Did you drop your first bike?

[mchaggis]

Just a little poll to make a point. A question was posed in the New Bikers section, 'Why do people always say you'll drop your first bike?' I don't know anyone who didn't drop it, unless they'd started on a scooter, and even then there're plenty who have dumped their scooter.

The way CBT teaches people to take their bike off the centre stand must be the classic, where the bike gets off balance and slowly topples over sideways.

As for me, I've dropped mine too many times to remember, mainly gracefully toppling over in the first few months, or whilst manhandling it and slipping. T'is what an unfaired cheap 125 is for.
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[JonB]

Dropped mine off the stand a couple of times, lets just hope I don't drop the Bandit hey.
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[8316]

i havent dropped my gs yet-but i hope i have 1 more year on it before i upgrade it!!!
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[haGGard]

I've never dropped my Scooter, well, there was this one time in the snow when i was sitting on it and the back wheel just slid from underneath me when applying the smalest amount of throttle...but it was a very soft landing and no scatches appeared.

[cc123]

Dropped mines twice in a week! First time doing a U-turn but saved it by wedging myself between bike and road! The second time was 1 weeks later as I lost balance pushing it into the garage, axel stand put a nice crack in my fairing!

Need to be more careful!
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[Gazdaman]

[cc123]

^^^ It's actually a stunt really!!!
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[Bendy]

I waited until bike three.

Though I did drop the SR on my CBT while trying to get it onto the centre stand on a slope.

[Annabella]

I never dropped my first bike, but I did smash it


Dropped my last CBR twice - but that was due to height issues, slippy drives and baggy leathers
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[Project9928]

ermmm i droped my first bike once trying to do a u-turn and the other..... well it involved wet grass and stupidity

[iCraig]

Hmmmm, I've dropped every single one of my bikes, even the current one, and I've been riding 5 years now!

[stinkwheel]

My MZ supermoto is the only bike I haven't dropped at some point. It has however contrived to fall off its stand three times, I don't count these as dropping because I was nowhere near it at the time.
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[lilredmachine]

I'll have to look out for that then....

I've never dropped the bike, not even an offroad bike, though a friend did hit up the ass on a fucking supermoto and rip an indicator off my bike/ped.
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[pipnet11]

Dropped the GS a couple of times. Once involved diesel and the other was at about 2 mph hitting the curb into my drive at an angle in the wet. lesson learnt. Havnt dropped the enfield yet, been close a few times though.
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[cagiva gezzer]

Once while wheeling it around and once on the snow. Once while doing wheelies.
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[shellshock]

Well I haven't actually dropped any of MY bikes, just the GS on my DAS - 4 times !!

1. Trying to flick the side stand up whilst standing next to it
same day

2/ Stopping at TL on a very steep slope

3/ Turning right out of a junction

4/ On morning of test, whilst doing a U-turn, suffice to say I failed on my U-turn, half an hour later.

[TheShaggyDA]

No, I had to wait until my 3rd bike before I dropped it.
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[Simple]

ive dropped my varadeo 125 twice, both times with a full tank of fuel, so weighing 160kg and considering i can hardly touch the floor it wasnt surprising .. only thing that broke was the clutch lever curled up (£11) and a few more scratches to add to the previous owner's ones.


i dropped my RX50 aprilia so many times i lost count, both off road and on, as i was on one tip toe on that...if i stopped at lights and the ground slopped away i had no chance ...that had a centre stand, andi can remeber being taught how to ''safely'' tkae it off the centre stond in my cbt...and nearly dropping it..my method worked so much better, i showed the instructor this, he agreed and let me carry on

lets hope i dont drop the nsr...but compared to my last two bikes its tiny and weighs nothing...



simple

[Beef]

i never dropped my first bike (cbr400) but iv dropped a couple since

[kasandrich]

[G]

I crashed/dropped my first bike at least ten times.

I reckon it made me a better rider in the long run and meant I avoided damaging larger more expensive bikes at higher speeds.

[Andy99]

Judging by the results maybe the thread should have been...How many times did/have you dropped your first bike.

Only the once under normal conditions,and about 5 times playing silly buggers in the snow,trying to corner speedway style on an RD125,very silly bit seemed like a good idea at the time
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[kasandrich]

I've dropped mine 3 times, each time stationary, and each time because it is heavy and I got the balance wrong and simply could not hold it up!

........and over it goes, just like slow motion
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CBR1000FM

[Blink]

I was cleaning mine and whacked it with a bucket by mistake.

Luckily it was a crosser do little damage would do!

I'd cry if i dropped a sportsbike.
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[palmer]

well my bike is abused, so its hardly ever the right side up.
i fall off it pretty much every time i get it out, thats not from not being able to ride, its from pushing the bike way to hard and trying to get my knee down on 2 inch road tyres on mud tracks

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