Obligatory Dyspraxic Bike Drop Thread

[Commuter_Tim]

So I had my Mod 1 practice run the other day (after 4 years on a CBT) aside from misunderstanding almost every instruction the first few times, I was cool with the Manouvres.
Then right at the very end, the Instructor waves me over to gate, I misunderstand and then don't have enough room to turn around, so come to a stop at almost full lock by the fence.
I spazz and it begins to keel over, I put my leg out to brace it and it ends up dropping a foot or 2 onto the exhaust.

...I'm wondering, are they likely to ask one to pay up after the fact?
(I neglected to notice/remember if I signed anything in regard to it, yeah I am that stupid)

I asked the instructor after he came to help pick it up "Is there much damage?" he replied "I dunno... are you alright?" then went off to keep instructing the other lad doing his run.
It did ride back from the Test Centre at 70 tho so don't think the bars were bent or owt.
They seem like decent fellas, more than anything I am fucked off at myself, and pissed that at the least I scratched up their exhaust.

TL:DR Got confused, dropped training bike at standstill, didn't check bike for damage beforehand, they likely to ask me to pay up?
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[Northern Monkey]

Instructor doesn't seem to give a shit, so you shouldn't give a shit.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Neh - doubt it. Don't worry about it. Stuff happens innit.
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[MC]

Doesn't sound like they care, if they say anything say you'll polish the exhaust, I got a massive scuff out of a hire bike's exhaust that way.

Regarding damage, there will probably be an excess, and some places offer to sell you a damage waiver at the start of the course.

This dyspraxia seems to be spreading, didn't realise it was that contagious
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[Ballpien]

It's spreading faster than Ebola
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[Nash GT]

Depends on the school mate, a lad I did my MOD1 and MOD2 training with, used to drop the bike EVERY DAY!
All the school did was keep him in the CB500 for longer before letting him touch the shiny new XJ6s and even then the XJ6 got dropped twice at slow speed and stand still.

Never costed him a penny, just various earfuls
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[Nash GT]

Double post.
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[Andy_Pagin]

Since they let you ride it back there couldn't have been any damage worth mentioning. If they were going to bill you you'd have heard about it on the day.
When I did my DAS part of the course involved a demonstration of dropping a bike!
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[Nash GT]

[monkeybiker]

I don't think they would ask you to pay for damage. As a training school dropping bikes is to be expected.

I crashed a bike doing emergency stop practice at the school's off road site and was never asked to pay anything. Only light damage was done anyway.

[stevo as b4]

Is dyspraxia a lack of motor control? or the brain tells the body to do the wrong thing? or the human has problems interpreting basic instructions and or confuses left and right etc?

What are they putting in the water these days?
There was no autistic, dispraxic, aspergers kiddies when I was at school, or at least they never admitted it!

Still not sure why some do? I would not admit if I was a serial murderer of prostitutes and liked using lots of intricate sharp tools to remove peoples faces!

[MC]

Please let's not do this again
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[Nash GT]

[monkeybiker]

[Commuter_Tim]

[Llama-Farmer]

It's a training school bike. It's gonna get dropped. It's probably gonna get crashed. These things happen and the instructors know this and (should) accept this.


Sounds like he wasn't too bothered. It is unlikely to get mentioned again.


Don't be too worried, dropping a stationary bike is something most people will do at some point or another. At least it wasn't your own pride and joy, fortunately being a school bike, it's unlikely to be anyone else pride and joy either.
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[monkeybiker]

I'm pretty sure if they were going to bill you for damage they would have to make this clear before you started your lesson.

[MC]

Dunno, more likely to be hidden in the T&C's on their website.
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[Rogerborg]

Are they going to replace parts on a training bike that'll just get dropped again?
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[Nash GT]

[Rogerborg]

Do you know what a rhetorical question is?
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[Nash GT]

[Baffler186]

As far as my school were concerned, they wouldn't replace (and thus charge you) for anything unless it was actually broken. My bike had scratches and dents all over it. Plus if they were worried they would (should) have checked the bike over before letting you ride it back
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