Am I the only dumb a$$ to do this???
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I was riding last season with my buddy in a rain storm. We stopped at a red light and i went to put my left foot down and I put it right on the lane marker. Brilliant. It was soooo slick my foot just slid right out from under me. Luckily, I have the worlds best friend for a riding buddy. He saw what was happening to me and without batting an eye stuck his arm out and grabbed my handle bar. He held it just long enough for me to get my footing back. Needless to say I bought all the beer that night.
- on a side note, this buddy of mine was shipped off last week to Iraq with the marines. He's a fellow rider who's doin his thing for us. Wish him luck. I have mad respect for all you guys who are in the military - thanks.
- on a side note, this buddy of mine was shipped off last week to Iraq with the marines. He's a fellow rider who's doin his thing for us. Wish him luck. I have mad respect for all you guys who are in the military - thanks.
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yeah i just post about me stallin it twice at alight in different post..pretty ****ty. but i just changed my oil and i undid the oil pan bolt and then figured i sit on it and make it level and stuff..well i guess i moved the drip pan or the bike cause when i got off i had about a quart of oil on the ground..and it went to the best place possible...under the rear tire.
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got one for ya, a buddy of mine had his 650s for a little over 2 weeks, when one night a girl invited him over to a party, he arrived, got off the bike, walked to her door only to hear a "smack" from behind him. his kickstand was in a crack in the concrete and skidded out and the bike went down hard. injuries were a rashed fairing, broken turn signal, and broken mirror.
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Leaving from work today, Friday traffic on a naval base (the largest naval base in the world) with tons of traffic around me, a fire truck passes us going in the opposite direction and traffic comes to a sudden stop. That’s not really my mistake yet. I have a habit of balancing as long as I can when stopping before putting a foot down. When I went to move my foot, it was stuck. My pants leg was over the heel guard and held me in place long enough to fall over. Talk about embarrassing moments. Lucky for me, I installed a set of vortex frame sliders a few weeks back and they did the trick. All I got was a scuff on the bottom of the puck. I had to turn the key off and back on to reset the safety so I could start it back up. So I’ve shared my “to date most embarrassing moment”… what’s yours?
Leaving from work today, Friday traffic on a naval base (the largest naval base in the world) with tons of traffic around me, a fire truck passes us going in the opposite direction and traffic comes to a sudden stop. That’s not really my mistake yet. I have a habit of balancing as long as I can when stopping before putting a foot down. When I went to move my foot, it was stuck. My pants leg was over the heel guard and held me in place long enough to fall over. Talk about embarrassing moments. Lucky for me, I installed a set of vortex frame sliders a few weeks back and they did the trick. All I got was a scuff on the bottom of the puck. I had to turn the key off and back on to reset the safety so I could start it back up. So I’ve shared my “to date most embarrassing moment”… what’s yours?
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You and me both city worker. I baby my bike so much I'm just so afraid of wrecking!
Man the human race is pathetic. Does anyone else find it pathetic that we find so much entertainment and laughter in other peoples misfortunes? LOL It's so weird how we find it so funny, and it is freakin funny.
Mike
Man the human race is pathetic. Does anyone else find it pathetic that we find so much entertainment and laughter in other peoples misfortunes? LOL It's so weird how we find it so funny, and it is freakin funny.
Mike
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well i was at the stop light wanting to make a right turn. there was a car in front of me so I decided I was gonna squeez between the car and the curb and make my turn right...wrong I didn't down shift all the way b4 I stopped so my bike was still in third...so when I took off I started moving I thought I was fine untill the bike stalled and I fell on the curb pinning my leg between the bike and the curb..man was I in pain and to make things worse I coulndt turn around to get the bike off of me some guy had to jump out of his car and help me oick the bike up off me..talkig bout embarrasing..im still having nightmares!
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Sorry to hear about that, I always thought about that happening to me. So because I am 5'6" and just being extra caucious the tendency is to put both feet down before coming to a stop. I almost had the same incident happened to me and I just had extra time to get my pant from being caught.