Percentage of dropped bike vs. not yet dropped

[c_rex]

lift with your legs foo.  anything else is axin' for trouble fo sho'. 

I have dropped every bike I've owned as well, except for my current ride.  I hear the clock ticking even while she sits in the garage. 

[Howie]

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


Andy

Yes.  This is a no fault thread

[DoubleEagle]

One of my 4 bikes has been down 4 times. 3 minors and 1 major get off. Working at not adding to that record .   Dolph

[mbalmer]

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!

Isn't there something about it ain't true without pictures?? (okay, never mind).

[jdubbs32584]

Isn't there something about it ain't true without pictures?? (okay, never mind).

+1!!

[CNS-Mike]

My first bike I dropped several times as I learned to ride it, each time at slow or no speed.   

My second bike I had totaled for me courtesy of a left turning frat boy in daddy's new corvette.   

Third bike was sold having lived it's entire life "never been dropped".   

Current bike is pristine    (although I almost dumped it last week taking it out of the garage when I didn't have the kickstand all the way down)  I voted Boobies! -  anything else would send my Karma into a tail spin and I'd be writing a story to all y'all tomorrow about how I dropped my monster.  Must please the riding gods above all else - polling be damned!   [moto]

[ODrides]

lift with your legs foo.  anything else is axin' for trouble fo sho'. 

+1.  If you think you're too weak to lift a bike, you're wrong.  Do a web search for "lift fallen motorcycle".

The 3 bikes I've owned have seen the ground, but never crashed.  My monster has touched down at least 5 or 6 times -- my fault on 2 of those.  I lost hold of my first bike trying to get it on its center stand.  That's why I always recommend a cheap, old bike to start out.

[Bun-bun]

Isn't there something about it ain't true without pictures?? (okay, never mind).

Trying to get me banned?

I would, but the majority of the men would be repulsed, and the rest of the men, and all of the women would be ruined for any other buttcrack for life.
It's just not worth all of the heartache it would cause.

[Tommy T.]

oh i've dropped a few.
never at speed, always in a stupid parking lot situation.

one of those was enough to shatter my left ankle though

Two screws in my right ankle incurred walking an FJ1200 out of my garage.  

[Tommy T.]

None of them were mine, but I dominoed a whole line of new bikes at the Honda dealer on Mass. Ave. in Arlington, MA.

I asked the saleman if he would roll one out for me to sit on and told to me to just get on it in the line.  I did -- my sneaker slipped on his shinny floor -- and I took about 10 bikes down.

I just said, "I'm sorry.  This is really embarassing and I'm leaving."  And I did.  Never went near that store again.  I even changed brands!

[Carman]

I answered yes, dropped one of 5 (my first) when I was young and drunk at about 40mph into a curb.  Since then no issues.  So I guess I'm at 20% Not bad considering that was 1984 in Florida (read slick roads after rain) showing my age.  Worked out good, ended up going to a Halloween party as a guy that just totaled his bike!

[red baron]

I've got about a 50/50 split on crashed/dropped bike out of the 8 (street) bikes I've owned.

All the dirt ones have been crashed.

[uclabiker06]

If the majority of Ducs weren't dropped over time Ducati would be out of business and you know it.  They probably make so much money on those gas tanks.

[eesnas]

Dropped it once. Came close twice. Biggest problem is I can't pick it up. Soooo embarrassing.

Drop low, use your hip, lift with your legs... I think technique is more important than strength...

[MonsterLove]

Drop low, use your hip, lift with your legs... I think technique is more important than strength...

I'm going to have to disagree with that LOL -I can't pick my duc up to save my life! I've dropped it twice-the first time about 15 minutes after we bought it in '99(that was just so, so sad) and two guys had to stop and pick it up for me(I had stalled it and I lost my balance while stopped at a stop sign) and then about a month later I was pulled over for speeding and I was so nervous that as soon as the cop walked away from giving me a warning, I  dropped it from sheer nerves I guess. That was probably the worst embarassment ever-I was about in tears from that one. The cop was laughing and he picked the bike up for me. *sigh* 

My husband has dropped it three times at low speeds, so he dinged it up more than me, at least! On gravel once when I was riding pillion(the first few months we owned the bike), and twice on the way to work due to idiot cagers.
Most all of this stuff happened when we hadn't been riding long. Poor bike. LOL

Celeste