Has your bike ever hit the ground?

[sfcali86]

never downed some close ones though

 

[SovietRobot]

Dropped it once or twice in the beginning. Caused by stalling and wearing a new leather jacket(arms couldn't move as much)

 

[Denver_FZ6]

I has a scooter a while back that I laid down to transport :spank: , but that really doesn't count.

Correct, unless it was the pavement! :rockon:

Bought mine used, has few scratches on fairing, so someone (

) slipped up during it's first year.

 

[Crotalus]

I hadn't had it a full week and was pushing through my yard, in grass when I lost control and dropped it. The fall broke off the turn signal stalk up front. It actually suffered scratches to the mirror it went so far over!! I now have flush mount turn signals up front.

 

[bluenova]

Yes, but the snow protected it

 

[dantow]

yes got shunted off by a car lane changing without checking blindspot doing around 70kph(45mph). only $700 cosmetic damage, torn knee ligaments and a hole through my riding boot and foot. draggin jeans prevented skin grafts though, so i'll never ride in shorts and tshirt. bitch didn't stop so i had to pay myself. hope a truck does the same too her!

 

[segue00]

All my bikes have tipped over at least once and I'm blaming it all on my first bike! I learned riding on a dirt bike with no sidestand and I just let it go to park it.:banghead:

 

[08fz6]

Not this bike, my old mx bikes hit the ground many a time! Knock on wood I have never dropped a street bike. I am extra cautious.

 

[dako81]

Never been down, but your thread probably jinxed me.

 

[Mississippi]

Mine has been down, but not by me. The previous owner it appears dropped it on both sides, or stuff got knocked into it nevertheless.

 

[spock]

Well, after having the bike since december 20 2008 and after 9600kms mine was dropped last sunday afternoon while I was teaching my girl how to ride, in straight line everything ok, but when turning right she got scared of the blacky weight and lost control, the damages were mirror, footpeg, front break lever and givi engine guard scractched, nothing serious at all and fortunately not damages to the girl - she was wearing full face helmet, cortech gloves, tourmaster long boots and icon knee protectors :rockon:

 

[jtarkany]

Dirt bikes, got to be somewhere between 10 and 20, for all kinds of reasons.

FZ6, one time (knock on wood), long haul trip, rider fatigue, pulled into a rest stop, got off of the bike, started to lean it on the stand, and realized I forgot to put the stand down :shakehead:.

 

[LERecords]

once.. and once was more than enough..

 

[abacall]

Not this one. I hope I can keep it that way.

 

[sjryser]

I have come close a couple times backing out of my driveway, but I have yet....nope I'm not going to say it....as soon as I do it will end up sideways!

 

[dean2287]

Correct, unless it was the pavement! :rockon:

Right - I laid it down in the back of a truck, I didn't lay it down on the road and tie a tow rope to it...

 

[arv077]

Twice. Consecutive days. At 0 mph. Same darn mistake! (hopefully learnt a good lesson.)

Kicked the stand, but failed to notice that that side stand had flipped back up to its original position, and nicely let the bike drop to the ground, while watching in horror. Minor scruffs on the engine casing, and left rear-view mirror. HATED myself, when I let it happen again the next day :spank:. This was a week after I got my first ever bike (05' fz6) in this country.

 

[Wavex]

Don't worry, there is time yet...

Thanks, that makes me feel better! :Flip:

Hey Wavex, how many has it been now?

1 totalled bike in France (CB500) + 3 crashes on 2 different FZ6s, which both ended up totalled.

So that's 4 crashes and 3 totalled bikes... :spank: Never broke a bone though... touch some wood.

 

[04fizzer]

Now that you've jinxed us all...

I vote no, because it's never technically touched pavement. However, it did end up horizontal once when loading it into my truck. The front wheel slipped on the ramp, and fell over, but the ramp caught it, and it never touched the ground. Scared the crap out of me though.

 

[gearheadstu]

Yep, unfortunately.

One morning as I was preparing to leave, I dropped a glove off the right side of the bike while I was already astride the bike with the sidestand up.

Being a colossal dumbass and woefully undercaffeinated at that point, I thought I could bend down far enough to pick it up.

...And I did!

As I came back upright, I guess momentum carried me too far and the bike went slowly over onto its left side. Seriously, it took probably 15 or 20 seconds to go fully down. I fought it the whole way, and nearly won a few times. There is a minute scrape on the case and on the left mirror.

These days, I finish gearing up before I start to mount up. :spank: