i fell off!!!!

in the garage - the side stand wasnt down properly, and as far as i can see the only damage is a scrape on the bottom of the casing on the left. i had to hold it up which took some doing and phone someone to come and help me lift it

bugger!
at least it wasn't serious.

nothing worse than those high speed offs in the garage ouch

Lucky you werent up town!

talk about embarassing..........

potatomasher wrote:talk about embarassing..........

Hey Masher, if makes feel better when I was about 17-18years old, I fell off in front of the local court house in the main street on my XR

I did it a couple of weeks ago in the work carpark.

Thank god I could lift the beast up myself without help.....

Cost me a new left front indicator and a couple of scratches... But no one saw me do it so that was good :-)

I will send you a copy of my book "Serious Motorcycle crashes I have had when the engine was off"

Must be the week for it ,I had a little lay down also on the Triumph .Side stand wasnt down ,had run out of fuel .

Ever try to take off with the disc lock still on?? This is prior to the invention of bits of cord or string around the throttle. It takes more than an Oscar performance to make that look like it was meant to happen.

suzbandit wrote:Ever try to take off with the disc lock still on?? This is prior to the invention of bits of cord or string around the throttle. It takes more than an Oscar performance to make that look like it was meant to happen.

Haha That is how I fell off in the main street

I did a similar thing... had the bike parked in a shopping centre with the steering lock on and on the side stand... decided to push it forward a little to make more room behind it and didn't realise I'd pushed the side stand back a bit... while I was sorting helmets etc the thing fell over onto me... tried to hold it up but couldn't, the helmet went bouncing along the bitumen and the bike went down scratching the engine cover and the end of the clutch lever and the side of the mirror.. All fixed and repainted eventually and you'd never know but a learning experience. Now I'm paranoid when I park it..

lliquidlen wrote:I will send you a copy of my book "Serious Motorcycle crashes I have had when the engine was off"

can i get a copy, couldnt find it on the best sellers list

i think what we need is some carbon fibre spring loaded fold away training wheels made by Gus that should resolve the need for the bandits want of falling over (usually with me under it)

Sorry to hear it mate. At least its not to bad, and you ok.