Had to lay her down....

[Scab]

Certaimly no great loss if I move on. Thanks to some of you, the rest can kiss my ASS!!!!

Ah, hell, you have to stay around now. You're gonna fit right in.

 

[Geezer2]

Lay off the geezer2. He has explained his actions...done.
He stopped and "dropped" his bike to avoid some knuckleheads blowing turning in front of him while he was yielding to pedestrians.

Yeah, I get that now. But it sure took an awful lot of my high quality artwork to make everyone else understand.

No hard feelin's Geezer2.

Nuthin' but love.

Mmmmmm.....I feel the love gunny. Just remember... a drawing program can be a dangerous thing.

 

[sonicspeed]

geezer2 IMO you did the right thing.

i loved the kiss my ass response :lol:

 

[Geezer2]

Man.... I guess I am just a stupid old man! I certainly never thot my post would stir this kinda shit!!! I joined here for the knowledge, comraderie and understanding. Instead, I get critizism (sic), what I thought was a great site of the brotherhood of bikers, seems to have left a bitter taste in my mouth. Yeah, I know, "would I like some WHINE with my cheese". Some of you showed wisdom, thank you. some of you showed immaturity, GROW UP! MSF course, maybe, maybe not! either way you can shove that little paper card up your a-s! Certaimly no great loss if I move on. Thanks to some of you, the rest can kiss my ASS!!!!

Typical Cruiser rider response. The law of natural selection will take care of you, looks like sooner or later with your attitude.

35 years and never laid it down...WOW!!!! Gotta say imho you're one very lucky individual. And I truly hope your luck holds up. I've been riding since I was 18. Since that time I've totalled 2 bikes and was lucky enough to survive. Both instances were rider error...no, rider cockyness. Either way, as the the old saying goes, "There's two kinds of riders, those who have been down and those who will go down". Wish you many years of riding w/o encountering the unexpected or unknown. Skill doesn't always save you.

 

[RiderCoach Lar]

Geez-

A low speed drop is a WHOLE lot different than "had to lay her down to avoid a crash". The former is understandable, especially in your mishap. The asshat that pulled in front of you doesn't deserve to ride and should get his ass kicked. The latter is often used as an excuse by people who don't possess the skills required to avoid a collision and yes, they would learn that by taking a basic rider course . Sorry that you got all worked up about it, but I get worked up at the idea of riders thinking that laying a bike down is an acceptable accident avoidance maneuver because they don't know any better :angry: Don't fault me for being passionate about safe riding.

You're right, skill doesn't always save you, but your chances of avoiding a crash to begin with are much greater with skill and practice than with ignorance

As I said before....and I meant it....I'm damn glad you're okay :thumbsup:

 

[Braenen]

See jarhead, don't be so quick to jump to conclusions. Fuking marines. No thinky.

Look, Squid-nugget, we're trained to react to situations (normally by kicking something's ass). I realize that you wouldn't know much 'bout that, but trust me, thinking only impedes your ability to react. You know, sorta like the way you ride crash.

From my experience, when Marines are forced to think it gets them iritated and usually ends up with something getting blown up.

 

[Geezer2]

Geez-
A low speed drop is a WHOLE lot different than "had to lay her down to avoid a crash". The former is understandable, especially in your mishap. The asshat that pulled in front of you doesn't deserve to ride and should get his ass kicked. The latter is often used as an excuse by people who don't possess the skills required to avoid a collision and yes, they would learn that by taking a basic rider course . Sorry that you got all worked up about it, but I get worked up at the idea of riders thinking that laying a bike down is an acceptable accident avoidance maneuver because they don't know any better :angry: Don't fault me for being passionate about safe riding.

You're right, skill doesn't always save you, but your chances of avoiding a crash to begin with are much greater with skill and practice than with ignorance

As I said before....and I meant it....I'm damn glad you're okay :thumbsup:

Thanks and I agree with you a 100%. I'm just sayin all the skill in the world won't save you from a random occurance. Sometimes the stars just line up against you.

 

[Geezer2]

Damn!!!! would ya look at that.....all this uproar made me a "Training Pilot". I guess some good did come out of this. LMAO

 

[rushes]

Rode to Lake Chelan on friday to visit my kid. Got 51 mpg on the way up (calculator). Ran 65 to 70 with an occasional pass. Great weekend, however while downtown waiting for a crosswalk to clear, I'm in the intersection, a kid and his girlfiend on a sport bike decide to make a left turn in front of me. Laid it down (gently) to avoid knocking them off their bike. A few scratches to the mirror and left bag. Glad I put those sliders on last week. They took the hit. Got 47.4 mpg on the way home ridin 80 most the way and bucking some serious winds. Damn, I love this bike....scratches and all, still goes like a bat outta hell. Somebody stop me. HeHe

Well, I say welcome to tha forum!

That's pretty good mileage. Sorry ta hear about tha minor get-off.

Scratches are memories!

Ride safe! :thumbsup:

Yur gonna remember this day forever Gezzer2!

 

[borrec]

Is this it?(Hint: You're the blue one)

You just had to break out the pictures and crayons. No wonder us Marines catch so much crap.

 

[wfooshee]

It's been stated enough already, it wasn't a lay-it-down-to-stop, it was a stopped-to-miss-the-asshole-but-I'm-leaning drop. The guys who jumped you about it were jumping the phrase "had to lay it down." There ARE guys who think that's the only way to stop from speed, to just jump off into the street. Really. Even though nothing stops.

Shouldn't have let that boy ride away. That manuever makes him responsible for your damage, and he'd probably get ticketed, too. Trade insurance cards and license numbers at the very least.

 

[Solo]

I have two things to say Geezer. (1) You sure did generate a shit storm of posts! (2) Glad your bike suffered only minor damages and you didn't pull every muscle in your body with your get off. Make it three things. I like your attitude about what happened. Sometimes in this life it just isn't worth getting worked up over minor injustices. As a comparison, consider how folks got worked up about your report. Life's too short...

 

[Geezer2]

I have two things to say Geezer. (1) You sure did generate a shit storm of posts! (2) Glad your bike suffered only minor damages and you didn't pull every muscle in your body with your get off. Make it three things. I like your attitude about what happened. Sometimes in this life it just isn't worth getting worked up over minor injustices. As a comparison, consider how folks got worked up about your report. Life's too short...

Thanks Solo, You are a wise man.

 

[Scab]

Any frickin' "FNG" that can take a single post and turn it into a four-page shit storm and then come out on the other side as a "training pilot" is okay in my book.

Stick around. Friday's are even better.

 

[Toecutter]

Over a thousand page views in less than one day. Way to make a splash!

I had to lay mine down once....

 

[dcarver]

Sooo,

I had to "Stand My Bike Up" today in a corner!

Yep, it's true.

Entered a corner waaay too hot, just knew the bike didn't have clearance to carve that tight of an arc.. having read this post about not 'laying her down' I had no choice..

So, I just stood her right up, headed across the opposing lane, grenaded the brakes, ruined the front and rear tire due to flat spotting, saw the soft dirt on the opposite side, put her into a full lock power slide, came back across the dirt back onto the pavement which caused the front end to claw at the sky due to the rear picking up full traction.

As the front rose, I gently tapped the rear brake to modulate the wheelie as I had to cross in front of the semi truck bearing down on me. Ever seen the P of Peterbuilt? Fortunately, I had just enough speed to clear the massive Peterbuilt front chrome bumper, set 'er down, grab the ABS brakes, and bend the decreasing radius off camber corner with the greatest of skill and finesse. Whew.

Then I woke up.

All in jest guyz...

Give this guy a break. He had quick decision to make and me made it. At least he did something, and has a good attitude about it. I'd have hurt the SOB that did that stoopid maneuver on me..

 

[Toecutter]

That wasn't funny, Carver....

 

[Barabus]

This is all about "I had to lay 'er down" verbage. If the geez would have used different words then the response would have been very positive. Those words trigger images of unskilled riders on this forum. BTW, I am not saying the geez is unskilled. Hell, he must be better than some of our crash club members.

 

[borrec]

Think of the shit storm if he had been wearing knee pucks too!

 

[EasyRider]

Man.... I guess I am just a stupid old man! I certainly never thot my post would stir this kinda shit!!! I joined here for the knowledge, comraderie and understanding. Instead, I get critizism (sic), what I thought was a great site of the brotherhood of bikers, seems to have left a bitter taste in my mouth. Yeah, I know, "would I like some WHINE with my cheese". Some of you showed wisdom, thank you. some of you showed immaturity, GROW UP! MSF course, maybe, maybe not! either way you can shove that little paper card up your a-s! Certaimly no great loss if I move on. Thanks to some of you, the rest can kiss my ASS!!!!

I'm sorry guys, I cant hold back my opinion on what happened in this string.

I agree with Geezer 100%. Most of you guys were way out of line giving him crap over this. Even if he did do something wrong, this string is a perfect example of how immature, insensitive and juvenile many people on internet forums are today.

I thought this board was a little more grown up than many others that I have seen. I have totally lost respect for the FJR board. Why haven't any grownups on this board put the children in there place.

Flame away little boys, you'll only make my case.