Any embarrassing motorcycle moments?

[Smittie61984]

Here is one I did before. I never use the kill switch to turn my bike off. I always use the key because if I don't I usually leave the key in. I let a buddy ride my bike to try it out and when he finished he killed the kill switch and turned the key off. Well I'm fixing to leave (I'm about 50miles from my home) and I turn the bike on. The headlight comes on and I hit the start button. Nothing. I hit it again and I figured I killed my battery somehow.

So I run and try to push it off. Nothing. I run and push it some more. Nothing. I roll it down a hill and let off the clutch. It still wouldn't start. I'm getting pissed at this point (and as Murphy's motorcycle law states. There were girls + friends to view this) and start pushing it up hill to try it one more time. I push it up hill and then notice my kill switch in the off position (After I pushed it up hill of course). I turn it on and the bike starts right up.

[t-homo]

Sorry smittie, i was laughing at you as i read that. My worst was when I was in my garage, i had all of the fairings off, tried putting it on the rearstand on my own (something i have done many times before and since this incident) and the stand wasn't lined up right. I ended up trying to hold my bike with 1 arm with bending over lining up the rear stand. Bike got over too far and I didn't have a great enough grip to stop it completely. Luckily it was a slow fall, but still hurt my pride more than the bike.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Stalled a bunch of times recently... cannot get used to the TLR's clutch...

Stalled a bunch of times in the past...

Fell over at a gas station in Arkansas...

Allowed my week old bike to fall over onto the sidewalk because I didn't have the kickstand completely down...

Nothing really else...

Ok... thought of two more...

The day I got my first street bike I drove back home and had my roommate help me unload it out of the truck behind a shopping plaza that had a good hill. I took off after we got it unloaded and I decided to go for a little ride, going the other way. Prolly a half mile down the road I turn into a residential area and the bike dies. Try to start it and it turns and turns and turns and turns... nothing. MOTHERFUCKER!!! JUST BOUGHT THIS FUCKING THING AND IT"S DEAD!!!! Start pushing it home... maybe 2 miles later... it hits me... "Petcock"... it was in the 'off' position. Turn it on, push the starter, it purrs like a kitten.

A couple years ago I stopped to get gas, knowing that my battery was suspect. Sure enough, hit the button and it turns over once then clickclickclickclick... I push it away from the pumps and a guy who was going in to pay said he'd push... he had a bike and blah, blah, blah... Awesome. So he pushes me, dump the clutch, it starts... I wave and get ready to pull out in traffic... fuckin' stall it. He was kind enough not to call me a dumbass and push started me again.

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Here is one I did before. I never use the kill switch to turn my bike off. I always use the key because if I don't I usually leave the key in. I let a buddy ride my bike to try it out and when he finished he killed the kill switch and turned the key off. Well I'm fixing to leave (I'm about 50miles from my home) and I turn the bike on. The headlight comes on and I hit the start button. Nothing. I hit it again and I figured I killed my battery somehow.

So I run and try to push it off. Nothing. I run and push it some more. Nothing. I roll it down a hill and let off the clutch. It still wouldn't start. I'm getting pissed at this point (and as Murphy's motorcycle law states. There were girls + friends to view this) and start pushing it up hill to try it one more time. I push it up hill and then notice my kill switch in the off position (After I pushed it up hill of course). I turn it on and the bike starts right up.

You shouldn't have said shit, push started it, and acted like a super-hero.

[Phenix_Rider]

Originally Posted by t-rock

Sorry smittie, i was laughing at you as i read that. My worst was when I was in my garage, i had all of the fairings off, tried putting it on the rearstand on my own (something i have done many times before and since this incident) and the stand wasn't lined up right. I ended up trying to hold my bike with 1 arm with bending over lining up the rear stand. Bike got over too far and I didn't have a great enough grip to stop it completely. Luckily it was a slow fall, but still hurt my pride more than the bike.

I did nearly the same thing- I had just finished cleaning my chain, and was letting it down. I must have tried to kick the side stand down and it didn't go all the way, but bounced back. I caught mine by the passenger grab rail, and hauled it upright with one hand. Used the other to get the rearstand in position, then heaved on the grab rail and stand at the same time to get all the way on the stand. I was shaking pretty good after I saw that it wouldn't fall over. Had to step away for a while before I put the side stand down all the way and took it off the rear stand.