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Cleaning the bike............

Posted: 26 Nov 2019, 10:46
by gmercer1
Decided to clean the bike at the weekend. All went great until the very end when I was taking it off the stand it it tippled to the side and fell!

What a dozy git. Had a bike 10 yrs and never done that before :oops:
Snapped half the clutch lever and broke the front left indicator!

Anyone else been a dozy git before?

Re: Cleaning the bike............

Posted: 26 Nov 2019, 14:17
by cupidstunt
I can well beat that i came home after a ride stopped outside my house and totally forgot to put my foot down and landed in a heap oh the embarassment him from Denton will say its my age i would say it was just plain stupidity.

Re: Cleaning the bike............

Posted: 26 Nov 2019, 20:22
by lee711
Me and the Mrs were in our back, i was working on my bike, lying on the floor tightening something up and she had just finished polishing hers. She was sitting / straddling it buffing the tank and then decided to get off it and totally forgot to put the sidestand down. the bike crashed to the floor as she jumped out the way with left clipon and clutch lever landing inches from my head. There was a moment of stunned silence before the realisation of what could have just happened hit us.......... nothing more was said, what could be said, I just picked up her bike and checked the damage..... close call that one.

Re: Cleaning the bike............

Posted: 02 Dec 2019, 10:24
by gmercer1
lee711 wrote:
26 Nov 2019, 20:22
Me and the Mrs were in our back, i was working on my bike, lying on the floor tightening something up and she had just finished polishing hers. She was sitting / straddling it buffing the tank and then decided to get off it and totally forgot to put the sidestand down. the bike crashed to the floor as she jumped out the way with left clipon and clutch lever landing inches from my head. There was a moment of stunned silence before the realisation of what could have just happened hit us.......... nothing more was said, what could be said, I just picked up her bike and checked the damage..... close call that one.
Christ that could have ended badly!
I would have needed a change of underwear after that one.

Re: Cleaning the bike............

Posted: 04 Dec 2019, 22:50
by Cabernet
gmercer1 wrote:
02 Dec 2019, 10:24
lee711 wrote:
26 Nov 2019, 20:22
Me and the Mrs were in our back, i was working on my bike, lying on the floor tightening something up and she had just finished polishing hers. She was sitting / straddling it buffing the tank and then decided to get off it and totally forgot to put the sidestand down. the bike crashed to the floor as she jumped out the way with left clipon and clutch lever landing inches from my head. There was a moment of stunned silence before the realisation of what could have just happened hit us.......... nothing more was said, what could be said, I just picked up her bike and checked the damage..... close call that one.
Christ that could have ended badly!
I would have needed a change of underwear after that one.
Cupidstunt does anyway as usual.

Re: Cleaning the bike............

Posted: 08 Dec 2019, 21:47
by Clarkey
gmercer1 wrote:Decided to clean the bike at the weekend. All went great until the very end when I was taking it off the stand it it tippled to the side and fell!

What a dozy git. Had a bike 10 yrs and never done that before :oops:
Snapped half the clutch lever and broke the front left indicator!

Anyone else been a dozy git before?
Oh dear, glad it wasn't damaged more. So easily done