Dropped CB1100

[kmoney_imp]

The bike can be lifted without difficulty from "zero" even if both tires and both your feet are on ice.

Post your instructional video, Master Poe... I, for one, have got to see that.

Post your instructional video, Master Poe... I, for one, have got to see that. It's gonna look something like this I'm guessing.

[Toddman_imp]

Eventually gravity will win. Doesn't matter who you are or how much money you have...lol.

I've had several bikes roll off of the kickstand and smash into the pavement. It's a disheartening sound. I've always grabbed the low handlebar and picked it up. Bikes aren't as difficult to pick up as it looks.

Once I was rolling up to a stop signal and went to put my left foot down and my shoestring wrapped around the shifter. As luck would have it, i quickly raised up my foot and it came loose just in time for me to catch it.

I have several good stories.

[the Ferret]

I've dropped 3 bikes that I can recall, all moving less than walking pace. First one was in 1973 on a TX650 Yamaha on a camping trip. I was going down a hill in the grass and hit a rut and over I went. Second one was an 85 V65 Sabre that I tried to pull too tight of a U turn with, was going too slow and over I went, the 3rd was a BMW R1200R on a tour in Germany. I bumped another guys saddlebags jockeying for position in the group and over I went. All 3 times my wife was on the back.

[Toddman_imp]

On my old '78 KZ1000LTD, the fork locks were down below the triples. I had been swimming all day. Came out, got on the bike and drove out of the parking space with the forks locked.
It was actually quite funny. I just bailed off and landed on my feet. When I looked up, a mom and her daughter were saucer eyed watching the whole thing.
Hysterical.

[the Ferret]

Toddman, my brother did that on his 78 KZ1000 std only with a disc lock lol

[flynrider]

On my old '78 KZ1000LTD, the fork locks were down below the triples. I had been swimming all day. Came out, got on the bike and drove out of the parking space with the forks locked.
It was actually quite funny. I just bailed off and landed on my feet. When I looked up, a mom and her daughter were saucer eyed watching the whole thing.
Hysterical.

I hated that Kaw fork lock! I did exactly the same thing on my '79 KZ750, just a few days after I'd bought it. I was parked at the curb and was planning a left U-turn. The bike went through the turn just fine, but then it just kept going left. Pretty embarrassing as I was at my folks house to show them my cool new bike They already thought motorcycles were too dangerous and this little display didn't impress them much.

[quietguy_imp]

My friend and I rode our brand new 1969 CB350s up the mountain to Big Bear (California) and about 2/3 the way up stopped at a rest area to use the restrooms. I was in a hurry and parked my bike pointed down-slope, turned off the motor, stand down, jumped off and began walking... People in the parking lot immediately started hollering and my friend called out to me, then WHAM!

Broken clutch lever, bent shifter, etc... The ride down the mountain was challenging, holding the broken lever in a way that I could use the clutch and shift.

Since that time my bikes have all been parked IN 1st gear...

[LongRanger_imp]

Did the exact same thing in Ventura, CA, with my new K1200RS. Foot peg, shift lever, clutch lever, clutch lever perch. Crunch. One tow truck, a few hundred bucks, and 3 days later and she was good to go. Thankfully there was a dealer in the area. It was an expensive lesson!

[Riko_imp]

dropped it, not fallen, big difference

2 cars in front of me driving in their lane, next to each other.
Car on the right lane, turned to the left lane without looking at the car on the left lane.
Result, car on left lane had to brake hard to prevent a collision.
All this at minor speeds btw.

Me, I was behind the hard breaking car.
Fortunately I was not behind the middle of the car.
I very rarely ride with my nose pointing at the exact center of a car when riding in heavy traffic.
Unfortunately I was stil behind the car nonetheless and I was perhaps riding a notch too close, so I could not avoid the minor contact...

Good thing is I could dodge the rear of the car so my wheel didn't hit the car, only my left indicator touched the car, wich luckely is one of the most flexible parts of our bikes.

No harm done, untill, the bike stood still after hard braking with a turned steering wheel...
The result of that is I couldn't hold the bike, but in fact I tried to hold up a 260kg bike with only my right hand, since I was out of balance after the hard breaking...but inevitable I was slowly loosing her and at the end my right wrist hurt so much that I had to drop it, slowly.

The thing I am bothered with is I know that If I applied my front brake much harder I know I could stop faster without contact and didnt even need to dodge the car in the first place.
But I had only one (or maximum2) finger on the front brake lever.
I had no time to introduce more fingers so all I had was that one finger
I even applied the rear brake, but clearly the total braking power was a notch too weak.

The maneuvre itself turned out good but it was the drop that caused some minor scratches.
There are minor scratches on my right mirror, but you almost cant see.
Those Napoleon mirrors luckely fold upwards and the OEM engine guard did its work and the minor scratches there dont bother me too.

But, there are some visible scratches at my left exhaust
Nothing tooo bad, but still.

Other inconvenience, that damn throttle wrist, I cant even lift up a simple plate.
Other than that I can still use it witjout great pain and most important, I can drive a bike
I'll see how it evolves.

Lesson I learned:
I actually had to think , since I find I did everything right, and some things you just can't anticipate.
IF only I had 4 finger on the front brake....naah I can't blame myself for not doing that, its just not realistic nor comfortable.
I perhaps could keep a bigger distance, but in slow town riding you automatically 'tailgate'..

edit: driver and passenger, young couple, of hard braking car stopped to asked me if i am ok, as did a stranger that seemed to appear out of nowhere.
Good things do happen when needed
But I didnt need assistence since I picked up the bike in no time.
Turned my back to the bike, bent my knees, right hand grabbed the rear rack, left hand the throttle grip and slowly stood up with the bike behind me, easy peasy.
The car that did the cuss maneuvre disappeared and I joked with the driver that stopped that I should cuss hunt him down
I was amazed to see the driver was a real bulky bodybuilder his girlfriend seemed well build too

[jedd_imp]

THx for the write up. That incident could happen to any one of us. Traffic is only getting worse. So it's good that you posted this up. Now, don't you feel relieved and happy that you bought those crash bars?