08-19-2014, 11:42 PM
I dropped my Harley police bike twice when I was just starting as a motor cop. (Part time riding with my other duties) but thankfully no one saw! First time I foolishly tried to do a quick u-turn on an uphill portion of road. Second time was a cold December at our local Christmas tree lighting ceremony. A crowd of about 400 were facing the trees and after I was done with my traffic control, I pulled into a dirt parking lot behind the crowd and put the side stand down. The lot had recently been made, a temporary lot, and it was sand and pebbles. The side stand kept disappearing into the loose sand I and the bike just kept going down, down, down. In an effort to avoid being spotted, adrenaline kicked in and I lift the bike upright in only 3/4 of a second. No lie.