Coulda used this post this morning. Up at 6am for a ride before the rest of the family was up. But our sloped driveway is a little narrow for two cars plus a channel down the middle (for getting the bike from the garage to the street), and my wife's car was too close to the center, so the channel was narrow. Certainly I could have moved my wife's car, but that would have involved going back into the house and getting the keys, which I felt in no mood to do. So I tried to back down through the channel, but couldn't turn sharp enough, and sort of got stuck on my wife's car's bumper. Here I could have started the engine and rode uphill to get re-oriented and go down the channel straight. But I didn't want to start the engine, as it I was right under the bedroom window and might have woken her. So I tried to push it uphill with my legs, which worked for at least one step. When I pushed forward with the left leg, I ended up leaning the bike to the right, and it soon toppled over. Although I once saved my Buell Blast when it got that extended lean angel, no luck here. The extra hundred pounds did me in, and it landed. Couldn't lift it on my own, and had to wait for the wife to help me. By that time, the window of opportunity was blown, and couldn't get out today. Bummer. Thankfully, the Moto frame slider took the brunt of the fall, and a bit of bending on the rear brake pedal. I'm hoping taking that off, hamering it back into shape, and re-installing it is as simple as it appears.
