Bonneville America Forums Forums Off Topic Discussion Forums Lounge Weird kickstand near fall.

Last week, I jumped on the bike to make a run to the grocery store. I wore my fairly new work tennis shoes, kind of a hiking tenny, and as I put the kickstand down, the ball at the end stuck perfectly into the heel of the shoe tread,(like a ball and socket) like it was made for it. I didn't have the stand quite all the way down yet and it rudely jerked me for a minute. Strange and discomforting.

Once upon a time many moons ago I pulled into a roadhouse in the middle of nowhere and swung my leg over the tank real cool like as the bike I was riding (semi chopped 650 Yamaha) was pretty loaded up behind me.
There was a greyhound bus with a few young lovallys on board
and I headed towards the shop for a much needed drink ... Mr Cool in person.
I must have got about six steps away from the bike when I heard an almighty crash ... WTF ? Oh ... forgot to put the stand down what a goog.

Strange! That would be a stomach in your throat experience.

mike

I had a shoestring wrap itself around the kickstand somehow as I put it up. I didn't notice it while riding the next block or so. As I put my foot down at a stop sign I couldn't get my foot to the ground as it was tied to the bike. Adrenalin kicked in and I forced my foot to the ground. I didn't break the shoestring, I tore all the eyes out of the shoe I was wearing. Still, a lot better than falling over with the bike on me.

Why do the idiots who choose shoestrings for sneakers all think they have to be so long?

I remember being at a set of lights when a fellow rider pulled up beside me, wobbled a bit and then fell sideways. After I got the bike off him I realised that he was pissed as a newt and forgot to put his foot down. At least he stopped for the red light!!

A mate of mine was dropping his bike of a jack, pretty quickly and I asked "got your side stand down"? "Of course"! came in the indignant reply. CRASH!! "Not"! Once he'd stopped crying, I handed him a beer!

My riding buddy back in the day had slid the kickstarter up his pant leg. Stopped at a stop sign and 'crash'. Laugh In tricycle style. He jumped up and said, "Hope nobody saw that." It was 3:00a.m. so nobody (but me) did.

I was on the final leg of a 17,000 mile journey. Heavily leaden bike. Stuff bungeed (sp?) on everywhere. Stopped for gas. Had to stand on the peg to swing my leg over the crap on my seat. Somehow the sidestand wasn't 'locked in'. Just down enough to hold the bike. As I swung my right foot over the seat the momentum moved the bike forward and, with both my feet off the ground, I crashed into the gas pump. Snapped my handlebar mount fairing in half.

Last day of the trip

Been there done that.
1. Sidestand not down, got almost inside the store and realized that, only to turn around in time to watch it fall.
2. Tread of new boots on new bike got caught between footrest and shifter long enough to drop it at a stoplight.
3. Plenty of audience at both events.

+1 for both the shoelace wrapped around the side stand and side stand caught in pant leg. Luckily was able to force the foot down both times.

If you remember wear your boots you'll never have to worry about this shoelace business.



It's also obvious that wearing sneakers also causes you to do weird things, like walking away from your bike with the kickstand in the up position.

If I MUST wear sneakers on the bike I ALWAYS tuck the strings into the shoe...Havn't had a incedent yet but have came close.

That's the reason that I tie my laces tight but NEVER double-lace them. I've had to pull the loop out once stuck on the brake pedal.

I don't have to worry about shoe laces I don't have any shoes. Only a pair of justin ropers (no laces on cowboy boots).

Pair of doc marten engineers boots here...shoes is for walkin.

I'd still like to get a pair of Cruiserworks boots. No laces...

Always boots. Never laces.

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I'd still like to get a pair of Cruiserworks boots. No laces...

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Me too! Very hard to find right now.

With feet my size I take what I can get my feet into.....

i did that exact same thing the stand went right into the bottom of my running shoe! could not figure it out, scared the crap out of me at first thought i was going to fall over LOL , now i just use the side of my shoe if i am wearing thouse which is not all that often.