What a Donut !

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I can’t believe it. I got home last night, opened the garage, drove the bike in, switched it off, steering lock on, got off the bike…whoops … forgot to put the bl**dy side stand down !!! What a prat ! The bike fell over and pinned me against the wall by the bar end on my hand. Luckily (but not for my hand) the bike didn’t touch the floor or anything else. The whole weight of the bike was on my knuckle , and a cold knuckle at that !! It hurt like crazy. Anyway, I could’nt move or even lift the bike. I was trapped !! I shouted for my wife who was inside the house bathing the kids - she could’nt hear me. So I managed to get my phone with my other hand and call her - she didn’t answer - bathing the kids !! So I kept on beeping the horn. Eventually after about 10 minutes she realised that I wasn’t in yet and came to look for me. Somehow we got the bike upright and all was well.

So here I am nursing a sore hand today wondering if I am truly the only nob who has ever forgotten to put the kick stand down? Anyone else done anything similar - dropped the bike at a junction or somewhere equally embarrasing ??

Could this be the start of a new club…

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No you are not the only one, there is another thread on here, I think with a poll that shows how many times people have dropped their bikes, including not putting their stands down

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Ahhhhhhh, I feel better now knowing I am not alone in side stand shamesville !!!

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Haha, that’ll teach you! :hehe:

yeah, its happened to a few people on here. At least youre both ok. :smiley:

Hope your hand gets better soon!

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Years ago when I used to run around on Vespa’s and Lambretta’s I once fell over at traffic lights because I forgot to put my feet down.

Just had a compleate blond moment :smiley:

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hehe dont worry mate, think everyone has been there done that :slight_smile: although like the knuckle part, good added value touch :slight_smile:

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Just remembered I had another one about 3 months ago.

Pulled up in a petrol station to check my map. Was parked downhill, side stand down and in neutral.

As I went to put my gloves on one fell off the tank, instead of getting off the bike I tried to lean over to get it.

Foot off rear break, bike rolled forward, side stand flipped up.

Result bike falls over I do a forward roll and a petrol station of cagers all having a laugh at me :doze:

Luckily there was a nice courier there, who between pissing himself laughing, helped pick me and the bike up.

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I suppose in looking back it was quite funny. The story gets a little better as I failed to mention that whilst I was trapped my wife had jumped in the shower after bathing the kids. When she eventually heard my cries for help she ran down in just her towell to help me. Luckily for her when helping pull the bike off me her towell didn’t fall off !! Imagine that - man pinned to wall speared by motorcycle with a naked lady manhandling his motorbike !! Oh god, could have been even more embarrassing !!!:smiley:

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Nice one buttonmonkey, my brother did that once at a petrol station. But he had just filled his bike up with petrol & before he could get the cap on the bike went down. On this occasion everyone on the forecourt stood and laughed at him (but didn’t help him) as his Belstaffs were completely soaked with fuel as he tried to catch the bike and stand it up. He stunk of petrol for ages after !!

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Oh yes. Got pinned under my bike at petrol station in Spain :blush: and so very nearly caused a domino effect at work once :blush: both sisdesatnd blonde moments.

Haha gotta laugh at them afterwards tho.

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Your story made me laff (sorry) but we all drop bikes, you just dropped it on you!!

Glad there is no damage. I managed to not put my side stand down properly – the bike stood there for about 3 minutes before collapsing. Gravity can be very, very irritating sometimes! :slight_smile: