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Title: OOPS! Post by prechermike on 08/17/16 at 14:27:07 Well, I did it. Laid the bike down. >:( Not that bad, though, really. I was in a parking lot, backing out of my space, downhill, and in a little curve. The bike simply got away from be backward and tipped over. I stepped off of it and I am fine. I see no damage to the bike. My nice soft saddlebag took the weight. :-/ I hope and pray that's my one time going down. :) |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by stewmills on 08/17/16 at 14:35:31 Glad you got that mulligan out of the way and that all is good. I guess saddlebags are good for something other than carrying your lunch! ;) ;) ;) |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/17/16 at 14:45:18 Are you saying Mike hauls a Dagwood? |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Kris01 on 08/17/16 at 18:12:15 I dumped mine once at less than 5 mph. It was a stupid mistake. I was more concerned for the bike than me! ;D Luckily neither one of us was hurt! Glad you're ok too! |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Ruttly on 08/17/16 at 19:17:53 One time I was wearing some baggy white painters pants riding my 1971 BSA B25t Victor in San Mateo , CA with a cop behind me light went yellow then red, cop still behind and some how the kick starter was up my pant leg when I stopped went to put my right foot down and that motion was all it took, me & the beezer just fell over. After a short interogation & sobriety test I was on my way ! |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Kris01 on 08/17/16 at 19:55:57 486F6E6E76631A0 wrote:
Did you pass? ;D |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Ruttly on 08/17/16 at 20:22:11 Yes I passed , but back then it was hit or miss if I could,those were the days ! Ah today I ah |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Ruttly on 08/17/16 at 20:25:29 That wasn't even a slow speed crash That was a no speed crash ! I remember the cop laughing at me. |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/17/16 at 20:49:43 A little girl, friend of the daughter , pretty little thing, growing like a weed and SO clumsy it was fun watching her try to walk. Rides her bicycle down, I saw her come up the drive, wisely,she rolls on to the grass, stops, and just freezes, no feet down, nothing, just Falls Over.. I , being so nice, didn't even laugh.. Ohhh, yes I did.. She asked Plot Line questions while we were watching Uncle Buck. I hope she married a good man. |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Dave on 08/18/16 at 03:56:50 Preachermike: Glad you just had a "tipover". Those are pretty common for some bikes - the Honda ST forum even has a dedicated thread for you to talk about yours....and whenever you post a comment and your Forum names shows up on the left side of page....there is a place where you record the number of tipovers you have had. These don't happen nearly as often for the Savage - but the ST's weigh twice as much and have a much taller seat height. All it takes sometimes is some uneven pavement, greasy asphalt, gravel underfoot, etc. 6B4C4D4D5540390 wrote:
Man I can see how that could happen. It seems a lot of the old British bikes had kickstart levers that didn't fold out of the way very well, and they do stick out right where your pant leg would be. |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Kris01 on 08/18/16 at 05:29:20 Just saying the kick starter lever was stuck up your pants leg was enough for a hilarious visual! It's no wonder you had to take a sobriety test! ;D |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Ruttly on 08/18/16 at 07:01:10 Yeah my kick lever was more upright than that one went right up the pant leg |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by BSTON on 08/18/16 at 09:09:06 My first drop of a bike was at 0 mph. I pulled into the parking lot at work and my foot slid on some gravel and over a curb. The 6" drop was enough to get the bike leaning and over it went. Of course another coworker was pulling in at the same time and witnessed the whole thing. I think at that point I had only had the bike for a couple weeks. I don't know if it counts but the bike also made it onto it's side a couple months later when the kickstand sunk into the ground and the bike tipped over. One of my friends came in and made a comment about a motorcycle being laid on it's side out front and I just assumed they were messing with me...until I went out and saw it a couple hours later. That screw up was enough to snap the end off of the clutch lever. :-[ This was all with a Suzuki GS500. After the embarrassment of falling over on the bike I was a lot more careful with the ZZR1200 that I ended up getting next. That bike had a lot of tip-over stories on forums from being so top heavy. |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Serowbot on 08/18/16 at 09:13:06 I never do that... ...if it's not on Youtube, it doesn't count... right?... :-/ |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/18/16 at 09:39:24 Daggum Forward/ Reverse selector on the mower is just right for going up the back of the left leg on my shorts. That first step is Really short. Haven't flipping the mower over because of it though. |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by springman on 08/18/16 at 09:44:31 That's a great story Ruttly. What luck, the cop just happens to be there. Really ocifer, I only had tee martoonis. ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Dave on 08/18/16 at 10:12:11 Sometimes the Police just happen to be where you don't want them to be. When I was 16 you could ride your motorcycle on the street with a learners permit. You were not supposed to be on the State Highways or riding a passenger.......but I was and I did.....and just as I passed the Ohio State Highway Patrol - my bike ran out of gas and I had to pull over as I didn't get the petcock switched over to RES fast enough. There was no chase involved, as I was a sitting duck! I got away with a warning........ :) |
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Title: Re: OOPS! Post by Ruttly on 08/18/16 at 20:20:15 Anyone remember Rowin & Martin Laugh In , the guy on the tricycle the would stop and then fall over , yeah that's what it must have looked like but I wasn't wearing a rain coat! |
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