I dropped my fucking bike...by parking it

[LobsterMagnet]

I'm so pissed off at myself. Here's the story:
Took the SV out this morning to get some cigarettes. Pulled into gas station about 3mi away from the house. Went up a small incline/striped area near door to park but I could tell my front wheel was going to rub on the curb, so I pull in on the front brake a little/start turning sharper.
BAM, the bike drops.
WOW, front brake + low speeds + bars at full lock = drop? HOLY SHIT. What an epiphany!

The thing I always tell my wife when she goes out for a ride is "Remember, use the rear brake for parking lots and slow speed turns, or the bike will flop over."
Stupid noob mistake...


So now the shift lever/connecting rod are both bent, as well as the left side of the handle bars. I spent a few hours in a parking lot last week doing slow speed shit, now I have to go back and do it some more. Fuck me, I'm a terrible owner. Maybe I should replace the bars with some clip ons...after another 1000hrs in a parking lot!

[Electrical_Tech]

See .. quit smoking. Wouldn't have happened if you weren't a smoker!! LOL

j/k

Live n learn, practice practice. I'm going to dump one of these days while parking my bike too .. when I'm parking, my feet are down so I can't use the back brake and it's just a matter of time before I grab too much of that front one ..

[slimjim]

Lots of slick crap on the ground at gas stations, too.

[Razzy]

dude, I feel for you. Same thing happened to me except I got touched by some sand and gravel. Shit happens, learn from it and get riding. I bet you didnt need me to tell you that.

[porky786]

Convienient stores/gas stations are full of oil and slippery stuff, so the front brake you got to be careful , unless you have very good sensitivity with it.

Cigarrets? I cant believe the cost of those things, just think how much money would be saved, and once it the 40's/50s you wont begin all those series of heart attacks.

[Stick N Move]

Dont worry about it. Your SV is like 10 years old anyways. Maybe a little more practice on the 250 would have done some good.

[kevin_stevens]

This is the answer to all those people in the braking threads who say "Why'd they put a rear brake on the bike if I'm not supposed to use it?".

KeS

[RayOSV]

$hit happens. Learn from it and move on.

If you have to replace the bars, get some from Suburban Machinery. You'll get the ergo change you're looking for.

[inpayne]

Originally Posted by kevin_stevens

This is the answer to all those people in the braking threads who say "Why'd they put a rear brake on the bike if I'm not supposed to use it?".

KeS

To back it in, duh.....

But you can use the front brake all you want.... just very very softly.

[qubert]

Originally Posted by Electrical_Tech

See .. quit smoking. Wouldn't have happened if you weren't a smoker!! LOL

j/k

Live n learn, practice practice. I'm going to dump one of these days while parking my bike too .. when I'm parking, my feet are down so I can't use the back brake and it's just a matter of time before I grab too much of that front one ..

Duckwalker!!!!!!!!

Lobster, dunno what to say to you, you know what you did, you knew before you did it, why did you do it

[Enzo_Guy]

Almost did the same thing in my driveway today, except mine was caused by a clutch problem. I was adjusting the clutch, pulled the bike out and rode it down the driveway and back (big driveway), came back around a curve, pulled the clutch in, bike stalled and stopped mid-turn, almost dropped bike, determined clutch was not properly adjusted.

Got it right now, needless to say that was not the best way to test the adjustment of the clutch.

[skcuf]

Could have been worse. You could have bought some cigarettes, pumped some gas, and the combination of the two causes an explosion and blows your body 200 feet flaming covered with gasoline as you get covered in 3rd and 4th degree burns before you finally hit the ground and die of trauma.

Feel any better?

I took my bike down to the shop to pick up the key to my car after getting it serviced one time, parked on top of antifreeze unknowingly. I didn't drop the bike, but I got off of it and slipped and fell on my ass damn near knocking the bike over. I think that is probably more embarrassing than what happened to you, although cheaper...pros and cons lobster.

[LobsterMagnet]

Gear shift rod and pedal assembly will get here on the 10th. When I scrounge money for a bar or clip ons I'll have to expedite that shit. Thanks for the pep talk everyone, well, other than qubert! hahaha

[jim schmidt]

So did everybody else.

[jerome_oneil]

Originally Posted by jim schmidt

So did everybody else.

This.

Look at it this way, you now have a story to tell when the old bastards club is meeting and telling their lies.

So it's a good thing.