Newbie mistake

[Recurveit]

I am new to street bikes and I did the classic. Dropped my bike in my yard. I'm still getting used to the weight and height. Hopefully I dont do that on the road

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[Sierra1]

What's that old saying....there's those that have, and those that say they haven't, are liars? She's not a light bike....until you get her moving....and then she loses 200lbs.

 

[WJBertrand]

BTDT!

 

[vgazer]

I dropped mine while pulling off on a gravel turnout; slope was steeper then I thought. As I was picking it up, it fell over on the other side. So technically, I've dropped mine twice.

 

[Nir]

Dropped mine the day I put the plate on it. Little too eager on the clutch from a starting right. First bike I've ever dropped, but luckily it didn't scratch much.

 

[RogerRZ]

"A Guy I know" has dropped his in a rock pile, in a couple of mud holes, in his garage, filling out IBA paperwork at the gas island (in front of 50 people)... If you ride long enough, you'll end um like me, um, that guy... ;-)

 

[wjfawb0]

I still haven't dropped a street bike. I get all of that out of my system on the WR250R in the woods.

 

[Madhatter]

in seven years I never dropped my tenere ,dropped twice on the white rim trail , if your going to drop it for the first time that's the way to do it..... it was a sand induced crash(x2) , so not really a drop.... so I think I am still good..... never dropped any bike or crashed except off road.

 

[Madhatter]

P.S. had a few close calls because of slippery footing a time or to . but no street drops , so far.

 

[2talltoo]

I ONCE DROPPED MINE ON MY SLIGHTLY SLOPED DRIVEWAY. I TORE MY HAMSTRING MUSCLING THE BIKE NOT BALANCING IT. QUICK STING IN THE BACK OF THE THIGH AND BAM IT WAS DOWN.

 

[EricV]

ADV bikes in general take more naps than other 'street' bikes. My first S10 took lots of naps. Getting used to the big girl and doing a U-turn on a gravel sloped, off camber road I mis-judged the need for throttle and stalled it, over she went. Much more comically, I stopped to take a picture on the side of the road, but wanted to angle the shot backwards. My right foot wouldn't touch the ground due to a large drop off from the pavement of about 6". Left foot planted on the paved road. Wife stopped to see what I was up to, I told her to go on ahead and I'd catch up. The moment she left comm range, I dumped the bike over on the right, upside down in tall sloping grass. No damage except to my ego. Got the picture though! Picking the bike up was a careful exercise by myself. A good slip and I'd be down slope about 20 yards quickly. Managed to get it done w/o hurting myself. Wife was quite a ways down the road before I caught up to her...

 

[bigbob]

Drop my Ténéré? Never. Now take pity on her hauling my fat ass and let her have a nap. Several naps.

Actually not a drop but buried the back tire. While waiting for help she took a nap all by herself.

 

[Checkswrecks]

Knew it was not going to come out well when the trailer passed me. . .

 

[Xclimation]

Yeppers....dropped mine a couple or few times....

 

[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

There should be a separate post for pictures of napping bikes
Dropped my old dirt bike as a kid, broke both collar bones in separate incidences. Man I loved that old Honda...

 

[dannyv]

Dropped mine in a big old mud puddle, in the first 2500 miles. Sorry, no picts, my Lumix camera was in my pocket.

 

[Tenman]

several times

 

[Recurveit]

Glad I'm not alone

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[White19]

Twice in one day
Sand

 

[SeaBass]

I am new to street bikes and I did the classic. Dropped my bike in my yard. I'm still getting used to the weight and height. Hopefully I dont do that on the road

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I've come from a tiny CB650F so of course, second day I rode to my workplace, trying to straighten the bike on the parking spot, I did not notice the side-stand was no longer fully deployed (was still down, but not locked) so as it gained weight, there she went, first instinct is to try and catch her but it is heavy as heck! so I had not other option than to get out of the way and let the crash bars do their job.

There are two kinds of bikers, those who dropped their bikes and those who will drop their bikes. It will happen to everyone and more than once.

I do hate zero speed drops as they are confidence busters, but shit happens. Be thankful the bike has not gotten any damage.