Mother of Fu*K, Dropped the bike.


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Anthony

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Guess it was my turn today, yay me:mad:


Back my bike out into the driveway sideways from the garage as usual, slope of driveway downwards facing left. Lower kickstand and get off bike. Put on my gear and started her up to warm up as usual. Sat on the bike and while adjusting the ole ipod settings,remembered that my garage door opener was sitting on the car in the garage(needed to be in my pocket). So, I stand up, throw right leg off bike and(oh sh*t I forgot the kickstand!). So the bike falls to the left, trapping my left leg under the bike awkwardly and BOOM. I actually yelled out loud "ANTHONY", then "DAMMIT DUDE WTF ARE YOU THAT STUPID?!?". It took me a few seconds to clear my mind, and get the bike off of me which wasn't easy because my leg was caught under the weight. Small scuff on the frame slider, bar end, and rear seat frame thing. Scuffs so small I had to search for them to find them. Left blinker folded over but was completely fine once bike was lifted. I felt so stupid since I am always talking about safety to other riders in person.

Where was the biggest SCUFF MARK? On my outer knee guard of my safety pants and inner side of my boot. I wear the safety pants 50/50, everything else all the time. Realized that as minor as it may have seemed, had I not been wearing boots and safety pants I could have been hurt pretty bad just falling down in my own driveway. Both scuffs on gear were pretty intense, Looked almost like the raised kickstand end dug into my boot and falling straight down on a knee is no joke as an adult.

Luckily all is good, everything is fine and not a scratch on me except my ego. I've watched youtube vids of people forgetting the kickstand. Hopefully no neighbor had their cam out lol.


So, was I stupid for forgetting the kickstand or was I a smart for wearing all my gear?

Answer: Both.


So ya, Except for the forum, I'm not telling anyone what happened lol....

Needed to vent to people who could understand my situation so thanks for reading me vent.
 
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Anthony

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MidLifeCrisis said:
I'm new to bikes and hate hearing this stuff. Sounds like something that I would do LOL.
Glad your ok.
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You're user name is funny to me. When I had mine, being married, it was either going to be a 20 year girl or learn how to ride and get a bike. I chose the bike..:)
 
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DakinechicK

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Ahhhhhhhhhh yep... been there.

Sorry to hear it happened to you.
 
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dart1963

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I still catch myself... I double, triple check that I put the stand down... had a few times where I put it down, but it sprung up cause I didn't lock it hard... eh, not a big deal, if someone is going to drop her, might as well be you.

Funniest story, girl I ride with did that at a 7-eleven shortly after she started riding... she had two or three guys start walking up to "help her", being the strong assertive women she is... she reached down, grabbed the key, put her helmet on the bike and proceeded to walk towards the store, like she meant to just drop it.... said she should have just kicked it once for a good show. lol
 
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Nastybutler

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I've had three motorcycles and dropped each of them once. The first time on my Ninja 500 was in the parking lot of the post office when I forgot to put the kickstand down. So embarassed.

The second time with my FZ6R was actually because the kickstand was down. It had started to rain so I was pushing it from where it was parked in front of my office at work to up underneath the building's overhang and there was about a two inch curb I had to push it up onto to get it there. No big deal right? Sure, until the kickstand acts as a pole vault when it hits that curb and sends it over on it's right side before I can counteract it. Did a fair about of scuffing on lots of plastic parts, but luckily not the fairings.

Then most recently I had my ST3 up on a rear stand to install the belly pan and had to have the kickstand up in order to do it. Got in a hurry towards the end and when I took it off the rear stand I forgot to put the kickstand back down. As soon as it started to go I realized it and managed to lay it down relatively softly.

The big takeaway I guess is to always be aware of your kickstand's position whenever you have the bike shut off. I can't wait to see what new way I'll find to drop a bike. :rolleyes:
 
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efforex

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dart1963 said:
I still catch myself... I double, triple check that I put the stand down... had a few times where I put it down, but it sprung up cause I didn't lock it hard... eh, not a big deal, if someone is going to drop her, might as well be you.

Funniest story, girl I ride with did that at a 7-eleven shortly after she started riding... she had two or three guys start walking up to "help her", being the strong assertive women she is... she reached down, grabbed the key, put her helmet on the bike and proceeded to walk towards the store, like she meant to just drop it.... said she should have just kicked it once for a good show. lol
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I actually make sure that before i get off (made this a habit) I put the kickstand down to turn the bike off then i get off if the bikes running i dont get off in turn means i should never forget it but you never know :D
 
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SpawnXX

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No sweat man, it happens. I'll never forget back when I took my test and one of the guys brought a resalvaged R6 and like a dumbass got disqualified because he tried going around the cones with his kickstand still down.... :disapprove: At least you didn't go that far. :thumbup:
 
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redprodigy35

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Sorry to hear about your low speed drop bud, I had a family member do the same the 2nd week I had my bike. Hehe, not much damage besides fairing scratches but oh was my ego bruised.

Props on getting the bike up first try though :thumbup:-- alot of people will upright their ride, just to have it fall over on the other side due to the stressful situation/not thinking out the lifting technique.
The proper way to do it is to prop your back up against the bike, and push off with your knees.

Funny I never have an issue with the kickstand when getting off. When getting on though, sometimes I'll coast down the driveway in neutral, and the stand is still down by accident... Kickstand catches, bam! Thankfully it hasn't gone down exactly like that for me when it did happen.
 
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Chevyfazer

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When I had my klr i had to adapt a new way of getting on and off the bike so my feet wouldn't drag and leave black marks all over the bike with it being pretty tall. With the kickstand down ill stand up in the pegs and then throw my leg over or off. It's impossible to do with out the kickstand down, and I've also started doing it on my fz to make sure I don't ever accidentally kick the side of it while getting off or on. Since the kickstand has to be down to get on or off this way it pretty much guarantees that you can't forget it either, so it might be something to try for you.
 
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Hellgate

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Whenever I buy a new bike I just hit the tank with a ball peen hammer and get it out of my system. After that everything else doesn't matter.
 
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Nastybutler

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Hellgate said:
Whenever I buy a new bike I just hit the tank with a ball peen hammer and get it out of my system. After that everything else doesn't matter.
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I've heard this type of comment before, but it's usually from rednecks with a new truck. One of which said whenever he gets a new truck, he keys it all the way down both sides and gets it over with. To which I say, are you stupid?

If you don't care about it enough to hit it with a hammer, then why'd you buy it in the first place? I'm hoping you're just joking, or trolling, but it's hard to tell, and since I've met people who actually would do something like that, I'm assuming you mean it. In which case, I'll make damn sure I never sell you anything of value since you aim to deface it immediatly.
 
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Brock Kickass

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I'm a little superstitious, so I make a little scratch in the paint somewhere where NOBODY WILL EVER SEE IT just to get the first scratch over with and, in my superstitious brain, prevent another one from happening. I do this to keep my bike looking nice, however. If I didn't care how it looked I wouldn't bother hammering it or keying it; I would just let it get ruined as it comes.
 
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0150r

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I was stopped to close to someone when they had a kickstand problem. They tipped over and tried to hold on to me to stay up. We both went down and I got it on video...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdz6k8dQbiY"]Motorcycle dominos - YouTube[/ame]
 
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dart1963

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I just took it to the extreme... I sat on the side of an intersection... waited for someone to make a left turn, then WOT into them.... figured I'd get it out the way too.... :rolleyes:


I know some is in jest.. but really? :surrender:

and wow 0150r... I have one on video sorta as well... SOB dropped his bike onto person next to me and her bike fell on mine... some people just have bad luck...


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxSbT-AwQNY"]The Domino Effect.wmv - YouTube[/ame]
 
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0150r

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Here's another kickstand [almost] fail...friend was about to lose her brand new CBR600RR. I tried to get off of my bike too quickly and put the kickstand down while still rolling. Stalled it and wasn't able to help.

The guy on the CBR1000RR posted the video a few months before me and has 300,000 views...wish I had that many for my videos :p

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-nO0lBKPME"]Girl Almost Drops 2011 CBR600RR - YouTube[/ame]
 

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RoadRunner

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I don't want to jinx myself since my FZ6 is only a month old but I've dropped every bike I've owned, some several times, one probably 8 or so times. The more you ride, the more you challenge yourself, the more you'll find yourself in situations where the bike needs a nap. Just pick it up and move on...nothing to see anyway. Scars are like badges of honor, my bikes have plenty. A drop is not a crash.....not to me anyways.

For the garage opener issue, we have these on all the sets of bike keys...
LiftMaster Garage Door Opener Three-Button 315 MHz Mini Remote Control model 370LM/956D - Amazon.com Saves us from having to move remotes around.
 

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