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Old 11-11-2008, 12:04 PM   #1
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Default Near disaster last night

So I get home from work last night and am parking th ebike in the driveway. I put down the kickstand, or so I thought, and go to get off the bike I lean it over, then with no kickstand gravity takes over Fortunatley I was close to the back porch so I braced the bike with my body on the porch. Of course no one was around and I was in an awkward position to push it back up. I thought about laying it down and then getting fully off the bike but realy didnt want to do that. Finally I swung my righ tleg off the bike so I could get under it and push it back up. So in the end all was well and I after being kinda cold riding home I was sweating in my gear

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Old 11-11-2008, 12:06 PM   #2
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hahaha... You poor thing. How's the pride? Still intact?
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Old 11-11-2008, 12:20 PM   #3
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hahaha... You poor thing. How's the pride? Still intact?
prety much, fortunatley there were no witnesses I did feel like an idiot holding the bike there while trying to figure out what to do. In retrospect I am glad the proch was there otherwise it would have hit the ground.

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Old 11-11-2008, 12:31 PM   #4
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At least you saved the bike if not your pride Tom
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Old 11-11-2008, 01:08 PM   #5
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'Tis always better to damage ones pride than harm the machine
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Old 11-11-2008, 01:25 PM   #6
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'Tis always better to damage ones pride than harm the machine
Or both.

Good job being patient. Not everyone can be.....
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Old 11-11-2008, 01:37 PM   #7
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lol, its been sooooo long since i've had any drops or near misses. i'm prolly due for one any day now.

i prolly make up for in in crashes though.
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Old 11-11-2008, 01:43 PM   #8
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lol, its been sooooo long since i've had any drops or near misses. i'm prolly due for one any day now.

i prolly make up for in in crashes though.
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Old 11-11-2008, 02:04 PM   #9
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lol, its been sooooo long since i've had any drops or near misses. i'm prolly due for one any day now.

i prolly make up for in in crashes though.
that I was lucky with this year, had 2 crashes at the track last year but only a few off road excursions this year so thats always good.

my gsxr did fall off the jack stands though

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Old 11-12-2008, 11:48 PM   #10
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that poor machine has been through so much without you doing more to it
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