Aaaaaaargh!

[MementoMori]

I dropped my bike AGAIN! This time my b/f was pillion and we did exactly what we were talking about in that women and pillions thread a while ago. For some reason, at a junction, I braked for the car infront who was just sitting there and the bike went over. All happened too fast to remember exactly what happened.

I'm so pissed off with myself!!!

Since I dropped it last, and then went extra wide on that roundabout, I still haven't got my confidence back and I think this was partly the cause of the accident.

I had about 4/5 cars behind me and not one stopped to help, then it was a job to get it to the side of the main road.

Damage to the bike: Snapped front brake lever.

I had to ride the way home... probably about 3/4 miles with just the back brake and a pillion to help slow me down.

I am SO angry. I dunno if this post even makes sense, cos I'm still a bit shaken up and I fucked up infront of my b/f so I'm just... gonna stop typing now and hit some pillow.
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[Suzuki]

Sorry to hear that. Glad there are no injuries though.

On a random note - Annabella and I were in the video shop at the weekend, and noticed the film "Memento Mori" on the shelf and thought of you.
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[dainesefreak]

On another positive note, you're going to dump him soon anyway.

[Mr.Everready]

these will help.
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[paulthewitt]

try ak bike breakers (2 stroke specialists)

tel: 0870 066 0361

cheaper than buying new. if its just the lever (not the master cylinder aswell) should be quite cheap

Paul

[Irezumi aka Reuben]

Why didn't your boyfriend help you pick it up?

Your bf shouldnt be bothered other than that your both ok as mentioned.

Try riding on your own again until your get your confidence back as well.

Also get hold of a few old matresses and lay your bike onto it. Then use different techniques to lift it up. Will be good for your strength as well.
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[JonB]

[MementoMori]

Cool, for those that saw things and thought of me... it makes me feel all nice inside, so thankyou!

Thanks for the words. He did help to pick it up and push it to the roadside. Sorry if my initial post sounded critical of him, he was doing everything to make me feel better about the situation once we got home. Even got a cup of tea!

Just a bad point of mine, I'm just incredibly critical of myself and I hate messing up because I'll beat myself up about it for ages. Especially when stuff happens infront of people.

I'm kinda happy with myself that I managed to ride it back with the crap back brake w/o incident. So I think that was something good to come from it.

Now I've just gotta tell my dad.
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[lllN30lll]

sorry to hear about your incident.

can you explain about the "it went over" bit? did you do a huge endo and flipped the bike straight over?

or did the front wheel give way?
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[jonnay]

Forget about it, I went through a stage of a crash (usually resulting in hospital) every 3 weeks for a bit. Just one of those things, you learn from it.

Check the tyres too, for wear or any crud on them which could have made you slip, more than likely the road itself though.

Jon
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[bazza]

Don't stress over it. I doubt there's one member of BCF (with a bike) who hasn't dropped it more than once.

And if there is, they're a liar.
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[Itchy]

BMW man round the corner has never dropped his bike , then again his bike has less than 200 miles on it(its 2 years old).


Its nothing major I drop me NTV all the time I never used to but sickpup said there was a curse on NTVs and small blokes riding them.
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[Villers]

Yeah I bet a hell of a lot of us have a 'dropped bike' story. Like tom Jones said 'Its not unusual'

I dropped mine outside the GF's house while some old bint was gobbing off at me. I jumped round and picked it straight up (CBR6 and a 11st bloke) but it wasnt natural strength that let me do it, it was the adrenalin! Since then Ive got a lot better at picking up bikes after I get knocked off, lowside, stop to help someone who crashed, gf ran over best mates bike etc etc. The old 2 cupped hands under the lower side bar and lift technique works wonders.

As for your confidence juts put it down to a ridiculous accident and not a slur on your personal competence. All it requires is a lapse of concentration and two or things to build up and bite you. If you start worrying and panicking about this you are just going to get all het up and possibly put yourself in a similar position - you got away lucky, a free lesson almost, now use the experience to prevent it happening again.

Get that front brake fixed, get your bloke back on the back and go out there and prove you can do it.
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[Villers]

Had the boot in the kickplate twice (damn those sidi vertigo's!!) but managed to keep the bike on my right leg whilst I freed the left foot. That panic feeling is immense, it makes my legs shake. You have to throw your whole weight to your free foot to save it. It happened on a hire bike (hornet six) and about two weeks ago on my two week old SV, although I was in the garage then. When it happened on the hornet I was right outside of work, now THAT would have been embarrassing!!
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[McGee]

Baggy jeans the ultimate in making you look like a tit

Went to pull off and my jeans got caught up in the peg some how. I was trying to take a corner and get my foot on the peg to the amusement to every one behind me.

Also went to put my foot down in the same pair and it got caught on the kickplate and had to hold the bike up at a stupid angle and try and push it back up with one leg on the ground and the other cocked in the air
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[Kitten]

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[Visitor Q]

To be honest it would be the effect of having a lardy bloke, sitting very high up (acts as more levering force, can be arsed figuring out how to explain it, but weight slung low down makes less difference to balance) makes it MUCH harder for you to support the weight.

This a simple cock up youd usually be able to lever back up results in falling over.

Its when you get lardy pillions that like jumping off the bike JUST as you are coming to a stop that are the people i love

Oh, and ive caught my trainer lace in my right footpeg. Came to stop (in mood/rush), went to through it over on the right side to flick out sidestand, and just ended up on the floor.

Now that was an arse
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[Tarmacsurfer]

It's the disk locks that get me. Went through 2 disks year before last due to the ninja like abilitites of a flourescent yellow security device. I swear the bastard thing wasn't there as I walked back to the bike, it somehow teleported from pocket to brake as I started and went to pull away

at G however, sounds like that could have got interesting.

MementoMori, we spoke a year or two back in PM when you originally posted here about wanting some pointers on riding etc. Offers still open, it may also be worth looking up your local IAM group to help get some more confidence. That's sounding to me like your main problem, if you're obsessing all the time about what you and the bike are doing then it gets very, very hard to ride either safely or well and all too easy to start misjudging and freezing up at inopportune moments (or grabbing a bigger handful of brake than intended, the usual reason for a front wheel to slide out like that). The front brake lever is a five minute job to change though, and shouldn't cost much more than £8 or so.
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[jonnay]

I used to have my tax disc holder on a bolt where the footplate attaches, it *always* used to get caught in my jeans
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[SoND]

I've parked up, got off bike to the right hand side and caught the tail with my foot which resulted in the side stand kicking itself back up. Havent oiled that spring since.
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[BorderHooner]

sorry to hear you dropped yer bike.

if its any consulation i dropped the 250 on my drive the other day trying to put it on its centre stand. no damage tho but i felt daft as a brush.
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[ZRX61]

I wouldn't think the b/f is in ANY position to take the piss, after all, he was the big pansy riding bitch behind a girl.. LMFAO!!