Nearly an oops

Racing home from work on thur so I could swap to car & take my daughter to netball training, (running late I might add) I opened the garage door, went in, kicked the side stand down & hopped off. Just had both feet on the ground & , great weight of a bandit leaning on me. Nearly shit myself, I hadn't quite pushed the stand far enough forward, so it decided it was time for a lay down . I caught it tho, woulda been really pissed if I'd dropped it standing still!

yeah,,its not fun when it happens,especially on a hill if you don`t put it in gear and take up the compression first!!

Lucky! Take her on the bike next time

Bad things happen when you're in a rush!

paul wrote:Lucky! Take her on the bike next time

Jumped on the bike & took her to a friend's birthday party yesterday arvo, she loves the bike

Bhoffo wrote:Bad things happen when you're in a rush!

Yep, ur right there!

Kiwisteve wrote:Racing home from work on thur so I could swap to car & take my daughter to netball training, (running late I might add) I opened the garage door, went in, kicked the side stand down & hopped off. Just had both feet on the ground & , great weight of a bandit leaning on me. Nearly shit myself, I hadn't quite pushed the stand far enough forward, so it decided it was time for a lay down . I caught it tho, woulda been really pissed if I'd dropped it standing still!

You're not the first or the last to do this mate!!
It happened to me once also....at the time i was ashamed to tell anyone
Lucky i was able to catch it while it was tipping forward and lift it up without any damage

From then on....i kicked the damn stand down twice and make sure i "back up" the bike on the stand lol

[quote="masterA"]

Kiwisteve wrote:

From then on....i kicked the damn stand down twice and make sure i "back up" the bike on the stand lol

I've done the same thing - once! I've mentioned it previously in other similar posts so I won't go through the story again.. but now I'm 'paranoid' when I leave it on the side stand, check and check again...

Yeah mate bad luck there. I havent dropped the bandit yet but nearly got taken out at a roundabout up here last month. Just missed the back wheel by an inch i reckon. Did drop the zrx in the shed one morning but laid her down gently luckily

[quote="Bhoffo"]

masterA wrote:

Kiwisteve wrote:

From then on....i kicked the damn stand down twice and make sure i "back up" the bike on the stand lol

I've done the same thing - once! I've mentioned it previously in other similar posts so I won't go through the story again.. but now I'm 'paranoid' when I leave it on the side stand, check and check again...

Same here.