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I think what is more embarassing, is coming to a stop and not putting your foot down untill its too late. That is embarassing. , I have seen that and only once almost forgot, after Id been riding all day long and was so tired, it was a delayed reaction.

Chels wrote:I think what is more embarassing, is coming to a stop and not putting your foot down untill its too late. That is embarassing. , I have seen that and only once almost forgot, after Id been riding all day long and was so tired, it was a delayed reaction.

I once had my shoelace caught on the footpeg as I approached an intersection. Almost lost it. (I know, I deserved it for wearing sneakers)

Similarly, I once forgot to put the sidestand down in a parking lot and stepped off. That was embarassing.

Now that I think of it, I've had several negative experiences motorcycling . Time to get off the forums and go ride!

well, I was sitting on the bike today getting ready to leave and setting up my GPS unit for directions, let the bike rest on the stand...ooops, forgot the stand had been kicked back... It was too late and both the bike and I went down Luckily, only my wife was present, and laughed hard until I was gone...
Lesson learned, I hope!

allawy_biker wrote:well, I was sitting on the bike today getting ready to leave and setting up my GPS unit for directions, let the bike rest on the stand...ooops, forgot the stand had been kicked back... It was too late and both the bike and I went down Luckily, only my wife was present, and laughed hard until I was gone...
Lesson learned, I hope!

This one got me a few times. I have very little problem with pre-flight prep, but when I get back from a ride I seem to need more concentration then I have. One time I was getting pictures of me on the bike and hit the the auto button on my camera set up catch me on the bike. The picture flashed and I forgot I pulled the stand up on my bike so you wouldn't see it in the picture. I jumped off the bike and dropped it heading back to the camera. Everyone at the state park got a good laugh at me that day.

Another time I was parking my bike and I have to walk it backwards to it onto its spot. For some reason the side stand left my brain and I simply proceeded to setting the bike down in its parking space. As it went down I started laughing right away. Soon as I leaned it past where the stand should have stopped it I knew I was toast. Yet another good reason to own a bike that won't get ugly when you drop it.

On closer inspection, my bike has the safety kill switch, but it's been disabled. I think I have a small project this weekend...

Why would anyone want to disable the switch? My bike has one, and I think it's great!

Hey Ron

I think we all at some point or another have left our sidestand down so don't feel bad, good to see you managed to recover without injury. My current bike has sidestand switch, but one time I came into a gas station, kick my stand down and then wondered why my bike began to fall over on me in slow motion. Well I didn't quite have the sidestand down all the way.....and with much embarrassment.... I set her upright...still had my helmet on but my face was pretty red. The lesson to be learned is try and develop a routine each and every time you ride so you can avoid any problems, after all one mistake could be your last!

Randy

The switch has protected me a few times...but it is not hard for me to forget, as I have a nice shiny new bike, and so obsess over every little part of it

I've done that several times. The last time was at college on my RD. I rode out of MC parking and up a long lane between parking spaces. When I reached the end of the lane and turned left onto the main road... I discovered, much to my surprise, that I had left my kick stand down. The kick stand caught ground and pitched my back end out about a half a foot while I was accelerating! Talk about a rush! Once the back tire ceased it's contact with the road the engine immediately raced into the power band and when the tire made contact... the bike became a screaming, rubber burning monster! I actually managed not to dump it somehow... but when I approached the intersection, I had to take a deep breath and try to calm my very rattled nerves!