Quote from: mbalmer on August 08, 2008, 08:26:53 PM
Dropped it once. Came close twice. Biggest problem is I can't pick it up. Soooo embarrassing.

God, I really hate that. I can't pick mine up without throwing my back out. It is def. embarrassing.

Dang this lack of upper body strength! When my daughter dropped her Ninja 250, I couldn't pick that one up either. My husband came out and picked it up as if it were a bicycle. He's not even particularly big/strong. Yeah, I get jealous.

Quote from: mbalmer on August 08, 2008, 08:38:00 PM
Dang this lack of upper body strength! When my daughter dropped her Ninja 250, I couldn't pick that one up either. My husband came out and picked it up as if it were a bicycle. He's not even particularly big/strong. Yeah, I get jealous.

We could hire a guy to follow us around for the sole purpose of pickin up the bike (and to look good doing it).... 

Okay, but make sure they expose butt crack when the bend down. It will give us something to laugh at and take some of the embarrassment out of dropping the bike.

Deal! 

There should have been an option for "dropped bike 2x" or 3x, 4x, 5x... I might have had to hit the 7x button. I've lost count.

I park my bike on the streets of downtown fairly often, and people are just not very careful about hitting it.   

The good news is that my bike is to the point where there isn't really any new damage now when it falls, but it still looks nice enough.

The percentage of bikes I've owned that I have never dropped is: 0%
But, on the bright side, I've gotten very good at paint and body work.

But I voted "Boobies"
...well, DUH!, like THAT was even an option...

Merry Christmas.

Yes.....and yes  Probably more info than I need to give, but..

97 GSXR 750 crashed/jumped-airborne/totalled
03 CBR 600RR dropped
02 GSXR 600 dropped
06 CBR 600RR dropped and crashed

2006 S4R Monster   No
2005 CBR1000RR No
Triumph Bonneville No
2004 R6 No

happy to have just dropped, rather than crashed

Bought a brand spanking new 907ie back in 1991 - my first bike.

Dropped it the next morning doing a U turn. Hadn't even owned it 24 hours yet.

Havnr' dropped a bike since but I have had a few fall over for various reasons. My 900ss fell on a guy who decided to sit on it just to see how it felt. Pinned him down, he needed help to lift the bike off of him.

Bike got one little nick on the fairing, he hurt his ankle. I figure the bike won that one!

I've not dropped it but do I have to vote yes if my wife has dropped it? Something about being jealous I don't know.

Thankfully never dropped the Monster (Knocking on head - Closest thing I have to wood nearby) I dropped my 1st bike about 5 or 6 times, it made me paranoid about watching where I put my feet when pulling up, and to always avoid sand, gravel and oil in general.

But to be safe I put on Crash knobs, just in case it does take a tumble, weather it's my fault or a fault of the well known dickhead factor of the general public. 

Quote from: JBubble on August 08, 2008, 08:39:26 PM
We could hire a guy to follow us around for the sole purpose of pickin up the bike (and to look good doing it).... 

Ladies, I will happily volunteer to follow you around and pick up whatever happens to fall over or out!

And FYI, I am a plumber by trade, which means I have an incredible buttcrack!

Leghumping aside,
I have dropped every bike I have owned, all but one of them while standing still!

does it count if I 'dropped' it trying to avoid a drunk pedestrian who wanted to play chicken?


Andy