We're all human. Every one of us does something stupid at least once in a while. And then, once we get over the feelings of idiocy we have great stories to tell.
For several years there has been a thread on the Cyclefish.com forum where members are asked to relate their "Most Embarrassing Moment With Your Bike." It's worth reading; there are some great stories.
A member known as GoFur initiated the thread, and he posted his own misadventure to get the ball rolling. It's one that many riders can identify with. Said GoFur, "I once stumbled across a biker bar I had never been to way outside of town. I pulled in trying to look real cool, taking off my helmet and gloves and then dis-mounting my bike. Sure wish I would have remembered to put the stand down."
Here are a few others.
- A few years ago I decided to go for a ride with my oldest son. Being a dirt bike rider, he hadn't riden much on the street, and he was riding Laura's Suzuki Marauder for the first time. We stopped for breakfast at Cook's Corner (a local biker hangout). As we were leaving we had to manuver our way past a line of bikes and do a 180 at the end of the line. He was in front and just as we were both in the middle of the 180 someone stepped in front of him. He hit his front brake hard with the handle bars turned and the bike went down. Of course since it was my son I jumped off to help and the bike up, but forgot to put my stand down. Now there we were in the middle of a parking lot full of bikes with both of ours on the ground.
- We were at a poker run where all the bikes were parked really close together, and we were parked next to a bike that had pretty high handle bars. Our bike was a little more forward in the line than his so the handle bars on his bike were about even with where I sat on hubby's bike. When I got on my purse strap got hooked on the handle bars of the bike next to us, and of course I didn't know. When hubby pulled out it was a total mess. I was yanked off the bike, hubby went down and so did the bike next to us that I was hooked to.
- I was leaving the local biker bar and I figured I would be real cool and take off kind of hard so everyone would hear my nice sounding exhaust. It would have been much cooler if I had buckled my helmet so I didn't have to go back and get it out of the middle of the street.
- Decided to take a ride around the neighborhood with my Santa Suit on last Saturday. Figured the kids would love it. There was a little ic on the street, but I figured if I went slow and straight, should be no problem. Well the slow was no problem, it was the straight thing that didn't go so well. Going down the street at about 15 mph all of the sudden the back tire broke loose and swerved the bike. Before I could do anything, I ran right in to the side of the mail truck. Well, at least I did what I set out to do...all of the neighborhood kids had a smile on their face!
- I took my 17-year-old daughter to pickup her new glasses. My daughter is about 5' 7" and a little bit plump. She asked if I was ready for her to get on the bike, I said "no" because I wasn't prepared. I wasn't even holding the handlebars because I was putting on my gloves. Not having heard "no" she stepped up, with her full weight, on the right passenger peg and pulled me and the bike down in front of a handful of people about 15 feet away, 2 of which came running over to ask if I needed help standing my bike up. I think the look on my face must have said it all. It's hard to balance an 800-pound motorcycle when you're feeling about 6 inches tall.
- Leaving a rally site, I was throwing my leg over a bike as the girlfriend bent down to pick her lid from under the bike and bang down she went, clean knock out, needless to say the relationship died shortly afterwards.
- Had just gotten off work after a double shift. It was about 5:00 AM. As I was pulling out of the parking lot, I stopped at the driveway. Did everything right............. Pulled in the clutch, applied the brakes and came to a full and complete stop. Realized right away, Ya gotta put your feet down when you're not moving !!!!!!!!!! Thank God it was early in the morning and there were NO witnesses !!!!!!!!!
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