Any embarrassing motorcycle moments?

Yamerhaw · 12-10-2008, 12:59 PM

I remember once back in my younger days, cruising the local strip on the bike, some girls stop me, talk to them a little while, and one wants to go for a ride later on, well as i'm getting ready to leave, i put on my helmet..... backwards! almost all the way on too! never saw those girls again

Ninjakel · 12-10-2008, 01:01 PM

Does dropping your bike at a gas pump count, when its your 1st offical ride by yourself?? When about 20 of my friends were sitting there watching me??

Rider · 12-10-2008, 01:01 PM

No, none, ever.

Corey · 12-10-2008, 01:07 PM

When I first started riding I was tearing ass through this small town I was living in at the time. I think I had my 600R for all of three months, tops, so I was of course a master level rider by then. I was coming up to a light when it was starting to turn yellow and I was a good distance away, so naturally I poured on the speed to blow through it. That's when I noticed the cop car waiting for the light to turn. So I grabbed a handful of front brake and mashed on the rear brake and locked up the rear wheel and came to a embarassing skidding stop right in the middle of the intersection. I backed up the bike and waited for the cop to come pull me over for being a general dumbass. He just looked at me, shook his head, did the ol' finger wag, and drove off.

Papa_Complex · 12-10-2008, 01:07 PM

I got into the habit of kicking the bike into neutral, chopping the engine, and kicking out the kickstand all in one motion so that I could virtually drop the bike onto the stand and walk away.

... until one day when I kicked the stand a little too hard and it bounced halfway back. The bike started to go over and I saved it by getting my knee under it, then struggled with it for what must have been 5 minutes in the vacant parking lot until I could get enough leverage to lift the damned thing.

Yamerhaw · 12-10-2008, 01:10 PM

me and a couple of friends worked on a old honda hurricane for 3 days trying to get it to run, so after 3 days somebody flips the kill switch to the "on" position and it fires right up!

xx CURVE xx · 12-10-2008, 01:11 PM

owned this at one time

Rider · 12-10-2008, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xx CURVE xx

owned this at one time

No shit? Marko had a bike just like that except it had yellow wheels.

RACER X · 12-10-2008, 01:16 PM

when i first started riding, i met a friend and his entire family at a rest. as we were leaving, i forgot about the disc lock.........1st gear take off, BAM, STOP fall over, in ft of the WHOLE family........broke a brake mount.

did that again as i was leaving on my way back to TX in CA.......D'oh , luckily my friends B-I-L worked at a honda shop, we fed-ex a new brake mount.

pitched the lock after the 2nd time.

Papa_Complex · 12-10-2008, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yamerhaw

me and a couple of friends worked on a old honda hurricane for 3 days trying to get it to run, so after 3 days somebody flips the kill switch to the "on" position and it fires right up!

OK, that's classic

Right up there with when a buddy thought that his bike had died, until someone turned the petcock to reserve

12-10-2008, 12:59 PM	#1
Yamerhaw Country Boy Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hicktown in NC Moto: 07 R1 Posts: 797	Any embarrassing motorcycle moments? I remember once back in my younger days, cruising the local strip on the bike, some girls stop me, talk to them a little while, and one wants to go for a ride later on, well as i'm getting ready to leave, i put on my helmet..... backwards! almost all the way on too! never saw those girls again __________________ “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

12-10-2008, 01:01 PM	#2
Ninjakel Post whorette Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Florida Moto: 2006 GSXR 600- Posts: 3,992	Does dropping your bike at a gas pump count, when its your 1st offical ride by yourself?? When about 20 of my friends were sitting there watching me?? __________________ I'm gonna punch you in the ovary, that's what I'm gonna do. A straight shot. Right to the babymaker. --Ron Burgundy-- Anchorman

12-10-2008, 01:07 PM	#4
Corey AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Florida Moto: Not a damn thing Posts: 2,612	When I first started riding I was tearing ass through this small town I was living in at the time. I think I had my 600R for all of three months, tops, so I was of course a master level rider by then. I was coming up to a light when it was starting to turn yellow and I was a good distance away, so naturally I poured on the speed to blow through it. That's when I noticed the cop car waiting for the light to turn. So I grabbed a handful of front brake and mashed on the rear brake and locked up the rear wheel and came to a embarassing skidding stop right in the middle of the intersection. I backed up the bike and waited for the cop to come pull me over for being a general dumbass. He just looked at me, shook his head, did the ol' finger wag, and drove off. __________________ Half man, half horse, half motorcycle. All awesome. "Your game is shit, your company is shit. Activision ruined you! Activision ruined you." - Francis

12-10-2008, 01:10 PM	#6
Yamerhaw Country Boy Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hicktown in NC Moto: 07 R1 Posts: 797	me and a couple of friends worked on a old honda hurricane for 3 days trying to get it to run, so after 3 days somebody flips the kill switch to the "on" position and it fires right up! __________________ “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

12-10-2008, 01:16 PM	#9
RACER X AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Richmond, Tx Moto: '10 Tuono Factory Posts: 4,569	when i first started riding, i met a friend and his entire family at a rest. as we were leaving, i forgot about the disc lock.........1st gear take off, BAM, STOP fall over, in ft of the WHOLE family........broke a brake mount. did that again as i was leaving on my way back to TX in CA.......D'oh , luckily my friends B-I-L worked at a honda shop, we fed-ex a new brake mount. pitched the lock after the 2nd time. __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ 2014 GROM! 181cc of FURY 2010 Aprilia Tuono Factory - SOLD 2009 SFV Gladius - SOLD 2008 Hayabusa - SOLD.

12-10-2008, 01:01 PM	#3
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	No, none, ever.

12-10-2008, 01:07 PM	#5
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	I got into the habit of kicking the bike into neutral, chopping the engine, and kicking out the kickstand all in one motion so that I could virtually drop the bike onto the stand and walk away. ... until one day when I kicked the stand a little too hard and it bounced halfway back. The bike started to go over and I saved it by getting my knee under it, then struggled with it for what must have been 5 minutes in the vacant parking lot until I could get enough leverage to lift the damned thing.

12-10-2008, 01:11 PM	#7
xx CURVE xx SMELL MY LEVER Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Texas Moto: Tards Posts: 1,034	owned this at one time