11-06-2016, 12:20 PM
It's not gwallis's first bike. Sometimes, if one's routine gets disrupted, things get overlooked. My guess is that there are many of us who have forgot to strap on their helmet, forgot to turn off a turn indicator, forgot that they used the kill switch the last time they turned their bike off, and maybe even forgot that the side stand was down. I know a guy who did all of those things on a single bike trip. Granted, it was a trip to Alaska. The point is that this is not a newbie mistake...it's just a plain old mistake.