Done Anything and ( Almost ) Drop Your Motorcycle ?

[kaivalagi]

Moral of the story....get some sliders or bars fitted, bike depending

[Littlepeahead]

I'm short and I stopped in a narrow road in Epping Forest only to realise that lorries use it as a shortcut and the tarmac dipped into tracks with me parked on the raised bit in the middle. Bike tipped as I went to put my foot down. I could probably could have yanked it back up but having already ripped a titanium plate out of my arm a few months earlier I decided that any metal I had to replace on the bike would be cheaper and less painful than getting my elbow put back together again, so I let it go down as gently as possible. The crash bungs took the weight. I'd owned the bike 2 years by then and those bungs went on the bike the day I got it new as I was sure I would drop it in week 1.

I was so close to dropping my cb1r today as I moved it across the sodden garden to the conservatory for some work to be done on it. As said garden was basically a bog it spun up and went completely sideways. Only the fact I never had my feet on the pegs saved it.
Another near drop was when my z750 came off its paddock stand. I caught it but as I had hold of the tail couldn't get it up right! I waited 10 mins (felt like forever) for someone to walk past my house but had to lower it slowly to the floor then pick it properly by the bars.

[Nutsinatin]

I actually dropped my SV in a petrol station last year, some **** was sitting on his KTM behind me bouncing off the rev limiter as soon as I walked out the door, so I wheeled the bike forward put my helmet on, then it just fell over. I had knocked the side stand back slightly when I moved it, them it just tipped over in slow motion, and I couldn't catch it as I was half way through putting my gear back on. Sum total of the damage was five small scratched to the fairing lower and a scuffed crash bung. It was bloody embarrassing as the alarm went off when it fell over, so I had to pick up this screaming bike with everyone looking at me like I was some twit who had just bought a bike and had no idea what he was doing.

[Matt-EUC]

Originally Posted by The Idle Biker

You're not alone fella, been and done that a couple of times now. Slow motion, where you can hear the crunch before it happens, and then it does.

Was one of those times in a tent by any chance XD

[L3nny]

Originally Posted by DaveRushton

Me and L3nny were trying to get my new Sprint onto the centre stand, he ttys on his own, then i slowly see the bike fall over

At least I can write!

Originally Posted by DaveRushton

Me and L3nny were trying to get my new Sprint onto the centre stand, he ttys on his own, then i slowly see the bike fall over

It's all technique, gotta get the right hand in the right place by the pillion footpegs, right foot on the foot of the stand.

[ChrisCurvyS]

Dropped my SV twice. Firstly when I slipped on a leafy dog turd while wheeling the bike through the yard, secondly when my neighbour piled me with drink before I'd had chance to put the bike away. Was so wasted i could barely stand up - it was less funny when i saw the scratches the next day.

[yorkie_chris]

Yes more occurrences than I could even start to tell about!
potholes gravel sidestands drunks kerbs drinking disclocks etc etc.

It happens. Though I've probably had more crashes than drops!

You want to talk about drops, ask our lass

The closest I've come to dropping a bike on the road (after many random little crashes on a YZ125 crosser, one of which was quite funny until I impaled myself on the handlebars) was at a petrol station, i put my foot down on a patch of diesel (the devil's fuel!!) and very nearly dropped my bike, I really wish people would be more careful about getting their fuel IN the tank... Accidents happen but if you spill fuel at least have the curtousy to put sand down :/