"Everyone drops their first bike"

[TheShaggyDA]

So, how true IS that statement? I didn't, did you?
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[MarJay]

yes.
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[Johnny GSX-R]

I dropped it after not making sure the stand was down correctly and as i got 10 foot away 'CRASH' down he went.......no damage just hurt pride.

[Akiraprise]

I didn't drop my bike, but a friend did :@.

He put it in gear whilst sitting on it - without knowing, he got off and pressed the starter button, it fell onto a granite wall and bent the front fairing

that was 3 days after i'd passed my test

[JonB]

Still on first bike, only for a couple more weeks and haven't dropped it yet.
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[tatters]

droped my first bike when l was 16 a piaggio NRG within 3 meters of first moving off, worst of all my mum got it all on film.
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[Zoffo]

At a stand still yes but never had an off on the road.

[Bendy]

No, but it did get reversed into twice and left on it's side.

[Davo]

Never dropped the first bike, did drop the second one though.

[Stu_666]

'Sort of' dropped it last Saturday before I was taking it in for a service. Basically the stand caught on some wood as I was pushing it up the driveway and I was on the other side of the bike so did'nt notice. Just managed to pull it up before it went right over. There's just a wee scratch on the petrol tank but other than that I was dead lucky this time. Tis a horrible feeling though when you can feel the thing going over and your desperately trying to pull it back up .

[Liverpoolrobb...]

im still on my first bike (ped) and dropped it about 5 times and 2 were when i came off it! rain and slick tires are horrible! and roundabouts dont even get me started i hate them!

[mrchips]

My mate dropped my MT5 trying to hide it on me, broke an indicator, I knocked his melt in after that. Then I've dropped it a few times arsing about on grass.
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[jayluvmito]

i dropepd the ts once,m dropepd the mx 50,00000000 times
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one day...

[shellshock]

Didn't get the chance, it was nicked after 2 weeks

[bugsy46]

Yup! I was pushing it out of the driveway, realised id left my gloves, shouted for them, no one brought em, i thought ok, il stand it in the flower bed, ran to get em, crash, on its side, trip to milan and bought fairings for half the price
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[nick.h]

On my first bike, been riding 1 and a half months, over about 800 miles. I crashed it a couple of days after my CBT, the week after i dropped it doing a u-turn, and just now i have managed to slide it about 20 feet with me still on it.

The first 2 incidents were my fault for being over confident, but crash today happened as i was forced off road by a 4x4, into wet tarmac and slid across the road, then the car driver decided to drive off, bastard
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[lilredmachine]

No, but my mate on his Peugeot sp6 did a good job of ripping the back end off it
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[karen_moomin]

I haven't dropped mine yet but I catapulted myself off McJam's ZX6-R and subsequently "dropped" it while having a go on an industrial estate.

[mach1]

never ridden on the road, lost count of how many times i've came off my crosser though

[mario]

I didn't crash my first bike but then moved onto number 2 in october and crashed that in december oops!

Mark

[m99dws]

I voted Option 3 - Still on my first bike, but haven't dropped it yet

[tony532]

nope on my second bike

and havent crashed yet

[mchaggis]

Yes, plenty of times, which is why it's good that it does a pretty near perfect impression of indestructability.

I do remember this thread though.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=44105
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[Liono]

I didn't drop my first bike, however I have just dropped my second bike for the first time this afternoon . Well, not really a drop, more of a controlled lower. As I have no center stand I was faffing around pushing the bike forwards and backwards to clean and lube the chain. I got a bit careless and let the bike tip away from me past the point at which I could hold it up, at which point I managed to lower it to the ground (with much swearing). No damage other than a small lump out of one of the R&G crash bungs. I now have a clean chain and a better understanding of just how heavy my bike really is.

[TheShaggyDA]