hahahah totally dropped a bike adjusting my *junk*....not so much fun....and an expensive lesson, if it scratches....ignore it.

 

thinking I had more skills than I did. I should have been using my head and common sense..... remember we talk about skill level but its common sense that gets you home at the end of the day.

 

Of course the old classics... left the blinker on, left the fuel switch on "off", killed the bike at an intersection, things like that. It's hard to embarass me, so it never caused me too much of an issue. I've been lucky in that I've never been stuck too long trying to figure out what issue my bike's having... kickstand, kill switch, or (in the case of my old Rebel) leaving the fuel switch turned off. Heck, I just looked at the bike for a minute after pulling in the clutch (still rolling at about 45mph), then it dawns on me, I flip the switch, crank it over to "on", let the clutch out and kept rolling.

Now that the lame stuff is over, here is something that is a little more worth reading! I take off on my first "long trip" on my buddies 2006 Ninja 650r. It's cold as crap, but I've layered up as much as I can. Anyway... the trip down was cold, but went smoothly. On the way back, I'm coming from Lawrence, Ks and getting ready to get on the turnpike. As I'm doing so, right as you get on the turnpike, there's a gas-station off-ramp right there... I look at the station and think... "How long has it been? Nah... I should be fine. I just filled up two days ago, and I don't remember riding all THAT much" (his bike has the gas light only). Well, no sooner had I said that... and I pass the last chance exit to make a stop here, that the gas light comes on. I figure, "This won't be too bad, I should be good for 40-45 miles" So, my brilliant self, decides that, for best fuel results, I should tuck in low to reduce drag, and hold it at about 90mph. Wouldn't ya know it, I ran out of gas with no warning as to how far away I was from the next fuel stop. Some nice people helped me finally, and I was nearly 50 miles from the next fuel station. Needless to say, that was a very time-wasting lesson learned.

I've seen one of my friends who rides a Honda VTX 1300 (nice bike, by the way), lay his down all super slow like when he got off balance and the weight just dragged him down. (It's something like 627 lbs. dry if I remember right) First couple of times I had to help him stand it back up.

Oh! Just remembered one more. My dad was infront of me in is truck, and my brother was following me in his car as we were leaving a parking lot and approaching the stop-sign to get back on the road. I had this great Idea that I would show my brother, who I'm sure was watching me, how cool I was and bumped the bike down to first and let go of the handlebars to "adjust my glove". By the way... don't let go of the handlebars at like, 10mph in gear. Anyways... so the bike begins to violently sway quickly from side to side as I grab the handlebars and pull in the clutch. the Engine doesn't die, and I catch the bike at about a 45degree lean, so nothing hurt but my ego... and my nuts. The sudden decel and hard wobble wracked me serious like.

 

Sportbikes don't have a 7th gear? [:-]
I've done that a number of times...

Well I got two short ones.
1.
My friend and I practiced on a little yellow 250 Ninja at this school parking lot all the time, never any mishaps or accidents. Once I bought my '02 f4i and completed my Safety CourseI thought I might practice with a real bike at the parking lot. I rode it just fine, so my GREAT friendasked if he could try it out. So I said yes of course and before you know it I see him drop my bike doing a 10mph left turn! Never again will I let somone ride my bike.
2.
I just bought mybike off this hot red head andpulled out the bike infront of my house. All my neighbors were outside watering plants, kids playing football, etc. So I start the bike up and have all eyes on me. I rev the bike up to show off to the kids, I slap my visor down and put it in 1st *clcik* then the bike shuts off. Of course the smart guy that I am I never figure out how to start the bike back up. So I call the previous owner (take in mind this is the hottest girl I've ever seen on a bike) and say "Hey the bikes not starting, is there anything wrong with it" then she replies "Try putting the kickstand up".[&o]

 

blinker on,

kickstand down (figured it out when i made a left turn),

no start one day so i pulled the seat charged the battery, still no start then i noticed the kill switch was activated lmao,

forgot to turn on fuel valve,

try to ride through turn with to muuuuuch leanand scraped my pegs and scare the h3ll out of me lol,

I'm sure there are other but that's all i can think of for now

 

I dropped my bike at a gas station with like 5 people watching. It was soooo embarassing.

 

Lets see... Where do I start..... How about turning out of my driveway and hit the front brake and lay it over??? ( That was the first day) Then theres the awfull hit the horn when disingaging the damn blinkers,,, Thats really all I can think about at the moment. I'll probably have more to add to the list later!!!

 

well..the worst mistake was gunning it in a parking lot and wrecking...oh and not wearing my gloves because i was just warming it up so my friend could take it around the lot a few times..so i got a nice gash down to the bone, and now a nice scar on my hand...cant feel anything in my palm either...

 

I've made quite a few myself:

1) New Tires, Cold Tires, New Ashaplt painted lines. Doing the motorcycle test at the DMV with 65miles of seat time. Locked up the front and almost dumped it on Day 2. [&o]
2) Blinker repeatedly left on. (still occasionally do it)
3)Thinking I hear the kickstandgo down and notchecking andalmost dumping the bike ( Now4 times) [:@]
4) Forgetting to strap my helmet down ( Happened 3 times)
5) Locked up the rear brakes a couple times after hitting the front brakes hard and not realizing the very light backend would be a problem.
6) Hasn't been a problem yet but could be consider a newbie mistake: Went with an '07 600rr as my first bike.

Maybe more to come but hopefully not and none has resulted inthe bike going over.

 

I never had a kickstand problem. Did drop it wihle trying an stoppie on a sloped parking lot. Pretty funny I felt.

About 1 month after riding while at a party (And maybe 3beers) I took a few girls for a ride around the neighborhood(Not getting over 15mph). I did make them put my helmet on. But it wasmy first time having someone ride on the back. Then one girl who use to own a CBR600 F4i I took down some bigger roads. I had no helmet on and I made sure she put mine on. Dumb decision looking back but oh well.

Almost wipped out trying to stop fast and was hitting the rear brake with a new rear tire and my rear end started to slide.

But I'm still a newbie so I should have more to come.