Soooo...any other members of this club? I dropped mine, not too hard thank goodness, on Monday AM in a parking lot near my office.
I'm not only posting this to complain, but also to flag something to be careful of, because I would never have thought of it: if you're backing up your bike don't let one of your feet get too far out in front of you because if your weight shifts, you're in a prime position to go down.
The quick story is I was backing the bike to park it alongside a low concrete curb. Just as I'd pushed backwards with my left foot, the lot attendant, who for some reason felt the need to "help", scared the crap out of me when he yelled at me from my back right side. It caught me by surprise and when I turned, my weight shifted to the left but with my left foot still well forward. In short, it caught me completely by surprise and by the time I realized I was going over, my leg was completely out of position.
Although that sucks, two very good things happened: one is I laid it down relatively easily and two, by some miracle, my ankle went between the gap of the concrete curbs that are laid end to end and spaced apart by 4 inches. Literally a couple of inches of difference in either direction would have resulted in my ankle getting pinned between the bike and curb.
The result was a cracked left tank shroud, slightly bent shift lever and a bruised ego. The shroud will set me back 750 with installation. Ouch. The cost of inspecting the bike to ensure that there wasn't any non visible damage and straightening the lever was 107.
Anyway, that's my story of the first and hopefully last drop. If this helps anyone to avoid doing the same, then I'll be happy.
Here's to this being a club with very limited membership!!
Frank
I'm not only posting this to complain, but also to flag something to be careful of, because I would never have thought of it: if you're backing up your bike don't let one of your feet get too far out in front of you because if your weight shifts, you're in a prime position to go down.
The quick story is I was backing the bike to park it alongside a low concrete curb. Just as I'd pushed backwards with my left foot, the lot attendant, who for some reason felt the need to "help", scared the crap out of me when he yelled at me from my back right side. It caught me by surprise and when I turned, my weight shifted to the left but with my left foot still well forward. In short, it caught me completely by surprise and by the time I realized I was going over, my leg was completely out of position.
Although that sucks, two very good things happened: one is I laid it down relatively easily and two, by some miracle, my ankle went between the gap of the concrete curbs that are laid end to end and spaced apart by 4 inches. Literally a couple of inches of difference in either direction would have resulted in my ankle getting pinned between the bike and curb.
The result was a cracked left tank shroud, slightly bent shift lever and a bruised ego. The shroud will set me back 750 with installation. Ouch. The cost of inspecting the bike to ensure that there wasn't any non visible damage and straightening the lever was 107.
Anyway, that's my story of the first and hopefully last drop. If this helps anyone to avoid doing the same, then I'll be happy.
Here's to this being a club with very limited membership!!
Frank
