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If you read my thread in here, you can see that i really should have fallen. In fact, I have a lot more stories that I didn't put in there - like today in the rain, my rear wheel felt very slippery when getting on a winding freeway at 60mph and I went a bit wide, and then got off the offramp far too quickly for a wet ragged downhill road and almost slipped again.

However, when I got myfirst bike - a Nighthawk, I dropped it 3 times, I believe. These were in mentally challenged ways such as at a stopsign with my feet tangled, and out of the garage with the engine off.

It's not if your going to drop the bike, it's when. eventualy everybody drops thier bike. I've been riding for thirty years and I dropped my GL 500 on the way home the day I bought it. The front wheel washed out on a slow right hand downhill curve (old hard a$$ed tired tires). I was only doing 15 mph or so. First thing I did was put new tires on it, and that took care of that. I fell over in a parking lot on my Concours. Learn from your mistakes.

I fell once during the MSF. I did a very quick quick stop.

Then the night I got my bike I dropped it parking on a hill where the rear tire was lower than the front. I didn't fall with the bike that time and the bike wasn't even on, I just was not used to it's size/weight.

Haven't dropped it since, but that was only a little over a month ago. Hopefully it won't happen again for a LONG time if ever (I can dream right?).

I've had a few close calls at stop lights/stop signs in the first week or so that I had it. I think the embarrassment of falling in traffic is what really kept me up those times

Riding on and off since about 1971 - '72 and I've yet to drop a bike. Some people are of the opinion that it's not if, but when you'll drop your bike. I disagree, if you plan to fail, (drop a bike) you will succeed....

I'm not full of myself, I just never plan on the fall, though I dress for it when I ride...

when I ride my dirt bike with my good friend Travis Pastrana we dump and fall off our dirt bikes all the time, its ok to dump a dirt bike, it won't harm it, but dumping a street bike causes some expensive damage. I may suggest you to learn to ride a smaller dirt bike before riding any street bike, it will make you a better rider on any bike, perhaps maybe someday you can ride as good as me, good luck.

MotoF150 wrote:my good friend Travis Pastrana

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Starting out on a small dirtbike, in my opinion, is the best way to start learning how to ride. Advantages over the MSF are you can ride it before getting your permit, very light and good handling, if you crash you probably wont do anything to the bike and it wont hurt nearly as bad as on the pavement. Try to find an empty parking lot and do some low speed figure 8's, emergency acceleration and breaking, backpeddleing, and low speed balencing. You will be surprised how much it will help, and get the muscle memory to boot.

yes it is normal to drop the bike a couple times when learning, but that is what the MSF is for, so you don't wreck your own bike. Riding a bike is like learning how to play the piano. Sure you can go out and ride, but it doesn't mean you wont crash, because you don't know what to do. Especially in certain circumstances. - Sure you can play the piano by pressing on the keys, but it doesn't mean you are good or can play a song, because you don't know how. You need to be taught, learn techniques, and practice. That's what is so great about this site, friendly people helping others with their motorcycle delimas.


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MotoF150 wrote:when I ride my dirt bike with my good friend Travis Pastrana we dump and fall off our dirt bikes all the time, its ok to dump a dirt bike, it won't harm it, but dumping a street bike causes some expensive damage. I may suggest you to learn to ride a smaller dirt bike before riding any street bike, it will make you a better rider on any bike, perhaps maybe someday you can ride as good as me, good luck.

Nice name drop, Dingus

Of all the useless information and outright bullshite you have spewed out here, this tops it all.

How do you honestly expect us to believe you not just know Travis, but ride with him? What frickin' planet does that fantasy take place on?

I'm calling you out, little boy. Prove you ride with Pastrana. I fuccking dare you!!!!

Time to put up or shut up Nancy.

dr_bar wrote:Riding on and off since about 1971 - '72 and I've yet to drop a bike. Some people are of the opinion that it's not if, but when you'll drop your bike. I disagree, if you plan to fail, (drop a bike) you will succeed....

I'm not full of myself, I just never plan on the fall, though I dress for it when I ride...

I agree. Its sort of a defeatist attitude to think "its only a matter of time before I drop my bike."

Although if not for the MSF course, Im positive I would have dumped a bike by now at least a couple times.

LOL@motoF150.

he sure can be funny sometimes.

There are many great ways to drop a bike.

Forgetting to unlock your steering column as you duckwalk out of the garage is one good way.

Doing a sharp u-turn on a hill with a super hot girl riding as a passenger is another good way.

But try not to drop your bike. Dropping is for wimps. Brutally crashing makes for MUCH better stories! Especially when you knock yourself out and end up in the hospital. Doing that multiple times might upset you a bit more than a broken clutch lever.

Although, as I always say, "I have never crashed. I've had 'unexpected dismounting experiences.'"