Any embarrassing motorcycle moments?

Yamerhaw · 12-10-2008, 01:10 PM

me and a couple of friends worked on a old honda hurricane for 3 days trying to get it to run, so after 3 days somebody flips the kill switch to the "on" position and it fires right up!

Papa_Complex · 12-10-2008, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yamerhaw

me and a couple of friends worked on a old honda hurricane for 3 days trying to get it to run, so after 3 days somebody flips the kill switch to the "on" position and it fires right up!

OK, that's classic

Right up there with when a buddy thought that his bike had died, until someone turned the petcock to reserve

azoomm · 12-11-2008, 01:19 PM

How did I miss this thread??

I once fell over on a HUGE ride that I planned and I was leading... 40+ riders. Me, on the ground.

DLIT · 12-11-2008, 08:13 PM

I had my girl on the back and we stopped at red Lobster for a bite. She got off the bike, I put the stand down and got off. I didn't realize until I got off that the stand was only half way down. So the bike started to fall over and I caught right at the point where it was too much to finish picking it up myself. It caught me off-guard and I wasn't positioned right to pick it up. So I'm sitting there with the bike leaning on me and my girl's just looking at me. So I throw out an innocent "help".

Mr Lefty · 12-11-2008, 08:23 PM

oh I forgot one...

I was loading my bike in the back of my truck... and decided to ride up the ramp out of my garage... well the ramp slid back and fell on the ground... but I kept the bike up... so I tried again... only this time I backed my truck closer to the garage and used the lip of the garage floor to stop the ramp from sliding back...

only I didn't figure that going up the ramp sitting on the bike I'd be too tall... so as I'm riding I figure this out... go to lean over and put my foot through one of the holes in the ramp (ladder style atv ramp) and so here's me... leg through the ramp... bike on top of me... hang'n off the side of the ramp... had to slide the bike over (scratch'n the fairings) so I could squeeze my leg out... then stand the bike back up... and try again...

I'm retarded

was92v · 12-11-2008, 08:25 PM

There are so many I wouldn't know where to start...but my post over in the "How many times have you crashed" thread is one of them for sure.

was92v · 12-11-2008, 08:38 PM

There was one time that feeling lucky may be stronger than embarrassed. One evening when I was young and very dumb, I was riding through town after consuming a few to many beers (drunk as a fish is what I was) and made a right turn in front of the police station. It must have been shift change or something, but there were about 15 or 20 cops standing in front of the building and next to the street. I wheeled around the corner and crashed the fuck out of myself, right there in front of all those Cops. I got up and looked over at them expecting to get hauled in. Most, if not all of them were laughing their asses off, like doubled over laughing. I just shrugged, like WTF, and any that weren't laughing before, were then.
I picked the bike up, kicked it over, and rode away shaking my head.
I decided that embarrassment still beat the shit out of a night in the poke.

Dnyce · 12-11-2008, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DLIT

I had my girl on the back and we stopped at red Lobster for a bite. She got off the bike, I put the stand down and got off. I didn't realize until I got off that the stand was only half way down. So the bike started to fall over and I caught right at the point where it was too much to finish picking it up myself. It caught me off-guard and I wasn't positioned right to pick it up. So I'm sitting there with the bike leaning on me and my girl's just looking at me. So I throw out an innocent "help".

that reminded me of the movie the fly- "help me" lol

12-10-2008, 01:10 PM	#1
Yamerhaw Country Boy Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hicktown in NC Moto: 07 R1 Posts: 797	me and a couple of friends worked on a old honda hurricane for 3 days trying to get it to run, so after 3 days somebody flips the kill switch to the "on" position and it fires right up! __________________ “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

12-11-2008, 01:19 PM	#3
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	How did I miss this thread?? I once fell over on a HUGE ride that I planned and I was leading... 40+ riders. Me, on the ground. __________________ We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "smart"? Come Play at the Track!! http://www.elitetrackdays.com

12-11-2008, 08:13 PM	#4
DLIT Clit Commander Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Moto: 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S Posts: 4,189	I had my girl on the back and we stopped at red Lobster for a bite. She got off the bike, I put the stand down and got off. I didn't realize until I got off that the stand was only half way down. So the bike started to fall over and I caught right at the point where it was too much to finish picking it up myself. It caught me off-guard and I wasn't positioned right to pick it up. So I'm sitting there with the bike leaning on me and my girl's just looking at me. So I throw out an innocent "help". __________________ Dress for the crash. Not the ride.

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12-11-2008, 08:23 PM	#5
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	oh I forgot one... I was loading my bike in the back of my truck... and decided to ride up the ramp out of my garage... well the ramp slid back and fell on the ground... but I kept the bike up... so I tried again... only this time I backed my truck closer to the garage and used the lip of the garage floor to stop the ramp from sliding back... only I didn't figure that going up the ramp sitting on the bike I'd be too tall... so as I'm riding I figure this out... go to lean over and put my foot through one of the holes in the ramp (ladder style atv ramp) and so here's me... leg through the ramp... bike on top of me... hang'n off the side of the ramp... had to slide the bike over (scratch'n the fairings) so I could squeeze my leg out... then stand the bike back up... and try again... I'm retarded

12-11-2008, 08:25 PM	#6
was92v Nowhere Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 558	There are so many I wouldn't know where to start...but my post over in the "How many times have you crashed" thread is one of them for sure.

12-11-2008, 08:38 PM	#7
was92v Nowhere Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 558	There was one time that feeling lucky may be stronger than embarrassed. One evening when I was young and very dumb, I was riding through town after consuming a few to many beers (drunk as a fish is what I was) and made a right turn in front of the police station. It must have been shift change or something, but there were about 15 or 20 cops standing in front of the building and next to the street. I wheeled around the corner and crashed the fuck out of myself, right there in front of all those Cops. I got up and looked over at them expecting to get hauled in. Most, if not all of them were laughing their asses off, like doubled over laughing. I just shrugged, like WTF, and any that weren't laughing before, were then. I picked the bike up, kicked it over, and rode away shaking my head. I decided that embarrassment still beat the shit out of a night in the poke.