WHEN was your first drop compared to when you started riding?

[annguyen1981]

I've been riding since last September, and I haven't dropped her yet.

I was wondering WHEN you guys dropped your bikes?  First day? Second day?  Week After?

[Blazinjr]

I have had my bike for almost a year now with 4500 miles on it and have yet to drop it.

[pandy]

I was wondering WHEN you guys dropped your bikes?  First day? Second day?  Week After?

Yes, yes, and yes?  I dropped my po' lil GS a LOT.  Fortunately, he was already very much a beginner bike, so the levers just got a little curlier, and the bike just got a little added character each time.

I think I managed to keep my SVS up for the whole first month? 

[Alphamazing]

First day, before my first ride. Dropped the '92 a couple times after that. Dropped the '04 the first day, too.

[that_guy]

any common factors pertaining to the drops?

[Alphamazing]

any common factors pertaining to the drops?

Going up on the centerstand. On the '04 I didn't anticipate the extra weight of the F model.

[annguyen1981]

So basically you didn't drop while in motion.  I would imagine that there's less damage that way.

[Alphamazing]

I dropped it numerous times while in motion. On my second ride on the '92, still on the first day, I lowsided because I hit a combination of diesel fuel and sand in a corner. A dumptruck had overturned there a few days earlier and it hadn't been cleaned all the way. I also dumped it in a parking lot a week later because it wsa covered in leaves and sticks and water and my rear wheel locked and lowsided again. Then a few weeks after that I mangled the fucker up hard.

Then I bought the '04. Crashed that last month. Lowsided at 50 or so mph in turn 10 at TWS.

Now you see why I can safely call myself Sir-Crash-A-Lot?

[Monkie]

damn alpha that's a lot of investment in gear...what do you wear that is keeping you so safe that you keep getting back up?

[Alphamazing]

On the '92 I went down with a Fieldsheer Mach 1 armored mesh jacket, Olympia Digital Protector gloves (BAD BAD gloves), and a Shoei Z-II helmet. Didn't walk away from that one immediately because I smacked my head on a curb.
On the '04 I went down in full Teknic leathers. Sport pants, Lightning jacket, Carbon gloves, and Sidi boots. Got up and walked away from that one right then.

I LOOOOOVE my gear. The Fieldsheer mesh jackets are great, especially for warm weather. Great ventilation, and CE armor is standard. I put the CE armor from the Mach 1 jacket into my Teknic leather jacket. Fit perfectly. I won't wear a jacket if it doesn't have CE armor in it.

I think all in all I've only trashed $300 in gear.

[ajgs500]

The first time I rode a dirt bike I hit a basketball goal and still have a scar to prove it.

[Alphamazing]

The first time I rode a dirt bike I hit a basketball goal and still have a scar to prove it.

You are hardcore! Piping can hurt like shaZam!.

[ajgs500]

The first time I rode a dirt bike I hit a basketball goal and still have a scar to prove it.

You are hardcore! Piping can hurt like shaZam!.

Well yeah!!!!!

[Alphamazing]

Where is the scar at? Why were you riding a dirtbike in a place where there is a basketball court? Dirt bikes go in the dirt, woman!

[ajgs500]

The scar is on my left shin... there was a big hole in it and we filled it with super glue...... um they were teaching me to ride on the street where my ex and I lived..... it was her niece's dirtbike


Pastrami has seen the scar.

[Admiral Crunch]

I fell once during my MSF class.  Locked up the front brake during emergency stop drills.  The bars jerked to the left, and I went flying to the right.     Bruise on my thigh from landing on my keys and some scuffs on one boot and one glove.  The gear did its job.   

Bought my GS and accidently let it tip over in the garage once after about 40 miles and two days.  I was trying to put it onto the centerstand while sitting on it, and that wasn't working, so I decided to get up and do it.  I tried to hold the bike upright while I dismounted, and it went to the right.     Laid her down easy and had no damage.  Glad I'd read the proper technique for picking it back up.

[ukchickenlover]

In england we do a cbt which is a 1 day training couse to let you ride a 125cc bike on the rode.
I did my cbt in winter and it was raining. We were doing emergency stops in a car park and I locked the front wheel and crashed sliding down the tarmack. This is were my love of motorcycles began.

[Stephen072774]

i never dropped mine... I hit a car once and knocked it off the center stand once while changing tires, but never just a drop.

[pantablo]

first time was about 3 weeks into it, second was couple months into it, third was over a year. then I dropped my cbr first week I had it pushing it around the driveway...after I had been riding 18 months...

[RVertigo]

Mine was about a month or so after I started riding...  Not that I hadn't tried before then.

I was riding 2-up...  Bad idea...