11-07-2016, 01:59 AM
(11-06-2016, 09:47 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I do it all the time. Certainly know better. Bike may be idling warming up, Im sitting on it , sticking something in my tank bag, , making sure my helmet is strapped ( ridden off with it unstrapped as well) pulling down and latching my modular facepiece and adjusting the shield for air gap, pulling on my gloves, all of a sudden I am ready, reach up pull in the clutch, snick it in first and bam. Forgot the sidestand was down.Right, but you figured it out instantly. To have to resort to a forum full of elderly know-it-alls to get an answer, now that is another thing.
I have ritual I've adopted to where I almost never make the mistake, and it's for a good reason. Usually it's like The Ferret said, you do it, "whoops" and pop the thing up and be on your way.
I know one guy who wrecked his bike back when Honda had the stupid rubber sidestand retractor, it was a real nice VF1000F Interceptor. Come to think of it, might have been his VF1000R, the lovely tri-colored limited V4, 600 pounds, The Ferret knows it.
So I try to be real careful, sidestand switches can fail. BMW had a recall for my GS on this.
Also, and worse, I roll my bike backward out of my driveway onto a slope street. The street drops away just past the garage door, I mean six inches past, and if the sidestand is down, it will catch on the hump after the rear wheel exits the garage, and put the bike down, or close to it.
So I take no chances with the sidestand. I move real slow and double check everything.
Even so, sometimes I don't catch it until the recheck. No one is going to remember every single time.