Dropped bike - 1st time ever - crappy start to day.
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From: PA
Yeah.. nobody was around.. the wife saw the rear end peaking around the garage lay over cuz she was at our backdoor.... she came down to check on me...by the time she got there I had it up already.
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From: Western Illinois, land of bad roads, and corrupt politicians
She only hurt her pride.
By the time I got my kickstand down and over to her, some big guy was trying to pick her bike up for her. That was even funnier than her falling. He couldn't pick it up. He was doing it all wrong. I picked it up in one move, then told him I was used to doing it.
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From: Western Illinois, land of bad roads, and corrupt politicians
Now you joined the "been there done that" club.
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From: Cypress, TX
Welcome to the club!
I did it last year with my old Ultra - at a traffic light where somebody had leaked some oil. I put my left foot down and it just skated off! Bike went down quick and hard with me straddling it. Embarrassing as hell in rush hour traffic.
Thankfully the engine and bag guards work well.
I did it last year with my old Ultra - at a traffic light where somebody had leaked some oil. I put my left foot down and it just skated off! Bike went down quick and hard with me straddling it. Embarrassing as hell in rush hour traffic.
Thankfully the engine and bag guards work well.
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From: Spokane, WA.
If you think your morning can suck with your bike going down.... read this, true story: My brother has a shop / garage that he keeps his Yamaha Venture in.
The paved driveway that goes from his home up to this shop is very steep, it is the access road from his place, out to the county road.
Last year, he got the bike out of the shop and had maneuvered it into the incline road.
Some sort of ooops happened and the bike went down with him under it on the downhill side of the road. He's 6'-6 and 210lbs, and there was no one to help get the bike up- took him 45 minutes to get out from that predicament. He had a gash on his leg from it though it did not require medical attention.
The paved driveway that goes from his home up to this shop is very steep, it is the access road from his place, out to the county road.
Last year, he got the bike out of the shop and had maneuvered it into the incline road.
Some sort of ooops happened and the bike went down with him under it on the downhill side of the road. He's 6'-6 and 210lbs, and there was no one to help get the bike up- took him 45 minutes to get out from that predicament. He had a gash on his leg from it though it did not require medical attention.
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I can still brag that I haven't had a crash in 46 years of riding but I lost count on how many times I've dropped a bike. If this is the first time you've dropped one you must not have been riding long.