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Dropped, stupidly and it cost me...

cslang775992

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Last night I decided it was a good time to clean the rims, and fill/flush my brakes...out in the driveway. My driveway is paved, so, nice flat stable place to use the centre(Canadian here) stand, brakes were flushed, bled quite successfully. most of the front rim was cleaned up. Decided to take it off the centre stand and roll the bike forward to get the rest. i always take my bikes down from the centre stand while I sit on it, except last night. Stood on the left side and took it off. thought I had a great grip, Sadly I didn't. Bike started to go and I couldn't stop it. Down on the right side... cracked the lower fairing, and broke the tabs where the rubber membrane(not sure what else to call it). So, I ordered a new one and t rex engine guards. Sure it doesn't look like much but it's good and broken. Brakes are great and wheel is clean though...
 

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Yeah, that sucks. First time I dropped mine, I was sick to my stomach. But it happens to practically everyone sooner or later. Hate it for you.
 
I refuse to move it unless I am on it. I took it to an old shop guy one time for cheap tire mounting I think. He snatches the bike up and walks it across a gravel lot, up a hill into the shop and onto a lift. All from the side and not running. Strong dude with great balance I guess.
 
smithr said:
I refuse to move it unless I am on it.
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I can only dream of that. With a 28 inch inseam, I'm not sure there's a bike where I can touch the ground well enough to chance it.

On one of the last times I did that, I was parked outside a Big 5 Sporting Good store. The parking lot was sloped, fairly steeply as far as parking lots go. Well, I was sitting on the bike and rocked it off the centerstand. Unfortunately, it tipped. Would it tip to the left (uphill) side where my foot was close to the ground? N-o-o-o-o-o...it tipped to the right where my foot was dangling several inches off the ground. There was no stopping it by the time that foot touched ground.

:confused::rolleyes::sick: If only I'd been paying better attention when God was handing out the legs to make people tall. Instead I was probably sleeping off in the corner some place and missed out. :D

Chris
 
I've unfortunately dropped mine twice, lately. Muscle loss related to significant weight loss has definitely been a major factor, but one included environmental factor and the other involved fatigue and inattentiveness. The second time should never had happened as I should have secured my bike at work and Uber/Lifted home. I at least made it into my driveway. The problem resulted with not having my bike 90° to the ramp I had constructed to bring the bike up onto the low porch to keep it mostly out of the incoming rain. Live and learn, maybe. Either way, I've got to do something about my leg strength. I may have been able to avoid both instances...just maybe.
 
At a certain lean angle you cannot hold this bike and it will go down. Likely you can slow it down a little to reduce the impact. Are there any crash bars available? I would even consider used ones.
 
At this point, they are not available in Murphs online shop, you can only put them on a whishlist. He might have to collect orders to get a meaningful production run I asume.
 
cslang775992 said:
Down on the right side... cracked the lower fairing, and broke the tabs where the rubber membrane(not sure what else to call it). So, I ordered a new one
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I'll make a prediction...you'll drop it again. It happens unless you're going to have a garage queen that you only look at.

Even on a 250cc scooter, I found that after a certain point, all I could do was to slow it down -- not stop it from falling.

Here's a tip for the next time. The plastics they make fairings from can be repaired on the back side with the solvent/glue they use for plastic plumbing pipes. It'll be a rock solid fix. It won't look pretty, but it'll be on the part no one sees. It might save you some money.

eBay and Amazon Marketplace might be two places to look for the part you're having a problem getting.

Chris
 
That suck Chris, for sure.
Most (if not all) of us have done that, some more than once.
The C10 is more top-heavy than the C14, and I lost count of the times... :rolleyes:
Fortunately, Ibhad Tip-Over bars and a handy plack paint-marker, to touch up the scratches on the bars.
I even had a couple of spectacular drops in front of audiences! Once at a COG RTE where I dropped in front of the picture window where the COG table was...man, I still hear about that one sometimes (Kevin!)
 
Jorge said:
That suck Chris, for sure.
Most (if not all) of us have done that, some more than once.
The C10 is more top-heavy than the C14, and I lost count of the times... :rolleyes:
Fortunately, Ibhad Tip-Over bars and a handy plack paint-marker, to touch up the scratches on the bars.
I even had a couple of spectacular drops in front of audiences! Once at a COG RTE where I dropped in front of the picture window where the COG table was...man, I still hear about that one sometimes (Kevin!)
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Dropping in front of an audience is almost universal. At least you’ll have help picking it up. At this point in my life, pride and embarrassment almost nearly gone.😉
 
I read this and it brought back horrible memories. Back on Friday July 13th, 2007, I trailered one of the very first C14’s home from another state. I rode my new bike around the parking lot and onto the trailer.
Stopped on the way home for a NY state inspection and to register ( and of course pay tax to New York ). Then home bound.
Anyway, I unloaded off the trailer and broke one of my most important rules. I put her on the side stand and left it in neutral. As I walked away to lift the gate on the trailer, she rolled forward on the very slight incline.
I saw it out of the corner of my eye and grabbed the handlebars. But I failed to stop her from falling off the side stand. I road the bike down to the pavement. I quickly lifted her back up onto the stand. But to add insult to injury, as I lifted her, the little rivet on the pocket of my jeans ripped a nice scratch across the fuel tank.
So My first day with one of the very first C14’s wound up with ( if I remember correctly, it was almost 19 years ago). A brand new C14, with ( .2 ) miles on the odometer, and $4,700 worth of damage on it.
And the Friday the 13th curse followed me with a system that would haunt me long into the future. But there was one arguably positive thing that came out of it. I was awarded the very first C14 CDA. For the bike that almost nobody else had yet.
The moral of this not so short story, is that it really sucks for you. And I truly feel terrible for you. But smile because it could be worse. 😊
 
ron203 said:
Dropping in front of an audience is almost universal. At least you’ll have help picking it up. At this point in my life, pride and embarrassment almost nearly gone.😉
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Ah...no.
They all watched, when we went in and sat down they all complimented me on my pick-up technique between laughs.
 
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