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FourQ -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/13/2009 4:17:52 AM)
Aye, gravel rash isn't funny. Still, stupidity has a way of finding harm.

sirsholly -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/13/2009 5:39:30 AM)
quote: My wife can't believe I'm OK...she has her own bike. Of course, I was really pissed that I had to ride bitch the way home. Your wife made you ride bitch? thats pretty sad [:)]

Vendaval -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/13/2009 2:23:07 PM)
A few people out there are on the Darwin Awards runner-ups list. [;)] quote: ORIGINAL: FourQ Aye, gravel rash isn't funny. Still, stupidity has a way of finding harm.

Crush -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/13/2009 3:08:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Saratov Ummm... Is your name really 'Crush' or did you misspell Crash? [sm=couch.gif] It should have been "Lucky" ;)

Crush -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/13/2009 3:13:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sirsholly quote: My wife can't believe I'm OK...she has her own bike. Of course, I was really pissed that I had to ride bitch the way home. Your wife made you ride bitch? thats pretty sad [:)] Naw, on a buddie's bike....wife never takes a rider and wouldn't ride with me ;)

Crush -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/13/2009 3:21:16 PM)
Lizi, Yeah, I still ride. Actually, I ride to work every day (about 50 miles round trip) except for really bad weather. I probably get 20k+ miles a year on my motorcycle. As for my "flight" off the bike, it was my own damn fault for riding a bike I wasn't familiar with...I was just lucky it was very cold and I was bundled up so well. I was "dressed for the slide, not for the ride." Have you ever seen chaps? No leather down there in the middle...lets 'em hang out free and easy. Believe me, when you are going down, those suckers jump up inside as quickly as possible! Reminds me of the time Mrs. C came home and I was wearing just the vest and the chaps..oops, wrong thread... There are two kinds of bikers: Those that have been down and those that will go down. FourQ...dang, man!

slutslave4u -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/13/2009 3:56:54 PM)
Back when I was not even 10 years old, my father had purchased a small honda mini bike for myself and my 3 brothers. Now being that we are all very close in age, say maybe 8-11 or so and none of us had ever riden before father was going to "teach" his boys the proper and safe way to ride these machines (or so he put it anyway) as was the deal he had made with mother before making such a purchase. So he is on this trail bike that barely looks like it is able to hold him as it was a mini bike and he being a full grown adult, taking off doing circles around our large back yard. With all 4 of his boys sitting SAFE on the porch steps watching him as he circles around and around time after time and is yelling out to us how to do this and that while riding. All the while repeatedly saying how he wants us all to be SAFE when riding. He starts getting a little bolder and faster as he continues to "demonstrate" to all of us the "proper" and "safe" way of riding and respecting such a machine. All of a sudden he comes around and as he gets even with us while passing he yells out "this is how you pop a wheely boys" and at that time the front end does come up off the ground, he is riding it very well. Only he forgets that the back yard is only so far and by the time he drops it back down he slams into a chain link fence and is simply laying there screaming in agony for help. Mother comes out the back door seeing the bike and our father laying on the ground, the engine still racing on and father screaming out, she is now yelling out "what in the world is going on out here?". All 4 of us boys are simply sitting there , none of us had moved at all. She is screaming at us "what is going on out here?" I looked up at her and answered....."Oh nothing mom, dad's just showing us how to SAFELY ride it before we can take our turns". Well needless to say after the trip to the local hospital did I get an ass whipping for that one, and dad....well, he had broke a few ribs and a hand out of it.

FourQ -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/13/2009 5:22:03 PM)
Crush, What do you expect from someone who agrees to his son having a middle name of Ogri? [;)]

igor2003 -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/13/2009 5:55:42 PM)
I don't really know that this would be considered a "mishap", but hopefully it will at least be interesting. I got my first bike when I was 13. It was a used Suzuki 80 trail bike that ran good, but the lights didn't work. We lived in the country on the edge of high country desert so I did a lot of trail riding on it, but also did a lot of backroad riding as well since county mounty patrols were few and far between. Directly across the road from us was an 80 acre plumb orchard where recently a mother bear with two cubs had been seen. (A harsh summer had driven a lot of the animals to lower areas to find food). One afternoon I stopped at a friends house, about a mile from home. We whiled away the afternoon and ended up playing basketball well into the evening. Finally I was ready to head for home. I pulled out of their driveway and away from their yard lights and realized what a problem I had. Normally there was enough starlight or moonlight to at least be able to see where the road was. Not tonight. All I could see was a slight gleam on the handlebars. I had to stay in first gear and drag my feet to be able to find my way down the road. If my left foot started dragging in gravel instead of pavement I knew I needed to move to the right. If my right foot hit gravel I knew I had to move back to the left. That part didn't bother me too much. The thing most on my mind that night was...when was I going to run into that bear!

FourQ -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/14/2009 3:58:22 AM)
Brilliant Igor. Daft, but brilliant. Then again, I'm in no position to comment after some of the daft things I've done in the past. I'd forgotten to charge the battery on the little bike after a bimble with the lads. Not realising that the alternator had blown, I'd kick started the bike and away I went. I didn't realise that the light was equivalent to three or four candlepower until I was already on the more direct route - country lanes. Fortunately my sight is good enough to see where I'm going but didn't dare go more than 30ish. The next pay cheque bought a new alternator but by that time the battery was screwed. Believe me, stalling a cold bike with no battery at night is less than clever - everything goes off, indicators, lights, the lot!

Crush -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/14/2009 7:22:24 AM)
LOL, FourQ....well, there is that ;) My little old CB 125 was a great bike, but it too didn't like to sit and idle...the headlight would go dim. I kicked up the idle and all was OK, but it did drop my mileage from 80mpg to 75mpg. I loved that bike. Cost me $25. I replaced the gas tank with one from the KZ900 I was working on..now it looked like an ant. I fixed the broken light stalks with PVC and zip ties. Rebuilt the carb. Put in a new battery. New spark plug. Covered the seat with some marine vinyl...black of course! Replaced the tires and greased the chain. Definitely 3rd world..but the sucker ran like a champ. Could get to 60 mph on it, if I kissed the tank going downhill! The first "ride" on the 125 with my wife was a sight....us decked out in leather and pulling up to our local biker bar. Lotta laughs...and a lot of respect ;)

vokator -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/17/2009 12:10:33 PM)
went bush bashing with my brother and we came to a big hill in the middle of the trail; being about 14 or 15 at the time and feeling immortal we gunned our engines and roared up the slope. as we got to the top we discovered it wasn't a hill but a slag heap from an old mine which meant that instead of having a top as such it was straight down all the way from the crest. he managed to stop but it was at this time that i discovered a small problem with my brakes and sailed about a quarter of the way down. to a BIG rock in the middle of the trail. i went straight over the handlebars and, thanks to the steepness of the hill, just kept rolling when i hit the bottom. i lay there for a while, contemplating the blue sky and lucky escapes. my brother thought i had hurt myself so came throttling down the hill, missed the first BIG rock but hit the second BIGGER rock and ended up more or less laying next to me. "Fuck motorcycles!" were his only words about the incident.

GreedyTop -> RE: Silly Motorcycle Mishaps (5/17/2009 5:07:16 PM)
My bike was used, bought from a dealer where it had been put on consignment. When I first got it, I was still a relatively new rider. One evening, as my ex and I were leaving work, we both needed to stop for gas. As the light turned green for us to cross the intersection, I gave a bit of throttle, and next thing I knew I was accelerating faster than I should have been .... aimed right at the gas pumps (where a car was parked). NOW I know to pull in the clutch. THEN what I did was panic,.... I did a rolling dismount... the bike missed the pumps and car, exiting the station, hitting a curb and falling over. I, on the other hand, hit the ground and slid.... whacking my knee on the bumper of the car. My ex rode by me on the way to check my bike, yelling as he passed: "WTF DID YOU JUST DO????" Gee, thanks, sweetheart... I'm fine, thanks for asking..... I got up, and limped over to my bike (my knee already swollen to the size of a grapefruit) and checked the damage. The mirror was gone, minor paint scrapes, the shifter peg was gone, but the lever was bent enough that I could use it. The headlight was wonky, and the handlebars were a wee bit skewed. FInally, Jay asked me if I was ok. Yeah, honey ,lemme get some ice for my knee while we check this out. When I got back out, he asked me what had happened.. I told him the throttle had stuck. HE didnt believe me. Figured I was just too new of a rider, and gave it more throttle than I should have. We did what we could to make it rideable, and went home. About 6 months later we went to our friend John's place. The three of us were gonna go do a lovely afternoon ride. BEtween the first incident and that day, there had been other instances where the throttle had stuck, but I'd never bothered telling Jay because I knew he'd just figure I was too new. Well, when we got to John's.. as we were pulling into his driveway.. all of a sudden I lost ALL throttle control... the cable had snapped!!!!!!!! apparently, the cable had been slowly sawing its way through the elbow it runs through at the handlebars..... VINDICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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