aint that good ...
Tourer
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From: Chicago burbs
Right at the end of my street I was coming to the t intersection. I was rolling not even a mile an hour (I should have completely stopped I admit). I looked right then left and started to roll into my left turn. A cager then came up over the hill so I hit my front brake (since I wasn't going fast enough to pick my feet up yet). I felt her going down and was able to get my feet under it. But given the pitch of the hill I was on, she was going down. I hopped off as she rolled onto the street. The woman in the cage was turning down my street so she had to go totally around me to make her turn. Did she stop to help or even ask? NOPE. The bitch kept going as I stared at her in disbelief. I yelled "NO IT'S OK, I DON'T NEED HELP PICKING UP AN 800 BIKE THAT I DROPPED AVOIDING YOU!!!" Cagers.....UGH!! 
I will admit she didn't really do anything wrong. I didn't completely stop. But she watched me go down and had to make an extra effort to go around me. Didn't even acknowledge me. That's what I got bent up about.
I will admit she didn't really do anything wrong. I didn't completely stop. But she watched me go down and had to make an extra effort to go around me. Didn't even acknowledge me. That's what I got bent up about.
Last edited by Smokengun; Mar 24, 2013 at 03:35 PM.
Road Warrior
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From: CT
Everyone that's ridden any amount of time knows how it feels to drop the bike. Hell, I have dropped bikes in the garage and in my own driveway. Seemed it was always stupid stuff on my part that caused the drop.
I've always been amazed at how helpful non-bikers will be when they see you go down. The last time I dropped it was during a front wheel lockup in gravel to keep getting hit by a cager. It went down easy, but I was having trouble backing into the bike and pushing it up in that gravel. A guy in a pickup stopped and helped me. He said "let's get this big Harley back up where she belongs". I never will forget that.
I've always been amazed at how helpful non-bikers will be when they see you go down. The last time I dropped it was during a front wheel lockup in gravel to keep getting hit by a cager. It went down easy, but I was having trouble backing into the bike and pushing it up in that gravel. A guy in a pickup stopped and helped me. He said "let's get this big Harley back up where she belongs". I never will forget that.
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If it's going happen, there's nothing you can do about it...or practically nothing. I'm not even close to being half as strong as I was when I had my last bike, so if it's going to do something stupid to embarrass me, I'll have kick it in groin...if I'm able to.
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From: CT
I hear you. Not 30 anymore. The embarrassing thing is saying "hey honey. Can you come out into the garage for a minute". :-)
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From: nebraska
I was backing my RoadKing up and i stumbled on a rough spot and the bike started going over right into my GF Mustang.
I caught the bike and kept it from falling into her car but i was more or less pinned between it ,keeping it from mashing into her car.
I was able to get my phone out and call her to come rescue me.
ha ha she was nice and did not laugh very much.
I caught the bike and kept it from falling into her car but i was more or less pinned between it ,keeping it from mashing into her car.
I was able to get my phone out and call her to come rescue me.
ha ha she was nice and did not laugh very much.
Last edited by baust55; Mar 24, 2013 at 05:46 PM.
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Cruiser
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Reminds me ... I didn't tell everything ... rode my RK up a ramp into my shed .. ended up pinned in the shed .... waited till the neighbor came home to help get the bike off me ... Then went and took a 2 hour nap I was so wore out ... lol
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From: Daytona, Fla.
In my 20's I rode to work. One day I passed a fellow worker in the driveway. When I got to the office door he said, "You look the most natural & relaxed of anyone I've ever seen on a motorcycle". Felt pretty good, but then he hadn't seen me get 5 feet away in the bank parking lot before the bike hit the ground. Probably should have put the kickstand down.......
In my 50's I rented a bike at a friends in England. Dropped it twice, once with him watching. Blamed it on wrong way roads & having to make odd turns to enter 'em.
Near 70 now, & pushing an 800 lb. bike around the drive/shop is a lot more awkward than it used to be. I have to be a lot more careful, but I've gotten used to picking up motorcycles, it doesn't embarrass me. I figure that if you haven't dropped one, you haven't been riding long enough.......
In my 50's I rented a bike at a friends in England. Dropped it twice, once with him watching. Blamed it on wrong way roads & having to make odd turns to enter 'em.
Near 70 now, & pushing an 800 lb. bike around the drive/shop is a lot more awkward than it used to be. I have to be a lot more careful, but I've gotten used to picking up motorcycles, it doesn't embarrass me. I figure that if you haven't dropped one, you haven't been riding long enough.......
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From: Santa Cruz
Two kinds of riders; those that are going to go down and those that are going to go down again.
I'm definitely not a good rider (or driver) but that doesn't stop me from doing stupid things on a bike? Still alive after riding about 50 years????? LUCKY!!
I'm definitely not a good rider (or driver) but that doesn't stop me from doing stupid things on a bike? Still alive after riding about 50 years????? LUCKY!!