How Many Have Dropped A 2 Wheeler?

[Jack Klarich]

Curious to see how many have dropped a 2 wheel bike?

There are 3 categories

#1, those that have

#2, those that will

#3, those that will not admit it

I have dropped a 2 wheeler, it was 1987. I was drinking and forgot to put my feet down @ a stop sign. The plus to this, I didn't do it again and I quit drinking that day. I have been sober since

So how about y'all

 

[rhino 2]

If you ride a two wheeler for Any length of time you dropped it whether you were on your driveway or in the garage or in a parking lot or on a sharp turn you dropped it……

 

[Mykneesbehurtin]

Slid my 750 Honda on its side to a stop after riding to fast over a hill and coming upon stopped traffic back in the mid 70's. Dropped my 98 dresser in the drive when I was standing next to it trying to put the kickstand down by leaning it away from me, plus it was lowered so I had to lean it over more than normal. Other than that I have been event free, so far

 

[trike lady]

For me it was a #1, I had a 1988 blue Electra-glide Classic, didn't drop it in the garage or driveway, no I did manage to go over at a stop sign. Message to self: Put feet down its not a trike, that's what I got for working with too many trikes. My mother's words when she was alive to me were, "turn that into a trike before you hurt yourself with it".

 

[woody]

When I had my Yamaha Venture the ground was to far away and yes I dropped it in the driveway, at a motorcycle resort that was embarrassing but I did like riding that bike.

 

[rhino 2]

I dropped a bike once in a Honda dealers showroom ....The bikes were packed so close together when i was walking between them i tripped over a kickstand and down it went....:blush:....No damage except to my ego....

 

[Zammy]

Never dropped a street bike but many times out adventure riding on the trails, it's inevitable.

 

[PosseRider]

Curious to see how many have dropped a 2 wheel bike?

There are 3 categories

#1, those that have

#2, those that will

#3, those that will not admit it

I have dropped a 2 wheeler, it was 1987. I was drinking and forgot to put my feet down @ a stop sign. The plus to this, I didn't do it again and I quit drinking that day. I have been sober since

So how about y'all

Ain't it the truth !!!! lololol

 

[Uncle Fester]

Dropped my VTX 1300 at the gas station. Just forgot to put down the stand.

 

[wlivin2]

I did once 16 yrs ago it was the day before my first hip replacement going on the last ride for the year cause of replacement as ridden 150 miles and stopped for gas .woman pulled in get of me about 6 inches from my get tire .I got on the bike went to back it up and couldn't hold it up but on the other pump came running but was to late he did help me send it up .Then he went to the woman and ripped her a new one for parking so close to my bike .I bought the man a beer or 2 to thank him

 

[cScjhb]

When I was (much) younger, the 2 wheelers went down lots of times. Riding dirt bikes and enduros, it was expected, or you weren't riding to your capabilities and learning to push the envelope. As I gravitated to street bikes, dropping was much less infrequent (and more expensive) but it did happen. Three times with Goldwings that I remember. Too many times on smaller bikes to count..... Jim

In my younger years, I had way more guts than skill. Hopefully that trend has reversed itself as I got older. Falling has more serious consequences now.....

 

[rhino 2]

Dropped my VTX 1300 at the gas station. Just forgot to put down the stand.

Done that twice…Once with my VTX 1800…. And a few years later with my Victory Gunner..

Like my old man would always say what’s the sense of being stupid if you don’t show it now and then…..

 

[Notgrownup]

2 years ago was the last time I dropped my 07 Electra Glide on a trip in PA. Told Mrs Notgrownup the it was time to start looking for a trike. We ended up with our 14 Tri Glide..Still holding on to the 2 wheel because I still enjoy riding it solo but 2 up it’s all about Trike now. Even started looking at upgrading again…

 

[Ol' Man Jeb]

Touring thru the Black Hills and surounding countryside, I dropped my '84 Yamaha Venture Royale. Cruising along at normal highway speed, I came upon a small sign that read "pavement ends" and it ended right at the sign and turned to 3" gravel. Threw my passenger over my head and laid the bike down with me under it. Didn't know how long I was out but an indian gentleman picked the bike up off me and directed me to the nearest hospital. Had to push the bike I don't know how far to get my lady friend some medical attention at an indian reservation hospital, which initially didn't want to treat her because we weren't indian.

 

[jjvw]

Dropped the dirt bikes lots of times. On the street bikes had three, one we were sitting at a florida traffic light and it just fell over, don't know why. Second one we stopped for a butt break in a slanted drive way, put my right foot down so I could hold it to put the kick stand down but it couldn't reach the ground.

My most memorable one was going for a bucket of chicken. No bags so I placed it on the tank. Going to fast thru some AC drain water and slid out. Me and the chicken went flying. I managed to get all the chicken back in the bucket before I landed. Yup, alcohol was involved.

 

[Burnerboy]

YEP! My monster 850 Suzuki, it was too tall for me, couldn't touch the ground flat footed... (I hate to admit how many time I went down with that bike) and "me" underneath it..............:help:

Ronnie

5/19/22

 

[Motorcycle Mike]

I've done way more than drop one and have the scars to prove it.

And that doesn't include my racing or dirt bike days.

I used to try to find the limits of my ability. Found them.:blackeye:

 

[rhino 2]

Back in the 70’s I low sided my Cb750 coming out of the Lincoln tunnel from Manhattan on the corkscrew smashed my left elbow and to this day I can still feel pain whenever I bang into it…

 

[headheaded]

I've been riding for 55 years this year and 2 things will happen to you. You WILL drop your bike and you WILL get caught in the rain. Everything else can be avoided.

 

[New Orleans Kevin]

Dropped my chopped Yamaha 650 in a Mickey D's parking lot in 1980, so embarrassed I skipped that BIG Mac. Ride long enough and you will eventually drop your bike. Be prepared, learn how to pick it up before it's laying on its side.

 

[1BigDog]

Dropped my 99 Venture while 2 up and pulling a trailer up in Knoxville. Came off 40 and stopped. Put my right leg down, not realizing that there was a dip in that spot. Over we went. Twisted my ankle and my wife bruised her shoulder. Fortunately there was no damage to the bike other than a bent foot peg. I stopped to pick up a bottle of Aleve and dry ate it all the way home that day.

 

[headheaded]

Those that have and those who have lied about it.

 

[David357]

Those that have and those who have lied about it.

I never dropped mine at least 10 times in a slow speed handling/ skills class...... :xszpv:

 

[cScjhb]

I never dropped mine at least 10 times in a slow speed handling/ skills class...... :xszpv:

I had the opportunity to demonstrate the proper way to lift a Goldwing in front of a MSF class. And while there were different skill drills going on, the instructor made sure everything came to a halt so everyone could focus on me lifting my GL1500 from the tarmac..... :blush: ..... Jim

 

[desertclassic]

Dropped the Harley ultra classic, fueled it up, parked it in the garage when I got back and didn’t get the kickstand fully extended, there’s no way to stop a 900lb bike from falling over, thank goodness for the engine and bag guards. It was a chore standing that joker up by myself.

 

[paws]

I never "dropped" a 2-wheeler... but I have ferociously held on to it - so as to GENTLY lay it down.

For the next couple of days my upper torso let me know what a hero I was... SO sore...

1981 GL500 Silverwing Interstate - in gravel - quick stop in a gravelled parking lot.

1987 Kawasaki Voyager 1200 - in gravel - while trying to back up... they didn't have reverse, just leg power.

Yep... thank goodness for the engine and bag guards.

 

[Phu Cat]

trying to put the kickstand down by leaning it away from me,

Bet most new riders have done that accidentally. Once that bike starts falling away from you it's pretty hard to stop.

 

[New Orleans Kevin]

A motorcycles natural state is lying on its side.

Don’t ask me how I know that!

In 1980, while making a slow speed u turn I Dropped my chopped Yamaha 650 in the Mickey D’S parking lot . My feelings were so hurt I picked it up and rode off without going in

 

[wlivin2]

sure did . Once in a friends driveway that had been just graveled with 4 inches of gravel .also at a gas station after getting gas

 

[ISP-FL]

Just before I traded for my first TG (2016) we were in a congested parking lot and a gal came around a corner and cut me off. I had to swerve too close to a median curb and stop, couldn't hold it up but the engine guards caught the high curb and at least it didn't go down all the way.....lucky.