Dropping the bike vs time riding

[oldnslo]

The worst case of dropping happened on a road trip coming back from a BMW rally in Missoula. I was in Ephrata, WA, it was avout 100 degrees, and I was thinking motel. Stopped the bike, a K1100RS loaded to the gills with saddlebags and a big duffle bag, and simply started to get off the bike, realizing at the last second the stand was still up. Trying to save it, little by little gravity won, and it settled gently on its left side. I shoulda been in the olympics, because I dead-lifted that thing back up. Miraculously, I couldn't find a scratch on the paint or chrome.

[Ninja Geoff]

When you play in the mud like i do you go down. Good thing about mud is that it's soft . It can also smell funny, but it's soft. And i hit a tree once, going really really slow. Bike was fine, but all i can say is that i hope i can still have kids .

[iwannadie]

i dropped my first bike maybe 3 months into riding. locked the rear up around a turn doing maybe 10mph. bike fell didnt skid i ended up standing with my legs on either side no big deal. ive tipped my old bike over a few times also for whatever reason(checking oil or something). havent had a problem with my newer bike though yet.

if it happens it happens id rather push my limits and end up replacing some plastics on the bike than focus on protecting the bike.

[eugeart]

With the Marauder I had it got out from underneath me at low speed twice for different reasons. I was left standing desperately trying to hold a 460lb hunk of metal from hitting the ground both times. Both were due to inexperience ultimately though the second time I had many miles under my belt.

I had lost my license and rode bicycle for years. I had chain break and I went over the handlebars; a dog ran out in front of me and- you guessed it- I went over the bars; wet railroad tracks taught me a nasty lesson once and a rock in the road put me in the operating room with a broken ankle. Before the ankle incident I had gotten almost blase' about hitting the pavement so many times.

This has stood me in good stead for the MC experience. Expect the unexpected! I'm sure I'll really lay it over eventually but I pray I don't get hurt too bad in the process.

[blues2cruise]

I am aghast at the fact that the majority of people have dropped their bikes. I had no idea there were so many.
Almost 5,000 miles and no drops. Maybe I am just naturally more cautious....due to lack of testosterone.

[Scott58]

Riding since 1975. Never dropped a street bike.

[eugeart]

Riding since 1975. Never dropped a street bike.

That sort of language implies that you have dropped some sort of bike then. Is this true? I certainly think it counts.

[sidecarguy]

ok yes i have
and gravel when leaving the highway can be tricky!
luckily that time i was wea
ring a big cowboy type buckle
and i somehow landed on it!

lately its kinda hard to drop the sidecar!

[Mintbread]

I had only been riding a couple of months when I first came off. A nice sweeping left hand corner near home, been around it a couple of times so I was going in a little quicker every time. Half way around the bend I felt the front end lurch and the next thing I was looking at the sky wondering what had happened. The bike lost a bit of paint and I lost a bit of skin, that was that. It took me seven years to have another accident and then another five years after that one.
I am only talking about crashing my own bike on the road as I have come off my work bike far too many times to mention. Since I do most of my riding one handed at about 5-10mph over every surface imaginable whilst trying to read the mail, coming off is no big deal. It is more the embarrasment involved.

[scan]

I have had no moving drops at all. I'll keep my fingers crossed on that one. On the other hand I have had a few drops right in front of my house. My sidewalk is a bit higher than the grass and or dirt around it and I have lost my footing a couple times. No damage at all other than me feeling clumbsy. Once I forgot the kickstand being in a hurry - and I am never in a hurry anymore. The worst was being in Michigan at a buddy's house and parking the bike in his driveway. The driveway angled down to the street and when I got off it rolled forward and off the stand. Another important lesson learned. That "drop" broke my clutch lever, front turn signal and gave me some war wounds on the paint/plastic. My bike has an especially small angle on the kickstand, so I need to be on a very flat surface or facing up the angle.