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After reading about Ivan's mishap and the comments in it, it got me thinking about really stupid things I've done on my bikes in the past. Things like, the ONE time I rode in shorts and after a ride thought how cool I would look smoking a cigarette on the side stand. So stop the bike, throw it over on the stand, hot pipes...ouch. Still have that scar.
The one that probably sticks out the most is when I was on my newly rebuilt and repainted VTZ250 and my buddy asks me if I can do a wheelie. So I tell him " No wheelies, but I can lay a patch about 50 feet long!" Hell, it's only a 250, right? So, I rap this thing up to about 7000RPM (redline is 13,500) and let go of the clutch, both feet on the ground. I slide around like I am on ice for about 12 feet and 1/2 second, hit a "tar snake" and down she goes. Me, half underneath the bike with the throttle twisted full boar. Ended up with a major road rash from wrist to elbow and a hell of an indian rub on my leg from where the back tire was spinning on my jeans. I've become more careful over the years, not nessecarily smarter, but definitely more careful.
The one that probably sticks out the most is when I was on my newly rebuilt and repainted VTZ250 and my buddy asks me if I can do a wheelie. So I tell him " No wheelies, but I can lay a patch about 50 feet long!" Hell, it's only a 250, right? So, I rap this thing up to about 7000RPM (redline is 13,500) and let go of the clutch, both feet on the ground. I slide around like I am on ice for about 12 feet and 1/2 second, hit a "tar snake" and down she goes. Me, half underneath the bike with the throttle twisted full boar. Ended up with a major road rash from wrist to elbow and a hell of an indian rub on my leg from where the back tire was spinning on my jeans. I've become more careful over the years, not nessecarily smarter, but definitely more careful.
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