Any embarrassing motorcycle moments? - Page 3

was92v · 12-12-2008, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by z06boy

My very first bike was a 1988 Ninja 600R and I had no clue how to ride it other than 1 down and 4 up...right hand for the brake and left hand for the clutch.

I drove it off of the lot and took it into a neighborhood behind the dealership to ride around before hitting the busy city streets at 5:00 pm during rush hour.

Well the bike cut off and would not start back up several blocks away so I parked it and walked back to the dealership to get some help. The guy looked at me and asked if I flipped the tank to reserve. I didn't even know what he was talking about but when it registered about a second later I just turned around and walked back to the bike and sure enough...it started.

I'm surprised I got home alive...but I did.

LOL, that reminded me of doing the same thing. When I was 17 I bought my first new bike, a 250 Yamaha 2-stroke
street bike. It fouled the plugs about 2 miles from the shop and they came out and put some new bullets in it. Ran great and away I went. The next day I was coming down the street and it sputtered and died about a block from the shop. I was just sure it had fouled the plugs again and pushed it to the shop and told them just what I thought about those plugs! The mechanic came out to look at the bike, turned the petcock to reserve, kicked it twice and it started. He gave me "That Look" over his glasses and suggested I might find a gas station. I felt like exactly what I was, a dumb ass kid. I learned something that day.

tached1000rr · 12-12-2008, 10:37 PM

Well a few of us mounted our bikes to leave the restaurant, I go to start mine and NOTHING, my friend looks at me half stupid and smiling, calmly walks over to me sitting on my bike and kicks up my kickstand

My cbr has the kickstand kill switch DUH!!!!!!!!

OneSickPsycho · 12-13-2008, 12:52 PM

Stalled a bunch of times recently... cannot get used to the TLR's clutch...

Stalled a bunch of times in the past...

Fell over at a gas station in Arkansas...

Allowed my week old bike to fall over onto the sidewalk because I didn't have the kickstand completely down...

Nothing really else...

Smittie61984 · 12-13-2008, 01:37 PM

Here is one I did before. I never use the kill switch to turn my bike off. I always use the key because if I don't I usually leave the key in. I let a buddy ride my bike to try it out and when he finished he killed the kill switch and turned the key off. Well I'm fixing to leave (I'm about 50miles from my home) and I turn the bike on. The headlight comes on and I hit the start button. Nothing. I hit it again and I figured I killed my battery somehow.

So I run and try to push it off. Nothing. I run and push it some more. Nothing. I roll it down a hill and let off the clutch. It still wouldn't start. I'm getting pissed at this point (and as Murphy's motorcycle law states. There were girls + friends to view this) and start pushing it up hill to try it one more time. I push it up hill and then notice my kill switch in the off position (After I pushed it up hill of course). I turn it on and the bike starts right up.

z06boy · 12-15-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by was92v

LOL, that reminded me of doing the same thing. When I was 17 I bought my first new bike, a 250 Yamaha 2-stroke
street bike. It fouled the plugs about 2 miles from the shop and they came out and put some new bullets in it. Ran great and away I went. The next day I was coming down the street and it sputtered and died about a block from the shop. I was just sure it had fouled the plugs again and pushed it to the shop and told them just what I thought about those plugs! The mechanic came out to look at the bike, turned the petcock to reserve, kicked it twice and it started. He gave me "That Look" over his glasses and suggested I might find a gas station. I felt like exactly what I was, a dumb ass kid. I learned something that day.

That and my experience would make a good "Wanna get away ?" commercial.

12-13-2008, 01:37 PM	#4
Smittie61984 I give Squids a bad name Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fly Over State Moto: 1996 CBR600 F3 (AKA the Flying Turd) Posts: 4,742	Here is one I did before. I never use the kill switch to turn my bike off. I always use the key because if I don't I usually leave the key in. I let a buddy ride my bike to try it out and when he finished he killed the kill switch and turned the key off. Well I'm fixing to leave (I'm about 50miles from my home) and I turn the bike on. The headlight comes on and I hit the start button. Nothing. I hit it again and I figured I killed my battery somehow. So I run and try to push it off. Nothing. I run and push it some more. Nothing. I roll it down a hill and let off the clutch. It still wouldn't start. I'm getting pissed at this point (and as Murphy's motorcycle law states. There were girls + friends to view this) and start pushing it up hill to try it one more time. I push it up hill and then notice my kill switch in the off position (After I pushed it up hill of course). I turn it on and the bike starts right up. __________________ lifts - R.I.P.

12-12-2008, 10:37 PM	#2
tached1000rr WERA White Plate Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NC Moto: 2009 GSXR 1300 Posts: 2,448	Well a few of us mounted our bikes to leave the restaurant, I go to start mine and NOTHING, my friend looks at me half stupid and smiling, calmly walks over to me sitting on my bike and kicks up my kickstand My cbr has the kickstand kill switch DUH!!!!!!!!

12-13-2008, 12:52 PM	#3
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	Stalled a bunch of times recently... cannot get used to the TLR's clutch... Stalled a bunch of times in the past... Fell over at a gas station in Arkansas... Allowed my week old bike to fall over onto the sidewalk because I didn't have the kickstand completely down... Nothing really else...