyes were on him and some ol drunk comes over and starts telling him how many times he has done the same thing.I couldn't take it anymore so I kicked it in gear and drove to the entrance to wait for him.He sold the bike soon after and said it was not for him.Too funny

 

I know that was funny, but it still kinda of PO me. I too can NOT figure why some people have to park soooooo d@mn close to ya!........ Glad ya bike didn't get beat up though.

 

Another round of support for keeping your engine / bag guards on! ***** happens... and they are only $140.00 to replace! Ask me how I know....

 

Very descriptive, I could picture the entire incident. Sucks for your leg, but glad your bike wasn’t damaged.

 

Yeah, thanks...it was all really dang funny...comedy of errors for sure.