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Old 05-25-2010, 01:40 PM   #10 (permalink)
sasha
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I dropped mine the very first day I got it in my garage. Went out for a short ride around the block, met a buddy of mine, showed my bike, and on my way back to garage I had to make a u-turn, right in front of my friend, and instead making a three way u-turn I tried to make it in one go, just because it looks cooler. I rode on that bike something like 15 miles at that point, had no idea how it handles, touched the clutch while turning, lost momentum, fell on my side.
Learned that you should know what you're doing before you try to impress anyone.

Second time my bike fell when my family had a party, I went there on my bike, and one of the guests sat on it while it was parked, started twitching as if he was riding and fell on the side with the bike. No harm done in my case, but the repair costs can be quite high, especially if it's a faired bike, so my lesson of the day was that you shouldn't let just anyone sit on your bike even for fun. Unless you want to show people around how to pick up the bike in a proper way.
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