Well my dad (aka my personal mechanic) worked on my bike a little today. He lubed up the rear suspension and brake. So I decided to take it for a ride. Now I didn't drop it while riding. I rode it fine in the sand and everything.
About 2 minutes ago my dad told me to place it in the garage so that the car can pull in. I put the bike on the side stand then went to put the bike on the center stand. It didn't go up the first try putting it up because I was afraid the bike was going to back into my dad's tool box so it dipped back down off the center stand. I was standing on the left side of the bike with a work bench behind me when the bike fell to it's right. I couldn't do jack ish about the bike falling away from me but I held onto the bars and weakened the fall. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the bike except for a little scuff on the right mirror the right turn signal and a little scuff on the pipe. You can't notice any of the scuffs if you don't look.
Now I don't know why everyone thinks the bike is so hard to pick up. I'm 5'7" and I weigh 130 lbs. All I did was grab the bars and lifted it up no problem. After it fell I said to myself "oh crap I'm not going to be able to lift this." I just grabbed the bars and lifted though. Also the bike's tank is completely full to the brim because it was in storage in my garage. I don't see what the big trouble about picking the bike up is. Maybe I'm just superman or it was like one of those cases where the mother lifted the car off of her baby. Who knows.
Well I'm still freaking out over the drop even though theres nothing wrong with the bike except a couple of scuffs. I'm sure I'll be checking it out later to make sure nothing is wrong even though I know nothing is.
Yea I did almost the exact same thing last year. Shoe slipped off the center stand and away she went onto a pyle of boards in the garage, I did the same thing you did and softened the fall, when it happend I just stood back and chuckled and asked myself what the hell I was doing. ;)
me three, but i have a better excuse, it was raining and I lost my footing...then dumped it.
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I can specifically remember at least three times in my first season riding when I found myself hanging onto one handlebar, leaning as far as I could to counter the bike trying to fall over. Luckily, I was able to avoid dropping it. My only mishap was hopping a curb into a flower-bed on my first day out :oops:
Oh well, now your bike has some character to it :)
Don't feel bad. I went for a short ride yesterday to try out my new Alpinestar boots. Putting it back on the centerstand, I found out the hard way the new boots don't grip the smooth cement in my garage as well as the old work boots I used to wear.
I lost my footing, and fell on my rear. A nearby snowblower broke the GS' fall so no damage except to my ego. It happens...
Happened to me too. only I actually wasn't even there. I put the GS on the side stand, and walked away, about 5 seconds later she fell down and hit my dads truck. best I can figure is that the side stand might not have been all the way down. no major damage from it though, it pushed the clutch lever up, but a little adjustment it was fine.
It suck, but it does happen now and then. besides a little rubbing compund will probably take most of the scuffs out.
The scuffs were a whitish color but just a little spit made it black again so it's not noticable unless you go up and look for it or feel it. I think the bar end took all the weight of the fall. It has some paint scuffed off. Very little though. If the bars weren't straight the fall probably would have hit the plastics. All in all nothing major is done. I'm still really pissed off at myself though. I'm an obsessive perfectionist and I know everytime I jump on the bike I'm going to think about those little invisible scuffs. I might just replace the turn signal housing/mirror/bar end. There all cheap and will make my bike perfect again. That's how bad I am.
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Now I don't know why everyone thinks the bike is so hard to pick up. ...............................
Just wait. Try it again 30 years from now, and then you'll know what were talking about. :x