You dropped it how many time!

that does not work-the only thing that does is folding levers and sliders that you cut into the panels.:drinkers:

 

I don't know if this counts but today, the day was so beautiful that I put my frustrating job away and I got the Superhawk out. Then I ran into a little trouble. It has been raining like hell here the last month. In fact we broke some kind of rain record for the year and this has made the ground very soft. I had to close the roll up garage door once I got the bike out so I put the bike on the side stand. I took all the precautions. I centered it over a clump of grass and I tested it. It seemed to be holding so I stepped away from the bike to close the door and I was just in time to turn and watch my Superhawk sink slowing over on its side. To make matters worse, the misses was out and I was alone. (She is a big girl and would have come in handy) It wasn’t just a matter of picking the bike up. It was pegged to the ground. I ran into the shop and fetched a ten foot 2x4. I ran it under the bike, in the foot peg area, and I used it as a lever to hoist the bike up. So gentle was the tip over that no harm was done. I had a pretty good ride but I am afraid my back is going to play up tomorrow from the strain I put it under.

 

Oh man, glad she took a nap nice and slow on grass...may I suggest a HOT Epson salt bath when ya wake up....believe me , after my cervical spine surgery. ..what a relief.
Guarantee you won't regret it

 

It was the panic that ensued as it lay on the grass and nothing I could do physically would shift it. I am lucky that I had the board handy and I am lucky that the VTR has no body work in that area to mar or scratch up. I did have a nice ride afterward.

 

Buddy, its on YouTube. ....
You back up to the bike, bend knees, grab handle bar and what ever on the rear and slowly pick her up.
Jay Leno had this tiny chick pick up a Hardley on his show way back..it works.
But yah, I understand panic, adrenaline take over....glad no damage

 

Yes, I have seen the video that shows a slight woman picking up a fallen Harley by backing her butt into the seat and pushing up with her legs. This works if 1) your bike is a Harley or cruiser and you can position your butt on the seat. 2) If the bike doesn’t have both tires off the ground 3) if it is not stuck in the wet earth and 4) if you can actually bend low enough to engage the seat. For me, since the wheels were both off the ground I had to use the board to get the bike high enough to even start the “push with your feet” technique. Once I got the bike high enough to touch the wheels I was able to pull it upright without much strain. I did get lucky. The bike was not damaged

 

count one more drop for Randy dope list.

 

Thank gawd...did ya bend the kickstand?

 

No drop for me , only one this year and it was just a slow drop in a parking lot.

 

Bike down = drop. Stop crying, lift the guddam bike and ride off. Or drink beer. Your score has been modified.

 

Randy, did you ever add one to my tally for wrecking my first '02 from the accident back in August?

 

that's not a drop, that is a crash-the worst category

 

No. I did not. I thought about going ahead with that but decided I would await your posting up here. This way I only post up what people intend me to. There have been a couple other people mentioning drops in other threads but I don't read all threads. So. Unless it is specifically posted here, i leave it as is. I assume you want yours added and have done so.

I seldom agree with some SOW but I must say, I agree with him/her or otherwise, here. All things considered, someone was really looking out for you that day.

 

Yeah, it was a bad one ... good thing for my cat like reflexes. I taught that Kenworth who was bawse!!

 

Cordially inviting members to be a part of this thread and enlighten us with stories.

 

XT and MZ, I lost count in the mud. Did manage to drop the MZ in a car park doing figure eights. One roo strike on the XT but fluked staying upright.
I had the GS500 fall over in the drive way a couple of times and one of those it's fall was broken by the car, so cages can be useful. Once in the car park at work. The worst it got was a few small cracks in the fairing where the indicator got punched through.
I had my new VFR for precisely 2 days when I took off at a T junction, phucked up the clutch/revs (has a little less torque than the twin) and stalled it as I got going. Already leaning so over we went. Valiantly threw my leg under it to cushion her from the harsh road beneath. Got away with a couple of light scratches on the bar end, fairing lower and exhaust. Nothing major. Tore my Achilles too but it's definitely in the used and abused category already and the swelling has nearly returned to normal now. Found a nice shiny new thrust washer on the road too, but thanks to this forum I had a pretty good idea where it came from.

 

If you do a great deal of city riding you may want to replace a sprocket to get the engine revolutions up and reduce the necessary clutching at takeoff. Of course, if you consistently ride at the high speed it is geared for, ignore this.

On the new engine I suggest that you, of course congruent with whatever the manual suggests, keep the revs a little higher, particularly at take off. Aside from stalling at the wrong time, dogging a cold engine or particularly a new engine puts a lot of stress on the bearings. The effect is cumulative so one or two instances will not hurt anything. Keeping the revs a little higher, you will not hurt the clutch but you will preserve the engine.

 

OK. I count four. There is no appealing my decision. This is not democracy. Added to the list. Welcome.

 

Thanks Knight, yes a diligent increase in throttle application is being embraced with enthusiasm

 

Thank you kindly Your Honour, I gratefully acknowledge the leniency of the court in disregarding my many dirt based transgressions.