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Posted: 19:09 - 08 Jul 2021 Post subject: I did a classically embarrassing 1 2 on the bike |
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Well it had to happen at some point, minder cable or not, I was enthusiastically speaking with my colleague as I got on the bike, moved a meter, and fell to the left as the disc lock touched caliper while turning. After much embarrassment and "I'm alright thanks, just my pride hurts", got on, started the bike, set off 5 meters, off camber right turn, bike stalls, 2mph slow motion drop to the right. Sorry ninja.
AAAAAAAAAAARGH f me. Nothing broken, just a pair of scuffs, but now I can't say it's pristine and never dropped! ____________________
Lexmoto Valiant 125; 94 CB400; 96 CB750F2; 81 CB750 (restoring, lol not gonna happen); 2001 ZX9R(It's about to go :c); 2012 R1200R; 2015 R1200RS |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote: | ..... I'd walked a good few yards when it finally decided to keel over - or perhaps it had been doing it very gradually from the off. In any case, over it went.... |
Aargh yes that... Did similar last week, about a fortnight after getting it. opened the gate rode through, put it on the stand, turned around to shut the gate, and heard a crash. I've still not worked out what happened, it was either :
1, The slope inside the gate was just steep enough for it to roll forward.
2. I didn't actually put the stand down, and just put it into neutral and walked away, which I can't see, because I'm pretty sure it would have gone over before I'd turned around and taken a few steps.
So I'm betting on 1, and being careful to turn as I go through the gate to lowering the tendancy to roll forward. Amazingly only bend the clutch lever which I carefully bent back, and cracked a plastic handle grip end cover, which'll get replaced when I get my heated grips later in the year. |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha World Chat Champion
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Posted: 22:05 - 08 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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GettinBetter wrote: | trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote: | ..... I'd walked a good few yards when it finally decided to keel over - or perhaps it had been doing it very gradually from the off. In any case, over it went.... |
Aargh yes that... Did similar last week, about a fortnight after getting it. opened the gate rode through, put it on the stand, turned around to shut the gate, and heard a crash. I've still not worked out what happened, it was either :
1, The slope inside the gate was just steep enough for it to roll forward.
2. I didn't actually put the stand down, and just put it into neutral and walked away, which I can't see, because I'm pretty sure it would have gone over before I'd turned around and taken a few steps.
So I'm betting on 1, and being careful to turn as I go through the gate to lowering the tendancy to roll forward. Amazingly only bend the clutch lever which I carefully bent back, and cracked a plastic handle grip end cover, which'll get replaced when I get my heated grips later in the year. |
If you park the bike facing down any slope, no matter how slight, there's the chance that it's going to roll off the stand - unless you're extremely careful. And - AND - even if you snick it up into first gear, it can still happen - especially on steep inclines. The reason it can still happen is because that little bit of slop between teeth in the gears can amount to an inch or two movement of the bike itself, and - on steep slope - that's easily enough for the bike to roll off the side stand. You MUST let the bike move forward those few inches or so, in order to make sure it has no more movement left to make in the meshing of those gears - even though, it being in first, those gears have the finest teeth in the box. Fine as they are, they can still create an inch or two movement of the bike in a forwards direction, if it's steep.
It happens in the dales and north yorks moors where there's gated grazing and the lane is heading down a hill to the gate. People think they've done everything right. Halted on the rear brake, clutch in, selected first, turned ignition off, dismounted, put the side stand down, let the bike settle - but not anticipated that inch or two forward motion and suddenly, the side stand is retracting and they're trying to deal with 220kg of weight on what's probably a fairly curved crown camber and a steep gradient. Bad news. ____________________ "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
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One of my best ones was showing someone how to ride slowly and improve confidence at lower speeds, and afterwards coming to a stop only to get my bootlace wrapped up on the peg and promptly dumping the bike cos I couldn't put my foot down Yeah that's what happens on one of the few times when you wear regular work boots instead of motorcycle boots. ____________________ DILLIGAF |
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Posted: 08:59 - 09 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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What a good time to start this thread!
Last Monday I took my daughter (12) out for a ride on my newish to me bike in the evening. Got 45mins into the Peaks and decided to do a U-turn on a private road then head back home.
Not quite being used to the top heaviness of the bike, plus having just brimmed the tank, and having her on the back I started to lose it to the right. Managed to stop, my foot then slipped a bit and after that the bike was just too heavy to keep upright and down we went. Must have looked very amusing to any onlookers being done in such slow motion, but then I got my left foot stuck and had to do a fall/roll off instead of stepping off as I'd hoped!
We were both fine, the bike has crash protectors so no damage other than a couple of small scrapes on those.
It didn't finish there... In spite of getting to the engine cut out soon as it went over, and lifting the bike straight back up. There was a large patch of oil on the road. I didn't want to risk starting the bike again in case I damaged it with not enough oil, so ended up calling the breakdown out.
This is where it all went wrong. I was told 60-90mins, then texted an ETA of an hour... 4 hours later I was finally picked up and taken home from the middle of the countryside, where I'd been waiting in pitch black thunderstorm rain weather. ____________________ Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed). |
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Posted: 10:07 - 09 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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Feasty wrote: | What a good time to start this thread!
Last Monday I took my daughter (12) out for a ride on my newish to me bike in the evening. Got 45mins into the Peaks and decided to do a U-turn on a private road then head back home.
Not quite being used to the top heaviness of the bike, plus having just brimmed the tank, and having her on the back I started to lose it to the right. Managed to stop, my foot then slipped a bit and after that the bike was just too heavy to keep upright and down we went. Must have looked very amusing to any onlookers being done in such slow motion, but then I got my left foot stuck and had to do a fall/roll off instead of stepping off as I'd hoped!
We were both fine, the bike has crash protectors so no damage other than a couple of small scrapes on those.
It didn't finish there... In spite of getting to the engine cut out soon as it went over, and lifting the bike straight back up. There was a large patch of oil on the road. I didn't want to risk starting the bike again in case I damaged it with not enough oil, so ended up calling the breakdown out.
This is where it all went wrong. I was told 60-90mins, then texted an ETA of an hour... 4 hours later I was finally picked up and taken home from the middle of the countryside, where I'd been waiting in pitch black thunderstorm rain weather. |
..and so
1) was they any oil leak damage?
2) how was the reception from Mrs Feasty when you arrived home 4 hrs late? ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600 |
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Posted: 11:33 - 09 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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A100man wrote: |
..and so
1) was they any oil leak damage?
2) how was the reception from Mrs Feasty when you arrived home 4 hrs late? |
The recovery company (GEM) said depending on the 'recoverer' I might not be able to ride in the truck, or I'd at least need a mask. And since there was at least an hours wait, I asked Mrs Feasty to come out in the car and pick my daughter up. She just wants me to be sure I'll be able to handle the bike better next time I take my daughter out.
At the time, I didn't want to ride my bike back in case the low oil damaged the engine. The EFI light was flashing on the dash, and the front brake was binding - just not worth the risk.
Hindsight:
The front brake was binding due to the hand guard being bent and pushing up against it - very quick fix!
The EFI light was flashing because I hadn't put the cut out switch back on - even quicker fix!
I've topped up the oil and realised the loss was minimal, the bike now has too much oil but no damage.
Since I've only had it a couple of weeks or so, I'll just do a full oil and filter change - just waiting for the stuff to arrive. Good practice to change the oil and I'll know in future how to change and level it.
So really, if I knew more about the bike I could probably have asked Mrs. Feasty to just bring a bottle of oil, topped it up a bit and been on my way. ____________________ Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
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I've also now done my first and accidental wheelie with my friend on the back. Not sure who was more shocked, me hoping not to drop it, him hanging on for own life, or other friend on his own bike. Seems all that extra weight out back makes a whole lot of difference ____________________
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 277 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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