Dropped bike in parking lot!

[Rogue]

Dude,
I just gotta know...why are you using a Florida weather banner in your sig file when you're in Az?

He's moving. Going to find a new job.

 

[fjrchik]

Hey Jill,
Looky...here

Covered last week. 

Doh!! Jeeze a double whammy! That's timing

Great minds my friend!!

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

TOG's use the fairing mount screws on either side for mounting-good for tips only. Any forward motion and they're gone faster than TDub when presented with the bar tab. Sliders work on tips and low siders to boot, are much stronger, and use a bracket as well as heftier mounting hardware.

Hey, Sherri and I just had dinner with TWN and he paid his tab. Maybe he just thinks you're rich with that expansive ranch you got so quit whining Rad.

 

[floridafeeger]

Warchild told me (via forum) to put on sliders as a first farkle last year. Well, after 17,000 miles I fell over in parking lot yesterday - Moko Sliders WORKED and no front plastic scratched at all. Slider is scratched and the bags are scratched but no serious damage. I had on protection (Frank Thomas Mesh Jacket with Armor) landing on my shoulder and head (Shoei helmet). No big deal - but it could have been. Thanks Warchild for the strong warning to put the sliders on as a first farkle - It took a year before they were needed but this parking lot fall over a 0 MPH standing still could have been worse. :yahoo:

 

[fjrjonesing]

OK. OK. My name's Jim and I'm an FJR dropper...

(All together- "Hi, Jim!)

I dropped my 03 the first night I had it- swinging a tight, slow speed turn-around in a gas station parking lot. Went to feather the clutch and the engine died. The handlebars were at the stop, the bike was at about 30 degrees off vertical, and I felt like I was holding my brother while he was gasping his last breath. Down, down...

Well, maybe that's overly dramatic, but it was a sickening feeling. No TOGs but little damage. It was more of a "set down" than a drop. Came close but it never happened again.

First ever drop was with my 81 XS1100. That happened right in front of the picture window at my favorite restaraunt.

Good day, all!

Jim

 

[Silver Penguin]

OK. OK. My name's Jim and I'm an FJR dropper...

Me too Jim - twice. The first time was the worst u-turn ever, incorporating every single thing I can think of that I know not to do during turns. Total rider error! The second was also rider error, in not having the side stand fully locked into position. How many people have managed to fall off the bike before even getting fully onto it? Thankfully, the new sliders took the brunt of that one. Hopefully, I've got all the falls I need to do, over with now.

Jill

 

[zorkler]

yea droped the 05 but guess what i had my wife on the back ...... same way put the left foot down and nothing there for 7 inches boom ..and 1500 bucks in damage .

 

[fjrjonesing]

Funniest drop story I've heard was told by my friend, Ted, who was on his brand new K12LT.

He had his wife on the pillion and had stopped for gas. Collection (herd?) of Harley guys came over to admire his bike. Ted, so proud of his new ride, is soaking it up. He gets his gas, gives it a nice rev so they could hear the engine, then takes off in second gear. The bike dies and over it comes. Ted and his wife come bailing off the bike, which crashes on its side there in the driveway.

Ted said the other riders were real sports and helped him get the bike up. (Is there an uglier site than a big bike on its side?) But you have to wonder how many times that story has been told on the Harley boards.

Jim

 

[Scab]

I was aware of the "pick it up" technique, however it does not address the male genetics involved in doing something stupid. Even though I know the technique for righting my bikes, I failed to arrest my genetic response on both occasions. (once with my Goldwing, once with my FJR)

Both times, immediately upon my stupidity resulting in my bike lying on its side:

1. Jump up, do the left-right head turn. (Gotta see if anybody saw this!)

2. Grab handle bars.

3. Grunt.

4. Strain like hell.

5. Lift bike. (yes, even the near-900 pound Goldwing)

6. Relocate sphincter that just dropped 2 inches.

7. Repeat the left-right head turn. (don't know why, just do it)

8. Promptly leave the scene.

And, BTW, shortly after doing that with the Goldwing, I was admitted for double hernia surgery. Go figure.

 

[odot]

Had to have the ol' sacks reattached, scab? Ow.....don't sign me up for that one.

 

[vinnie]

what's the old saw?: "those who've dropped them and those who's gonna..."

I always thought the first few steps in the procedure after you've dropped it

was to cringe while muttering different incantations (oh s**t!, Jeezes K. Rist!,

holy f**k!, gahddamn it, etc) and shedding a tear. Take a minute to breathe,

calm down, then bend down with your back to it and pick up...

That's the way I did it... :huh:

 

[PerfectBlueride]

I have had to drop/lay my 05 down two times with in the first few months of owning it, first riding my son on back, coming into driveway, going through wood privacy fence gate, of course only one side open, car parked in back in front of garage, trying to miss car and fence, little Yamaha decal on bag catches gate, grabs or stick's and pulls us down as I am trying to turn to the left, lucky I made it to the grass before letting my new baby touch the ground.

Second time, sharing parking space at work with better half, up on center stand, kind of parked on a slant, so when I jumped her off center stand bike started to immediately fall to right, foot landing in wet grass, that was all it took as once again I was lucky and set it/ dropped it in the grass again, with in a month of owning her.

This time I had to pick it up myself, as there was no way I was walking into work and requesting everyone to laugh as they assisted in the pick up.

I was on a side hill down hill lie(golf terms), so it was easy to get under the bike and just push it up with my legs. Just lucky I always leave the bags on.

Once again very fortunate to have grass as my landing/drop zone!

The last or next 12 months of ownership, I am very much aware that this bike will drop like a rock if given a chance so I have tried not to!

 

[Scab]

Nah, Vinnie, you say all that on the way down, as it happens in slo-mo.

And yep, Odot, gonna change my name to Won-hung-lo.