Those that have dropped their bikes and those that will.....
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RE: Those that have dropped their bikes and those that will.....
Do minibikes count?..hehehe.. I've dropped mine 5 times in 40 years. The last time was about 4 years ago. I got my bike stopped from 60 to 0 in about 2 seconds. Took me a little longer to stop, though. I ended up with 4 broken ribs and a couple of scratches. The worst part was being out of the saddle for 2 months.
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09-08-2006, 08:46 PM
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RE: Those that have dropped their bikes and those that will.....
SH$T HAPPENS NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR HOW CAUTIOUS YOU ARE.
I took my fall in the garage this summer pushing out the stuck MC jack with my right foot - when it rolled out, my foot went sliding out with it - bike went down fast and hard.
I felt like dogsh$t crawling out from "underneath". Almost in tears. Sh$t, sh$t, sh$t. You guys know that feeling. Instant depression.
Bike was down at a 45 - but it caught the back end of the lift jack on the saddlebag rails.
Somebody upstairs was looking over me - NOT A SCRATCH, NOT A DENT ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND - ufb. It felt like winning the lottery.
Always keep that thinking cap on now!!! Have called myself a dumb a$$ more than once [:@]
And I'll bet gravel is the leading cause of non-cager moving incidents.
Lost it on a lightly sandy covered downhill S curve 15 years ago on a moped in NH doing about 35 mph - scoot completely totaled - my neck was messed up for weeks - lots of time at Dr. Chiro.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
I took my fall in the garage this summer pushing out the stuck MC jack with my right foot - when it rolled out, my foot went sliding out with it - bike went down fast and hard.
I felt like dogsh$t crawling out from "underneath". Almost in tears. Sh$t, sh$t, sh$t. You guys know that feeling. Instant depression.
Bike was down at a 45 - but it caught the back end of the lift jack on the saddlebag rails.
Somebody upstairs was looking over me - NOT A SCRATCH, NOT A DENT ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND - ufb. It felt like winning the lottery.
Always keep that thinking cap on now!!! Have called myself a dumb a$$ more than once [:@]
And I'll bet gravel is the leading cause of non-cager moving incidents.
Lost it on a lightly sandy covered downhill S curve 15 years ago on a moped in NH doing about 35 mph - scoot completely totaled - my neck was messed up for weeks - lots of time at Dr. Chiro.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
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09-08-2006, 11:54 PM
RE: Those that have dropped their bikes and those that will.....
2500 hours as a pro pilot included three separate gear problems, all solved by using emergency means. But dropping the bike is something I have started into but was able to recover balance before it went over. Funny thing is, I have superhuman strength when the bike starts to fall over. Now, being knocked off the bike and it dropping has happened just twice in 40 years. 
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