Note to self........

[SullyUK]

Well after fitting my Puig Touring Screen and Touratech Adjustable windscreen mount I thought I would just take a quick ride out to see if I could get a good setting to reduce the buffeting issue I am experiencing (6'2 rider). I was enjoying some great country roads here in the Scottish Borders taking regular stops to make the minor adjustments on the screen position when I decided to do a quick u turn in the entrance to somebodies house so I could reuse a good piece of straight road to get up to speed.......when for some reason still unknown to me (I have spent a lifetime riding sports bikes so don't be to harsh) I thought I could do a feet up turn, but unfortunately too late I realised there was a positive camber to the entrance and alas before I knew it I was down on the floor :'(

Thankfully the OEM engine bars and Givi panniers meant there was minimal damage to my newly acquired bike (I have already repaired the said areas with light sanding and black plastic dye) BUT hey even after 37 years of riding it was a lesson learnt!!!! Being a 25 year veteran I still like to keep myself fit which I did appreciate when dead lifting the S10!!

Thankfully it wasn't on a crowded high street or busy road..... oooh the shame of it!

Jason

::021::

 

[Madhatter]

to be stupid in front of an audience now that's were real fear comes in.... glad your ok.... your pride , well........

 

[SullyUK]

Lol well thankfully I'm not to proud to say every ride is a lesson! Last time I dropped my bike was back in 1995 so I have to admit it was shock. :-[

 

[Ramseybella]

I look at it this way, I'm old enough to know and I'm old enough to not know..
Life.
Just another day in paradise. ::012::

 

[Boris]

Do you have the winglets on your bike? These for me made a massive improvement with buffeting and general wind noise.

 

[Jeff Milleman]

I did the same thing in N.C. , turning on a up hill road i was going to slow and just fell over . No one was around to see ( good thing)but lifting it back up ,up hill, where's the help ? Adrenalin pumping I picked that s10 up with a little grunt. All the years of riding things happen ,just glade its no bone breaking little things. ::008::

 

[SullyUK]

Do you have the winglets on your bike? These for me made a massive improvement with buffeting and general wind noise.

I will try those next, thanks for the suggestion its appreciated!

 

[Madhatter]

winglets are a must have on the tenere

 

[yoyo]

I also found mirror extenders help too, M&P do them for about £10.

Glad to hear there was no major damage to you or the bike.

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[Squibb]

Easily done, just glad you are OK.

Last time I managed it, was a full lock right hand turn on an FJR. We were 2-up, the engine was cold & just seemed to stumble, then cut unexpectedly, at the wrong moment. There was no holding the bike on full lock; with a slight lean, the fork angles involved just seem to work against me & literally flicked us off. Embarrassing, but I guess s..t happens for all of us occasionally.

 

[Xclimation]

Pretty sure a majority have done this during a low speed tight turn or U-turn. I wouldn't necessarily look at how much experience one has but more how tall and slightly more top heavy compared to other bikes. Myself, came from riding cruisers and being 5' 10". I've done it on a Uturn when I was thinking ahead beyond the uturn didn't recover. But experience taught you not to plant your foot...or else your foot/leg.....

 

[WJBertrand]

Happens to us all. My most embarrassing moment was while entering the parking area on the infield area of the track at Laguna Seca. Totally crowded with fans walking, riding to and from their parking spots and officials directing traffic. One official told me to go one way and then the next pointed me the opposite way. This necessitated a quick foot jab, only problem was that my wife on the back did the same thing except she put her foot directly on top of mine. That split second timing when I could not move my foot as expected caused me to lose balance and down we went - almost. A quick reacting parking official and a couple of other kind folks caught us just in time. No harm, no foul and wifey got another reminder to always keep her feet on the pegs!

 

[hobdayd]

Years ago, wearing jeans over boots...went to put foot down at petrol station and caught jeans in peg...could not put foot down but bike weight already transferred. You can guess what happened next. Now I never have excess gap trousers to boot and always think about moving foot further away from peg when putting foot down!

 

[Mark R.]

I've probably dropped my ST 100 times in the dirt. She's a heavy old gal !!!

Mark R.
Albuquerque, NM

 

[Sierra1]

Pretty sure a majority have done this during a low speed tight turn or U-turn. I wouldn't necessarily look at how much experience one has....

::026:: on everybody doing it at one time or another. "Experience" is a relative term. Most of us do not practice or have the experience to be comfortable in slow, tight, bar lock turns. Linked/unified brakes don't help the matter. Slow speed and front braking will often put you down. The SUPER Tenere's "rear only" braking is one of my favorite thing about her. (as long as you apply the rear first) Turn tight, trail the back brake, smooth as silk. ;D

 

[2daMax]

Before I got my first big bike, I was warned by a friend on the U-turn thing because it happened to him. So I had a pre-warning and was always very careful with U-turns. But I have cases with the side stand not fully down and cause the bike to fall (Versys 650) and a case of mis-timed throttle up and clutch (fixed by the 1/2 turn out airscrew) that killed the engine and forgot that I wasn't on Neutral and tried to turn it away from traffic and that sudden stop surprised me. Yeap, drop it in front of traffic. Thought was never going to get the S10 up but manage to lift it up.

 

[Sierra1]

....Yeap, drop it in front of traffic....

Nothing like a crowd watching to make you stronger.

 

[Ramseybella]

Happens to us all. My most embarrassing moment was while entering the parking area on the infield area of the track at Laguna Seca. Totally crowded with fans walking, riding to and from their parking spots and officials directing traffic. One official told me to go one way and then the next pointed me the opposite way. This necessitated a quick foot jab, only problem was that my wife on the back did the same thing except she put her foot directly on top of mine. That split second timing when I could not move my foot as expected caused me to lose balance and down we went - almost. A quick reacting parking official and a couple of other kind folks caught us just in time. No harm, no foul and wifey got another reminder to always keep her feet on the pegs!

Isn't it always when you are acting like the cool experienced rider of the universe with a nice shiny cool looking ride.
When total embarrassment happens in front of other cool looking experienced riders of the universe?
It's like taking a pee off the side of the interstate trying to be at least incognito in a state you will never pass again, and think. "No one will care I'm just another guy on the Interstate i wont see these people again".
A motor home passes and honks knowing they see me pissing, you think Pift whatever..
Then a hundred miles later you stop at a Love's or something to get gas and the same motor home that you passed into obscurity pulls up at the pump next to you.
And the person has this shit eating grin close to saying something look as they take to the pump...
This is a true story happened in Oklahoma I-40.
If we all cared what people thought all the time we be nervous wrecks. :'(

Love the stories so far keep them coming..

 

[Checkswrecks]

How many of us have done a really long ride, pulled up to the gas pump, and forgotten to put a foot down?
::010::

 

[Don in Lodi]

Years ago, wearing jeans over boots...went to put foot down at petrol station and caught jeans in peg...could not put foot down but bike weight already transferred. You can guess what happened next. Now I never have excess gap trousers to boot and always think about moving foot further away from peg when putting foot down!

Something popular is to have the pant leg get blown up and over the drive line shield effectively locking your leg in place. If your brain works quick enough to get an extra eight inch knee jerk done, all that you get is a bobble and a racing heart beat, otherwise gravity is a bitch. As you get thrown across the pavement your leg comes free and you have no idea what froze your leg in place. All the aftermarket shields prevent this scenario. Otherwise a drill and a couple zip-ties to the frame will prevent it as well.