Embarassing moments with the bike

[hongman]

Ok chaps, chapettes...

Most of the regulars here will have heard, or even seen most of my countless embarassing moments (which they keep reminding me of even after I have forgotten myself).

I'm thinking I cannot be alone in this! So lets share some of your more blush-worthy moments.

Mine are, or include (if I missed anything Im very sure someone will fill in!) Some are classic new rider moments, others are are plain stupid.

- Stopping on a slope and dropping the bike after foot found the floor too late

- Dropping the bike in general, record was 5 times in one day...

- Forgetting to put sidestand down, dropped bike.

- Coming to stop at junction. Forgot to put leg out. (dont ask)

- Trying to back peddle on gravel, foot slips, drop bike.

- Trying to u turn with a massive bag inbetween me and the handlebars. Dropped bike.

- Riding off without undoing disc lock. Dropped bike.

Think I got them all........

[keith_d]

I was there for the one outside the pub where the ground sloped away rather more than you expected.

I think the worst one I've ever done was trying to ride off with the disk lock still on. First there's the unexpected stop, then the awful realization that you can't keep the bike up from the position you've ended up in and nobody's going to help you. Not recommended.

[andrewsmith]

Another one of yours

Pulling onto a boat jetty lost on the site used for GM5 and dropping it stationary

written with a biro

[Fruity-ya-ya]

I'm already loving this thread.

[hongman]

I was there for the one outside the pub where the ground sloped away rather more than you expected.

I think the worst one I've ever done was trying to ride off with the disk lock still on. First there's the unexpected stop, then the awful realization that you can't keep the bike up from the position you've ended up in and nobody's going to help you. Not recommended.

Yes, I remember vividly landing precariously close to your back wheel! We had stopped en-route to AR in Wales if I recall, at a pub to meet Joey and grab a bite?

Another one of yours

Pulling onto a boat jetty lost on the site used for GM5 and dropping it stationary

written with a biro

That was me trying to u turn with my hoodie package stuff in front of me haha. Shortly after I see your head pop up over the hill!

[Bibio]

lot my footing in the middle of Edinburgh bike on side. most embarrassing bit was a nice young blond lady asked if i needed a hand to lift it up.

when i was a teen i crashed into the back of a parked car in front of all my mates and girlfriend at the time. best bit was it was my girlfriends brothers car.

popped a wheelie and ended up on my arzzz in front of all my mates.

[hongman]

bit was it was my girlfriends brothers car.


:smt046:smt046:smt046

[Bibio]

i was tame compared to the mates :-)

[Bluepete]

Stopping at a junction in the middle of town on a liveried bike, putting foot down on gravel and doing the slowest topple over known to man!

I nearly caught it, but that bike weighed about the same as the Titanic...

Pete ;)

[Kenzie]

I've done the disc lock thing as well in the sixth form car park. I now own a lock reminder!

[dirtydog]

I've also done the disc lock one although it was on my 125 so I managed to keep it upright.

Another one was I got to the end of my road, about 50 metres from my house, the engine died and I just toppled over!

That's about it for me

[Nutsinatin]

I paid for my fuel in the petrol station then moved my bike forwards so the next bike could fill up, must have knocked the sidestand when I moved it as I was putting my gloves on when the sidestand snapped up and the bike fell over, alarm wailing whilst I picked the bike up then pulled my gloves of to get the key out of the ignition to stop the alarm, petrol station was pack, crash bungs paid for themselves at that point though!

[Littlepeahead]

Hong, I have the solution for you. (The basket is instead of a tank bag so you won't topple over)

http://images.esellerpro.com/2347/I/905/94/kit90594a.png

[a_monkey_hint]

1) Locked the front on my first DAS lesson (start as I mean to go on..) - to be fair it was wet and he asked me to do an emergency stop so grabbed a full hand of front brake.
2) Went down the wrong road when heading to the dentist, went to turn round but stopped to let a car past, foot slipped on wet leaves and dropped the bike
3) Parked up outside the office, bike was too far away from the ground anchor, so picked the bike up walked forward a foot and must have moved the stand slightly. Dropped the bike with half my colleagues looking at me. Bent the gear lever, clutch and snapped the indicator. Snapped the gear lever trying to bend it back so ended up having to be recovered home.

[ChrisCurvyS]

Doing a massive wheelie almost through the rear windscreen of a new colleague going through the barriers in the company car park.

Had my headphones on and the iPod had just switched to a different album at much higher volume. It was Meatloaf, as it happens.

[davepreston]

buying a set of red rental bars from a trusted member of the org (Dave numbers), turned out they were pink but had to use them as no other option attending GM




sitting back waiting for scoobs to post now muhahahahaha

[hongman]

Don't lie Dave you knew they were pink, you love it!

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[davepreston]

well volentold for the butler duties I require at AR Hong :)

[Littlepeahead]

Me and Mr LPH do ride the bikes along byways when we're out. 2 weeks ago he pulled up at the start of a track, not a byway, big sign saying not suitable for vehicles, another saying ford. He says shall we ride it, it looks dodgy so I say no but off he goes. I try to follow. It's not a track but a river bed. 50 metres along I stop, no hard ground so I can't put the stand down, feet are sinking and I have to lie the bike down before it lands on me. Engine bars take the weight no problem. No sign of Stu as he'd shot off. Turns out he'd only got just round the bend before hitting worse quicksand type stuff and dropped his bike. Mine was more a controlled parking on its side! Moral of the story, in future I lead.

[hongman]

Volentold someone else you lanky bastad!

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[missyburd]

Haha Hong this thread made me smile. You must have the same problem as me in that you're a little too short in the leg from the SV, I've dropped it in every situation you've listed (except the junction one) and more.

One of the best ones was late at night in the pitch black on a country lane when my bike had it's worn sidestand that meant it leant over a fair old way, I'd dropped the bike on parking it up on a sloped gravelly track (the big chunky stuff)... then on leaving I had to bounce it up off the stand to get enough weight behind it then bounced a bit too much and it went over the other side and into the ditch alongside! #-oSo then I was on my own (the folks I was out with had already gone before I'd got all my gear back on) in the pitch black...thought about flagging a car down but thought that might not work out well either so just set about picking it up out the ditch, not sure how I did it but I did. Adrenaline works wonders. I've picked it up countless times since, much to the amusement of anyone watching and much to my amusement of seeing their reactions to my achieving it.

One time I left the choke on accidentally when leaving a down sloping gravelly track and wondering why there was no engine breaking, then realising I was picking up speed and a stone wall was at the bottom, brake and down, whoops!

[hongman]

Hahaha Yep, midgets curse! Although since those times iv gained 2 and a half stone and its become noticeably easier to muscle the bike about! Shame my barely used bespoke nitron shock was weighted for my old weight...

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[keith_d]

I've done the disc lock thing as well in the sixth form car park. I now own a lock reminder!

So do I. It's a 1" long piece of PVC tubing. If the disk lock is on, the tube is on my ignition key to stop me riding off. Otherwise it's on the disk lock key.

[Bibio]

Hahaha Yep, midgets curse! Although since those times iv gained 2 and a half stone and its become noticeably easier to muscle the bike about! Shame my barely used bespoke nitron shock was weighted for my old weight...

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don't worry about it mine is still putting up with my gained fat arze :thumbsup:

[Mrs DJ Fridge]

My V-Strom was 2 days old when I got to a very boring junction in our village, stopped to turn right and very gently dropped the bike to the right, needed help to get it up again as I was blocking the road. My only excuse was it was a lot heavier than the ancient Monster I had before, but still mortified., luckily it was so slow to only damage was to the brake lever so I was able to ride away.

[DJFridge]

Been fairly lucky all told, but in the spirit of sharing

Forgot the sidestand was still down and caught it on the slightly raised floor going in to the garage. Slow motion tip over. Only the 125 though, so easy to pick up.

Miss judged an uneven bit of car park at work and gently tipped over when my foot slipped.

And again, two weeks later (that WAS embarrassing)

Oh, and crashed into the compound fence on my first go at Mod1

[BanannaMan]

If you're going to be embarrassed, might as well do it on a world class scale!



It was a hot sunny Saturday in the late 1970's and I was riding a 1975 Honda CB-750 four.
Baseball and softball were still very popular in rural America.

The womens' teams from all of the county were having their end of the year softball tournament.
Every female from 16 to 22, literally every woman I would have a chance to date for the next few years were there, all hanging around in one large group away from the other women and the on going ball game, near the car park.

The little ball park was all spruced up, with a fresh mowing, stripes painted on the field, banners, food venders.
Even the drive and carpark had a fresh layer of gravel.
Perhaps a bit too spruced up.

Unbeknownst to me as I rode up heading towards the group of young women near the rear corner of the car park was that in their effort to make the car park look nice, someone decided to use gravel to level it up.
Meaning in some places the gravel were over a foot deep!

Needless to say apparently the deepest spot was right in front of this group of young women and I ride up, only to totally wipe out in the loose gravel, with 200 or more young women watching. (and subsequently laughing) :oops:

Wasn't a total loss, though.
I ended up giving several young lasses a ride and even left with one of them.
(I haven't always been old and ugly)

Still, even so, it was the most embarassing moment ever on a bike and a lot of girls I dated afterwards mentioned remembering it. :rolleyes:


EDIT: My wife says it was a group of only about 100 young women. She was there too! FFS!

[hongman]

Hahaha, I might have to try and replicate that one!!!

[ChrisCurvyS]

Speak of the devil, yesterday I was putting my new Fazer 1000 (which is a fair bit heavier than an SV) in the shed when my leather trousers fell down (sexily, I'd undone them to let the belly out).

Problem was I was halfway up the pretty steep ramp at the time and was suddenly restricted to awkward, short shuffling steps with my trousers round my ankles. The bike almost fell away from me at one point so I had to use my head as a lever to push it away from the opposite wall - had to go in work today with an imprint of a brick on my forehead.

Once inside the shed, I had the problem of putting the stand down without being able to lift or separate my feet - the trouser issue was compounded by restricted movement from a recent crash.

In the end, the Mrs found my breathing heavily and sweating profusely with the bike on top of me and my trousers round my ankles.

Loved the gravel story btw - there's a similarly good tale on here from a chap who rode off a pier and into the sea while avoiding a bus on a costal road.

[Bibio]

:smt046 :winner:

[The Idle Biker]

I remember getting caught by my Mum when I was wanking looking at pictures of the Suzuki Katana 1000.

Moderately embarrassing.

[Matt-EUC]

I ran mine dry trying to drag race RedHerring on TOGMIE.

[Fruity-ya-ya]

I remember getting caught by my Mum when I was wanking looking at pictures of the Suzuki Katana 1000.

Moderately embarrassing.

Moderately!

I shudder to think what you've been caught doing that rates a 'very'.

[Bibio]

I remember getting caught by my Mum when I was wanking looking at pictures of the Suzuki Katana 1000.

Moderately embarrassing.

highly disturbed, you sick person you. now if it was the one with the pop up headlight i might let you off.

[TamSV]

I ran mine dry trying to drag race RedHerring on TOGMIE.

Is that a follow up to Idle Bikers story or are we still talking bikes?

[hongman]

Muahahaha!

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[Sir Trev]

highly disturbed, you sick person you. now if it was the one with the pop up headlight i might let you off.



Have a feeling that was the 750cc grey import model from Japan. The 1000cc model was the one to have (even above the 1100) so I feel TIB was, er, celebrating the right derivative there...


In the days before disc locks we had cable locks, and I recall trying to ride off with mine still through the back wheel. Avoided getting it stuck in the chain but it trashed my chain guard. All in front of the combined West London branches of the Suzuki OC and Honda OC on a Wednesday night outside the Cabbage Patch pub in Twickenham. Someone stopped laughing enough to lend me a screwdriver (found my toolkit was not there) so I could remove the remains and ride sheepishly home.

[Mrs DJ Fridge]

Speak of the devil, yesterday I was putting my new Fazer 1000 (which is a fair bit heavier than an SV) in the shed when my leather trousers fell down (sexily, I'd undone them to let the belly out).

Problem was I was halfway up the pretty steep ramp at the time and was suddenly restricted to awkward, short shuffling steps with my trousers round my ankles. The bike almost fell away from me at one point so I had to use my head as a lever to push it away from the opposite wall - had to go in work today with an imprint of a brick on my forehead.

Once inside the shed, I had the problem of putting the stand down without being able to lift or separate my feet - the trouser issue was compounded by restricted movement from a recent crash.

In the end, the Mrs found my breathing heavily and sweating profusely with the bike on top of me and my trousers round my ankles.
Now that is properly funny
Loved the gravel story btw - there's a similarly good tale on here from a chap who rode off a pier and into the sea while avoiding a bus on a costal road.

I have almost stopped laughing now, that was really funny

[rb8989]

first year I was riding big bikes, I was stopped in traffic on a ridiculously steep incline, in the wet.

Kicked it down into first only it didnt go in...


What a hillstart that was, swear I could have set the backwards motorcycle land speed record.

Front wheel locked, useless as it was now effectively the back wheel.

Sliding down this wet hill, both feet down, not daring to bring my right foot up..

I eventually stopped and managed to put it in gear the second time.

[Mrs DJ Fridge]

I remember getting caught by my Mum when I was wanking looking at pictures of the Suzuki Katana 1000.

Moderately embarrassing.

Trust me, as a mum of two teenage boys I can honestly say you mum would have only gone out of earshot and laughed her socks off.

[missyburd]

Hahaha Yep, midgets curse!
LOl I wouldn't go that far, I'm 5ft7! But slightly too short in the leg for the SV so occasionally get caught out. I stopped getting precious about my bike a long time ago, love it to bits but it's getting thoroughly used and abused these days and my fuel economy has never been better so I'm happy :D