My $1000 Red Rim Tape...

[dallas2r]

Ughhh. The only thing that makes these pictures more palatable is the fact that no one was injured. Can't wait to see the rim tape in it's vertical mode.

I recommend you store your bike in my garage from now on to avoid any further accidents. 

[♣ McKraut ♣]

sorry to see these pics... the front stand doesn't look right to me.  As in, the handle is underneath the bike where it should be in front.  Conspiracy?

+1...did you move it prior to pictures?

sorry to see it, but looks like it's already well on the road to recovery...     i look forward to seeing it in person soon

[Girlrider]

Hi Lisa,

Did you get the name of the uninsured motorist that ran over your bike? Goodness gracious - that sucks!  Hugs to you,

M

[Cher]

+1...did you move it prior to pictures?

sorry to see it, but looks like it's already well on the road to recovery...     i look forward to seeing it in person soon

Thanks Rich; I'm ordering EBC rotors this afternoon so hopefully by the end of the month it'll be ready to roll - AND stop!  As far as the placement of the front stand goes, we're pretty sure that's the way it was.  I moved the stand so we could lift it back onto itsside stand but then we decided we'd better take pictures just in case we needed to file an insurance claim (We didn't.  Should have though once we factored in the cost of new brake rotors.  The left rotor was not obviously damaged until we had to roll the bike out of the way a day later).  After discussing it, that is where we remember the front stand being.  Very weird for sure because the handle had been facing away from the bike... The plot sickens - or - we've both got crap for brains. 

Hi Lisa,

Did you get the name of the uninsured motorist that ran over your bike? Goodness gracious - that sucks!  Hugs to you,

M

Thanks!  Hadn't thought of the uninsured motorist idea     

[Duc L'Smart]

the front stand doesn't look right to me.  As in, the handle is underneath the bike where it should be in front.

It's physically impossible to use the front stand backwards... For the bike to fall, the front wheel had to twist.
I'm really not sure that having the bike on the rear stand would have prevented the crash.

[Cher]

Oh yeah, we definitely had it on the front stand correctly. I had double-checked the Pit Bull website and found a picture: the bike was on their front stand but no rear stand was shown...   


http://www.pit-bull.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PBMSA&Product_Code=F0015-000&Category_Code=front_stands

   

At first, we had tried to put the 999 on my rear stand THEN hoist it up on the Pit Bull stand as shown but we couldn't get the front end of the bike to budge; too short a handle, couldn't get enough leverage I guess, so we decided it couldn't possibly work with a rear stand. 

Two minutes later, it's up on the front stand and in gear.  I was completely speechless the next morning when I saw what had happened - didn't even have an inkling...

[Duc L'Smart]

I really feel bad for you

[Cher]

Oh well; can't cure stupid   

[dallas2r]

Oh well; can't cure stupid   

I've come across a lot of stupid people and you're definitely not one of them. 

You're acting skills could use some work though. 

[LYD]

  Hopefully the thing will be back on the road in time for our next 80-degree January day (sorry LYD, couldn't resist  ).

clear & sunny here...

high today & tomorrow- 75

Why is everybody also picking on me?

Lisa glad to hear the SBK is okay!!!

I agree your not stupid!!
The only cure for stupid is DEATH  and thats not for you!!

[Duc L'Smart]

I'm really not sure that having the bike on the rear stand would have prevented the crash.

I was wrong... Randy said the rear stand stabilizes the bike. Never ever use a front stand without the rear. Now we know

[Cher]

I've come across a lot of stupid people and you're definitely not one of them. 
You're acting skills could use some work though. 

      Nice.  That's what I get for standing around not looking busy 

I was wrong... Randy said the rear stand stabilizes the bike. Never ever use a front stand without the rear. Now we know

Yep, who would a'thunk it?

Why is everybody also picking on me?

Lisa glad to hear the SBK is okay!!!

I agree your not stupid!!
The only cure for stupid is DEATH  and thats not for you!!

Thanks man.  It's just a bike afterall.












That's what I kept telling myself anyway 

[LYD]

That's what I kept telling myself anyway 

Whatever it takes!

[cdc]

While using the front stand only is not a recommended way of holding the bike up, it will certainly hold the bike stable for a short while as evidenced by Lisa having it up at least for the while she was working on it.  Having the rear stand on makes it more stable and more resistant to slight bumps.

The front stand may look like it was on backward but likely flipped to that final position as the bike fell.  No conspiracy there.

Possible reasons why the bike fell:

Strong wind?

large mammal (insert favorite suspect here) bumping into it?

bike slowly rolling forward because of slight incline of garage concrete floor?

Something had to happen because a body at rest remains at rest like a body in motion remains in motion unless its inertia is overcome.  So the bike would have remained in an unstable but upright position until tipped over by other forces.

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[BarneePhife]

Possible reasons why the bike fell:

large mammal (insert favorite suspect here) bumping into it?

So the bike would have remained in an unstable but upright position until tipped over by other forces.