I dropped my bike D'oh

[Easy_Rider]

The road dropped off at the edge and could not put my foot down.
The road is not as flat as it looks and it pulled me to the side.

 

[Gavla04GS]

Hope you’re ok

 

[Easy_Rider]

Hope you’re ok

Yes i'm fine.
Broke one fixing on the front panel and a scratch on the rear crash bar.
I could not pick it up on my own, and the 2 ladies from the cars coming the other way both helped me lift it up. There superheros in my book.

 

[leadfarmer]

Don’t think I know anyone who rides a bike who hasn’t dropped one sometime,

Glad you’re OK

 

[Decompressing]

Bad luck mate.

 

[Mzokk]

We've all done it. Good that you didn't trap anything under the bike.

 

[Gee-]

Wow, I am so impressed with your attitude and skill for no profanity, expletives etc..that takes real Gentleman control to hold that back.
As for picking the bike up, I could lift a heavier bike, after embarrassment and sudden rush of full on charge of adrenaline.
Yes, I have dropped a bike, much like yourself, once when my rear seat passenger got off on the left side as I put only my left foot down, due too camber of the road......oh oh many bad words, I did not know I knew.
Then there was a time I forgot to put the bikes side stand down, as I got off my bike to fuel it in a crowded Petrol station. Each time, cost was around £90 worth of damage.

 

[adventuredon]

Glad you're okay. But what were you intending to do? Missed turning, or worried they didn't see you. Just trying to work out why the sudden turn in?

 

[Engineer]

Easily done, one of the hazards of riding a motorcycle - perhaps you should take some advanced training

 

[ATT]

Dropped loads, crashed more and including trucks....No one cares, apart from yourself, so dust yersen off and do it all again.
Also crashed boats, which is significantly more life threatening, but all is well that ends well.

 

[Traffic893]

Dropped loads, crashed more and including trucks....No one cares, apart from yourself, so dust yersen off and do it all again.
Also crashed boats, which is significantly more life threatening, but all is well that ends well.

Crashed boats? You’re not THE uncle Albert are you?

 

[KMD]

I think you’re in good company here.

 

[Easy_Rider]

I've never been up that road before and was relying on road signs.
The sign at the turning was small and very dirty and i only saw it as the last min.
I went to turn and saw the cars, so i pulled to the left. But the road camber pulled me to the edge of the road and it dipped down so much i had no where to put my foot, and the bike went over.
Because i was already leaning the bike to take the turn made it much harder to keep it upright.
The rest of that lane was not that great and i wont be going that way again on my RT.

If you look at this still from the video, you can see how much the road dips at the edge and how dirty the road sign is. The top one is a dead end sign and the bottom one is to the village i needed to get to.

 

[Easy_Rider]

This video starts a couple of seconds earlier, and you can see the turning was just the other side of a bend in the road. So i did not know it was there until i was on it.

 

[Morety]

Glad you're ok and it sounds like the crash bars saved some potentially expensive damage.

 

[littleade]

I'm glad you're ok and the damage done was limited. I dropped my 1200 GS at low speed on 2 seperate occasions and luckily the only damage done there was to my pride and a few scratches on the engine bars, which a file, some filler and Simonez tough paint sorted out.

Have a look at these methods for lifting a bike

Because I'm a short ar8e I used the 1st method below as opposed to the more commonly known one where you stand with your back to the bike by the side of it and then stand up as the GS still wasn't upright once I'd stood up because my little legs are too short.

There's also a couple of alternative methods here too

 

[MRDDD]

I’m pleased it’s only your pride dinted what bike were you on .
On touring in Europe a lot these situations come up regularly on some mountain passes .
Conclusion well done and order coffee and cake next time your out riding

 

[Easy_Rider]

I’m pleased it’s only your pride dinted what bike were you on .

I was on my R1250RT

 

[peter56]

We have all done it. Its always in the back of my mind when doing slow speed manoeuvres with wife on the back. Me being a short arse. The monkey lift ( above ) wouldn't go down well with the wife

 

[MRDDD]

Did you have front crash bars on the rt and if so did they protect as I am thing about getting some