Another 125 Story, again in my cage

[owl10]

This time my good deed for the day.

Let a 125 pull out into a line of traffic earlier.

Noticed he still had the side stand down and fully extended.

Luckily the road was fairly straight.

Got to traffic lights and pulled up alongside (he was going right I was going left) and gave a small beep of the horn to get his attention - I think he thought I was going to give some abuse, however seemed grateful enough when I told him (His rear lights were out as well, this he was less happy about...).

So, I don't know what would happen if anyone was to lea left with the sidestand down, Im guessing it's quite likely to cause an off though, So like to think I did him a favour.

Copyright belongs to Brool Story Co.

Not massively interesting I know, but given my last 125 rant thought I'd try and balance it out a bit!
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[finniee]

My bike cuts out if I have the side stand down and try to move.
Kinda glad it does.

[pepperami]

You did him a massive favour I had an off years ago when I left a side stand down!
I couldn't of been doing more than 10 mph and it slung me around all over the place
Bent bars, two broken indicators & scratched tank , not good.
Wont do that again in a hurry
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[Raffles]

I can't remember when sidestand cut-out switches became standard but back in the day they were unheard of. Accidents and deaths attributed to riding with sidestands left down were commonplace.
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[nathan k]

I always forget to put my side stand up, as I turn left the bike suddenly bolts upright slightly and the sidestand flys up, no harm done as of yet.

[Pol Anorl]

My story of L platers was riding home and smelt and heard a very noisy 2 stroke.. little bit down the road past about 5 of his ped friends i caught up with him, 125 off road 2 stroke, rear light out, exhaust was shagged and he had a pillion on the back, flashed my lights and he pulled over..

Told him to get the pillion off the back and fix his light or im reporting him for what hes just done.

told his mates to gtfo and stop being anti social then went home.
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[Cheeseybeaner]

Wow you are a virtual policeman!
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[mailee]

Yep them side stands can be a cause of some serious stuff. Back in the 70's before side stand cut outs I used to park my bike at the back of the family garage leans against a wall so my dad could get his car in.......You know whats coming don't you.....yep, left the side stand down which went straight through dads Radiator when he drove the car in! He wasn't very happy about it.

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[noobRider]

No switch on mine but "luckily" my sidestand flips up whether I want it to or not.
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[Marmaduke]

K75 lifted the stand when you pulled the clutch in.

Well it used to...
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[andyscooter]

my good deed for the day was riding in front of a dodgy 125cc chinese cruiser through my village i see her a fair bit on the way to and from work

she was in a bus stop on the bike with only a side light as bulb had blown i pulled over to see if she was ok as it was raining and dark

so she followed me until i got her somwere safer with lights (village has one main road that is dark with no lights )


and no i didnt get t or g as im married and she was rough
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[27cows]

I had some total fucking helmet on a CBR600 pull straight out in front of me today - first time a bike has done it an ages. Came within about two inches of hitting the back of fat cunt (for incredibly rotund was said twat). Am guessing he was so desperate to get down the chippy that he was switched off from everything else but the need to shovel his face.

I would have pulled up alongside and given the corpulent blind bastard a piece of my mind but he then accelerated off and I was on my RXS100 and unable to give chase

Fortunately most bikers seem to have a decent awareness.
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[Vincent]

Even though I can't pull off with the stand down on my current bike, out of habit, I always look down to check it's not before pulling off, on any bike.

I've seen a couple of people come off after leaving it down and done it myself. I've also seen people ride off with it down and been unable to let them know.....then you spend the rest of the day wondering what happened. If you're lucky, you get a warning before hitting a bend tight enough for the stand to hit the ground and dig in.

I agree that the flip up stands are nearly as dangerous. Couldn't remember which bike had it....must have been the Guzzi.
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