Has your bike ever fallen from its side stand?

[northwind]

Yup, but I'd parked it pointing down a fairly steep slope, like an idiot, and I'm not even totally sure it was down properly Ever since, I just give the bike a wee wobble before I leave it to be sure it's safe.

Originally Posted by Carsick

I bet that's the last time that person parked on a hill without leaving it in gear.

It was the last time I parked on a hill in front of them as well didn't mention that the bike nearly took mine out.

mine fell just as i was about to get on her.

i'd not even touched the bike when suddenly it was coming towards me.

I then remember being pinned between the SV and my old RS250 and the petrol tank of the SV giving me a dead leg.

managed to get the bike upright and get the stand under it again but i know if the RS wasn't there I'd have gone under the bike.

i did drop mine properly after 2 days of owning it trying to open my front gate by leaning over the front of the bike, lost balance and down we went.

Mine fell over after I put the side stand down and left the engine running. Just walked away when I heard a crash and looked round to see the bike spinning round on the floor as when it went down, it knocked itself into gear
Dropped it a couple of times by leaving the disc lock on as well

First thing to do with an sv is to change the front indicators for smaller ones as they're the first thing to touch down when the bike goes over and they invariably crack the surrounding fairing

Originally Posted by shutdown

mine fell just as i was about to get on her.

Love at first sight?!


The SV has never fallen, and I'm extra careful with the ZX as the stand is really tiny and tucked right under the foot peg. £%$&**^%& akward thing!

I did have it happen to my NSR125 two days before I was due to trade it in for my GPz500 (just after passing my test).

Gravel drive + a night of heavy rain = soft underneath. Put it on the stand, turned my back to shut the garage door and heard a crunch.
The next 24 hours were spent with the bike on it's side in the kitchen (supported by two dining room chairs) whilst I repaired the cracks in the fairing and replaced a small missing bit with araldite!
Hey, it sprayed up quite well and was probably stronger than the rest of the fairing... and the shop never noticed.
(I soooo wanted that GPz for the first time I wasn't 'completely' honest... I didn't lie, I just didn't tell them. I would have owned up if they noticed!)

What I took away from that experience is that I now always give the tank a little tug once the stand is down, just before I leave the bike... just to make sure it's planted solidly down.

OK, OK, so sometimes I'm a little paranoid and give a couple of tugs...



... alright, sometimes more than a couple.






FINE, I have been known to walk away and then go back to the bike to double check. But I've only done that twice.

Originally Posted by shutdown

mine fell just as i was about to get on her.

A man who knows how to treat a lady.

Originally Posted by Moobie

A man who knows how to treat a lady.

it's not everyday she goes down without me doing anything

i was on mine and parked it infront of the girlfriends house on a narrow concrete path between the windows and garden thought put the stand down fully.but i hadnt it rolled forward a bit and fell to the left on the grass!! not a scratch and the footpegs took at the concrete impact.

I pushed mine off its side stand when cleaning it But It's never just 'fell off' its stand

my last bike fell off its centre stand once when i parked on some cheap tarmac, went to work and the sun (remember that) softened it and it fell breaking the indicator and clutch lever , the rac took me home