Ok, this is NOT to critisize ANYONE! I just thought this would be a cool topic. What is everyone's most memorable mistake you made as a newbie! Let's see if we can find some trends here!?!?!?!?! Ok, I'll start. Let's see.....I almost spilled mine in my drive way, forgot to put the kickstand down!!!!! [:@] LOL. Also, how bout drivin with the blinker on for a minute or two before you realize it!!!!!???!?!?!? I'm curious to see what others have done!!!

 

i still leave the blinker on...how about ridding with passangers at night and on the freeyway with just a permit. lets all i can come up with right now.

 

My first time on a bike was in an open empty parking lot....except for 1 light pole. You guessed it, I hit it square at about 10 mph. Didn't have the hang of turning yet, well I didn't grasp the countersteer notion real well. That's all I can think of.

 

i parked my bike on a hill in the direction that would make the kick stand go up and it was not in gear........ so ya i turned away and look back and by bike is rolling away i almost got a hold of it but it spilled over i broke the blinker and mirror oh well that was a ninja 500 not my honda so i was not too upset the blinkers were coming off sooner or later thank god no one was around to see

 

the one that is worse is my buddy just got his 05 rr. well he goes to start it to pull it in his garage and i dont know what happened but he lost controll and parked it into the side of the garage. broke his blinkers,windscreen,and upper faring. all this with 2 miles on the bike we just got it off the truck

 

HOLLY CRAP!!! That sucks!!! Send my condolenses!

 

Ill take one for the kickstand. 2, always leave my damn blinker on. Oh well... one of these days Ill learn

 

the 2nd day i got my bike, i was wearing shorts. I didn't have great clutch n throttle control yet. So i was sitting on the bike n pushed the bike into the garage with my legs. I burnt my leg on the exhaust. Got burnt pretty badly. I now know never ever to wear shrots on a bike. still have a scar

 

Took me a while to remember to strap my helmet when stop for a bit. When you hear the button slaping the side head it kind of reminds. Hey stupid strap on your lid. LOL

 

i still forget to strap on my helmet sometimes