Ways to drop your motorcycle

[jimmyh]

41. Pulling out the swingarm stand, and forgetting to put the sidestand down first.

I wish I had a video camera on me to see what that looks like.

[Ruger]

I've been riding almost 40 years and have probably done 1/2 of the list.
Back in the '70s was with a bunch of friends in Austin when a biker on a chopper pulled out of a club and cut us off (we were in a car) we stayed a little back from him because he seemed rather unsteady. We watched as he pulled up to a red light and stopped. Never put his foot down, and he and the bike went over on the right side. He never took his hands of the grips. We jumped out and ran up to see if he was OK. He was just VERY drunk. We got him and the bike up and tried to talk him into parking it, but he got back on a road off. Never saw him again - hope he made it home. It was funny though.

[jreed8721]

66. Allow friend to ride bike that has either no riding experience, or only tiny dirtbike riding experience (they will wheelie out of control, fly straight at the nearest object, or drop it attempting to stop suddenly-happened to my bike twice)

did that to my friends dirtbike when i was 14, right into a fence

[w1ngzer0]

4. Missing the driveway and sliding on the grass.

yah.... we won't go into that.

[78_KZ750_Cafe]

Here's a good one that happened today.

1) park bike on right side of street, in the direction of traffic in prep for ride
2) put on helmet, gloves
3) swing leg over and use thigh to pull bike off kickstand, as you've done a thousand times before
4) fail to take into account the crown of the asphault roadway and apply too much force
5) ask yourself why you're such and idiot as you and your bike fall into the grass
6) Pick up bike.
7) Inspect for damage
8 ) find none
9) Laugh at self and file away as life lesson #1239082347092834

[ROMAD]

Blowing out of a parking lot, on the way to get gas (which we KNOW is low), pulling a nice, FAST, 90 degree right hand turn into traffic....and THEN the bike lets you know that GETTING gas, is not the problem, HAVING ANY is!!!! Fun stall, fortunately the bike wasn't even scratched, having been protected from the pavement by my fat body underneath!!! Oh, and lying there, IN traffic, and seeing PART of an SUV grill FILLING the one mirror you can still focus on, is an added attraction! All your friends whizzing by blowing their horns (not stopping to help, Heavens no!) helps too!

[AK82kz440]

Thanks all I needed that
LMAO

• Parking bike on center stand, during strong wind.
• Letting an inexperienced friend take his GF on a ride, he tries a Uturn, finds the gravel on side of the road.
• Paying attention to (female) security guard admiring your ride, not noticing vehicle coming out of parking lot in wrong direction.

[SpoxicK]

go around a corner a little too fast where you are at the edge of the corner with the left hand side of the bike catch dirt have your rear spin out catch pavment and then shoot you into the ditch ... opps not very fun and very painfull as you cannot slow down in the air lol i learnt my lesson on that one .. i still get bugged about that one they thought i wanted to go dirt biking on a ninja

[Monster600c]

Look at my poor bike and all her nakedness. Her lack of plastic backs up a couple numbers on the list.

[serlant]

No drops so far! lucky me, but it was a good read and produced a couple of good laughs like that picnic area one... ya just gotta wonder whats going thru someones mind at that point in time..oh **** would be mine..

[mcneese5]

Originally Posted by cudaosix

Mental note: never buy a bike from Scruffy, end note.

+1

[CycleDude]

I've done it twice.

Once I climbed on, raised the kick stand and held Pearl up between my thighs. Focus on pack of cuties on bench. Let go of bars to adjust chin strap, gravity takes over....F@CK!

Loving the full face helmet that day.......

The other...

Burger King parking lot...sloped. Low speed U turn a la MSF class, however the pitch of the slope makes Pearl lean too far over before my foot reaches the ground. F@CK! Notice Mom and kids watching. I went and ate at KFC.....

[Twisted]

Nice easy coast to stop at red light.
Not looking down as I planted my feet properly per MSF.
Unaware (duh?) of plastic shopping bag directly under right foot.

Really beautiful lady jumps out of SUV behind me to offer to help.
Male ego prevents such interaction.

Back hurt for 2 weeks from macho strength maneuver picking up bike.

[RichLockyer]

Originally Posted by Twisted

Nice easy coast to stop at red light.
Not looking down as I planted my feet properly per MSF.
Unaware (duh?) of plastic shopping bag directly under right foot.

Really beautiful lady jumps out of SUV behind me to offer to help.
Male ego prevents such interaction.

Back hurt for 2 weeks from macho strength maneuver picking up bike.

But did you get her number?

[jparent]

50. Backing your bike down a plank (a wet, muddy ramp, actually), by yourself, from the bed of a pickup truck. Works great as long as you remember that once you start moving stopping for any correction is out of the question. Get two people to stand on each side of you and the bike.

[jesse94954]

lol man i know how you thats how i droped my new 2008 honda i just bought

[Granny]

When I was young, dumb and full of ***, going home from a party with a mate on the back stopped at a intersection because I thought I saw a car coming down the road and down we went A$$ over T!t. I was laying half on the road and half on the footpath with bike still between my legs. We laiod there and laughed for a bit before continuing home.

[capone59]

trying to do an endo not realizing u stop on a ditch....howbought 1st time on the bike staling out on a turn get scared start the bike pop the clutch n bust.

[cjp91068]

1. Bringing brand new bike home from dealership on shiny new tires and giving it a little too much gas around a rotary.

2 Entering a rotary at a normally "impressive" speed (for a bike) only to see a patch of oil right in front of you as you lean into the turn. Thank God there was no traffic.

BTW I HATE rotaries!!!!!

[LVCigarz]

The only time for me was number 95 during the MSF course in OCC in Costa Mesa on their bike. Fortunately, I have not practiced anymore drops since then.