Bought a new bike in June, been riding it almost everyday (when the weather allows for it) and haven’t had any oopsies with it. I have about 3100km on the odometer.
I pull into my garage and it’s a tight fit between my kayak and my car and I guess the ground was a bit too slippery or maybe I overturned (or both) and next thing I know my bike is tipping to the right and I’m not able to stop it.
I guide it down but it’s 414lbs and I am a small guy most days so it falls on my surron, knocks that over too. Fortunately nothing got super damaged and I was able to quickly turn off the engine and the bike.
My first thought was “I’ve broken the brake lever and my mirror I’m fucked”. Second was “how am I going to lift this when the hot side is down???”
Fortunately and to my surprise, the bike was quite easy to pick up. I’ve never picked up a downed bike ever. My feet slipped a bit as I was pushing but I got it back upright without a struggle.
My mirror seemed to absorb most of the impact and it just unscrewed so I screwed it back into place and readjusted. Test front and back brake and they work fine and no sign of damage.
I don’t even have any scratches. I guess maybe the foot peg also took some force. I’m a lucky dude and I feel very dumb even though it’s a guarantee one drops the bike at least once. Just waiting for the adrenaline to calm down. 😆
Why did the bike lay down? It was two tired!
Better it happened at home and slow speed than on the road, but for sure it’s an adrenaline inducing event nevertheless.
When I was taking lessons I dropped the driving school’s bike like 4 times, broke a peg too. I have no prior experience with mopeds etc and the bike I was using was slightly too large for me to handle comfortably when learning to ride. I soon bought myself a fitting bike and finished the lessons & test on it, no problem. Since then I’ve dropped it twice, first one was when I was moving it to winter storage after the first season and it was parked on the road where I had to take an instant tight turn when leaving the spot. Weather was already quite cold and I didn’t wait for the bike to warm up properly, so the bike stalled mid turn and I fell. Last summer I tipped the bike when parking on a sand road. I got off the bike, put it on stand, the stand is a bit wonky and moved and sunk into the soft sand and I also had camping gear on the bike so it just went. That time the plugs got wet and had to clean them before the bike agreed to start and also the casing for meters took some damage. This summer I had a close call when waiting at the lights, there was sand on the asphalt that I didn’t notice and when I was shifting weight, feet on the ground, my other foot started slipping. Thankfully it was a near miss this time.
As long as you don’t get hurt too bad everything else can be fixed or replaced!
Man after this you must hate sand.
Now that you mentioned it I also got sand inside the engine once when doing some repairs. I guess sand and the bike have a beef going!
Do you live on a beach or desert or something??? 🤣 how is this sand getting there
🤣 one might think water would be the no.1 enemy here in the land of a thousand lakes!
As an old motorcyclist, fuck sand.
One of my bikes is tall - I look hard at where I’m stopping now. It’s taught me some lessons.
I love riding on sand with my Surron. I couldn’t imagine doing the same with a heavier gas bike.