minor disaster averted - just red in the face...

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minor disaster averted - just red in the face...

#1 Unread post by kawgurl »

...so my husband and I ride up to our local Kawi dealer last Saturday to find out they had a customer appreciation event going on (I apparently didn't get the memo). I pull in behind him and proceed to get so distracted by all the goings-on that I yanked a bit hard on the front brake while coming to a stop, which happened to be while I was turning into a parking stall. 3 guesses on what happened next - over she goes - GAH! In front of not only the dealer himself who sold me the bike new in May, but a conglomeration of other folks (mostly men of course) looking at bikes, etc. :bag:
Luckily, it didn't go over hard and I just about caught it, but alas I unwittingly became a damsel in distress :littleangel: and had about 5 guys leap to my rescue before my highway peg even got a scratch on it. My husband standing off to the side chuckling, of course.

Just a reminder of how easy it can happen - had I been alone, I woulda been one helpless damsel!!

Safe riding out there everyone - just my two cents for the day.
[b]~Robyn~[/b]
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[i]"Sometimes the best communication happens when you're on separate bikes."[/i] ~Author Unknown

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#2 Unread post by MTexile »

I must be lucky, did almost they same thing a few years ago, but no one was around...
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#3 Unread post by Sonshine0311 »

I did a similar trick at a car show. I was following my girlfriend (she in the car and I on my bike). I pulled onto the grass to park by her but was told that I had to park with the Motorcycles. I dutifully headed to the far end of what was a baseball diamond. I had to go down a small hill and then up a small incline.
I guess I gunned it a little too much going up the hill. Dropped it, broke the lens on the turn signal and bent the mirror. I was okay but mortified by the number of people running over and asking me repeatedly if I was ok! :oops:
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#4 Unread post by Amdonim »

For future reference.

http://roadstarclinic.com/content/view/82/123/

Now you'll never have to play the part of the helpless damsel.

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#5 Unread post by Sonshine0311 »

Here is a link to a similar demo by a woman. No damsel in distress there!!

http://www.pinkribbonrides.com/dropped.html
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#6 Unread post by Amdonim »

That stuff really works. My sister tried it on a VTX, and she weighs all of about 95 lbs.

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Great Tip

#7 Unread post by RocketGirl »

Thanks for sharing the links on picking up a dropped bike. I feel much better about moving up to a bigger bike. :)

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#8 Unread post by Amdonim »

NP. I wish I'd seen that before I got my first bike. Dropped the first day at the shop and had no clue how to get it back up.

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