so i was parking it on the street between 2 parallel parked cars, and since my feet was barely touching the ground, i decided to get off my bike n push. So there was a dip that i didnt see and all of a sudden the bike slipped and i lost balance. Next thing i know its on the ground laying on its side. Took me forever to get it back up, eventually called to some dood that was passing by to help out. AHHHHHHH I AM SO PISSED AT MY SELF!!!!!!!

only damage seems to be on the fairing where theres a couple of scuff marks and the vinyl is torn, other than that everything else seems fine. Anything i should watch out for?


thanks

c0ld

Sorry to hear that. That really sucks.

Did you have frame sliders installed?

It's a bad feeling I know, I dropped mine in my garage for the first time ever about 2 weeks ago. You seriously couldn't pick it back up yourself?

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only damage seems to be on the fairing where theres a couple of scuff marks and the vinyl is torn, other than that everything else seems fine. Anything i should watch out for?


thanks

c0ld



I would just make sure the brake/shift pedals and levers (don't what side you did this on) work fine and aren't binding anywhere. Other than that, it's probably all cosmetic. And costly, unfortunately.

hmm... unless you've dropped it on the same side before, nothing else (except levers and turn light) should be wrong.
The previous owner had worn my stator cover, so when I dropped it the cover cracked...

I know how you feel...mine dropped two weeks ago...AHHHHH!! Mirror cracked off, scatched the tail.

it was dropped on the same side b4, not by me though and the only damage that was on there before was also a little scratch on the fairing[sm=headbang.gif][sm=headbang.gif][sm=headbang.gif]

I dropped mine cleaning it before I bought stands. Punched the front signal right through the upper fairing. I was so pissed off at myself I walked straight into the house and and ordered a brand new one.
I fell your pain!

[sm=oopssign.gif]Not to be a dick but look at it this way,your going to drop itsooner or later. One of my douche bag boy's dropped mine cause he say's "I sat on my nut!"

Every one I know has done that....it happens and that is why frame sliders were invented.

so what is the technique in picking up a bike, i had my hand on the bar and a hand on the tail and trying to lift it, but as soon as the tires touched the ground it turned into dead weight and i couldnt get i up much more than that, and stopped since all i seemed to be doing is rocking it back n forth on the gravel, making more scratches, im sure there is a way since i've heard of people alot smaller and scrawnier than me picking them up

If you cant pick your bike up by urself theres some problems, there aint always gonna be someone around, just be a man and have some dignity left and pick it up.:Dj/k man, but i sure am glad i can pick my bike up bymyself. just grab the handlebars and give it hell.

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Every one I know has done that....it happens and that is why frame sliders were invented.

Frame sliders were invented in case you "drop" your bike??? sure they savethe fairingsin a 1mphdrop, but they are meant to save your "frame" from being bentin a slide or initial hit when crashing, they dont help your fairings to much when your goin 60, right?

welcome to the dropsy club..... I'm not only the owner, I'm a client.

The proper way to pick up your bike is to have your back/butt turned to the bike, squat down, grab one handle, and lift with your legs.

There's a thread somewhere of a lady picking up cruisers and such.

Sorry to hear that man, but your turn is done. Just get out and continue what you were doing, you'll forget bout it

talk about dropping bikes. i dropped mine for the 6th time yesterday going up a hill and panicing and stalling out. broke my mirror(glued it back together) and scratch/crack my headlight fairings(touch up paint). today i rode all day a little nervous but no drops. the small lady picking up the cruisers is bull**** because they have side saddles which make the bike really high off the floor. on the a sport bike it is almost flat. you need to put your armsand grab the frame facing the floor, and use your legs to push the bike up. remember, you need tograb and push with legs, not pullwith arms. also its hard to push "up" so just push towards the side and the bike will go up.trust me im an expert and picking my bike up. im 5'6 125lbs

I had the unpleasant experience of my first drop last night. How embarassing. I'm glad noone was outside on my street to see.

It was a stupid rookie mistake. Pulled into the driveway while I fumbled to find the button to the garage door opener in my pocket. I went wide left and the front wheel went off the driveway into the grass. Stupid me, I could have just rode into the grass and all would have been fine, but no, I just had to try to get the front wheel back onto the driveay, As soon as I tried to turn it back to the right, the bike forced itself onto its right side. Almost caught the weight of the bike on my right leg, but it was too quick and unexpected. Mirror snapped right off and put a small scrape on the muffler. Thank god for sliders. Adrenaline (and maybe a little embarassment) kicked in and pulled that 459 lbs right up.

I really thought that it would never happen to me.....

lol YAAAAAAY, my turn to add!

so yesterday i took the bike out. when i came back around the side of my house to put the bike up, i stopped parralel to the riding mower. i was literally only about a foot or two from it. i leaned over gently to place my helmet on the mower while i put the bike away. my left knee pressed to hard on the tank pushing it......at the same time.....my right foot slid in the grass (here's me-->[:@]). so it was beyond the point of getting it back up. my right leg couldnt get the bike back over so only thing left for me to do was let it down as slow and gentle as i could.....sacrificing my right leg to the hot pipe (here's me again--->[:@]) and as i let it down slow as possible.........*POP* went my right mirror. i went right in the house and ordered a new one. took off the left one for now so im not riding around looking like a ant w/ one antennea, haha.

so there's my contribution to the list! [8D]

i dropped my bike before i ever even rode it. mine was a salvage and the stator cover was cracked, so it was unridable, but i broguht it home to my house. I had to move it to my brothers house, which is like .25 miles down the road, so me and my brother just pushed it (up hill) and rode it down the hills (FYI i did most of the damn pushing!). Anyways when we got to his garage i was so exhausted i went to push it back to its spot and it tipped over right in my hands. I felt like such a jackass. I coudn't even come close to picking it up, but i was really tired (which is why i dropped it in the first place). so has anyone dropped theirs sooner than that?? ;) all that happened was 2 nicks in the vynl [:@]

dropped mine the first day i had her. i was out riding pulled into a parking lot and when i was stopped, i figured id let the clutch out a little to pull up a little farther. let the clutch out too fast and she jumped then went down on her right side. i tried to save her, but too little too late. but i reached down and picked her up. actually a lot lighter than i thought she'd be. so quit being such a g***m p***y. i almost flipped her onto her other side. these are damn light bikes. man up.

yea i almost dropped it when i went to park but started doing something before i turned the bike off and forgot to put the kickstand down and leaned past that point where u can hold it but i actually grabbed it before it hit the ground cause it was like the 3rd day with my bike and i wasnt gonna drop it so i held it like half a foot off the ground while i kicked my left over and pushed it back up, (and pulled a muscle doing it lol)

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(and pulled a muscle doing it lol)


haha nice one! well worth saving you're baby though, lol