Answer: If you're a complete F****NG tool like me , you drop a large motorcycle on it!!!!!!!!!!
Explanation: o.k...Late for work...take beloved bike off centre stand (on stand to check oil, even though I know it doesn't burn any). I didn't worry about leaning the bike over onto the side stand before getting on because of afore mentioned hurry, threw my right leg over my baby, forgot about the bag I'd bundgeed onto the back, hit said bag with foot, bike goes over!!!
This really wouldn't have been a big drama thanks to Mr. Honda's built in crash protection sticky outy bits, if it wasn't for the chair I'd been using to put my tank on while I was trying to fix a fuel leak recently. This chair saw fit to put a double fist size hole in my right hand fairing!! Also the concrete floor added a few minor scatches elsewhere. I know we're not supposed to swear in this forum but, F##############ck me!!!
My insurance company were surprisingly sympathetic (I spoke to a fellow bike head), and my local bike shop mechanic (who used to own a CBR1000F and loved her!) said "don't worry buddy, we'll fix it up"
Conclusion: 1. Don't leave anything in your shed near enough for your bike to fall on.
2. If you're running late, so what? For three seconds saved time I spent $350 (my excess!)
3. Didn't I know all this 20 years ago???
Anyway, thanks for bearing with me, I feel a bit better for sharing this sorry tale with you, and as far as today goes, I say "BOLLOCKS!" (perhaps only U.K members will understand this word).
I'm really pissed off! Dave.

 

Man, that really sucks.

It is amazing the things we do to ourselves when we just get in too big of a hurry. I feel your pain.

 

Good grief! Excellent account of events! I'll try to watch out for that one! Dave, just make sure that chair is properly down and out for the count - sounds to me like it's got a mind of it's own and you never know what it might do next! Your expletives are indeed understood and entirely appropriate!

 

Thank your lucky stars it does not look like this

 

I have only drop mine once, I was putting it back in the garage which is full of junk.
cause of junk, I lost balance of it, and I slowly laid it over on the Lawn mower, that has some cardboard boxes on it, that had a bunched up car cover on top.
The bike only leaned at about 45-degress, so it was a warning for next time.

 

Damm Dude.

Get the dealer to add $200 to the price of the reapir and get a new pair of racetech springs with the insurance claim. :P

 

that should buff right out.

 

Soooo, was the chair covered?

 

Thank you guys!
OldFatGuy: Thanks, to share the pain really helps.
gorrilla_biker: I'm telling you now, that chair is well under control! My digital camera and computer aren't talking at the moment, but I'll send proof when possible so we can all sleep at night!
Madkawa: WOW! Were you on that?
mark R: Watch out for that mower, I'm not sure it's over yet! It might know my chair.
Trips: Thinking outside the chair....sorry, I mean square.
hurricane 1000: Thats' some heavy duty buffing! What's left of the chair will be meeting my 12G!!! Just to make sure.
dad: Yes the chair was covered.....with my CBR....(sob..sob..).
Once again, thanks for that. I know bikes are just lumps of metal and plastic, but they somehow seem more than that.
Whenever you see a chair, give it a kick for me!
Dave

 

Buy a multi-card reader, less pain than F'ing around with camera drivers, I prefer the internal ones, but either’s good (also faster than via cable)