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Old 03-16-2010, 10:31 AM
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I tipped over my bike the other day drunk in my garage showing to a friend

does that count?

LOL
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Mordrapheus
I tipped over my bike the other day drunk in my garage showing to a friend

does that count?

LOL
LOL...Oh yeah...THAT counts.....
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Mordrapheus
I tipped over my bike the other day drunk in my garage showing to a friend

does that count?

LOL
yep, sure do
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 11:59 AM
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Angry my best tipover

My most memorable tip is the time I pulled into a Sunoco near my house, which I almost allways went to for my gas, and it was also full of about 6 rice rockets guys and girls, so I pull up to a pump, set the kickstand down, and get off the bike with a most likely overly-proud attitude due to the fact that all the riders are quite a bit younger than me and I was the only Harley in the station at the time, so anyhow I remove the gas cap and set it down on the floorboard, I then turn and grab the fill handle and turn to stick the nozzle in the gas tank and just as I was about to sqeeze the handle to start filling, the bike just fell over on it's side, so I hang up the fill handle as fast as I could (I'm just about freaking out at this time), I pick up the bike which had the engine guards on so it really wastn't hard to get the bike back up but in the process the gas cap that was orignially on the floorboard had fallen and rolled into the center isle and some guy had pulled in and ran it over (sort of oblonged it), the ten dollar bill that I was holding in my left hand seemed to have disappeared, so now I have no money (on me at the time) to buy any gas, I just stuck the gas cap back in hole it came out of since it really didn't fit any more and rode out of there with the whole damn crowd in the station laughing their a** off.
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:06 PM
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Never run from a laughing crowd, but always be sure to take a bow...

It aint about how you embarass yerself, it's how you recover!
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:19 PM
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i was at a light and leaned to spit.. bike started tipping my foot slipped... all in all i didn't even have a peg touch the ground but i dislocated my shoulder and pulled a muscle getting it upright. does that count?
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:46 PM
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My son tip mine over while we were working on it. He didn't notice that the kickstand was up and laid it over on a bunch of boxes.
I got even a week later when I was moving his bike and laid it over on it's side.
So does that count for two or zip since they weren't our own?
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:48 PM
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glad i could help SHU! lol. i do encurage bike tipping, it gives ya an excuse to get those new parts that you dident need.
 
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Old 03-16-2010, 01:06 PM
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Tipped my bike this morning for the first time ever. I've ridden for 25+ years and have never laid my bike down before. Backed out of my driveway to head to work, I was in a hurry so I didn't let it warm up as long as I usually do. Rolled the throttle a bit and let out the clutch to head out, but I guess I had a bit too much clutch and not enough throttle, bike stalled and I laid it straight down. My bars were turned all the way to the left since I had just backed straight out of my driveway. Picked it back up and luckily aside from a tiny scratch on the end of the clutch cable there's no damage. I felt, and still feel like such an idiot. I quickly look around my street to see if anyone saw me

Oh well, bound to happen sometime I guess. I just figured it would happen after a couple beers and a long ride
 
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Tipped mine back in Feb. does that count
 


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