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jdwhittaker Derestricted Danger
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Polarbear |
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Posted: 11:46 - 26 Oct 2019 Post subject: |
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They are the worst. The ones that you know are totally your fault and you feel such a prick when it goes over.
My best? one was on a Goldwing. Put the side stand down and leant it over while sitting on it, only I hadn't put the side stand down and by the time I twigged it was too far over and fell trapping my leg.
I was there crying 'HELP' until a couple of blokes came over and lifted the bike off me. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Andy_Pagin World Chat Champion
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Kentol750 World Chat Champion
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chickenstrip Super Spammer
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Posted: 01:28 - 27 Oct 2019 Post subject: |
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Twice with Fazer 1000s.
First time, picked a really stupid place to turn around; a field entrance on a steep slope. The bike got away from me downslope, no chance of holding it, but managed to let it down fairly gently. Fuel was pissing out from somewhere, and no one around to help, god knows how I managed to get it upright again, but wrenched my bad shoulder doing it. That was in Wales. Lost count of how many pain killers I took to get me home to London. Rode most of it one-handed.
Second one, didn't put it in gear when parked up to take in the view just down from the Port de la Bonaigua pass in the Pyrenees. Taking a photo with my back to it, I heard "kerrrrunch!" behind me. Seemed much easier to pick it up again this time, but resulted in a scraped fairing, bent handlebar, scraped engine casing. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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DUCAUDI World Chat Champion
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myvision Scooby Slapper
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NJD |
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NJD World Chat Champion
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Posted: 20:19 - 30 Oct 2019 Post subject: |
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My names Keith and sometimes I like to back my bike down a path at the wrong angle so I end up hugging a hedge with nowhere to go, and sometimes I do it when its icy to make it more fun.
____________________ The do it all, T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶,̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶l̶u̶m̶p̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶N̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶ |
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martin734 Spanner Monkey
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Posted: 20:34 - 30 Oct 2019 Post subject: |
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Mine fell over last week. I put the side stand down on what I thought was compacted gravel but when I came back about an hour later it had decided it needed a lie-down. I ended up with a scratched pannier and indicator and a broken mirror. It is also a complete bastard to pick up again. ____________________ Current bike: ST1100 "Big Red" |
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The Shaggy D.A. |
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Done various, but one that stands out was returning home after a rally, XJ900F fully loaded with camping gear, didn't want to carry it all in, so instead of carting it from the road I decided to ride up the kerb and along the path to the front of my house.
Got the front wheel up on the kerb then stalled it, both legs dangling in mid air. Wasn't pretty. ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5 |
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kawashima World Chat Champion
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Posted: 23:30 - 01 Nov 2019 Post subject: |
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When I bought my first big bike CB400SF spec2 I was pushing it walking on the pavement. Then I lost balance and it fell down on the other side.
I was holding the handlebar till the end, and I was flying over the bike, I was rolling on the floor with the lid on. A passerby dudes came over to me and asked if I was ok, I was panicking and answered them "This bike costed me 600,000yen". They bursted into laughter and walked away. This was the most embarrassing bike event for me. ____________________ 2020 Touring Serow 250
,past 2012 YB125SP, 2008 TDM900 2005 W650, [url=d], 2002 LS125R, 2002 CB400SF, NS50F, C50 / Trip to UK(2009), Hokkaido touring(2013) |
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Prawny Nitrous Nuisance
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barrkel World Chat Champion
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Posted: 21:17 - 09 Nov 2019 Post subject: |
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I stalled my Brutale pulling away first time I rode it with winter gloves. Reversed out of garage, hopped off to close door, and then I tried to pull away while turning (=> banked over) to head off down the access road. Comparative lack of feel on clutch + throttle and the fact it has a cliff edge of torque low down did it in. Frame slider kept the whole bike save the brake foot lever clear, brake lever was only slightly bent. The handlebars didn't even touch the ground, they're quite narrow on the Brutale (noticeably narrower than the S1000R).
Probably the most awkward drop was trying to do a U-turn on my ER6f, uphill on a steep country road in Germany with touring luggage on. Realized I wasn't going to make the full turn half way through, but the road was too steep for me to put my foot down on the downhill side, and I basically leapt off for fear I'd break a limb with the bike falling on top of me.
I dropped my VFR once in the Pyrenees, was pulled over on some gravel to chat to my GF on her bike, and at some point I lost concentration and lost balance. The surface wasn't flat, and due to hills, verge etc. it was slightly visually confusing what upright was, and I just lost it, with no traction in the gravel to save it.
I couldn't say any of these was especially embarrassing, but all of them very preventable. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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Royski Two Stroke Sniffer
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recman World Chat Champion
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Oh the memories, Sainsburys carpark whizzing straight into the motorbike parking bay in front of the store with loads of people wandering round - forgot to put the side stand down oh no no no...
.. luckily able to pick it back up despite it hovering just inches off of the ground. ____________________ CBF 125 -> CB400SF -> GSX600F -> ZX6R (G1) -> GSXR1000 K4 -> ZX6R (B1H Stunt bike) -> VFR800 -> R1 5PW -> Sprint 1050 -> Fireblade 929 -> ZX10R C2H |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 13 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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