I thought you all might want a good laugh at my expense or an opportunity share your experience if this happened to you. I dropped my 5th gen on the asphalt while trying to park it at work.
It was last Thursday and the weather was clear and cool so I decided to ride in to work. Well, I did have a nice ride in to work, that is, traffic was light and I was shifting well and my accelerations from the intersections were quick. I made my usual turn into the motorcycle parking area, came to a stop, and then turned off my motor. I then proceeded to guide the bike backwards into the motorcycle parking slot ( as I have done many times) when I turn my wheel too sharp, and then down the veefer went like a rock. I bent my brake level very badly and scratched a little of my faring, motor, and throttle handlebar. Man I felt so bad and stupid. :blush:
I needed a reason to bring my bike in to put the gold levers on, so now they are going on.
I am wonder if anyone else had this happen to them.
The line starts here. I have dropped mine twice and thank you dear Jesus, BOTH times were in my garage and BOTH times, the bars hit my cabinets and stopped any damage. Just bars dings in the drawer faces.
I have came EXTREMELY close to dropping my bike, in my garage as well. The combination of dirt and dust on my garage floor allowed this. :pissed: I was fortunate to get it back up with only a pulled muscle in my lower back. It's crazy how it can happen so fast.
Been there about 3 times in a decade on two VFR's. BUT on the last one the bike fell on its crash bungs!. People have said this frame setup doesn't accept crash bungs easily.
Well mine are installed with a brace between the factory engine mounts. No drilling anywhere. The actual bolts go in the middle of the brace, which, IMO, adds to the effectiveness since the multiple-point bracing dissipates impact forces better than a single one. -(however that's dynamically explained my brain is on weekend mode lol)
[image: View Post]LJVFR, on 23 July 2011 - 10:49 PM, said:
I have came EXTREMELY close to dropping my bike, in my garage as well. The combination of dirt and dust on my garage floor allowed this. :pissed: I was fortunate to get it back up with only a pulled muscle in my lower back. It's crazy how it can happen so fast.
Went to go out one morning and go for a ride and blow off work. Rolled it out of the garage, got off it, checked to see the kickstand was down, and BAM!!! The next thing I know the bike is lying on my boots.
To this day, I still don't know how it happened. The sickening feeling will fade....
Anybody that's ever done this tries to forget about it, BUT since you asked! I had my former VFR ('86 750) out on the driveway and had just cleaned it up, washed it, etc. I cranked it up while on the centerstand to dry everything off and let it run a few minutes before taking a trip down the road to blow all the water off. Anyway, my driveway has a slight lean to it but it's barely noticeable. At my height, I'm barely touching while on the centerstand and just rock it forward USUALLY with no problem. But in this case, when I rocked it forward the bike was already off center but I really didn't know it and when I went forward, OVER to the right hand side I went. Bike was still running, I was still on it with my hands on the grips. It happened so fast, i couldn't believe I was laying on the ground. The fall made my right hand give it throttle, so it was revving like mad. I hit the kill switch, got up, picked the bike up and naturally embarassed, looked around to see how many neighbors witnessed my stupidity. Fortunately, I had the fairings off since I was doing some work, so the only damage was some scratches to my exhaust can. It happens. :biggrin:
[image: View Post]yellowvfrider, on 23 July 2011 - 09:59 PM, said:
I am wonder if anyone else had this happen to them.
On my '04, I was sitting on the bike, on the side of a highway, waiting to chat with a trooper, when a semi passed at full speed, right next to where I'd pulled off. The accompanying wind blast blew the bike off the kickstand, and then right over. Go figure. :mad:
I looked back at the trooper, who came up, helped me right the bike, and I was on my way. :beer:
My first bike was an 03 VFR which I dropped on my first outing. I rode over to my buddies house on my new bike..decked out in all new gear. I came to a stop sign in a residential street and applied the brakes. I came to stop without getting my left foot out in time and down i went. Scratched left and upper fairings, bent clutch lever and mirror.
I have dropped my 01 viffer too many times to count (owned for five years). It was not a good choice for learning. It started with a bad omen. I dropped it (actually it high-sided me) while I was test driving it. I was returning to the parking lot where the owner was waiting. I tried to stop directly on top of a painted turning arrow on the road. I was not aware of how touchy the front brake can be. When the front tire locked up I slid across the arrow, and was flipped off when the tire reached the unpainted surface. Needless to say my face was as red as the blood running down my leg. I felt morally obliged to buy the scratched machine and I did. I think after nearly 90,000 miles I am finally getting the hang of it. And I owe a large part of my riding knowledge to following Bent on a rainy group ride while at the TexMAC rally. That man can RIDE. Thanks Bent.
[image: View Post]JustinR, on 24 July 2011 - 11:27 AM, said:
its just a matter of time
My first bike was an 03 VFR which I dropped on my first outing. I rode over to my buddies house on my new bike..decked out in all new gear. I came to a stop sign in a residential street and applied the brakes. I came to stop without getting my left foot out in time and down i went. Scratched left and upper fairings, bent clutch lever and mirror.
:pissed:
As long as youre not inured it's no big deal
From my bicycling days I believe that is called a "Monty Python Stop". Look ma, no feet down.
[image: View Post]yellowvfrider, on 23 July 2011 - 09:59 PM, said:
Hello all,
I thought you all might want a good laugh at my expense or an opportunity share your experience if this happened to you. I dropped my 5th gen on the asphalt while trying to park it at work.
It was last Thursday and the weather was clear and cool so I decided to ride in to work. Well, I did have a nice ride in to work, that is, traffic was light and I was shifting well and my accelerations from the intersections were quick. I made my usual turn into the motorcycle parking area, came to a stop, and then turned off my motor. I then proceeded to guide the bike backwards into the motorcycle parking slot ( as I have done many times) when I turn my wheel too sharp, and then down the veefer went like a rock. I bent my brake level very badly and scratched a little of my faring, motor, and throttle handlebar. Man I felt so bad and stupid. :blush:
I needed a reason to bring my bike in to put the gold levers on, so now they are going on.
I am wonder if anyone else had this happen to them.
Mark
That is bad and stupid. Welcome to the club, stupid.
About a month ago I was on a trip down to Santa Monica. I'd pulled off at a rest stop just north of Santa Barbara to remove my jacket liner and sweater. Backed the bike into a parking spot, started to lean it over, realized after it was too late the side stand wasn't down. Thump. The left bag is scratched, the clutch lever was bent, and a bit of scratching on the nose just above the left turn signal. I felt like such an idiot laying there.
Probably had the bike for three months and was debating on changing the shifter position, it just didn't feel right. One day taking off from a pit stop, stalled it and the wheel is turned and for the life of me could not get my foot out of the shifter in time, finally got it out but it was to late, once it gets going it's hard to stop. Lucky really if my foot was still in there when it went down, ouch!! The thing is those scratches seem to call and say, hey look here!!!! It happens, welcome to the club. Hope you never do it again. Take Care.