Dropped it again

[Appman]

Sounds like you need 'Ride Like a Pro' by Jerry Palladino... it's very easy to download. Check it out on Youtube, it's slow speed skills training. It's basically learning to properly balance the throttle with the rear brake and the clutch and turning your head and eyes. Then practice in a car park.

Excelent video well recommend, also consider a few days on Mr Paveys off road centre if you want to really develop skills with no risk to your own bike.

And maybe next time take a lowered suspension model for test, on the highest seat settings or the Normal Seat if feet down confidence is an issue.

While practicing slow turns in car parks I have found the GS really needs a good few revs and rear brake while the clutch is managed in the friction zone otherwise it's weight can quickly fold the front wheel on really tight circles while sat down. It's also much easier stood up on the foot pegs in slow tight manoeuvres, to counter balance any weight shifts.

Above all look where you want to go, as Jerry Palladino says "You look Down, you Go Down".

 

[otruk]

Dont use the front brake, use the rear look where you want to go and dont fanny about!! I've used mine for gymkhana and ride every day and thats the advice I give all my pupils.

 

[G&T]

Another thing I do is stick my foot out when going around very very slow corners (eg riding through car parks/gridlock jams..). I'm sure the professionals don't teach this technique though. Although it has saved me dropping the bike a few times when in heavy city traffic.

Is that like a Rossi leg out

 

[Giles]

It's also much easier stood up on the foot pegs in slow tight manoeuvres, to counter balance any weight shifts..... :

Is that like a Rossi leg out

Bloody hell .... so we've got Rossi in one corner of Morrisons car park and a Paris Dakar rider in the other ...

 

[(RIP) spike418]

Stumbled over this thread on Friday morning and it got me thinking that I'd only dropped the 1100 in 2007, the year I bought it.

Talk about tempting fate

Fast forward several hours and 80 or so miles and I'm riding round Haworth trying to find a friends house. Did a slow U turn on an empty A road and screwed up, the bike very quickly reached the point of no return and down we went. Both my wife and I had our right legs jammed under the bike. We had to wait a couple of minutes for another car to come along and lift the bike up enough to get out from under. Nowt broken just a few bruises and scratches, same for the bike!

AND THEN.......

24 hours later am about 30 miles from home and pulling in for petrol. Got alongside the pump and boot snagged under the gear lever so bike toppled again. Wife managed to leap off and the crash bars stopped on the pump plinth so it wasn't a full on drop.....

 

[Stahlgewittern]

I found that if I was a little heavy on the brakes when coming to a stop the bikes back end would rise slightly and this was enough to get the brown eye twitching when the ground was a bit further away than I thought.

 

[Ferrett2055]

It really can happen to anyone. My (first) public dropping of a BMW was on a busy street when trying to do a quick u-turn due to something I had seen. Sadly I forgot to change down from third. That horse was never going to run, and a clunk, followed by silence and the bike coming to an abrupt halt half way round ended up in my stepping off as the bike got to the point of no return and down she went. If this wasn't bad enough, my embarrassment was further compounded as the bike had Police written all over it and a flashing blue light.

 

[Becksy]

It really can happen to anyone. My (first) public dropping of a BMW was on a busy street when trying to do a quick u-turn due to something I had seen. Sadly I forgot to change down from third. That horse was never going to run, and a clunk, followed by silence and the bike coming to an abrupt halt half way round ended up in my stepping off as the bike got to the point of no return and down she went. If this wasn't bad enough, my embarrassment was further compounded as the bike had Police written all over it and a flashing blue light.

Now that is brave admitting that. Thank you officer !


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[Lord Snooty]

It really can happen to anyone. My (first) public dropping of a BMW was on a busy street when trying to do a quick u-turn due to something I had seen. Sadly I forgot to change down from third. That horse was never going to run, and a clunk, followed by silence and the bike coming to an abrupt halt half way round ended up in my stepping off as the bike got to the point of no return and down she went. If this wasn't bad enough, my embarrassment was further compounded as the bike had Police written all over it and a flashing blue light��.

Made me smile that, well done for fessing up sir!

 

[Norfolk Tiger]

It really can happen to anyone. My (first) public dropping of a BMW was on a busy street when trying to do a quick u-turn due to something I had seen. Sadly I forgot to change down from third. That horse was never going to run, and a clunk, followed by silence and the bike coming to an abrupt halt half way round ended up in my stepping off as the bike got to the point of no return and down she went. If this wasn't bad enough, my embarrassment was further compounded as the bike had Police written all over it and a flashing blue light��.

That's the second funniest police bike incident we have had.............paging Giles,paging Giles