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  • #1

    Brain-fart.

    So many close calls over the years. Always managed to keep the sticky side down even when I shouldn't have been able to. Once I got my right side mirror caught in the wiring of a transport. Was on crutches for a week but DIDN'T DROP THE BIKE.

    Last weekend in the garage sitting on bike. Engine wasn't even running. Just a no-helmet-sit-and-think-session. "Will K-Fed get the kids?, has Paris REALLY changed?", important stuff like that.

    Can't remember what the reason was but I had to run into the house so I started to jump off the bike....with the kickstand up.

    I kind of hopped out of the way, fell over and ended up standing there staring stupidly trying to figure out what had happened. Engine guards kept it from getting banged up.

    I'm a pretty big guy (read "fat") so I was able to muscle it back up but....I'm not getting any younger and figure in about 10 years I'll have to get one my sons to help me.

    You know what I wa thinking the whole time? "If the wife comes out here before I put this back on it's stand I'll never hear the end of this. She'll be telling all her girlfriends".

    I'm glad I didn't get the Goldwing.
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    Set my Honda 750 down once when I was much younger.
    Stopped in front of the Rec Complex in town to talk to a bunch of buddies, sitting there engine off, in 1st ( so it wouldn't roll ), and one of the guys there pointed at something down near the muffler. Of course I had to take a look, head down and over the right side, at which point I started to feel this little pressure in my right leg, then a very strong pressure, over she went in slow motion. Nothing more embarrassing than having to get off and lift it back up. Wish I would have done it in the garage as you did. Haven't done it since.
    Ed

    78/82 XS/XJ mostly made up of parts bikes
    XS1100 SG 1980 Will restore to original over time

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    • #3
      Yeah... I've done a coupla Garage Drops...
      "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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      • #4
        true confessions

        most embarrassing
        in my Dads driveway
        Were standing next to my 80G
        I'm getting ready to go and I'm telling him how great I got the bike running.
        Turn key, reach over and push start button
        Bike fired and went about 6 feet w/o me on it
        woulda swore I had it in neutral


        mro

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        • #5
          My thoughts are that if you have never done something bonehead with your bike then you arent riding enough. About a year ago I stopped for a cold drink. While I was standing there putting on my gloves and helmet I hit the starter button to get her running. Of course it was in first gear! Luckily when the bike lurched farward my finger came off of the button so it did not start and, I did manage to catch her before she went over on her side. Of course, this all happened right in front of a croud of people.
          Mike Giroir
          79 XS-1100 Special

          Once you un-can a can of worms, the only way to re-can them is with a bigger can.

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          • #6
            Found a TUTORIAL on picking up a dropped bike. Don't let the fact that its written by 70 year old lady keep you down.

            I keep hitting the button on the other handlebar to start the bike. It always lets me know I've made a mistake by beeping at me. These bikes are just smart.

            My wife decided to move my 79F into the garage when it started raining. She put the kickstand up, moved under the roof and couldn't get the kickstand to stay down. every time she pushed on it it hit the ground and sprang back up.
            She was stuck for about 20 minutes till the kid ran to get the Harley guy next door to show her the difference between a center stand and a kickstand.
            79 XS1100F "JINGUS"
            07 V-star 1100
            Do you want it done right or do you want me to do it?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Bud Manley
              Found a TUTORIAL on picking up a dropped bike. Don't let the fact that its written by 70 year old lady keep you down.

              This is really good advice for anyone dealing with a behemoth bike like the XS11. I've seen this technique described in a different thread on this site and have had to use it a couple of times.

              My bonehead moment came about three and a half weeks ago. I was on my way out to my bike for my morning commute to work and I realized I forgot to get my helmet. I ran up to get it and as I was running down the stairs the heel of my harness boot got caught on one of the stairs. I began to slide, thought I was overextending my knees, leaned forward, then went ass-over-teakettles down the stairs. Ended up fracturing the radius in my left elbow. Been in a cast ever since and just had it off two days ago. Soft tissue is very sore and it'll still be a couple of weeks before I can ride again. Can't extend it fully or even scratch my nose. So if you think dropping your bike is bonehead, at least you can still pick it up and ride another day.
              1981 XS1100SH

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