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I've often heard from various people that if you ride a motorcycle, at some point, no matter how experienced or good of a rider you are, you WILL fall over. I think its a good philosophy to have, because ever time you ride you should be prepared to fall. Wear the correct gear, etc. Don't be afraid of it, but just expect it will happen at some point, and you wont be so surprised when it does.

With that said, who has NEVER fallen, and if you have never fallen, how long have you been riding?

I've been ridding on and off for about 10 years. I've ridden maybe 7,000 miles all together, and I've never fallen over. Come close. But never been over.
Has anyone out there ridden, say 50,000 miles and never dropped the bike? 100,000? Surely someone has. I'm just wondering..
So, please post if you've ever dropped the bike or not, and if not, how long you've been riding in miles.

1 yr, 7000+ miles

No inverty da bikey

First year riding, only 2 months and 2000 miles of riding experience, haven't dropped the bike.

25 years riding and dropped bikes 4 times... you'd think I'd learn after the first time but twice now I've walked away from my bike without putting the kickstand down. And I can't blame it on old age because that happened in my younger years...

Been riding: 1 month

haven't dropped it yet... (knock on wood)

How long have you(meaning anyone of us) been walking? You probably have that skill down pretty well, yes? Ever tripped?

The longer you do something, the more chance you will have an 'incident'. It is not predetermined, but odds are, sooner or later, something will happen. This includes riding, driving, walking, talking, eating, whatever. To those who have never dropped a bike, I say, good on ya. But if and when it happens, deal with it, get over it, and get back on the bike.

dodo Happens..... not just a t-shirt, but a trueism as well.....

Dropped my first bike after riding 3000 / 2 mo. Been safe since
Just gotta focus on staying safe now.

BuZZ said:

The longer you do something, the more chance you will have an 'incident'. It is not predetermined, but odds are, sooner or later, something will happen. This includes riding, driving, walking, talking, eating, whatever. To those who have never dropped a bike, I say, good on ya. But if and when it happens, deal with it, get over it, and get back on the bike.

You're on the money there..
Be aware, Drive defensively and If it happens, have a good cry and move on.

I think I first dropped mine after about 100k miles of riding. Low sided on little gravel in a slow corner. Dropped my 97 GS500 back in 99 when a car started to pull out in front of me and I locked the rear brake. Another low side.

In July 03 a hit skip kid clipped my rear as I was turning off a highway onto a side road. Getting close to 300k miles riding at that time and still have a broken collar bone to remember that one with. High sided off the turning bike, flew across the road, and landed my 240# on my left shoulder.

I know of a few long time riders that have never been down, but most will admit it. How are you gonna know where your limit is if you don't occasionally exceed it?

I've forgotten to put the kickstand down a couple times, but that was long ago. Also dropped it a couple times learning how to turn slowly as a beginner. I consider those events insignificant: it's the crashes at speed that can hurt. So far zero of those.

oldnslo wrote:I've forgotten to put the kickstand down a couple times, but that was long ago. Also dropped it a couple times learning how to turn slowly as a beginner. I consider those events insignificant: it's the crashes at speed that can hurt. So far zero of those.

They might be insignificant, but now you let the cat out of the bag and I'm not gonna let you forget it I actually narrowly averted an idiot mistake myself the other day. I let off the clutch with the bike running - I was gonna just run inside for a second and grab something. I usually use the kill switch but I was only gonna be gone for a second so I was gonna leave it running. Don't you just know I had a false green on my neutral light and damn near ran the bike into the side of my house and dropped it? Luckily I'm strong as a horse and kept it from going down. But that was a close one.