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Within a couple month time frame...

1)I had my RK up on some homemade ramps while changing the oil...had the jiffy stand on a block. About the time I was yanking on the ratchet trying to remove the oil drain plug and thinking "hmm...I hope I don't pull the bike over on myself"...it came over. Almost got me good. Luckily, only damage was to the heat shield as it hit my socket set. Thank goodness for engine guards. This was my first ever oil change...I won't even go into how much oil was spilled on the garage floor that night! Kinda funny now, looking back.

2)Couple months later when taking the RK down off the Pitbull lift after a thorough detailing...as the wheels were touching down on the same ramps in above story...the bike fell to the right. Dented/scratched my tank on the part of the lift that protects the bottle jack. Bike was completely on its side. As I stood there in disbelief, I assessed the damage...jacked up the hi-way peg and engine guard, bent the brake lever and messed up the heat shield, which, thankfully I hadn't replaced from the prior mishap.

Reason I used the darn ramps in the first place was because of my bike being lowered on top of having a center stand. Needed the ramps to get the Pitbull underneath. As it was laying on it's side...bike all fubar...since I had easy access, I got out my wrench and took off that @#%! center-stand!

Thought about naming the bike "humpty dumpty" after that, but figured it'd be bad karma!
 
During a bike rally one summer a group of us pulled into a rest area parking lot to use the facilities. I was sitting on my bike waiting for the guys to come back out when I decided maybe I do need to pee after all, so I swung my leg off my bike and like a flash relalized I never put the kickstand down. The bike was beyond the point of return and fell pinning my foot underneath. I was basically stuck under the bike unable to release my foot. So I couldnt even save my dignity by picking the bike up before anyone noticed. I can still hear the guys laughing while picking the bike up unpinning me.
 
When I had a Sportster squeezing between a line of cars stopped at a light and the curb to get into a station, little water in the gutter,
ah hell no problem, tires hit that and we were layin in the gutter in a split second. Freekin people just sittin there staring at me tring to get my foot out. Got it up, went back to see what happened. It was a low spot in the gutter I guess water been standing there forever had mossy slime, just like grease, never did that again
 
OK I will play;
1) Just finished the install on a Hog Tune amp and front speakers a few weeks ago. Went for a ride and just wanted to crank the +/- on the gain for the front speakers. So I figured I would just quickly pull the fairing and rest it on my knees while I straddle it while I turned the little set screw. Well I didn't put any towel to protect the fender as I was just going to rest it on my legs. If you haven't guessed it I dropped the fairing and now a very slight dent resides square in the middle of the fender.

2) I have a tank bag with the magnetic rubber backing to hold it in place. Getting ready for our last trip to the Smoky's I got the tank bag out and placed it on the tank without looking to be sure nothing was stuck to the rubber backing. Well a couple of weeks prior I had reinforced the broken fairing brackets and the small ear piece that broke off some how found its way on to the rubber backing of the tank bag. The broken bracket piece was black and blended in well. So now I have a second paint issue which is a slight scratch, this time on the right side of my tank.

3)Today while riding with my son. Him on his bike, me on well, mine! He had a bag that he was using as a back rest for his Softail and the extra helmet that he had in it for picking up his girl friend was bothering his back. So I offered to throw it in my tour pack and swap out with a jacket I had in there. Well I didn't have an extra helmet bag and was careful to keep the helmet away from the lock on the latch. Well when we got in tonight, the latch seemed to still find the helmet and leave a good gouge on the top of the helmet.

They say things happen in three's. So I hope I am now finished for a while.
 
ok i'll bite ,i was outside the garage spray painting up some rebar for another home project, finished up put everything away for the night, came out the next day to take a little spin on the bike pulled it out of the garage , and u guessed it i now have a gray speckeled vivid black road king , any ideas how to get it off ? i know i know stupid but i didnt realize the wind was blowing into the garage. live and learn
 
If it is not too bad, you could perhaps wax it out or even try a little Goof Off in the proverbial "non exposed area" to see if it will not damage the paint. Sorry to hear the story. It truly sounds like something I would do.


spiz
 
OK my turn..
About 9 years ago I was on my SuperGlide coming up to a mandatory Stop on a T intersection. There was pea gravel on the road as we had just come out of winter so I steered for what I thought was a clear patch before effecting a right turn (we drive left hand side of the road down here - real civilised like). I was too lazy to set me feet down and did the california stop ( rolling stop ) while eyeballing left and right to see if it was clear to burn away. All clear so I gave her the gun and turned into my turn, rear wheel hit the only bit of pea gravel in the clear patch at that very moment and the a$$ of the bike shot out from under me. I caught the weight of the bike on my right leg, right hand on throttle, left hand over and holding the right side of my tank and brass Harley SuperGlide belt buckle gouged in top of the tank. Kids in the parking lot watching me. You know if you lose your temper and swear out loud, real loud, you can lift a bike and make kids disappear completely.
3 inch gouge thru the paint on top of the tank but the bike didn't touch the ground.
Oh and I said "I do" 4 times. Damn the Tourettes....
 
I did this, only we where at a gas station, I was parked next to another guy on his bike we where BSing, I just kind of let the bike go over on the kick stand that was not down, I grabbed the bars, swore, he started to help push, but sitting on his bike not much help, finily another guy came over and helped pull it back up!
This is the one though that struck me as the funniest, I was having problems with the way the bike was running, so I pulled the "New plugs" and put in another set, then went on to something else, started the bike and began to pull away, it sputtered, choked, and popped then died, I swore at it, said this damn thing acts like it is running on one cylinder, then the lights went on, I got off of the bike and attached the front spark plug wire, glad no one was watching that one.
Terry
 
Took my right saddlebag off to work on the muffler and put it back on without reinserting the fasteners. Off the jiffy and bouncy bouncy she goes.
 
If I put it all on here, it would be the longest post ever! Here is a couple of the most recent. Just got back off a 4000 mile trip out to the Rockies. Was turning around in the road, Blackhawk, CO area, on a steep grade. The 08 bikes are too high geared as everyone knows. Started to turn around in the road, bike sputtered, pulled the clutch in to rev it a little and started rolling backwards, feet were off the boards so grabbed the front brake to keep from rolling backwards. The end result was totally predictable. A few days later: At the motel, in Bozeman, MT I think, was moving the bike to a different parking spot. One of the guys in the group was standing there. I pulled into the spot. He started talking to me. I sat on the bike for about a minute talking to him then decided to get off and did. Never put the kick stand down!!!! (First time I've ever done that!) No damage either time so I was lucky there.
 
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