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Just like NortikittyKat, I dropped my bike for the first time.... I was getting off the bike last night and it was extremely windy. I must have not put the kickstand out properly, and with that and the wind the bike started to fall. It was luck I caught the bike, so it had a very soft landing. It’s only got minor cosmetic damage to the lower left fairing, and both indicators lens. I called the company who imported and painted my bike, and they said they would repaint and reapply all the decals for $350 bucks...

I think its time for some crash knobs.

What a bummer hey OK my first and only drop so far was very Pulled into a servo and went to put right leg down and left knee just didn't wanna work (old netball knee) so anyway bike slowly went down and I held it most of the way doing the splits, then I just felt all the leg muscles pulling so let it go about 30cm from the ground. No damage to bike but shit I just stood there and cried . Tones thinking I was hurt come running only to find out I was sooking thinking I marked my baby. I didn't wanna ride that day and kept saying it and I should have bloody styed home. I looked at it as oh well I have dropped it now it's out of the way

Lucky save...

Could've been much worse than that.

yeah yeah - blame the wind
happens to all of us at least once

I felt sick to the stomach when I dropped it. It was like in slow motion and I was in disbelief. If I crashed my car, big whoop, but my bike is like a first child, and seeing it lying down in my arms was heartbreaking.

looks exactly the same as the damage i got on my little 2R

my first drop... had had the bike for all of, hmmm, 2 hours. Rode all around Londonderry with the HR. Called in at the servo to get fuel, when leaving got the front tyre caught in a big gap between the concrete slabs.

Bike tips slowly. HR rider is a tail light in the distance. I rode horses for 20 yrs and if a horse falls you bail. Unfortunately instinct kicked in and that is exactly what I did.... Broke the clutch lever and bent the pedal.

Took about an hour for the HR to come back and help. And yes, I did pick it up by myself.

Mohawk Miss wrote:And yes, I did pick it up by myself

You secrectly Wonder Woman? I couldn't for the life of me get mine back up! Which really REALLY annoyed me... Whats the use of going to the gym if I can't pick the damn bike up! I am told there is a trick to it... Something I will need to master I think...

When I did my q-ride there was a little chicky that dropped the bike about 5 times in the one day I was with her, at lights, in carparks, doing the figure 8's... Apparently she had dropped it numerous times the day before too... I so felt for her... The instructors keep having to run over and get her back up... guess she got over the first initial drop everyone has... But good for her - it was on the school's bike!!!

Sorry to here about the Drop Aussie... I got my fairing rewelded where it had cracked, replaced the clutch lever and didn't bother about the little scratch coz it was going to cost too much to have it resprayed for such a little scratch...

Bloody Gravity, she'll be right Mate save the money for fixing it until after you whack a set of oggys on it.

It happens to all of us..

Mine happened going down a mountain road that was newly serviced. Was thinking too much of the loose gravel and not my turning point. So stood the bike up and breaked. Got to the edge and the front wheeled folded in while i had both feet down. Loose gravel made it impossible to stop sliding. Now engine cover and fairing is lightly scrathced.

I had R&G mushrooms on mine, but they didn't even get used. Think they help save the frame and tank more than anything else.

NortikittyKat wrote:You secrectly Wonder Woman? I couldn't for the life of me get mine back up! Which really REALLY annoyed me... Whats the use of going to the gym if I can't pick the damn bike up! I am told there is a trick to it... Something I will need to master I think...

Definitely try to master this - if you're in the middle of nowhere it's important to know, or even if you're in your front yard and want to 'hide the evidence' before the neighbours point and laugh!

It's not about strength. If you think about how heavy your bike is - mine's somewhere around 170kgs I think - you won't be able to lift that weight and you're asking for an injury if you try. You'll be pulling and tugging ineffectually for hours!

It's all in the leverage. First thing, is to take a deep breath, so you don't make it worse. I picked mine up once immediately after the drop, with adrenalin pumping through me, and nearly hurled it over onto the other side - not a good thing for your temper, wallet or ego!

There are several ways of using leverage to bring the bike upright - just google "picking up your motorbike" or something similar. Look at a few techniques and learn one or two that you can use next time your baby is lying down. Or, you could lie it down on a towel and practice, though I could never bring myself to do that.

It's pretty easy once you figure out a way that works.

Well i'll be replacing the fairing with a newly painted one, as im wanting to sell in the coming months to upgrade to a larger bike.

AussieGuy wrote:Well i'll be replacing the fairing with a newly painted one, as im wanting to sell in the coming months to upgrade to a larger bike.

You're not going to recoup anything like the $350 you mentioned that new panel is going to cost you when you sell the bike.

Leave it as it is. As far as damage to secondhand n00b bikes goes, it doesn't get much more superficial than that.

but my bike is like a first child

Do you always sell your children??????
How much for your daughter?

Cath wrote:

NortikittyKat wrote:You secrectly Wonder Woman? I couldn't for the life of me get mine back up! Which really REALLY annoyed me... Whats the use of going to the gym if I can't pick the damn bike up! I am told there is a trick to it... Something I will need to master I think...

Definitely try to master this - if you're in the middle of nowhere it's important to know, or even if you're in your front yard and want to 'hide the evidence' before the neighbours point and laugh!

It's not about strength. If you think about how heavy your bike is - mine's somewhere around 170kgs I think - you won't be able to lift that weight and you're asking for an injury if you try. You'll be pulling and tugging ineffectually for hours!

It's all in the leverage. First thing, is to take a deep breath, so you don't make it worse. I picked mine up once immediately after the drop, with adrenalin pumping through me, and nearly hurled it over onto the other side - not a good thing for your temper, wallet or ego!

There are several ways of using leverage to bring the bike upright - just google "picking up your motorbike" or something similar. Look at a few techniques and learn one or two that you can use next time your baby is lying down. Or, you could lie it down on a towel and practice, though I could never bring myself to do that.

It's pretty easy once you figure out a way that works.

You do that with Dave don't you

Grab the bike by the bars and lever it up, I have found that to be the eazy way to do it