I feel like such a tool.  

Stopped, put the kickstand down, but not all the way, leaned off the bike, thing fell while I had one foot in the air, I didn't have a chance to save it.  At least I was able to pick it up again after - heavy!

Lesson learned, broke the left mirror and clutch lever.  Some oil somehow got out too.  Hopefully that's what's supposed to happen, I've topped it off again.

Picture:

why make me cry so early in the week?  

Sorry.  Maybe some humor.

How about Kerry makes a new one minute instructional video (as an aside,   to him).  It could go something like this:

"Is your clutch lever too cracked or too broken?  You tool, begin by..."

:lol:

Interesting idea, but not sure it's worth the bandwidth.  

But if I ever did make such a video, I'd make sure to include: "Even Kerry has had to replace his levers - more than once each!"

Hey that bandwidth could be useful to me.  But you're probably right, it looks easy enough to replace.

I got a new mirror set and clutch lever ordered, cost ~$30.  Fortunately dropping the bike wasn't expensive (imagine replacing fairings!)  

At least you don't have plastic to replace...

And I bet you'll always make sure it's all-the-way on the side stand before getting off...  I know I do.

At least you didn't completely forget to put the kickstand down! (But I only did that once...in the very beginning....) :lol:

... and Pandy's story is common.  Most everyone undergoes a drop in their riding career.  I find these are very educational and have yet to drop it twice the same way.  I have just jinxed myself, haven't I...

If you have, you must do your penance and come share with us.

I dropped the gs my riding school provided.  Hoping that means for the most part Ive gone through the standard first drop and have good odds of not doing it again for quite some time

Quote from: pandyIf you have, you must do your penance and come share with us.

Okay, Okay.  Contrition time:

• The first time I had'er in neutral on the sidestand, warming up in the parking lot.  Swong my helment on my head, bumped the seat, and watched in horror as my baby rolled forward and crashed on the left side.  Lost the clutch lever and scratched the bar end and case guard.
  Moral: Park up-hill.  There was a 1-2 degree downhill slope in the direction of the front wheel.
  
  
• Second & last time. Pulling the bike off my trailer, I decided to ride it down.  Bonehead move.  Worked well the other eight times I did it -- not the nineth time.  Lost the brake handle and minor scratchs on the can, bar end and case guard.
  Moral: Take it off the same way as putting it on.  Hand on brake and balance it without my fat ass balancing on it while it rolls off the ramp.[/list:u]Lucky both times.  Not too expensive to repair.  Believe I've used up two chances to get away mostly unscathed.  May not get a third chance.
  
  Pardon me while I go stand in the corner and reflect on the injury I caused...

Good boy. Thank you for sharing.

I'd share, too, but in the first few weeks of owning our Baby G, I dropped him too many times to count. When I forgot to put the kickstand down was my most shining moment, though.

The other memorable time was captured on our surveillance system    My boyfriend saw me at the end of the driveway, and then I just disappeared.   There's a considerable (for me) dip at the end of the drive, and if I go over it too fast or too slow, I'm in trouble. That time, it was too slow...and oooooooooover I went. Of course, that tape was played over and over (yes, I was  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: my boo-tay off, too...now you see her, now you don't!). I didn't hurt anything on the bike or myself, really.....but I do have a nice curly brake lever that I'm going to have to replace before I can take the ERC.  :lol:

It took me some time to get used to the weight of the bike; in the beginning, once he started going down, he was going to go. Now I have a sense of when he feels as though he's tipping, and I can adjust. I haven't dropped him in months and months now.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I dropped mine the day I bought it (used).  It had already been dropped a few times by previous owner, so I didn't feel so bad.   I did end up replacing the ingnition cover on the right side, since it was pretty badly cracked.  Join the club!

Quote from: pandy... My boyfriend saw me at the end of the driveway, and then I just disappeared.   There's a considerable (for me) dip at the end of the drive, and if I go over it too fast or too slow, I'm in trouble. That time, it was too slow...and oooooooooover I went. Of course, that tape was played over and over (yes, I was  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: my boo-tay off, too...now you see her, now you don't!). I didn't hurt anything on the bike or myself, really.....but I do have a nice curly brake lever that I'm going to have to replace before I can take the ERC.  :lol:

It took me some time to get used to the weight of the bike; in the beginning, once he started going down, he was going to go. Now I have a sense of when he feels as though he's tipping, and I can adjust. I haven't dropped him in months and months now.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Confession is good for the soul.  

Hey Pandy, your driveway doesn't look anything like this, does it?



How does anyone let this kind of thing get built? Guess the lights were on but no one was home?

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Naw...our driveway is flat....there's just a bit of a dip at the end....but THAT is darned FUNNY!!!  :lol:

I've dropped mine twice, first time bumped a curb parking and fell over, scuff (harly noticable), second time i parked and hopped of the bike and she tips right over as i dismount.....Forgot to out the kickstand down.  Needless to say i felt like a complete ass.  It was funny though and no damage from that one to speak of cause i cought it and layed her down gently.

I dropped mine once attempting to put it on the centerstand, obviously before I mastered the process. minor scratch on the can and on the very end of the front brake lever.

One other time I was sitting on it for a few minutes, talking to my sister. When I was done I could swear I put the stand down and started to dismount. Then I got the feeling like "hey the bike is leaning kinda far to the left!?!?.. I managed to catch it and bring it upright. My beefy 135lb   frame somehow did the job and I must have pulled something important b/c I was hurtin for a couple days. Ahhh adrenaline does wonders!!

Off topic but how come guys refer to their bikes as females and females refer to theirs as males? I don't refer to mine either way for some reason... :dunno:

Quotepandy - in the beginning, once he started going down, he was going to go. Now I have a sense of when he feels as though he's tipping, and I can adjust. I haven't dropped him in months and months now

Quote from: Superman55Off topic but how come guys refer to their bikes as females and females refer to theirs as males? I don't refer to mine either way for some reason... :dunno:

Years ago when I was in college we had a similar discussion in one of our classes.  The instructor said it was possibly that if a man has something/someone bewteen his legs its most generally a female, and a woman most generally has a male.  

Or that one sex thinks they control or cherish the other sex and that your possesions that you control or cherish are automatically related to the other sex.

Plus if your a man and name your bike after another man it sounds a little ghey. :mrgreen:

Quote from: Superman55Off topic but how come guys refer to their bikes as females and females refer to theirs as males? I don't refer to mine either way for some reason... :dunno:

I was called a "sexist pig" by some girl or other last week because I refered to my GS as "her".  

How else would I refer to her?   :dunno:   After all she's hot, sexy, and I can't live without her!   :mrgreen:

When my husband and I bought my bike from a friend she told me that she named the bike Emma. So not only is my bike female but she has a name.
I'm the third female to own her. She is a 95 with 7,700 miles on her.
AND...cover your eyes Pandy....she is purple. My absolute favorite color.

Purplenurse