i must qualify as today's most stupid

How’s this for stupid, forgot to put sidestand down on the bike before I leant it over in the car park this morn. Didn’t realise til it was too late and started to topple over, just had to lay it down as gently as possible. R&G crash bungs really do a great job, not a mark on the bike! J

Done that.

I was once cleaning my bike, lent over the oppoiste side to get a bit I missed...and pushed the bike just off its sidestand enough for it to roll forward and fall over. I too layed it down as gently as possible and let the R&G's work their magic

I was on my CB400SF and put the stand down, but not all the way, leant it over to put it on it. Before I realised it was not down it was too late, and trapped my foot under the bike as it went over.

Been there, done that .

You are not alone we have all done it sometime lol

[dizzyblonde]

yep done the 1 mile an hour lay down. Riding down an unadopted road with huge potholes and gravel. Lost my balance and put my foot in one...that contained a pond much deeper than expected. Full tank of petrol, had to lay her down, and shout for some nice bloke to pick her up. Suzy got a big scar on her fairing for that, i'd only had her a week...needless to say I've never done it again!


P.s Charlie..you coming over to Squires tonight?

Done far worse than that, cleaning the bike, start it up as I've almost finished (bearing in mind, my bike doesn't have a sidestand switch), rev it let the clutch out forgetting I've left it in gear, weeeeeeeeeeee off we go!

[Paul the 6th]

was putting my old honda on the paddock stand once and over she went in the garage. As she went down I shimmied round the side to try and stop it, ended up half trapped underneath 210kg's of cbf 600. Only a few marks on the fairing but I managed to end up with loads of cuts some how

Way hey, join the club. I ALWAYS look now to make sure.

At least you got away with much dmg...

[Bibio]

went out for a run managed to dodge fallen branches and debries on some twisty roads, threw what looked like mini lakes, got home went to put the sidestand down kicked it into first gear instead and droped the bike. made mental not to ones self, "turn off bike before putting side stand down".