Or your head is in an extreme hangover position and you drop your fingerless gloves past you fringed azzlesschaps and way down past your velcrow pump knee high runners with the lifts....aaaaannndd you bend over to pick them up forgetting you are on your bike and fall ooofffff and over both bike and passenger go to land on you. In front of 3 or 5 other real bikers that have just ridden all the way from A&W to Starbucks.

Actually there is a technique for lifting a bike off the dirt by using the throttle and clutch stepping and walking the bike around. Saw it demonstrated a couple of times never used it but a little slip of a thing picked up an FLT using it during the demo. Was pretty cool.

 

Yea, if that's you in your signature pic you should never have started this thread!!! Really though, those are some good points, good things for one to think about before they get on and ride.

 

Shouldn't be riding if you have ED, took a little blue pill and now have the dreaded 4-hour thinging... a real issue trying to do the twisties with that thing dragin! Oh yeah, it reaches :-)

 

I understand what you're saying ... doesn't really matter why a bike goes over ... they just do sometimes ... for a variety of reasons. It happens to the best of riders.

My query specifically refers to what our fellow posters are implying about 'who' should be classified as 'fit' to be a rider based on whether or not they can pick up a dropped bike on their own.

Some members here seem to imply that not only a veteran rider but even an inexperienced rider has no business on a bike if they can't pick it up. THIS has nothing to do with their riding skills or aptitude ... just the ability to pick up a dropped bike.

We have all dropped our bikes at one point or another ... for a variety of reasons. The question is .. should the fact that someone can't pick it up by themselves be a defining factor in whether or not they should ride a motorcycle?

I say Hell no!

 

I'm with you on that. Using the same logic, anyone who can't pull their own car out of a ditch should never drive a car.

 

OOOO... hard shot.

Picking up and pulling from a ditch are two different woes; bike, car, bus, or Santa's sleigh.

Then there's the typical difference of weight.

And, I'd argue that cars these days don't have the hand-holds available to the average bike.

I'm with her.

 

I was an extremely good girl last year.. Can u bring that by my house and drop off a windshield and some chrome ..

 

ha. this thread was started to be helpful to new/potential riders

 

1-555-NP549 - not to be confused with the "BR" number.

The sleigh is lighter this time of year - don't try it in December.

 

I believe it still is...