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Rach

Following Maddog's post showing this link thought it would be fun to share our bike related embarrassing moments, I have one or two but will only share if others do first.

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maddog · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject:

chating to some birds years ago, rode off turned, fell off
[side stand still down] Embarassed

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netwarrior · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject:

There's so many...where do I start. Rolling Eyes

Probably pulling into Olympia in Dundee to go swimming flicking the side stand down (or so I thought) and leaning the bike over. How I held it I've no idea but I was left tottering for a good 50 secs much to the amusement of a guy in a car who was watching the whole thing. Embarassed

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Rach · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject:

Kelso Bikefest, 3 or 4yrs ago decided to go for a run to Berwick, stopped at traffic lights and bikers milling around everywhere sat outside drinking etc, got a bit nervous and most definitely blonder and then suddenly my bike would not go into first gear, rest of the group rode off not realising my problem, so I pulled in and wrestled with the bike for a few minutes when a group of hairy bikers came over.

"Whats the problem little lady?" told them about my gears not working and to huge guffaws they told me to try the using my left foot and not my right Embarassed

for some reason I had forgotten my gears were on the left and I had been trying to put my back brake into first gear.

Rode off very shame faced Embarassed

and have never lived it down Rolling Eyes

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netwarrior · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject:

Rach wrote:

"Whats the problem little lady?" told them about my gears not working and to huge guffaws they told me to try the using my left foot and not my right Embarassed

for some reason I had forgotten my gears were on the left and I had been trying to put my back brake into first gear.

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jake whyte · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

Rach wrote:

Kelso Bikefest, 3 or 4yrs ago decided to go for a run to Berwick, stopped at traffic lights and bikers milling around everywhere sat outside drinking etc, got a bit nervous and most definitely blonder and then suddenly my bike would not go into first gear, rest of the group rode off not realising my problem, so I pulled in and wrestled with the bike for a few minutes when a group of hairy bikers came over.

"Whats the problem little lady?" told them about my gears not working and to huge guffaws they told me to try the using my left foot and not my right Embarassed

for some reason I had forgotten my gears were on the left and I had been trying to put my back brake into first gear.

Rode off very shame faced Embarassed

and have never lived it down Rolling Eyes

rach thats the best yet hehe pmsl, blonds oooooooh , am dead

Rach · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:49 pm Post subject:

jake whyte wrote:

rach thats the best yet hehe pmsl, blonds oooooooh , am dead

Yeah Yeah........ at least I dare to share, I feel sure some of you have had your moments and are too shy to post up.

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jake whyte · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

Rach wrote:

jake whyte wrote:

rach thats the best yet hehe pmsl, blonds oooooooh , am dead

Yeah Yeah........ at least I dare to share, I feel sure some of you have had your moments and are too shy to post up.

am sure more folk would post some rach but that one of yours is gone be hard to beat lol , i wondered why my bike keeped konking out when i tryed to pull off , but i forgot the side stand was down , thats it am sorry thats all i got

Triple 981 · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject:

Many moons ago at age 17, first big road trip was down to Halifax to visit relations there. Looking for something to do on the Friday night my uncle suggested going to the local speedway track. Never having been to a speedway meeting before it fitted the bill. On arrival grabbed a burger and a coke and a good spot right at barrier on first corner. Hung helmet on fence and got stuck into burger just as first race was starting. The bikes charged down straight and heeled into bend. Result, me stood in a cloud of dust and cinders, with burger and coke well covered, helmet half filled and everybody in the vicinity p*ss*ng themseves laughing. Embarassed

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F41NXS · Moto GP Champion Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 536

how come i counld not delete this, just edit it?

Rach · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject:

F41NXS wrote:

how come i counld not delete this, just edit it?

You should be able to delete you own posts now!

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F41NXS · Moto GP Champion Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 536

Rach wrote:

F41NXS wrote:

how come i counld not delete this, just edit it?

You should be able to delete you own posts now!

ah thought if i was last to post and no one read!!!

an a kind o change my mind, I could go back and remove?

guess not, spoke too soon, just checked and ive a little red cross, guess its fixed now

gixerthouk3 · Newbie Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Perth

Somehow managing to put the carbs from my old RD250 on back to front and left for right....wondered for nearly two weeks why it was chucking out oodles of thick white smoke and wouldn't really go that well...hahaha.....OR jumping up and down in front of temporary traffic lights to get them to change (I was 17!!) ...then looking behind me to see two police men in a car having a larff at my morning "excercise".

Tee · Club Racer Joined: 10 Sep 2007 Posts: 34

gixerthouk3 wrote:

Somehow managing to put the carbs from my old RD250 on back to front and left for right....wondered for nearly two weeks why it was chucking out oodles of thick white smoke and wouldn't really go that well....

Feckin' awesome!! Well impressed it ran...

1) Yesterday, riding the BMW that's relatively new to me, stopped 'thinking' about being on the BM and obviously reverted back on to the XJR - hit the horn on a busy roundabout in Harrogate instead of the indicator (tit)

2) I once got the arse waiting at traffic lights behind a woman driver who kept faffing with her radio, lights went green, she pulled forward about 20ft into the middle of the lights, stopped, faffed with her radio - at which point I gave it a large thumb on horn - then saw the ambulance approaching from the left Embarassed

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Rach · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:54 am Post subject:

Glad I'm not the only numpty out there Embarassed

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