How embarrasing.....

[MAC11B2003]

Went out to the shop this evening to close up, feed the dog, and take the battery charger off the kids ATV. Decided to roll my bike back away from the door in case my dad comes over for something. I actually had the thought "I'd better move it so he doesn't try to and drop it or something." So I roll it up about 10 feet or so, standing on the left side as I push it....and it just slowly layed over to the right. No excuse, no rapid crash, it just went down on the right side, and I was off balance on one foot and couldn't stop it.

Hell, I'm 6-2 and about 200 lbs, and I about never got that damn thing back up. It was resting on the front muffler, and I was afraid if I let go of it enough to get around on the other side of it it would fall the rest of the way over and snap the rear brake pedal off. Every time I tried to pull it up my feet would slip and I couldn't get and traction. I was going to get my cell phone and call my wife to come help me, but didn't have my phone with me....

Finally got the damn thing back upright. Total damage, a scuff about an inch and a half long on the front muffler. Won't be visible enough to matter. I'll be ON the bike whenever I do that again. Never had that happen before.

WTF??!?! I feel like wuss.......glad nobody was around to see it. Like in the parking lot of the bar....

[Baphomet]

Believe me, I know the feeling!!!!

[Sleeper]

When 500+ lbs of iron starts to fall over. No matter how big or strong you are it's not to hard for it to get away from you. That's nothing to be embarrassed about.
I did hit a curb once leaving a bar. Even drunk that was embarrassing.

[Tin Man 2]

This got me to thinkin, I wonder how much in Lbs we are actaully lifting to stand up a downed bike? I would think only about half the weight, but I guess that is still 250 Lbs or so. Im a pretty strong old boy, but 250 is still a big grunt. Ive read all the articles about how to pick up a bike, but who wants to practice. Most falls are in less then ideal areas with loose gravel or parking blocks involved so its even tougher.

[slolane]

We have all been there, sucks but glad there is very minor damage.

[rottenralph]

When I hit a car on mine I could have lifted it over my head. Amazing what a bit of adrenalin will do for you.

[putter288]

mine fell off the jack and the mirro got stuck in an open drawer of of my craftsman tool box.
the force pushed the drawer closed, trapping the mirror.
what a pain to lift biike and oen drawer at the same time... had to get g/f to help....
new mirror only as luck was on my side that day.

[SGT.NICK FURY]

been there done that myself ....was on mine for far too long one nite ...couple of cold ones added to the mix ....pulled up in my driverway kill the bike ....went to set it over on the stand ...except ...no stand ...so i held on for dear life as i gently laid my down on leftside ....i walked around my bike in total amazment ....about this time some neighbor hood kids walked by laughing ..."he dropped his bike hahahah" in total embarassment and junked up on adrenilan i grabed the bars and pulled it up right in one swift motion ....set it on the stand and begin checking it out ...no damage to the bike luckily .....just a bruised ego ....couldnt get over how i let myself do that ...
so i feel for ya brotha ... @ sometime or another ...it happens ....

[metallicarlos82]

yea that happend to me but with people around. i guess the emberassment gave me the strenth to hold on to her with one arm and prevent her from fallin over and got her straight up. adrenaline i guess

[czywrench]

If you think that's bad, I dropped my bike while going 5 MPH turning..... twice.... in daylight..... on the same day.... and I hadn't even been drinking......