| Author | Message | ||
     Thumper74 |
Jacked bike up on a Craftsman motorcycle jack, strapped it down. Didn't know that there's a safety catch that should be engaged and the jack bled down loosening the tiedowns and tipping the bike over. I dented the frame on the jack and tore my right miniscus. I almost looped it on the way home getting used to the power over everything else I had ridden... Rode drunk. Once. Just once. | ||
| S1wmike |
Threw my leg over the S1W after having three quick beers and inadvertently wheelied it across three lanes of a four lane intersection. NO more Drinkie and Ride | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
OK, this isn't on a Buell but what the hell. Picture the scene, it's England in the late 70s & I'm a long, skinny, frizzy haired, thing, dressed in the height of fashion. (Yes it's true, & there are pictures, but they're safely locked away.) I'm off into town to meet the gang on a Saturday afternoon, wearing my baggies a pair of Ropers. I sling a leg over my trusty Suzuki TS250M trailie, reach down to flip the choke & with a single kick & twitch of the wrist it smokes into life. I powerslide on the gravel as I leave home (much to my Dad's annoyance) & thrash it for all it's worth the 10 or so miles into town. Excellent! the roundabouts are clear & the lights all go green at the right time, until I get to the centre of town just before the pub where we're all meeting. This light is red, I coast to a stop & lean gently to the right... Aaargh, I can't get my foot down, the kicker's gone up my trouser leg, so like a felled tree I crash to the tarmac, to the huge amusement of many. Suffice to say, I went to straight-leg jeans after that. | ||
| Britchri10 |
(NOT BUELL RELATED) But.... I Inadvertently parked my RD250 in a ditch at about 25MPH. Cut my lower leg rather badly on something. Went to the ER. They wouldn't X-ray my leg as the open wound was full of "metallic" particles. Oh, the joy of silver lame (I can't put the accent above the "e") pants. Lord, I loved the 70's! Chris C | ||
| Birdy |
Thumper74 don't feel to bad. I had a buddy call for help to get his bike off "This POS jack" that won't go back down. You do know that it has a rachet safety and you have to jack it UP to get it to go down right! Well he didn't! | ||
| Whatever |
Too funny... not me. not a buell.  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I went bombing across a hay field with 3 foot tall grass on my buddy's CR250. I was hauling the mail and really enjoying riding it. The very next second, I was face plowing across this very same field shoving copious quantities of grass seeds under my eyelids and then tumbling end over end. Took me a few seconds to realize that I had just parked the front wheel into a four foot ditch obscured by the grass. I simply catapulted straight over the handlebars. Once my buddy had determined that his bike was alright he commenced to laughing his ass off. | ||
| Iamarchangel |
Ft bstrd: I've done that. I still remember standing there wondering where and how my Husky disappeared. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
It's quite disconcerting. Instant transition from pilot to projectile. | ||
| Gunut75 |
Looked away for a couple seconds in Waterford, WI. All the folks in the diner got a good stoppie show while I thought I was gonna clobber the van in front of me. I got lucky. I've practiced emergency stops, and NONE of them were that aggresive. I wanna know if the toll thing worked at 140 too!  (Message edited by gunut75 on November 08, 2010) | ||
| Thumper74 |
The only reason I came back to this thread was to see if the toll thing worked... | ||
| Doughnut |
Borrowed my S2 to a friend, who was not used to a key in the side. Left bike ON at a college campus and waked away. . . I got the bike back.  | ||
| Metalrabbit |
I do somethin' I wish'd I hadn't everytime I ride it. The thing almost forces you into the Insane Zone every time I take it out. The "dumbest" was buying it in the first place, 5-30-09. | ||
| Swordsman |
Pulled up in the middle of a busy car show, found a spot to park. Car full of cuties were right in front of me. Thought I'd be real smooth and flip the kickstand down and dismount all important-like, like you see on TV. Would have looked pretty sweet if I had actually gotten the kickstand in position. Instead, I just tossed the bike on the ground in front of everyone.  ~SM | ||
| Sayitaintso |
Firebolt32: Man, you just cant say something like that and then leave us all hanging. Inquiring minds want to know, did it work. And leaving whether it worked or not aside, thats just nuts to run up on a toll booth at 140 and shoot through the little "driveway" they leave for you to pass through. | ||
| Sifo |
Pulled up in the middle of a busy car show, found a spot to park. Car full of cuties were right in front of me. Thought I'd be real smooth and flip the kickstand down and dismount all important-like, like you see on TV. Would have looked pretty sweet if I had actually gotten the kickstand in position. Instead, I just tossed the bike on the ground in front of everyone. You can pull that off if you stay on your feet, casually take your helmet off and toss it on top of the bike, and just walk away without looking back. Anything less is embarrassing. | ||
| Swordsman |
 Ha, Grumpy's bike is doing yoga... I believe that's "downward dog".  ~SM | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Believe me, I was sick as a dog over it, but Mr Shoei & several anonymous cows did what they were supposed to. | ||
| Yjsrule |
Hit almost 100 right after I took this. BTW, it's a dirt road.  | ||
| B00stzx3 |
I'mma plead the 5th amendment. Any MD state troopers reading this? | ||
| Tmchcrk |
I was getting ready for the MSF novice course. Was doing the 20FT U-turn in the box and grabbed the front brake. Down she went. In my mind all I could hear was my dad screaming do not ever GRAB the front brake. Was he ever wrong about anything. Had my 08 1125r for only three weeks. | ||
| Swampy |
Ta Da! | ||
| Ezblast |
Us Blastards are good for that! - lol http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/201 64/467170.html?1282543053 EZ | ||
| Cityxslicker |
put ANOTHER rock through the belt, Belt 6 Pulley 3 ESP coverage....Priceless Brought to you by riding in the woods on a bike that you shouldnt, for everyone else, theres pavement  | ||
| Aesquire |
On my Cyclone, Buttercup? Race stand oops slow motion laydown..with me underneath, Tried to roll once with the steering locked, and once with the disc lock on. The accidental wheelie or so, a few almost dropped it's... But a couple of total precious moments. The time at a local Chopper shop where I'd just got inspected. Start bike, watch the Buell dance slowly downhill on the pretty smooth parking lot. Backwards, in a curve. Take quick guess at perfect spot, and stroll over towards some bikers looking at one's Chrome confection, my back to my bike, and start zipping up jacket, donning Helmet, etc. while seeming to pay attention to their conversation. They start to notice as Buttercup dances towards us.... At the perfect moment, I fasten the last velcro, turn around and toss the leg over the bike, and do the stand, shift, roll thing as smoothly as I ever have..... They were in shock, as I rode off. | ||
| Ezblast |
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| 86129squids |
Tried to follow Ben... his leathers have the patches: "LOCAL" Still doing dumb stuff. Today!  | ||
| Firebolt32 |
Did it? I saw the light flash on it so I'd think so. | ||
| Hacksaw |
Hit a cow going to work one morning on my Cyclone. | ||
| Gunut75 |
Hit a cow going to work one morning on my Cyclone Not many can say that! |
