This thread's funny! I went for a ride one weekend and parked my bike behind the car when I came home. A couple hours after I got home one of my kids took a tumble down a flight of stairs and dislocated a finger. Ok so I was in a panic, put the boy in the car to race to the hospital and backed out of my driveway right over my bike! Down she went! I drove ahead and steered around the bike to get to the hospital and when I got home it was on the jiffy stand. My neighbor heard me hit it and picked it up for me after I left. Wrinkled up front fender, broken brake lever, bent handlebars and a really red face! It wasn't my RKC I hit at least, it was the Honda I owned at the time.

 

A good indication that fatigue has set in...time to take a break for safeties sake... On a long ride like this,30 minutes off the bike can save your life.

 

I was inducted into this club long ago and have renewed my membership a few times over the years but I, recently, witnessed what I would say has to be the best inductance into the club that I have ever saw.
A few friends and I had just returned home from a weekend ride and stopped by a local biker hangout for a few refreshments. Inside, we run into a young man that we call Mr Vain. He is the type who will pull off his helmet and immediately comb his hair and straighten out his clothes before getting off of his bike. He is a Sportster rider and loves to make fun of us old baggers. We get a table by the window and Mr Vain comes over to introduce two good looking young ladies that he has just met. After a few of his "old bagger taunts", he says he has to go to work and invites the young ladies out to see his bike before he leaves. As he is leaving, we are watching out the window and see a small group of lady bikers pull into the parking lot. All of them fine looking ladies.
Mr Vain gets on his bike and starts it up and revs it a few times to impress the ladies and in doing so gets the attention of the ladies who have just pulled into the lot. After what appears to be a phone number exchange with the young ladies, he puts it in gear and revs his engine one more time then drops the clutch for a short burn out as he leaves. HIS HANDLEBARS WERE LOCKED!!!

 

Why did you not have a video camera. That has my vote for #1 inductee!

 

Did that on my Sporty. Was parked front wheel to curb, so I had to turn the handlebars to get out anyway but forgot they were locked. Didn't get very far.

 

Iv'e forgotten to put the stand up a couple of times, that will get your attention!

Last summer I picked up a Bourget low blow, and went to take a ride.
Got about 3 miles from the house, and pulled over to check something, this guy pulls
in behind me and says "your kickstand is down!" damn!, did I feel like an idiot!
Bourget's have the kickstand on the rear facing forward, so if I had layed it down too hard on a corner,
it would have catapulted the bike if it caught the tar ...WHEW!! Major DUH moment!

 

Been there, done that and also a '**** Creek survivor'....that qualifies me as a card carrying member......

 

When I purchased my 09 RKC I pulled out of the dealer building and drove towards the main street as people were honking their horns at me, thought they were congratulating me. It turns out I was heading the wrong way on a one way entrance, hehe. Talk about feelng lke an idiot..

 

Since were all fessing up...came out of the choke and puke one day and got all dressed up and ready to roll when I remembered I hadn't put my ear phones in...wellllllllll bike was running...kick stand was up...I stand up to pull the ear phones outta my pocket and ...ok lesson to all...never try and balance your scoot with you legs while you got both hands above ya shoulders....down Da King went...had a restaurant full of people to witness it too...went down on the left side crash bars...(call then engines guards if crash bar scares ya) sooooooooo I"m gonna show my audience how a "real biker" picks up his ride all by himself....what Motorman Jerry never told you in Ride Like a Pro is this...if it's in neutral all your gonna do is slid it around a bit ( it was on a bit of an incline)...finally had to submit to the ultimate humiliation of asking for help...oh the shame....