Any body static dropped their bike (yet)?

[rem]

Will the crash bars get here and get installed, before I drop this bike in my garage?

Murphy dictates not. And Murphy is almost always right. I'm glad to hear that the "gravity well" is more widespread than south Whitehorse. I guess bike dropping could become an international rage, sort of like cow tipping. R

 

[~TABASCO~]

That sort of REMinds me of me .... except in the parking lot. R

Thats not good.......

 

[rem]

I was a gen-u-ine local attraction when I had my KLR. I should have charged admission. R

 

[Spider]

Just wondering if anyone has static dropped their bike (eg, foot slips at a stop and down it goes), what type of production did you bike have at the time, and what was the damage.

The day after I bought mine up a couple of weeks ago I headed out on a 600 mile loop, pouring rain, stopped on a dirt road to get a bug out of my helmet and it went over on the left side (I cant flat foot it, and was stopped on a slope). Damage: That long tang sticking out from where the spring connects to the sidestand bent (even though the sidestand was up), and broke off when I straightened it out. But it doesnt seem to have any function so no big deal. The bad part is that I dented the tank where my wallet in my back pocket was pressing on it when I lifted the bike back up. Havent figured out how to fix that yet.

 

[PVC]

I dropped it last weekend at the red lights... got out of balance when my foot slipped when I practically stoppied... :-[ got it up alone, ::002:: hurt my back and my ego, little scrapes on the right case, steer guard and the engine guard. O Nothing really to cry about but my friggin' back,... :-X

::003::

 

[Brntrt]

I was a gen-u-ine local attraction when I had my KLR. I should have charged admission. R

Ha ha, yea if you even look at a KLR wrong it falls over.

 

[biting_point]

i just static dropped mine on monday..!

i think i forgotten to engage the side stand, else it was not over the centre..
i just lean it to left and too late to realise that side stand it up..

so it just slowly goes into slumber..
with half tank full, 3 med sized guys manage to lift it up easily..

no significant damages, except for the bend side stand tip and gear shifter..
they are being bend back into position using a plug removal tool and a spanner..
after going thru all the panels and parts, i was quite surprised that no scratches to any part whatsoever..

 

[troll]

"highly controlled circumstances" I'll try to remember that as it's going down. Mine hasn't , yet O
But I cannot hold back. Troll did his in 1st or 2nd day :exclaim:

Pat is right on this one. I think I might have been the first North American owner to admit to dropping my SupaT. If the hand guards had not rolled on the bars... got a very small dimple on the left side of the tank.

tall bike, short legs, pea gravel and a sloping driveway. got it out of the way on the first day - hasn't been over since... ::26::

 

[hayfarmer]

Dropped mine after a long trip and was dehydrated and not thinking straight . Tried to catch it while still sitting on it and pulled a hamsting muscle as it went down.
Pulled myself out from underneath and lifted it up using one leg ( the adrenalin had cut in , and I was embarrased).
I hobbled around for the next week till my leg healed and vowed next time I would let it fall and not try to stop it. Its easier to lift than to try and stop it falling once its on its way.

Still love this bike

Brian