I freaking dropped it [mad]

[GMan1125R]

[mad][mad][mad] Towards the end of a 250 mile ride, I pulled into a gas station to get some gas. Kicked the stand down (or so I thought) and started to get off the bike. Well the stand wasnt down and before I realized this, I was on my ass and the bike was on my leg. I panic and pull my leg out and the bike suffers some deep scratches on the bottom of the EBR plastics. I also somehow scratched the rear pillion cover, I think with my boot. [mad][mad][mad] UGH! Im so mad at myself right now.

I have dropped my Sportster a few times over the 5 years Ive had it, but never caused any damage. I have never layed it down while actually riding just in the garage or parking lots.


Is anyone else as clumsy as me? Tell us about your dealings with gravit.

 

[jreinke]

buddy did that on his 1125r about a week ago. sorry to hear

 

[onelogue]

lol my cousin did the EXACT same thing to his Brand New CBR. So funny
Sorry didn't mean to laugh but it was funny when my cuz did it.
I dropped my bike in an intersection

 

[AudiXB12R]

Back before my Buell riding days, I was dismounting my old F3, put the kick stand down, and apparently I was on some soft dirt (driveway) and it (the kickstand) punched right through the ground and went straight over, with me on still on/under it. [confused]

 

[strmvt]

been there done that only had a semi-healed broken leg at the time and wind blew me to my weak side and well the pain of trying to hold the bike up bout caused me to faint and down I went and rebroke the leg lol

 

[BKKBuell]

Sad to hear but believe me its worse to ride and forgot the stand down (disabled the switch)... I was lucky and nothing happened but thats the reason why I painted the kick red… to see it when its down/up... and never forget: shit happens

 

[tarvis]

yep I have almost pulled out with my kickstand down too
might have to paint it red see if that helps

 

[303xb]

been there done that only had a semi-healed broken leg at the time and wind blew me to my weak side and well the pain of trying to hold the bike up bout caused me to faint and down I went and rebroke the leg lol

i ALMOST went out today with my busted leg (7 weeks in). so tempting, but glad i didnt. how long after you broke it the 2nd time did it take before you were riding?

 

[tarvis]

7 weeks? man how long does it take to heal just out of curiosity
I had a severe sprained ankle like a year and half ago and still isnt 100 percent still weak and hurts

 

[strmvt]

lol which time? was at nite went to rent a video had a tinted shield turning off a 35mph onto a residential street gravel in the turn front tire washed out low-sided on the and re-broke what healed from the last time. after that I waited about 2 weeks before I went out again got forced off the road by a merging car down a hill went down again and re-broke it again. living in Mi at the time and dr was in Oh so try riding 100miles on a sportbike with a broken leg 3 times every damn bump no matter how small hurt like hell if I could see a bump coming I'd lift the leg off the peg most I didn't see lol so I re broke my leg 3 times in all after the 3rd time the girl took my key and hid it lol said if I need to go anywhere she'd take me no more damn bike til leg is healed. Long story short let the leg fully heal bud. Better to wait and heal then to b hurt and have to fix the bike I am freaky about turning right ever since even on the track I find my self leary about dragging the right knee.

 

[303xb]

not sure. physical therapist says at 12 weeks, ill be close to 100%. been the worst 2 months of my life. f'in annoying and walking around on crutches like JIMMY form southpark.

i'm pretty close to walking (i can walk in the swimming pool)...another 2 weeks or so.

 

[strmvt]

looks alot like mine did

Had to remove old rod and drill out the bone and put in a bigger rod to get my leg to heal after 3 yrs

 

[tarvis]

OMG damn dude
just looking at that xray hurts

 

[303xb]

Geeezus. WTF

 

[strmvt]

lol which one his or mine? and for the record I really didnt feel anything b/c after the car accident I was in shock and was given morphine when the meics got there and was heavily sedated til surgery in the morning

 

[ophawk]

I have dropped mine twice, once rolling backwards out of the driveway on an angle, catching the curb and throwing the weight to the left while the left foot was fully extended forward. The second time was in a gas station kickstand not fully down, pinned me between the air pump and the bike, cracked the mirror on that one.
Then I parked it at my sister's and her hubby, pulled out of the driveway and ran it over with his truck. And then My ex-girlfriend, current at the time did a Tommy-Tipover on a speedbump @ 5mph or so.
When a Conversation starts with "Don't Be Mad", It ain't going to be good

 

[strmvt]

thats supposed to be medics

 

[tarvis]

both of those xrays ouch
ive only ever broke the first joint on my pinky finger (spiked volley ball) and it hurt like hell
cant imagine that stuff
just damn

 

[upthemaiden]

I've dropped most of the bikes I've owned a couple times. The first was just because it was a huge xt550 dual sport, and I'm not so big. Most recently I used to drop my triumph because I'd forget to take the disc lock off the front wheel before I'd try to pull out of a parking spot.

The worst stupid one i've had was when the bike was parked in my friends angled driveway. It wasn't so angled that my bike would've fallen over normally, but as I was strapping something onto my seat, and pulled the bungie cord down tight to hook it on the right passenger peg it just pulled the bike over with it. Had to ride home 45 minutes with no right side peg. I put the passenger peg down and tried to rest my foot on that one most of the way.

 

[kyle_dewald]

never "dropped" it myself, only wrecked. But I did vow to throw myself under the bike if it did fall over.