MOD1 Passed, then proceeded to drop bike on ride

[155mph]

Passed my MOD1 today with clean sheet. Stopped for a celebratory cup of tea before continuing with MOD2 training ride with instructor plus one other. Approach hill junction with steep camber. Position steering to the right at stop line only to stall the bike and drop it as I lost balance.

Embarrassing. Never (ever) dropped a bike before. And it was bloody heavy (Hornet). No damage. Walked around to calm nerves as instructor gives bike once over. He's cool with it. I'm kicking myself.

Instructor made us re-visit the junction after lunch to conquer my fears. Brave man.

Oh well, at least I got that out of the way now before my MOD2 test next week. Wish me luck.

[NJD]

[ADSrox0r]

Meh, don't even give it a thought. Everyone drops a bike at some point. Longer you've been at it the more times you'll do it. I've dropped bikes slipping on mud, fucking up a slow turn, not putting the stand down and even staring at totty at a junction.

Pick up, dust off, braaaap.
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[Alpineandy]

It won't be the last time.
I'd expect you to do it at least once more in the next 12 months.
Most bikers have done it a few times.

In my case the most regular 'drop' is in gravel car parks.
Engine off, one foot slides on the gravel, the stand gives way on the one bit of really soft ground (like 3 inches by 2 inches ) and next thing you're standing the bike upright again...

It's one of the reasons people shouldn't buy bikes relying on the resale value when they sell them.
One drop can result in zero damage or in a lot of expensive plastics damage and is so embarrassingly simple to do...
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[Pjay]

I wouldn't worry to much. There are two types of people in this world, those that have dropped their bikes and those that dont own bikes.

[M.C]

[owl]

The girl I did my mod1 dropped her bike 5 minutes before she started. Passed no issues
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[Bozzy]

[Tamsin]

Not dropped the CBR yet, but so many times that I have been close.... Took me a year and a half to drop the CG after getting my CBT and then did it twice in a day

[ADSrox0r]

I remember a bird on my DAS that was full of mouth about how she knew more than everyone else about bikes and her fella was some biker equivalent of Ronny Pickering. She had a godawful looking Blandit that she/he had 'customised' especially for her. She went on and on about how he'd lowered it and so on so that it was perfectly balanced only for her.

Stupid bitch dropped it four times in one session, two of them just getting on it (she was an angry midget)

The trainers were just rolling their eyes, they told me afterwards that she'd done over ten lessons already and they just didn't know how to tell her biking wasn't for her because she was just too gobby.

Meh, cool story brah and that eh.
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[arry]

Dropped my old Sprint whilst rolling backwards astride it, off a cambered driveway. Kicked myself for that one.

Broke a 5 inch piece of plastic trim - cost me something like 45 quid from Triumph

[Rogerborg]

I would also like to stroke OP's mangina and softly whisper "There, there."

The only bike I haven't dropped was my Lifan 250, and that was because it was so allah-awful that I didn't ride it for long enough. Crash bars or bungs go on everything now.
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GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[M.C]

[ADSrox0r]

Tell me about it, the Viff is even heavier and when my left foot slipped and she went over it felt like my thigh would burst trying to keep it up. Only thing you can do is try and lay it down with as little momentum as possible. Managed to heft it back up myself though but I think that was just adrenaline egging me on before anyone came out to the car park and saw my shame.
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[Andy_Pagin]

Dropped the Fazer shortly after passing the tests, Co-Op car park, school chucking out time, near a bus stop.
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the men in white coats are coming to take me away.
Yamaha Vity -> YBR125 -> FZS600 Fazer -> FZ1-S Fazer

[Rogerborg]

[Shinigami]

dropped my hornet once (in sideways hail)

dropped my fz6 due to disclock left on, in a busy car park for everyone to see and laugh at
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"Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

[ackack]

I'm probably tempting fate but I haven't yet.
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[rcbikeracer]

Mate removed the sidecar from his outfit, rode it, stopped for the traffic lights, and wondered why it fell over

[recman]

[Aceslock]

I Dropped the bike on the morning of my Mod 2 at a junction with steep camber, same as op only i broke the front brake lever........ had to ride back to the yard with only half a lever for them to replace it. Nearly missed my test as a result, just got there in time and passed
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Sold: Yamaha YZF 600 R Thundercat. Sold: ZX636R
Current bike: R1 14B (Beast)

[Yorkshire Geek]

I went to swing my leg over the school's Gladius, didn't get my leg high enough, and basically kicked the bike over onto its side breaking the front brake lever. Felt a total cunt, but glad I made that mistake with their bike rather than mine.

[155mph]

[ADSrox0r]

[Azoth]