Any embarrassing motorcycle moments?

Yamerhaw · 12-10-2008, 01:59 PM

I remember once back in my younger days, cruising the local strip on the bike, some girls stop me, talk to them a little while, and one wants to go for a ride later on, well as i'm getting ready to leave, i put on my helmet..... backwards! almost all the way on too! never saw those girls again

Ninjakel · 12-10-2008, 02:01 PM

Does dropping your bike at a gas pump count, when its your 1st offical ride by yourself?? When about 20 of my friends were sitting there watching me??

Rider · 12-10-2008, 02:01 PM

No, none, ever.

Papa_Complex · 12-10-2008, 02:07 PM

I got into the habit of kicking the bike into neutral, chopping the engine, and kicking out the kickstand all in one motion so that I could virtually drop the bike onto the stand and walk away.

... until one day when I kicked the stand a little too hard and it bounced halfway back. The bike started to go over and I saved it by getting my knee under it, then struggled with it for what must have been 5 minutes in the vacant parking lot until I could get enough leverage to lift the damned thing.

Yamerhaw · 12-10-2008, 02:10 PM

me and a couple of friends worked on a old honda hurricane for 3 days trying to get it to run, so after 3 days somebody flips the kill switch to the "on" position and it fires right up!

Papa_Complex · 12-10-2008, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Yamerhaw

me and a couple of friends worked on a old honda hurricane for 3 days trying to get it to run, so after 3 days somebody flips the kill switch to the "on" position and it fires right up!

OK, that's classic

Right up there with when a buddy thought that his bike had died, until someone turned the petcock to reserve

azoomm · 12-11-2008, 02:19 PM

How did I miss this thread??

I once fell over on a HUGE ride that I planned and I was leading... 40+ riders. Me, on the ground.

DLIT · 12-11-2008, 09:13 PM

I had my girl on the back and we stopped at red Lobster for a bite. She got off the bike, I put the stand down and got off. I didn't realize until I got off that the stand was only half way down. So the bike started to fall over and I caught right at the point where it was too much to finish picking it up myself. It caught me off-guard and I wasn't positioned right to pick it up. So I'm sitting there with the bike leaning on me and my girl's just looking at me. So I throw out an innocent "help".

KSGregman · 12-10-2008, 02:23 PM

Unfortunately, this one has happened more than once. :/

Out on a group ride with friends...I wear my gear all the time...they don't. So...they are standing there waiting after a fuel stop as I gear up....get on the bike, reach down to turn the key...to discover the key is NOT in the ignition, it's in my pocket.

Lots of swearing and name calling as I remove the gauntlet, get the key, put the gauntlet back on and ride away.

Particle Man · 12-10-2008, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by KSGregman

Unfortunately, this one has happened more than once. :/

Out on a group ride with friends...I wear my gear all the time...they don't. So...they are standing there waiting after a fuel stop as I gear up....get on the bike, reach down to turn the key...to discover the key is NOT in the ignition, it's in my pocket.

Lots of swearing and name calling as I remove the gauntlet, get the key, put the gauntlet back on and ride away.

I have, unfortunately, duplicated this several times. I've also skipped the step of putting my helmet on and fastening it and gone right to getting my gloves on and fastened... only to go "Shit" and have to take the gloves back off. Always in front of people, of course.

12-10-2008, 01:59 PM	#1
Yamerhaw Country Boy Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hicktown in NC Moto: 07 R1 Posts: 797	Any embarrassing motorcycle moments? I remember once back in my younger days, cruising the local strip on the bike, some girls stop me, talk to them a little while, and one wants to go for a ride later on, well as i'm getting ready to leave, i put on my helmet..... backwards! almost all the way on too! never saw those girls again __________________ “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

12-10-2008, 02:01 PM	#2
Ninjakel Post whorette Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Florida Moto: 2006 GSXR 600- Posts: 3,992	Does dropping your bike at a gas pump count, when its your 1st offical ride by yourself?? When about 20 of my friends were sitting there watching me?? __________________ I'm gonna punch you in the ovary, that's what I'm gonna do. A straight shot. Right to the babymaker. --Ron Burgundy-- Anchorman

12-10-2008, 02:10 PM	#5
Yamerhaw Country Boy Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hicktown in NC Moto: 07 R1 Posts: 797	me and a couple of friends worked on a old honda hurricane for 3 days trying to get it to run, so after 3 days somebody flips the kill switch to the "on" position and it fires right up! __________________ “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

12-11-2008, 02:19 PM	#7
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	How did I miss this thread?? I once fell over on a HUGE ride that I planned and I was leading... 40+ riders. Me, on the ground. __________________ We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "smart"? Come Play at the Track!! http://www.elitetrackdays.com

12-11-2008, 09:13 PM	#8
DLIT Clit Commander Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Moto: 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S Posts: 4,189	I had my girl on the back and we stopped at red Lobster for a bite. She got off the bike, I put the stand down and got off. I didn't realize until I got off that the stand was only half way down. So the bike started to fall over and I caught right at the point where it was too much to finish picking it up myself. It caught me off-guard and I wasn't positioned right to pick it up. So I'm sitting there with the bike leaning on me and my girl's just looking at me. So I throw out an innocent "help". __________________ Dress for the crash. Not the ride.

12-10-2008, 02:01 PM	#3
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	No, none, ever.

12-10-2008, 02:07 PM	#4
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	I got into the habit of kicking the bike into neutral, chopping the engine, and kicking out the kickstand all in one motion so that I could virtually drop the bike onto the stand and walk away. ... until one day when I kicked the stand a little too hard and it bounced halfway back. The bike started to go over and I saved it by getting my knee under it, then struggled with it for what must have been 5 minutes in the vacant parking lot until I could get enough leverage to lift the damned thing.

12-10-2008, 02:23 PM	#9
KSGregman Get Fit...or Get OUT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: KS Moto: 07 M109-R Posts: 1,993	Unfortunately, this one has happened more than once. :/ Out on a group ride with friends...I wear my gear all the time...they don't. So...they are standing there waiting after a fuel stop as I gear up....get on the bike, reach down to turn the key...to discover the key is NOT in the ignition, it's in my pocket. Lots of swearing and name calling as I remove the gauntlet, get the key, put the gauntlet back on and ride away.