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I put fiona down today. In one of the dumbest, most embarassing moves I've ever made..... (of course, there was a guy on a harley and a guy on a yamaha sitting there chuckling).
Pulled up to the ferry (I take a ferry across the potomac when I ride to work). Stopped on the hill in line - put my right foot down, and there was no ground.....(on a hill, on a curve - ground was just not there) - lost the center of gravity, and ever so slowly laid the bike on the ground.
No apparent damage....the yamaha guy helped me pick it up. Harley guy was just laughing...
sigh.
at least I and the bike are okay.
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I HATE when that happens! However, because it appears there was no damage(well, other than to the ego, maybe), in the immortal words of the late great L.A. Lakers' announcer Chick Hearn..."No harm, no foul"...eh Hasso?! (...though it sounds like that Harley rider was probably thinkin' somethin' to himself like.."Ooh! That dude on the Triumph just got "put in the Popcorn Machine!", or "The mustard slipped off the hot dog" there alright!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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hahahaha - thanks, Dwight.
hey - you evere been to the joshua tree (restaurant out there in prescott). a friend of mine owns it. tell the owner "hairdoo" says hi, if you go in there.
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Many years ago a friend and I were leaving a party in the wee hours of the morning. Tom didn't realize it but he had slid the kick starter up his pant leg when putting his foot on the peg. The first stop sign we came to he leaned to the right, attempted to put his foot on the ground and, very slowly...crash. Just like Artie Johnson's tricycle on the old Laugh In show. He quickly jumped up, looked around and said, "Hope nobody saw that."
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hahahaha - thanks, Dwight.
hey - you evere been to the joshua tree (restaurant out there in prescott). a friend of mine owns it. tell the owner "hairdoo" says hi, if you go in there.
No, sorry Hasso, can't say that I have. However, if this is a recommendation, we'll sure check it out.
(..and I'll be sure to mention "hairdoo sent us" to the owner when we do!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Good one, Chet! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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it's good "normal" food. nothing fancy. but good. def tell them hairdoo sent us. (hopefully you're talking to donna, merv, gary, or marilyn when you do - otherwise they'll just look at you like you're crazy )
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I jumped on one with the steering locked one time and layed it down much the same way. That's a bit painful too. I pulled a groin muscle.
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almost forgot - I got a big lecture from the harley guy while we were on the ferry, about the burnishing on my headers and how I am obviously running way too rich, etc etc....
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(my response: isn't that a sportster you're riding?) - hahahaha
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I think its lean that causes an excessive amount, but it could be that those are your real pipes not heat shield.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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it's good "normal" food. nothing fancy. but good. def tell them hairdoo sent us. (hopefully you're talking to donna, merv, gary, or marilyn when you do - otherwise they'll just look at you like you're crazy )
Thanks again, and will do.
(...though you DO realize don't ya that people usually look at me like I'm crazy ANYWAY, and so listing those names there might NOT be of all that much help here!!!)
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almost forgot - I got a big lecture from the harley guy while we were on the ferry, about the burnishing on my headers and how I am obviously running way too rich, etc etc....
Almost 6 years ago this Sept 27...
Was it this guy?
Hill? Which side of  did the ground fall out? Yeah I turned around to snap that one.
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hey moe! (sorry - I just like to say that...)
don't think it was that guy....but who knows?!
nice pics. love the bike - fast color!
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I doubt it was Lou. But funny that I had a photo of my old Sportster on White's Ferry, given your tale! What always amazes me when I use the ferry are the high water marks on the building. 
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yeah - isn't that incredible? the volume of water needed to get up that high, given how open it is there, is astounding.
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oh - hill - getting on the ferry from the virginia side - where it goes down the hill and around the corner to get on the ferry. next time I'm stopping well short of that curve....
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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You didn't damage your brand new chrome George Foreman Grill did you?
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It was the first thing I checked :-)
It is still looking good.
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The first stop sign we came to he leaned to the right, attempted to put his foot on the ground and, very slowly...crash. Just like Artie Johnson's tricycle on the old Laugh In show.
Funny thing is most of us are old enough to know who that was and remember the bit. I find that very interesting (in the phony Artie Johnson German).
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I dropped mine once too. I wasn't going anywhere, I thought the kickstand was down. It was a slow motion throw myself under the bike moment where someone had to help me up because I was pinned underneath. No damage though! 
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In June, I .05 MPH tipped over my 900 lb boat of a Yamaha (including my wife and all our stuff) after SWTF in the middle of California when I tried to creep back on the road after pulling off into some slick mud. Made one heck of a muddy mess, and dented my pride, but after a bike wash, a boot wash and little lining bent things back up, I take it as yet another learning experience.
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Hasso, glad to hear everything turned out ok.
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Thanks! The ride home was uneventful.
Warrenton? You're right down the road, man.
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I didn't notice your location until now. We've got to get together and ride sometime.
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When Wendy first got her bike she came to an intersection and the pavement dropped off at the shoulder about a foot. It was dark and when she stopped over she went. No damage.
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Definitely! Lots of good riding around here.
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Don't feel bad. Many years ago, a friend of mine (after a lot of party on the way) was riding slowly down the frontage road by the beach and forgot to put his feet down whilst stopping to talk to some bikini girls, 3 times in a row!
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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hahahaha! I have noticed I drift to the side of the road that pretty girls are walking on.....
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