 Oh dear!!!
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I'm definitely out of practice for riding. I went to my local Porsche dealership and ordered some parts then i thought I'd drop in at my wifes work on the way home. I rode in to the parking lot where she works, pulled in to a space, turned the bars to the left and started to get off the bike on the right side, in a split second i was pulled into the air and flung onto the ground on the left side of the bike like a rag doll. Bike still ran for a few seconds then shut itself off, I had my left leg trapped under the bike and managed to wriggle it free. I then stood the bike up and put the side stand down and it stayed upright, fancy that. I'd forgot to put the side stand down after i turned the bars to the left, WHAT A DUMMY!!! I tell ya gravity sure took over quick. I tried to straighten the clutch lever but it snapped off. BUGGER! Had my wife drive me to a local bike shop and found a lever to fit it so i could get home. That lever only had 50 miles on it after the bike was fixed. My wife was not happy when i went in to see her with the clutch lever in my hand. I feel like a beginner doing a trick like that. 
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Stickman Yogi
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Hey Desmond... although you may feel a little foolish and your wife is not impressed, take comfort in knowing you're not the only one to do something like this. I've dropped my bike twice (that I remember) doing the same thing and once was at a filling station in front of bunches of people. It can however, make for good story telling as you now know!  
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Here's another one for you.I pulled up at a petrol pump and went to put the sidestand down with my foot.The spike with round ball on top of the stand used to deploy it went directly into the heel of my boot which was hollow.I was going over .How I got the boot off the spike I don't know but by now I was half wedged against the pump.Anyway a WOMAN saw my predicament and gave me, this TOUGH,MANLY biker, a hand to get it upright.I only scratched the left side pipe a tiny bit but  I thought the embarrassment would kill me.
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Fe Butt
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I had a friend who did that on a regular basis.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Saddle Sore
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Bud of mine did that in his driveway. He lives in a rural area, the bike pinned his ankle against a railroad timber and he could not get up. Told me he laid there for 15 mins yelling for help, a neighbor lady finally heard him and came to his aid. 
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Here's another one for you.I pulled up at a petrol pump and went to put the sidestand down with my foot.The spike with round ball on top of the stand used to deploy it went directly into the heel of my boot which was hollow.I was going over .How I got the boot off the spike I don't know but by now I was half wedged against the pump.Anyway a WOMAN saw my predicament and gave me, this TOUGH,MANLY biker, a hand to get it upright.I only scratched the left side pipe a tiny bit but I thought the embarrassment would kill me.
Did nearly the same thing last year. Had a hole in my old jeans right at the cuff. Put the stand down, the little ball at the end went right in the hole, couldn't move my foot, very nearly lost it. We should start a club. But what to call it? The foot draggers?
Fidelis et Fortis
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On the other hand a few years ago my kickstand would not go down. It had rusted in place while I was riding it! On two occasions I filled it with fuel while holding it up. I finally found an old fashioned garage where I asked a guy to spray some lube on it. It then came down and I bought a can of spray lube at the garage. From then on I make sure it gets lubed a few times a year.  
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Loquacious
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Here's another one for you.I pulled up at a petrol pump and went to put the sidestand down with my foot.The spike with round ball on top of the stand used to deploy it went directly into the heel of my boot which was hollow.I was going over .How I got the boot off the spike I don't know but by now I was half wedged against the pump.Anyway a WOMAN saw my predicament and gave me, this TOUGH,MANLY biker, a hand to get it upright.I only scratched the left side pipe a tiny bit but I thought the embarrassment would kill me.
Did nearly the same thing last year. Had a hole in my old jeans right at the cuff. Put the stand down, the little ball at the end went right in the hole, couldn't move my foot, very nearly lost it. We should start a club. But what to call it? The foot draggers?
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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I tell ya gravity sure took over quick.
Gravity sucks! 
Don't worry. You'll be back in no time. 
"Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something."
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Did nearly the same thing last year. Had a hole in my old jeans right at the cuff. Put the stand down, the little ball at the end went right in the hole, couldn't move my foot, very nearly lost it. We should start a club. But what to call it? The foot draggers?
+1
Thought I was the only one to do this.
Also have problems with boot/shoe laces. Still trying to find a decent looking bike boot to fit my size 14's.
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