I Dropped My Bike

[Rhonda66]

Damn, damn, damn! I shoulda known it would happen! I dropped it just now. Ego hurt more than anything else, but I am so pissed at myself. I just lost my balance and over it went. It went kinda in slow motion so everything isn't all scratched up - Brake pedal seems to have taken the worst of it and is now bent slightly in. Anything else I should check? I got 2 small scractes in the paint, and small scratches on the mirror and handlebar on that side plus the damaged brake pedal. So far anyway...

[OreoGaborio]

meh, s-ok, you're not alone... i'm sure 90% of us have done the same thing.... at least it wasn't in front of 4 friends and a few other spectators sitting outside of motomarket while on your way up to NHIS via backroads this past Saturday..... cuz..... that would suck... I'm glad i've never done that.... but i could immagine it would suck...................................... yeah... that would suck, glad that hasn't happened to me... definintely wasn't me if it did

[bigred875]

it is probably fine as it's not pissing fluid. You may want to check lever operations..foot and hand... look at the mounts of anything that hit the ground...pay closee attention to the frame amd mounting points on the frame....and look close at the case covers...

[Jaynnus]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
meh, s-ok, you're not alone... i'm sure 90% of us have done the same thing.... at least it wasn't in front of 4 friends and a few other spectators sitting outside of motomarket while on your way up to NHIS via backroads this past Saturday..... cuz..... that would suck... I'm glad i've never done that.... but i could immagine it would suck...................................... yeah... that would suck, glad that hasn't happened to me... definintely wasn't me if it did

he he he.......I mean, thats too bad, I sure hope I don't ever do that!!!

[bigred875]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
meh, s-ok, you're not alone... i'm sure 90% of us have done the same thing.... at least it wasn't in front of 4 friends and a few other spectators sitting outside of motomarket while on your way up to NHIS via backroads this past Saturday..... cuz..... that would suck... I'm glad i've never done that.... but i could immagine it would suck...................................... yeah... that would suck, glad that hasn't happened to me... definintely wasn't me if it did

that thing spends more time on the ground then upright..lol tough break man..when she's goin...she's goin

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by bigred875
that thing spends more time on the ground then upright..lol tough break man..when she's goin...she's goin

i dunno what you're talkin about, i've never dropped my bike

[Rhonda66]

Originally posted by Jaynnus
he he he.......I mean, thats too bad, I sure hope I don't ever do that!!!

Geez, me too, it's good to know it could have been A LOT worse! I mean, just imagine if THAT ever happened, sheesh!

[ZX-12R]

I dropped mine while taking it off of a rear stand. Actually it was more of a speed controlled drop to the ground. During the winter I had my bike in my 3 season porch (carpeted floor) and I had it up on the rear stand to fix something. When I took it down, I forgot to put my kickstand back down. Once the bike started to go over, I grabbed the rear end I managed to catch it but I was over far enough where my front wheel slid out and there was nothing I could do. The rear stand was tangled up in the rear wheel so I couldn't just stand the bike up. I was so pissed I just picked up the entire rear end of the bike and was yelling to my girlfriend to move the rear stand. She was afraid to come near me because she knew I was pissed. I managed to kick the stand out myself and stood the bike up properly. My girlfriend ran and hid in the other room while I looked the bike over! Lucky for me there wasn't even a scratch anywhere!

[Rhonda66]

Originally posted by bigred875
it is probably fine as it's not pissing fluid. You may want to check lever operations..foot and hand... look at the mounts of anything that hit the ground...pay closee attention to the frame amd mounting points on the frame....and look close at the case covers...

No, no fluid pissing going on. Just fell real slow in the driveway. I almost saved it, but it just wasn't going to be my day today. I took it out after and it seemed that just the brake pedal had issues - it worked fine, but was bent so as to make it difficult to operate.

[bigred875]

Originally posted by Rhonda66
No, no fluid pissing going on. Just fell real slow in the driveway. I almost saved it, but it just wasn't going to be my day today. I took it out after and it seemed that just the brake pedal had issues - it worked fine, but was bent so as to make it difficult to operate.

thats probably the extent of it... atleast you got that out of your way

[Rhonda66]

Originally posted by bigred875
thats probably the extent of it... atleast you got that out of your way

Yeah, yeah - I guess there is always a bright side to everything

The suckiest part is that (of course) I never really thought about dropping it and what I would DO if (more like when) I did drop it. That frigger was awful to pick up! I just about broke my thigh and my thumb/palm doing it - that sucked!

[bigred875]

Originally posted by Rhonda66
Yeah, yeah - I guess there is always a bright side to everything

The suckiest part is that (of course) I never really thought about dropping it and what I would DO if (more like when) I did drop it. That frigger was awful to pick up! I just about broke my thigh and my thumb/palm doing it - that sucked!

ya they are heavy..esp if you are not used to picking up a bike off the ground..

if you are luck oreo will giv eyou a lesson...pretty sure he has it down to a science now

[Rhonda66]

Originally posted by bigred875

if you are luck oreo will giv eyou a lesson...pretty sure he has it down to a science now

HEY OREO, if you have some time, write up some instructions on how to pick up a dropped bike and post them for all of us... Naturally, the most experienced should be the one instructing all of us...

Damn, I just rememberred - I dropped my bike damn!

[Jaynnus]

Originally posted by bigred875


if you are luck oreo will giv eyou a lesson...pretty sure he has it down to a science now

I can vouch for that!!!

[OreoGaborio]

OHHHH WTF???? i just KEEP gettin BUSTED on!

fine, here... scroll down to #7

[Jaynnus]

On a more serious note......click here for how to pick up a fallen bike

[craig]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
meh, s-ok, you're not alone... i'm sure 90% of us have done the same thing.... at least it wasn't in front of 4 friends and a few other spectators sitting outside of motomarket while on your way up to NHIS via backroads this past Saturday..... cuz..... that would suck... I'm glad i've never done that.... but i could immagine it would suck...................................... yeah... that would suck, glad that hasn't happened to me... definintely wasn't me if it did

You think up the most detailed hypothetical situations

[OreoGaborio]

Originally posted by craig
You think up the most detailed hypothetical situations

yeah, well... what can i say? i have a vivid immagination.... another possibility is if you pull into a gas station, shut off the bike, put down the kickstand & the car at the pump ahead of you leaves so you decide to pull up to that pump... so you put the kickstand up, pull forward & go to get off but forget the kickstand is still up.... yeah, that would suck, too... glad it hasn't happened to me cuz that would suck.... yeah i could definintely immagine that sucking

or the time I... er... i mean IF SOMEONE let their friend borrow their bike & he.... she/it... dropped it in a gravel driveway.... that would suck too.... glad it hasn't happened to me. (OK, OK... ya got me there, that one actualy DID happen to me when i let my best friend borrow my bike... but the other times? just hypothetical situations )

[Rhonda66]

Hehe - at least ya got me laughin' long enough to forget for a few...

My husband just got home and checked it out. He fixed the brake already. We found the only other damage to be to the brake handle, which is bent, but he said I can order another one and he'll fix it if I want. I don't really care - looking at the bike you can't even tell it was dropped unless you look real close so it's all good now...

[Tricky Mike]

Prolly worth taking a real close look at the levers... especially if they're aluminum and were bent back. If the metal "fatigued" you wouldn't want to find out at the worst possible moment... just my $.02
Levers are cheap. Femurs are valuable.

Um, not that I have any experience in this area either...

[By-Tor]

HAHAHAHA!!!!!! I climbed on my old 954 while parked on the side of the road, my left shoulder slipped out of joint (they both did that all the time until the right one was reconstructed due to an 80MPH get off last year ) and I didn't have my right hand on the bars. The bike stood up and went right over on the other side. Worst part is I did it in front of my brother and a riding buddy while doing a map check infont of a house that was having a front yard BBQ Lots of witnesses.

Don't feel bad, gravity happens

[richw]

Many Many

My favorite ..

I get a new hydrostatic drive lawn tractor

Press right foot down and it goes...
My old lawn tractor push right foot down it stops...

Theres the bike in the garage
I roll in behind it and
"Hit the brakes...aaah go pedal"
bike rolls forward at 2 miles an hour
Lifts its kick stand..
Pauses for about a full second
Falls to the left directly into the corner of the chimney
exactly where it has to be to
crease the tank in about 6 inches long an inch deep

[BusaBoy]

That just sucks! That happened to my Busa the first day I had it out! I was bumped by a truck, but it happened in slow mo like you said. I had the entire side farring replaced (at their expense). Sorry to hear about your bad luck.

[bara954]

look on the bright side, its better to have it go down while not moving than to go down with you on it going 50. ive done that, and thats not an easy fix. rhonda66 make sure you let me know next time you are in wareham with your bike

[Rhonda66]

Thanks all.

We were in Wareham last weekend, but we took the car and went just for the night. Will probably be the 4th of July week next time we are there and I think we are going to bring the bikes then, at least for a couple of days anyway, then go back with the car...