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Whew, I was thinking for a while there that I was the only one to do that "drop" thing. I had my spanking new bile for all of three-four days and did the exact same thing, except I did it in the parking lot of the BMW dealership where I bought the thing. It was pretty impressive, two of the sales guys ran out to help me pick it up. One of them referred to the damaged left pannier as character lines...
I wonder how many people drop their bike at a dealership. I know I have. At least it was at night
24 responses in under 4 days, this has to be some kind of record, or,
it's just that the weather is too cold out for us to be putting some miles on
our ladies!
Have an 1150RT and wouldn't you know it, wearing my Teva's in the garage, and while
backing her out to get some sun on her, and oooops! A leaf slip!
The worst part was that, I had to get out quickly bc I was also just
wearing shorts, and my leg would have been all scraped up
if she landed on my bear leg.
Worser is that I had to quickly slip off my sandals, and kick on some boots
to get the traction I needed to get under her, and right her up to look at
the damage. Thank god for engine guards!
I always visually check that my kickstand is fully deployed and your
incident wouldn't catch me off guard!
Happy New Year All!
Jim
"there's only two kinds of sailors, those who have been aground and those who haven't been aground yet."
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Is there a better place to drop it than the parking lot of the Deals Gap store on a Saturday afternoon? Only about 100 bikes in the lot, a slow day.
I had parked on a very slight downhill and accidentally left it in neutral. No problem. All is good.
Then my son asks if he can put his water bottle in my top box. The force of the one finger push on the latch rolled it forward and off the side stand.
I still remember the WTF look on his face.
Is there a better place to drop it than the parking lot of the Deals Gap store on a Saturday afternoon? Only about 100 bikes in the lot, a slow day.
I had parked on a very slight downhill and accidentally left it in neutral. No problem. All is good.
Then my son asks if he can put his water bottle in my top box. The force of the one finger push on the latch rolled it forward and off the side stand.
I still remember the WTF look on his face.
Already being a participant in said dropping event in this thread with hurt prides and then reading a recent reply, "if it has not happened to you it will".
I would like to enter this comment, after spending a lifetime in the marine industry, mainly pleasure yachts and commercial fishing boats I have heard many captains and or course owners make the statement " I have never run aground" Well one can assume this person has never untied his boat from the dock, or he is full of BS.