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If Einstein rode a motorcyle...
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gregfeeler
Dances With Sheep
exgman
Active member
Yes Ponch! Almost he same thing happened to me in CO a few years ago outside a hotel. Fortunately, my fellow travelers (also riding Beemers) saw me struggling to keep the left cylinder off the pavement, and saved any damage (except to my ego). From that moment on, I always look twice to make sure the side stand is on something solid.
rangerreece
RangerReece
ponch1
Ponch
Mine went down slowly as it pushed against me. It scratched the pannier. I had a worse time when I tried to ride it up a ramp and it stalled. That was fun. I scratched the other pannier. Both incidents taught me a lesson.
What lesson?
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
Perhaps, gravity always wins. At least that is what I have learned over and over and over again.
ponch1
Ponch
Double check and think twice. I don't bounce like I used to or lift as well either.
ponch1
Ponch
Gravity works. Always in our continuum.
pglaves
#13338
Lots of people have had a bike fall over because the didn't put the side stand down. But how about one falling over because they did?
I had my R1150R on my Handy lift. The sidestand was down when I grabbed the handlebars and rolled the bike backwards off the lift. Oops! As the rear wheel rolled backward down the lift ramp the sidestand (of course) contacted the lift bed and as the bike rolled backward the stand forced the bike to lean to the right.
I, being on the left side of the bike was soon picked up off my feet trying to keep the bike upright and not rolling off the lift, until it was on its side I was on top of it.
I had my R1150R on my Handy lift. The sidestand was down when I grabbed the handlebars and rolled the bike backwards off the lift. Oops! As the rear wheel rolled backward down the lift ramp the sidestand (of course) contacted the lift bed and as the bike rolled backward the stand forced the bike to lean to the right.
I, being on the left side of the bike was soon picked up off my feet trying to keep the bike upright and not rolling off the lift, until it was on its side I was on top of it.
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
I had that happen with Annie’s F650GS. It happened very quickly, but I let go before it pulled me over.
Not so funny home video. Take it you survived to tell about it.
Try it with a 900 pound Harley!
I was rolling my 2010 Limited off the lift and forgot to lift the side stand. Of course I found out when it was too late. Fortunately I was able to hold the motorcycle up as I was sitting on it. I tried to push the motorcycle back up onto the lift, but no go while leaned over. I can't do it under normal conditions! I was able to lean it over to the right even farther and flick the stand up with my left foot. No easy feat when you are just about maxed up weight wise. I am 5'10 " and 180 pound, and no body builder so it was a bit of luck that I saved it.
BlueWaterCooled
New member
I have three steps to get into the house with my bike. Before I bought my current bike, I had a temporary ramp to get up them. When I rode it home from the dealer, the back wheel spun out on the tile putting me into a low side slide up the ramp. Then the back wheel caught traction and flipped over on the other sliding across the patio. It was pretty exciting but the only real damage was a scratched cylinder head and a broken tip on the brake lever.
So I went to a dealer and bought a new brake lever. On the way into the house from that trip, I was very careful not to give it too much power on the tile at the bottom of the ramp. So that time I stalled it halfway up the ramp. The ramp was too narrow to put your feet down. Fortunately a friend was watching and helped me keep it upright.
After that the bike stayed in the house for a few days while I built a proper ramp. Now the ramp is a 4x8 sheet of plywood with non-skid paint and it is a piece of cake to get in and out of the house.
ponch1
Ponch
The ramp I made is 2' wide. I should have made it wider...
Good story!
