All those years as a powerlifter paid off :dash1: :dash2:
Get home, go to park it and theres a slight incline in my house. As the kickstand goes down I realize its not touching ground. All the way down she went. Punched a hole in windhield and took out left mirror. Now She wont start :dash2:
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Bugger...
UGGGGG! :dash2:
That is never a good feeling. :bad: :cray:
Fred
Quote from: aviationfred on August 26, 2013, 08:36:35 PM
That is never a good feeling. :bad: :cray:
Fred
Tell me about it. Go to put foot down theres no ground. I jumped from bike to avoid a broken leg. Talk about a moron rookie mistake.
I think I have a left mirror you can have...................if your base is still good. It's the stalk and mirror flag...............looks like your base is still ok in the pictures.
Bummer......... Sorry to hear that. She is easy to fix. Might be an excuse to upgrade the mirrors. :good2:
George
Quote from: Firehawk068 on August 26, 2013, 10:44:39 PM
I think I have a left mirror you can have...................if your base is still good. It's the stalk and mirror flag...............looks like your base is still ok in the pictures.
Thx-I actually do too. Was actually thinking of upgrading my mirrors right before this happened. Now I will for sure-lol
That sucks, glad you were not hurt and the bike did not come out too bad.
Kurt
I've dropped mine a couple of times. Fortunately, the previous owner thoughtfully pre-scratched it for me, so it was not any worse for wear.
It's not the lightest bike, but provided you know how to do it almost any bike can be picked up fairly easily. In some countries (I forget exactly which, but probably Japan) picking up a bike is part of the test for a motorcycle license.
The windshield hole is sucky. How'd you manage that? On the brighter side of things, you can make up a cool story about a chase and a shootout. "You shoulda seen the other guy..." :drinks:
Quote from: JPaganel on August 27, 2013, 09:05:08 AM
I've dropped mine a couple of times. Fortunately, the previous owner thoughtfully pre-scratched it for me, so it was not any worse for wear.
It's not the lightest bike, but provided you know how to do it almost any bike can be picked up fairly easily. In some countries (I forget exactly which, but probably Japan) picking up a bike is part of the test for a motorcycle license.
The windshield hole is sucky. How'd you manage that? On the brighter side of things, you can make up a cool story about a chase and a shootout. "You shoulda seen the other guy..." :drinks:
The windshield went right through the corner edge of my trailer. Totally blows
Damn, that sucks, BTDT..... She won't start because she's flooded now, just hold the throttle WFO and crank her, she'll clean out and fire up after a few seconds.
Quote from: RichBaker on August 27, 2013, 08:56:20 PM
Damn, that sucks, BTDT..... She won't start because she's flooded now, just hold the throttle WFO and crank her, she'll clean out and fire up after a few seconds.
Yeah she did just that.
My spare cbr mirrors went right on and need to stop by hardware store onnway home for black ducktape to fix the hole (trailer park style) till i order a new screen.
dropped mine once trying to park, tight turning, put my foot down to walk her around and found some leaf litter on the smooth concrete.
didn't realise how heavy it was till i got upstairs to my office, i just picked it up as quick as i could to minimise the exposure. (luckily noone at work saw)
got upstairs, sat down, turned on the computer and what not, got up to go make a coffee and though, geez my legs hurt...
That sucks. If it makes you feel any better, I did a similar thing on the gixxer on the way to the ECSR. Thought the kick stand was all the way down after we'd pulled off the parkway onto a scenic overlook... pissed me off, but oh well.
Dan
Quote from: Vsekvsek on August 27, 2013, 09:14:21 AM
The windshield went right through the corner edge of my trailer. Totally blows
Yep those damn trailers! Many years ago I got home tired after a long ride, parked the FJ in the shed, flicked down the stand, but not far enough. I got off, the FJ toppled over to the left on top of me, *JUST* scraping the front of our trailer on the way down, and pinned me there, lol. I had to yell out for a while for my wife to get the beast off me, I had no energy to do it. I now have a small gouge under the headlight as a reminder, :yes:
When I bought my '92 15 years ago, I drove it to meet some friends at a pub. I parked it curbside right in front of the bar...y'know...because it just looked SO cool! I was in the pub for maybe an hour...shot some pool...had ONE beer (I swear!) and headed out. It was now dark and there were about ten people standing outside the door smoking as I put my gear on, warmed up the engine and put up the kickstand. I went to pull away and BAM, fell over on the right side...in front of everyone! I forgot that I put a disk lock on the front rotor! DOH! :blush:
I put the kickstand down and put my back to the bike to power lift it with my legs...The fuel that spilled out of the tank made it too slippery. I was about to lose it again and I said to the ten spectators, "little help?"...nothing. "Little HELP over here???" Two guys were on it and we managed to get her upright.
I now loop a bright orange zip tie over the ignition key cylinder whenever I use the disk lock!!
Cap'n Ron. . .
I dropped my '84 about 20 years ago. I used to turn my engine off with the key, but not anymore.
It happened at a gas station in Kayenta, Arizona after a long, long day riding. I was beyond tired.
I pulled up to the gas pumps, turned my bike off via the key, and got off thinking I had put my side stand down (not)
Crash.......Luckily back then '84 fairing parts were still available.
Now I use my side stand switch to turn my bike off. That way I know for sure that the side stand is down before dismounting. Although now, I have been known to leave my key on....but that's another story.
It seems that stupid shit happens to me after a long day in the saddle, they call it "road stoned".
Yes that's the worst. Last week I was moving mine and stood it up and turned my back to here
The terrible crash sound. The throttle end punched a hole in my neighbors cinder block wall and
A piece of my windshield broke out. Your not alone, but reading your story made me think of
My recent tip over.
But it still runs fine. For now.
Dave
In 86 I picked up my new FJ 1200. Drove it home to show everyone. Parked on a slight hill. When I got off the kickstand was down, but as I swung my leg off the one side she went down on the other. I left it in neutral. Another stupid rookie mistake. The hill was just steep enough for it to roll forward. Bent the clutch lever and scratched the fairing protector. First day!!!!!!!!
My first year of ownership on my 91 FJ was going well until, one morning I pushed it outside and started it for a warm up before riding to work.
My mistake was that it was facing slightly down hill, (not much of an incline at all, really) with the front end slightly lower than the rear.
So I start it, adjust the chock for a proper idle, then turned my back on it to go back into the garage to finish putting my gear on when I hear the crashing sound of a bike falling over.
The side stand was down and the bars turned to the far right. The only thing I can think of, was that it was just enough of a down hill angle, on gravel, that the stand sunk into the ground and over she went.
Awesome luck had it, that with the bars all the way to the right, it landed on the left bar end, with no damage to the upper fairing and only very light scratches on the left mirror, left scoop, and ignition cover.
The scoop and mirror still have the marks on them and I polished the ignition cover and added the case saver bars and installed the vibranators.
All in all, a very lucky tip over, with minimal damage and a lesson well learned.
Leon
+1 on what Pat said. I use the kick stand to turn off my bike every time. Keeps the bike from rolling if I'm on an incline(or a decline, although never like parking it facing downhill). I feel it just keeps the bike in place. Are there any issues putting pressure on the transmission like that?
Andrew
Quote from: Tapartacus on September 03, 2013, 04:28:51 AM
+1 on what Pat said. I use the kick stand to turn off my bike every time. Keeps the bike from rolling if I'm on an incline(or a decline, although never like parking it facing downhill). I feel it just keeps the bike in place. Are there any issues putting pressure on the transmission like that?
Andrew
The gearbox is designed to transmit 130hp of engine output to 260kg of bike which is about 2000% more load than holding the weight of the bike on a slight incline.
I also turn it off with the side stand, in part because I prefer to start it in gear, except for the first start of the day and I believe it's a good habit in manual cars and bikes anyway.
And yes, I have also left my ignition on occasionally as a result.
Having worked in bike shops I have seen and endless bikes dropped from their side stands and have developed an over cautious routine.
I always give the stand a kick forward after putting it down, wait until I can feel the bike unweighting onto the stand before I let go, then once the weight is fully on the stand, give a tug backwards on the bars to make sure.
FJ's, like many bikes of the era, have side stands that don't go far over centre. This is a hangover from when you could ride off with the stand down. The idea being if you forgot and it clipped the road, it would spring up without throwing you off.
More modern bikes generally have stands that go much further over centre.
Noel
If you going to rely on the bike being in gear to hold it on a slope, it's a good idea to let the weight of the bike rest against the motor, that is, take up the transmission slack, before leaning it onto the side stand.
I've never bothered to conduct this test but the I reckon the amount of roll taking up that slack would put the stand perilously close to the centre point.
Noel
Quote from: ribbert on September 03, 2013, 09:02:47 AM
If you going to rely on the bike being in gear to hold it on a slope, it's a good idea to let the weight of the bike rest against the motor, that is, take up the transmission slack, before leaning it onto the side stand.
I've never bothered to conduct this test but the I reckon the amount of roll taking up that slack would put the stand perilously close to the centre point.
Noel
X2!
This is how I park when out on a ride. Center stand is too much work, and I don't want to be bothered making sure I'm facing uphill. It works for me (when I have a bike).
Noel that is exactly what I do. 2000% you say? Worries be gone.
Andrew