I dropped my baby...

[ILMV]

twice! :'(

The first was on a hill (road/tarmac, fell on right hand side), went to turn around (stupid idea, I know) and my lanky leg wasn't long enough to stop the bike from falling. Only visible damage are some scuff marks to the passenger peg and hand guard.

The second time was again on a hill (track/mud, fell on left hand side), bike again got too far away from me and couldn't save it. Fell awkwardly on my Yoshimura exhaust and the front wheel was a few inches in the air. Again, no damage to speak of that I can see.


Is there anything I will need to check / look for, just to make sure that everything is ok?


Cheers, Ben

 

[Uinneag]

No substitute for incompetance

 

[how much]

twice! :'(

Is there anything I will need to check / look for, just to make sure that everything is ok?


Cheers, Ben

ermmmmmm.....

that your feet are in contact with the floor before manouvering!





sorry you dropped your bike thoough.... its a sickner when it happens

hm

 

[Greggers]

That first scratch is always the worst ... It's one of the reasons I got an ex ORS bike - apart from the fact it was cheap - not having to worry about 'cosmetic' performance... Actually, when I went to the Vines open day in March (?) somebody came up to me and said ..." it looks like you've been using it like it's supposed to be used ..." , it made me feel kinda special lol..

Greg

 

[ILMV]

Well I don't care about the scratches, the main fairings / plastics are untouched so I am happy there, but I feel like a retard for doing it

 

[Fanum]

I'm glad you dropped your bike Ben.

It makes it much easier to ride off road when you know that you don't have to be precious about it 'cos they very rarely sustain any damage from that sort of drop (as you've found out)


No go out and ride it, drop it as much as you like ( there's no point in trying to stop these puppies when they've gone past that certain point)

As for checking things.........not really (though you don't say what bike it is) but do check the water pipes- I've seen those get damaged/loosened in low speed offs and that can lead to overheating and potential serious engine damage (Nick from here had an engine failure after just that happening on his F650)

PS glad it's suffered no damage too

 

[Brendy]

Hope you remembered to do that quick embarrassed look round thing, wondering who has seen you?!!

 

[ILMV]

F800GS, the photo must be blocked http://twitpic.com/5uab5

Don't worry, no one was there... until anyone says otherwise

And yes, once it gets past a certain point I didn't bother stopping it, just trying to prevent it from fall on me

 

[G.C.]

Why do I get an image of a wee Irish ginger Tosser when I see this pic

 

[everywherevirtually]

Is there anything I will need to check / look for, just to make sure that everything is ok?


Cheers, Ben

Yep you need some off road tyres

 

[Greggers]

Oooh... +1 on what he ^ just said ...

Despite their pretentions, the 'trail' tyres fitted on the 8 are no good on anytihng other than the hardest driest unsurfaced track.. from your pic it's no great surprise you went over...

Were you by yourself? There's always a huuuge comfort factor for me in having someone else riding with me - the 8's a bit of a lump and if you'd fallen awkwardly with a foot stuck or something you could have been there for a while...

Glad you and the bike are both ok though - think seriously about TKC80s if you're going to do much off-road stuff...

Greg

 

[ILMV]

Yes I am gonna slap some TKC80s on it.

I was on my own, and yes, the front wheel was in the air, so before I could lift it up I had to pivot it around, also it was on the left hand side, so I couldn't just push it over onto the stand.