Quote from: DucatiBastard on December 03, 2008, 07:40:14 PM
personally i always straddle the bike when I'm moving it, much less likely to drop it

+1 And I'm short.

Sorry to hear about your drop.

Quote from: somegirl on December 03, 2008, 07:43:44 PM
It's the opposite for shorty folks.

yup... she's right on that one.

parking is no fun when you can only get your toes down,
i always get off when moving it around.

i always handle the bike from the left side,
and the kickstand is down if i'm getting on or off off the bike.

Quote from: ducpainter on December 03, 2008, 05:06:04 PM
I've crashed my monster 3 times and dropped it twice...
and never bent a steering stop.

I showed it to a mechanic and he was surprised by the fact that the stops are fairly thin. I guess they are thinner than on the previous monsters.

Quote from: DuCaTiNi on December 04, 2008, 04:12:57 AM
yup... she's right on that one.

parking is no fun when you can only get your toes down,
i always get off when moving it around.

i always handle the bike from the left side,
and the kickstand is down if i'm getting on or off off the bike.

Its worst when you have to steer your bike poing downhill. and you wanna  turn her around so your rear tire hits the curb. Its kinda emabrassing to have to get off the bike and steer her on foot just to get the damn thing in position.

:/

Quote from: He Man on December 04, 2008, 10:09:36 AM
Its worst when you have to steer your bike poing downhill. and you wanna  turn her around so your rear tire hits the curb. Its kinda emabrassing to have to get off the bike and steer her on foot just to get the damn thing in position.

:/

It's considerably less embarassing than dropping it on the pavement.

Quote from: Takster on December 04, 2008, 11:34:12 AM
It's considerably less embarassing than dropping it on the pavement.

oh hell yeah 

i like this way of thinking

OK..  since we're all confessing here    I dropped a previously owned 695 TWICE at a stand still. Both times were when I thought the stand was down .   The feeling is probably  same regardless if its from ignorant stupidity (as in my case) or an accident from getting on wrong side of balance.   Fortunately the damage is usually minimal and its a good learning experience.