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

[gouacats]

1st day...Going around the cul-de-sac slowly and went down between a car and a mailbox (82 honda).  I was lucky enough to have my neighbors out to enjoy the whole thing.  Second time, about 6 months in, I stalled doing a "California Stop", was out of balance and kind of placed it on the ground (05 GSF).

[Badger]

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

That's not my experience.  First drop was a few weeks after I got it...it fell away from me when I was putting it up on the centerstand.  It fell over onto a rounded curb and rashed the plastic a bit (only cosmetic) on the right side.  

The second time was a tight turn in the driveway...the front wheel slipped off the pavement (down about an inch onto grass) and then hesistated when coming back up, causing it to fall into the turn and sending me tumbling.  This time it fell on the left side, and for the life of me I can't find any evidence that anything happened.

I think the amount of damage that any given drop causes is governed by the motorcycle gods.  I think it has something to do with how many people witness the event and how embarrassing it is.  No one was around to see my first drop, so it had to leave embarassing evidence; my second drop happened when traffic was backed up in front of my house, so a lot of people were watching...I guess the motorcycle gods thought that was enough and didn't feel the need to leave some damage as a reminder.

[monopoly]

I dropped mine the 1st week i had it trying to roll it into my storage shed in the backyard.

I was pushing it up a fairly steep hill and as i was concentrating on getting the bike up the hill i totally forgot about balancing it and it fell over on the grass..wiped her down no scratches i was lucky!


I see a lot of people have trbls with the bike getting it up on the centre stand...What works best for me is sitting on the bike and holding onto a pole or some kind of support such as a beam to keep the bike balanced...Ive done this several times in my shed and garage and havent dropped it once!

[scratch]

I can't remember when, 'twas so long ago, it was probably the first day (then again, you put a 120lbs kid on a 487lbs bike, you can figure what's going to happen).

[chandra.hp]

In the dealer parking lot the night I bought my bike! No joke! 

[oramac]

Two weeks into riding.  I overcorrected in an underpowered turn, and hit a curb.  Bent forks and rashed quarter fairing...but it's all better now.

[brett]

I got my bike this past Sunday. It got dropped on Monday.

I took it out to a parking lot with a couple of friends who had taken the MSF course with me. One of my friends was doing a u-turn and dropped it going about 2 mph. Luckily it wasn't a full drop, so there wasn't a scratch on it save for the bent clutch lever. Unfortunately the clutch lever is curled beyond recognition.

[domas]

After about a week, when i tried to be cool and make a quick u-turn. DOnt brake in u-turn 

[TarzanBoy]

No drops so far.  I've been riding for 6 months.   One of the managers that works here did back into it and knock it ove last weekr, but it was next to a hedge and some dirt so there is only a bit of scratching on the motor case.  (I also had to replace some rivets in the slip on can)

Whats ridiculous is that the guy who backed into it rides an expensive-ass BMW K1200LT....  i'm waitng for the day he brings his in so that I can tip it over 



HAHAHAHAHAHA

pure EVIL!!!

[Cal Price]

I've had a few bikes, I dropped the wild-blue-Honda, the GS poredecessor twice with innapropriate parking (surfaces) with no visible damage and I dropped my '03 GS500 on the day I bought it the same way but took most of the drop with my left leg and spared any damage, I also dropped it once cleaning it on my forecourt and scratched the "Suzuki" emblem on the right side.
Live and learn!

[RedShift]

... and I dropped my '03 GS500 on the day I bought it the same way but took most of the drop with my left leg and spared any damage, ...

The thought just flashed through me of you sacrificing your leg to save your bike.  At least your heart is in the right place...