Dumbest thing I've ever done! Volume I.

stewbrash · 11-20-2021, 02:40 PM

I have done some incredibly stupid things before but this one really takes the cake! I went to the auto-parts store for some oil and pulled up to park...I then kicked down the kick-stand (like usual) and assuming it was down...I put my feet back up on the pedals and let the bike lean on the stand (to take my gloves and helmet off)...but what I didn't realize was the stand hadn't fully extended down...and I proceeded to roll right over...knowing in that split second that I was going down! How embarrassing...at least nothing broke...but my ego was in shambles and I rapped my helmet on the asphalt! I probably won't do that again...hopefully!

Falkon45 · 11-20-2021, 04:18 PM

I've done it more than once. On more than one bike. Lol. Welcome to the clumsy club!

Oddball Matt · 11-20-2021, 04:22 PM

Happens to the best of us. I once took off from a right hand incline not realizing once I kick the sidestand up there`s not a snowball`s chance in hell for me to reach the ground on the right side so down I went over horizontal, shoulder first into the ground.

Icing on the cake?

This is the bike I did it with. The paint job alone cost over a grand. Luckily the crash cage saved me that time so only needed a touch up with a spray can.

Magician16 · 11-20-2021, 05:30 PM

I don't know how many times I've seen bikes come up to the stoplight, and no feet comes down 'til the bike starts falling over.

**cheesy** · 11-21-2021, 08:50 PM

Btdt.

11-20-2021, 02:40 PM	#1
stewbrash Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 405	Dumbest thing I've ever done! Volume I. I have done some incredibly stupid things before but this one really takes the cake! I went to the auto-parts store for some oil and pulled up to park...I then kicked down the kick-stand (like usual) and assuming it was down...I put my feet back up on the pedals and let the bike lean on the stand (to take my gloves and helmet off)...but what I didn't realize was the stand hadn't fully extended down...and I proceeded to roll right over...knowing in that split second that I was going down! How embarrassing...at least nothing broke...but my ego was in shambles and I rapped my helmet on the asphalt! I probably won't do that again...hopefully!
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11-20-2021, 04:18 PM	#2
Falkon45 Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Savannah, Ga Posts: 759	I've done it more than once. On more than one bike. Lol. Welcome to the clumsy club! Last edited by Falkon45; 11-22-2021 at 05:36 AM. Reason: Somehow, I missed what I wrote
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11-20-2021, 04:22 PM	#3
Oddball Matt Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Vääksy, Finland Posts: 401	Happens to the best of us. I once took off from a right hand incline not realizing once I kick the sidestand up there`s not a snowball`s chance in hell for me to reach the ground on the right side so down I went over horizontal, shoulder first into the ground. Icing on the cake? This is the bike I did it with. The paint job alone cost over a grand. Luckily the crash cage saved me that time so only needed a touch up with a spray can. __________________ 2004 Longjia Grido 50 scooter 1999 Cagiva Mito 125 Evo, Yamaha XV125 engine, Ducati SS fairings, getting turboed 1993 Yamaha GTS 1000 Ex:Bashan BS200-S7 `07 Streetfighter-quad
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11-20-2021, 05:30 PM	#4
Magician16 Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 469	I don't know how many times I've seen bikes come up to the stoplight, and no feet comes down 'til the bike starts falling over. __________________ 2018 Bashan Storm(sold) 2016 Magician 250
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11-21-2021, 08:50 PM	#5
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,847	Btdt. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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