(08-23-2014, 10:18 AM)ZenBiker_imp Wrote: As the old saying goes, if you ask 100 motorcyclists if they've ever dropped a bike, 50 will say, "Yes," and the other 50 will lie.

I dropped my Deluxe two weeks after I took delivery, but I was glad I did. A nice (really, she was) middle-aged lady driving a silver Malibu pulled out of a gas station and turned left towards the cross street. I was traveling in the same direction, to the same intersection. Of course, she "never even saw me!"

We both approached the stop line at the same speed, with the same destination in mind; the light was red in our direction, and she was on track for a full broadside. I banked right but I couldn't turn onto the crossing street due to thru-traffic. The shoulder fell away steeply to the inside of the turn, with a gravel-covered ditch at the bottom.

I decided stopping on the incline and putting my right foot down on the slope was better than getting creamed on the left. But of course, my stubby little 29-inch inseam legs weren't even close to adequate for the task. Inexorably, gravity took control of the situation and my bike and I hit the ground with a sickening crunch. Fortunately, that sound wasn't my leg but the gravel shifting as the right bar end, front brake lever, foot peg, and crankcase cover ground to a stop. But I picked it up (using the backwards-leg-lift technique) and rode it home, the nice lady's apologies drafting in my wake.

Cormanus may be right about droppage frequency. I waited three weeks for the front brake lever and foot peg frame to arrive at the dealer--those parts were on back-order.

Oh, and my bike now sports a set of Moriwaki frame sliders Takashi sent me lickety-split after my order. I had them in five days.

(11-14-2014, 11:48 PM)naveed.shaukat_imp Wrote: I am not feeling as bad now after reading fellow bikers experiences. I dropped my CB 1100 pulling it out of a parking spot that was on an incline. The Darned Engine on this Bike is So heavy despite best effort to stop its fall NO nothing worked. Thanks to a by standing mate who quickly lunged forward to help lift the fallen bike which felt like a ton especially when i saw the damage to Left crankcase. The Left Speedo had the Chrome Plastic covers I bought from Takashi at Samurider so not much damage done except I had to buy these chrome covers again. I am now working out how to replace the L crank case I have bought new but as it seems the original gasket will be damaged on removing it. But I have bought the Engine Bars for at least some protection which I will install someday. After this experience I am riding less of Honda and I am back to riding more of my other bike Kawasaki W 800 which is so much easier to handle due to much lighter weight and so well balanced. The Engine on Honda Protrudes too much outwards so damage prone it is..

(08-23-2014, 01:35 PM)ZenBiker_imp Wrote: I replaced all the parts I listed above, which included the crankcase cover and cover cap. As DAC said, when a CB drops the engine hits the ground. My cost was $266 for parts and $101 for labor.

There are some very fine scratches on the muffler; you have to get close to see them. I'm living with them for awhile.