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I've ridden cruisers, threw my lot in with liter bikes and experienced the beginning stages of time travel but I finally laid her down, with the Tenere
And my pride is oh so sore. 8)
We pulled into a publix near the end of a ride to load up on some groceries, I have the side cases and top case from Yamaha and my father has a cruiser; so I am on storage duty.
I go to put my kickstand down and I don't know if my pants or boot caught the peg, but the kickstand was in mid motion and snuck back up (sneaky bastard, dunno how he did it ::025:
I was simultaneously leaning the bike as to lean on the kickstand, recipe for disaster.
That's when I got the Oh sh.... feeling as it was leaning over than normal and much as I tried couldn't save it. I did my best to just ease her onto the ground to minimize damage...... in the the publix parking spot. Smooth...
I am a big dude, 6'2 250lbs but when it goes over it just goes and you're along for the ride. Luckily my left side box and stock scratch guard took the brunt of the damage, nothing major just some rubber damage on the box and the scratch guard ding.
I found the bike was alot easier to deadlift back up, I think that was my pride pumping adrenaline to save whatever credibility it had left, so I had extra strength?.
So knock on wood, my first time dropping the bike, and I am glad it was in a parking lot. Pride heals quicker than skin/bones.
Be careful out there!
I've ridden cruisers, threw my lot in with liter bikes and experienced the beginning stages of time travel but I finally laid her down, with the Tenere
And my pride is oh so sore. 8)
We pulled into a publix near the end of a ride to load up on some groceries, I have the side cases and top case from Yamaha and my father has a cruiser; so I am on storage duty.
I go to put my kickstand down and I don't know if my pants or boot caught the peg, but the kickstand was in mid motion and snuck back up (sneaky bastard, dunno how he did it ::025:
I was simultaneously leaning the bike as to lean on the kickstand, recipe for disaster.That's when I got the Oh sh.... feeling as it was leaning over than normal and much as I tried couldn't save it. I did my best to just ease her onto the ground to minimize damage...... in the the publix parking spot. Smooth...
I am a big dude, 6'2 250lbs but when it goes over it just goes and you're along for the ride. Luckily my left side box and stock scratch guard took the brunt of the damage, nothing major just some rubber damage on the box and the scratch guard ding.
I found the bike was alot easier to deadlift back up, I think that was my pride pumping adrenaline to save whatever credibility it had left, so I had extra strength?.
So knock on wood, my first time dropping the bike, and I am glad it was in a parking lot. Pride heals quicker than skin/bones.
Be careful out there!
