I'll never do that again!

[barry5k]

Stopped at a gas station to refuel, but before I turned off the engine I put the trip odometer back to zero and played around with the other functions. Turned off my key and got off the bike, forgetting to put down the kickstand. Other than feeling like a fool, and having to wait for someone to help me lift it, I'm glad I had highway bars on. I did have to replace a terribly bent floorboard, and there was no other damage - except to my ego for being such an idiot. So now, without fail, bike goes into neutral, kickstand goes down, then the other stuff!!!!!!!! LESSON LEARNED!

[c_law23]

wouldnt sweat it too much... it's amazing how many times Ive heard this exact same story.. mark one in the experience column!

[Nalayah]

That's something just about everyone does once. It's such a small thing to some, yet it's so important. I've even done it... more than once...

[V2K_CCTX]

I had a cager cut me off on my v2k yesterday, i braked hard and ended up dropping it on the left side, i was amazed how easy it was, to pick up a 800+lb bike, it was almost routine, the bike with the floorboards and highway bar looked like it was on the kickstand.

[CTRider]

What do I do?

I put it on the kickstand first thing. Why? Because when I shut the bike off, I ALWAYS engage the fork lock. That means having the bars turned all the way. That means I've already got it on the kickstand.

The thing I always forget is turning off the signal after pulling in. So, I sit there at the pump while I get shut down...blink, blink blink. Then I start her back up and....blink, blink, blink. Maybe I should move to Orlando and be done with it...

[rustygunner]

Originally Posted by barry5k

Stopped at a gas station to refuel, but before I turned off the engine I put the trip odometer back to zero and played around with the other functions. Turned off my key and got off the bike, forgetting to put down the kickstand. Other than feeling like a fool, and having to wait for someone to help me lift it, I'm glad I had highway bars on. I did have to replace a terribly bent floorboard, and there was no other damage - except to my ego for being such an idiot. So now, without fail, bike goes into neutral, kickstand goes down, then the other stuff!!!!!!!! LESSON LEARNED!

Did that once... on the way home from taking my M/C skills test of all times. Right into the gas pump and EVERYBODY saw it I am certain. Didn't hurt it much thank God! =P

[murtasma]

That sucks I put my bike down once slipping on some small pebbles in my car port when I first got the bike. No real damage was done tho which is good.

Worst part is they probably have you on video at the gas station and it's only a matter of time before it finds it's way to youtube. :p

[tnhunter]

I have come close several times to doing the same thing. I always dismount from the left so I am there to catch it when it starts going over. Lately I dont even dismount to pump the gas, just straddle the bike.

[rustygunner]

Originally Posted by murtasma

That sucks I put my bike down once slipping on some small pebbles in my car port when I first got the bike. No real damage was done tho which is good.

Worst part is they probably have you on video at the gas station and it's only a matter of time before it finds it's way to youtube. :p

Pebbles suck... me dropping my bike on youtube... hadn't thought about that yet *yikes*

[road runner]

I almost did the same thing on Saterday, but I don't have hyway bars yet cought the bike just in time.

[downtown_donna]

Yeah, most of us have done somthing similar. The other one...well how about forgetting to put the kickstand UP. Could be dangerous and of course some motorcycles simply will not start uless you put the kick stand up. Turn er over, chug, chug die. Hey what's going on here! grrrr. Well idiot put your kick stand up, then go. Seen that happen and what made me feel like an idiot was that I didn't figure out what was wrong with his bike for the first few tries. Oh, ummmm, it won't start with the kickstand down.

[Daren]

Originally Posted by downtown_donna

Yeah, most of us have done somthing similar. The other one...well how about forgetting to put the kickstand UP. Could be dangerous and of course some motorcycles simply will not start uless you put the kick stand up. Turn er over, chug, chug die. Hey what's going on here! grrrr. Well idiot put your kick stand up, then go. Seen that happen and what made me feel like an idiot was that I didn't figure out what was wrong with his bike for the first few tries. Oh, ummmm, it won't start with the kickstand down.

....I did this exact thing for about 15 minutes at 3 am on a quiet neighborhood street. Kept reving my engine higher and higher trying to actually get my bike to move when I let out the clutch instead of just having the engine die. It's a great safety feature, otherwise I probably would have killed myself on my first turn, but it probably caused a couple people to get a little less sleep that night, haha.

[CTRider]

I don't have a kickstand switch. Instead, it has a replaceable, flexible rubber toe on it that will flip it up if it touches down when you ride off with it down. It saves having the hard part hit first.

Speaking of dragging hard parts, I'm reminded I have to bend the plate with the feeler nub back down flat to the bottom of my left peg. I...uh...bent it...