How to pull up at home.... Spot the difference

owl10 · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 09 Apr 2010 Karma :

Method 1

Approach slowly in first gear.
Pull onto pavement
Clutch in / Brake
foot, or feet down.
Backpeddle bike onto drive, (I tend to use the slope of the pavement to swing the front round and push my bike back onto the drive)

How I did it today

Approach slowly in first gear
Pull onto pavement
Clutch in / Brake
left foot down, follwed by right foot
Begin to backpeddle bike toward drive
Slip left foot on loose gravel
Try to stop bike falling due to turn and camber of slope combined + no foot to support
fail
Lie bike down in road
Shout profanity at self, bike, neighbour, neighbours dog, stupid gnome-y thing in neighbours garden, birds, cars, and anything else in 50 foot radius
Pick bike up
then resume pushing back onto drive.

apologise to neighbour for use of profanity.

Anybody spot the difference?

Bugger - not too much damage thankfully as i managed to lay it down fairly gently, but had to let go, or end up with it on top of me (which ive done before and not been able to get it off, Embarassed

though not this bike)

Need a new engine cover now scratched not holed thankfully Sad

twat.

Thought I'd share, I can't be the only one to have done this!

Nai · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Apr 2010 Karma :

Ack! Need pics of bike!

I had a slow motion put down once. Its the only time I have put my bike down in any way. I have to take it through a muddy bit behind the block of flats I live in, one particular rainy day I found the neighbours overflow was broken and gushing water into the muddy bit. Front wheel went into the quagmire, could push it back, couldn't get off bike, had to move forward slowly and hope I didn't fall. Got a few metres then just sunk into the mud. My legs slipped apart and the bike came to a gentle rest in the mud.

Got away without a scratch thankfully but good god the bike was filthy!

Willson · Traffic Copper Joined: 26 Jun 2010 Karma :

Giggity...

Had one when doing a U turn on gravel... felt a bit silly!
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Benson_JV · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 May 2010 Karma :

Putting the bike on the centrestand, foot slipped and bike just went over. Embarassed

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Acemastr · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Oct 2008 Karma :

see my other thread, turning it round and grounding it on the side stand down the tiniest curb in history... then it plonking over, and me lifting with bare feet Sad

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Willson · Traffic Copper Joined: 26 Jun 2010 Karma :

I've done that one as well young Benson, but onto grass.
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binge · Emo Kiddy Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Karma :

Last time I laid a bike down was my YZF450. Was mid roundabout chasing a few litre bikes.
Was in leathers luckily, knee down, Then just lost the arse end. Slid across the roundabout, overflow from carb pissed onto exhaust, and the bike caught fire. Laughing

I didnt come off the bike for some reason, Was still in the riding position once the bike was stationary on it's side on the roundabout. Confused

Just picked the bike up, and rode off up the road with it still on fire. Flames went out, did a few more laps of Ebbsfleet to make sure everything was okay.

Once I stopped, check the bike over, nothing damaged at all, nothing even scratched.

Willson · Traffic Copper Joined: 26 Jun 2010 Karma :

That's quite amazing!
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imanupstart · Traffic Copper Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Karma :

Hoping I'm not the only one who's pulled up looking as cool as ever infront of work mates, keys out and dismounted having completely forgotten about putting the sidestand down Embarassed

Mates thought it was badass, like I'd intentionally got off and thrown my bike to the floor Laughing

hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I once dropped my Super Tenere in a services carpark somewhere in Reading, just exactly as I pulled up in front of about 15 members* of the Vincent Owners Club who had gathered whilst waiting for a funeral to start.

To this day I dunno why I dumped it, I just sort of stopped and ... got off the hard way.

Felt a proper twat, but then, don't you always.

*old and seasoned riders, obviously, which makes it even more blushworthy
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rac3r · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

I've nearly slipped a couple of times pushing my bike out the garage up the drive (slightly up hill) scary thing is if I slip the bike will end up on top of me Shocked

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Hockeystorm65 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 08 Sep 2010 Karma :

Last month.....having passed my test for a whole week I went out for a spin and when I came back my wife and kids were washing the car, I casually cruised in along side the car listening to the throaty burble of the engine at low revs, knocked it into neutral (actually second!), revved it a couple of times for effect..."hey look at me family, I'm on a big bike now" kind of thing, let the revs die down, let our the clutch...immediately stalled the bike, lost balance in the lurch forward, braked and fell sideways into a bush at zero miles an hour! Embarassed

...damage to bike, nil....damage to me......few scratches across face from twigs (visor was up)...damage to bush..a write off...damage to self esteem......immeasurable!!!!!

...there! I feel better now I have got that out into the open Mr. Green

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doggone · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

Parking anywhere is a moment when things go wrong.
I remember trying to move the bike a couple of feet in it's garage - somehow it started to go over away from me (and the stand).
Desperately trying to stop it or at least reduce the impact I hung on for grim death - then fell on top of it Rolling Eyes

No real damage though Laughing

Tonka · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2008 Karma :

I so feel your pain and embarrasment, as moving my bike about the driveway and garage is a complete trauma for me..........I spend most of the time muttering 'don't drop the bike, don't drop the f**king bike' as it's an accident waiting to happen Shocked

The driveway is steepish and uneven rubbish concrete with mud and weeds in the gaps (yes, I do clean it but they come back overnight!). Reversing the bike into the garage, usually in the dark is stressful! Normally I get the front wheel stuck in a millimetre deep hole and then can't push the bike back, so have to get off. Stand down (check three times at least!), knee tucked around crash bung to push bike back out of hole (what hole?). Hop back on bike and push back down the slope, front brake on carefully - nope, well just grab a handful and kangaroo backwards instead, eh?! Next is the best bit - it levels for about a metre in front of the garage door. If I go slowly enough I can get the back wheel on the flat, front still on the slope and me legs a dangling swearing and wobbling mid way! I'm so grateful there are no witnesses to this fiasco! Rolling Eyes

I feel all heart thumpy and panicky just thinking about it! Embarassed

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Mal · Brolly Dolly Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Karma :

It's only a matter of time until this happens to me (I've come close a few times), and unfortunately it's more likely to happen with the FJR than with the T'cat - and I can't pick that one up on my own (certainly not on a drive with a 20 degree slope).
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owl10 · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 09 Apr 2010 Karma :

Dropping it is bad enough, but not being able to pick it up again would be double the embarrasment!

Id not picked up my zx6r before, but it wasnt that heavy- plus being angry i think and not wanting to look a twat (anymore than i did already!) gives that little 'encouragement' to get it back shiny side up!

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elky · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Karma :

I did similar at the weekend.

My car was parked in front of the drive, so I was swinging round the back of it doing about 5 mph - hit some moss on the road and slid at the lowest speed anybody has ever slid before.

Stood up, and laughed my bollocks off.

No damage to bike, but glad nobody saw me Embarassed

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Aka Matt · Trackday Trickster Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Karma :

Went to park up outside my back gate yesterday morning along the side of my house. Cue me overdoing it going round the corner of the house doing a massive 3-4mph! and breaking the stench pipe coming from the upstairs bathroom with my engine bar. Then as I went to get off the bike I hadn't put the sidestand down properly which then made the bike pin me against the wall Rolling Eyes

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