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Getting stopped by PC Williamson!! ;D ;D ;D
Falling asleep... :-[:o
You're right, it was pretty stupid! ::) lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Chappers
The stupidest thing i ever done on a bike .... failing to pass my test TWICE lol .. Stupidest think ive done on a Trike ... dunno yet lol ;D
The very stupidest? Thats an easy one. Many years ago, I was riding around on an old Honda CB250N Superdream, I'd only just passed my test, it was cheap & at least better than my old 125 (slightly).
Me & my mates had all popped down to the Brewers Arms in Wanborough for some light refreshment one evening [smiley=beer.gif].
Due to me being skint &/or lazy, the bike wasn't perfect, the battery was flat/knackered & the kick start return spring was broken so my only way of starting it was to push start it. I had really got quite good at it.
At the end of the evening in full view of absolutely everyone I put it in gear, pulled in the clutch & started running, I got up to speed & gently jumped onto the seat sidesaddle style & the bike fired up & off I went.
Only on this occasion this didn't quite happen .
What did happen this time was I jumped onto the bike with a bit too much gusto, I gracefully landed on the seat, but kept going & did a backflip off the other side of the bike.
How embarrassing, there I am laying on the gravel, with the bike laying next to me, with my mates & all the other customers peeing themselves laughing at me. :-[
Trying to preserve what little dignity I had left, I picked myself & the bike up & did it properly this time.
Needless to say, I went out & got the battery & kick start fixed very soon after!
I have two stupidest moments..in order of most stupid:
#1: Just passed my test on a 125cc in the winter of 2000. One week later my very first big bike was delivered..an Aprilia Pegaso 650cc restricted to 33hp.
It was a freezing cold snowy November with ice covering our very steep driveway. (You know where this going right?) Did that stop me attempting my maiden voyage? No!! Full of excitement and confidence I hopped on the bike fully expecting to ride for the first time without L plates..in these conditions....and, yikes... I didnt even get off the drive...my foot slipped on some ice while sitting on the bike on the drive... I tried to save the bike but couldnt stop it falling..and as a result of using my legs to try to save the bike I suffered two severely damaged hamstrings (black and blue from top to bottom) which required physiotherapy for several weeks afterwards!
Lots of lessons learned as a new rider back then:
Ice and Snow means stay off the bike!
If the bike starts to fall beyond the point of no return...jump off quick !!
Just cos I passed my test, it doesnt mean I am an accomplished rider! My learning has just begun!
#2: Er some of you witnessed this 2nd moment in the Isle of Wight recently... misjudging a hairpin bend, ending up on the wrong side of the road, applying front break, bike falls and on the deck I go! How stupid but at least I knew to get my legs clear pretty quick!l
Some more from me.
1. The snow reminded me of a covered training area in Swindon, when I used to work for CSM, and managing to high-side a Honda CG125 whilst attempting to ride speedway style.
2. On another occasion I fell off getting my knee down on the same CG125.
3. I also managed to blow both fork seals and snap the speedo cable on the company Triumph 750, after landing a particularly good wheelie. It was a difficult one to explain to the boss.
4. Falling off my FZR1000 Exup in the middle of Devizes, whilst showing my girlfriend how easy it was to get the pegs down.
5. Stuffing the company Triumph big time, hitting oil at a ''rather enthusiastic speed'' going through the bends near Knook Camp.
6. High siding the R1 at Pembrey, whilst in third, going for second (my mate Damo), although I was on road tyres and he was on slicks. An ex-pupil came over to the ambulance and said I was at least 10ft in the air, upside down.
7. Coming right out the seat of the company Triumph, whilst attempting to emulate Mick Doohan's rear wheel steering technique.
8. Years ago, racing home from work on the DT175, round a blind corner to find a stationary queue of traffic, with a hapless biker already imbedded in the back of the final car. Totally out of control, skidding past down the outside of the traffic to narrowly avoid having an accident with an accident.
I'll have a think, cos I've probably got some more... :)
Many year's ago I used to ride an old Suzuki Katana GS650 shaft drive.
One evening on my way home from work I stopped at the garage to top up the tank. When this task was complete and I was ready to leave, this idea came into my head, wouldn't it be cool as the bike is on the centre stand to climb on, start the engine, pop it into first, let the clutch out and then gently rock forward off the stand and drive away in one fluid motion.
Lets just say it did not work as well as it did in my head. :'(
I nearly did that a few years ago. Would say it was the scaryist thing I've ever done on a bike.... :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Chappers
When I got posted back from Germany I brought one bike with me rode it over and took the Rotterdam - 'Ull crossing with my ex following in the car . This left me having to return to Germany at one point for the bike.
One fine sunday I got a flight from a local airport, landed at Dusseldorf where friends who had been bike sitting picked it up.
Got to theirs after a quick brew threw on my power ranger suit and jumped on the bike. Monchengladbach to Calais with 1 stop for fuel in approx 2 hours not bad firing through 4 countries in that time .
Anyway , not much down time on the ferry with a choppy crossing keeping me awake so cutting along the M20 , middle of an august evening/morning starting to get very tired and cold somehow I MISSED completely all warnings and the turn off for the M25... I mean how the feck do you MISS the M25? Scared me half to death falling asleep at the bloody handlebars! Needless to say the rest of the trip up to Lincoln was caffine fuelled with plenty of breaks inbetween , I got back ditched the Cbr6 in the garden and crashed out at 4am on the sofa so as not to wake my now ex..... And I swear to god I didn't look at, let alone ride that bike for a good 2 weeks ... it was emotional !