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woopsy nearly droped the bike

Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:02 am

I was lucky… read on..

I have a double car port and thought before my ride yesterday I would tighten up my new chain as getting a bit floppy...

I had the zzr on the center stand and done the adjustments... i was tightening the axle bolt back up and my spanner came off :shock: i lost balance a bit and lent on the back of bike which in turn started off the center stand :(

Don't know what it was but i was off the ground in a flash and had the front handle bar in no time.... 8)

the bike was laying right over and about a few centimetres from the side of the car :shock: and getting heavy...

i managed to pull it back up and put it on the side stand.... no damage to anything..

tell you what I never want to do that again... could cost a bit of money for the bike and car...

Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:01 am

nice save Trev !

Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:22 am

yes, good save! Lucky it was a 250 hey! I wouldn't have bothered with mine, would have just had to sit back and watch gravity do it's thing :lol:

I had a mad saterday just gone, I was tired or it was hot, or something? And every time I stopped in an akward place like a sloping driveway I had this "teetering" moment where the bike went too far one way and I had to grab it quick :shock: It gave me the shits after the 4rd time and I went home and slept for a few hours.

Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:54 am

Good save Trev :D Chameleon was a good idea to go back to bed by the sounds of it :D

Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:04 pm

i had a really close call. came to turn into a T intersection, but let the car coming towards me turn in first, as i followed him in i didnt expect him to slow to walking pace to turn into his driveway. i hit the anchors pretty hard than lost my balance. and the bike started tipping right pretty quick, (the only good thing is my right side is already damaged) :twisted:

now this all happened on a sloping hill, i went over with the bike and kept my foot wedged as hard as possible( bike boots aren't really the best for this sort of situation) :( finally got it upright again after bout 15 seconds when i look up and see the guy and his mate just watching me, waiting for me to drop it the bastards. :twisted:

Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:51 pm

circlework.. that sounds very close to..

Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:29 pm

Trev zzr250 wrote:circlework.. that sounds very close to..

makes ya wanna headbutt em aye....lucky save mate..next time kick em in da nuts...

Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:36 am

Hey good save, how's your back?

:twisted:

Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:25 am

NovaCoder wrote:Hey good save, how's your back?

:twisted:


fine this time, i had to push my bike up my steep arse drive way a few times before and fark was i stiff the next day. :twisted:

Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:32 pm

nice work.

Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:40 am

In my best Ritchie Benaud voice

"What a catch!"
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