dropping bikes...more ways nklr

[e. rhoads]

Here's more from the list of ways bikes get dropped.... 91 Paying too much attention to the tiltometer on your valkarie. 92 Dropping your dirtbike on the side of a steep hill covered in pine humus, then while getting it righted go over the down side because it's too far of an angle to get a foot down. 93 Trying to ride away on the side of a steep hill covered in pine humus which is slipperier than sand. 94 Bopping down the freshly-oiled farm lane to see the neighbor kid with my brother on the back, cautiously toeing the rear brake, feeling the rear wheel slide as we headed straight for the barn, grabbing a panicky handful of front brake, doing a slow highside despite dabbing mightily, sliding right up to the barn door prone on the well-oiled bike with my brother on top of the pile, and hearing the neighbor say "Didn't that thing used to be orange?" 95 kill the bike while leaned over trying to make a slow, sharp turn in a parking lot. 96 Forgetting to remove the disc lock and taking off from the curb with haste...Tends to break the front caliper, too. 97 Falling asleep. 98 Getting help from a neighbor in pushing your 750 up a steep ramp into a moving truck. Though he might assure you that he used to ride a motorcycle, it turns out it was a 125 in Bombay. He gets 2/3 of the way up the ramp, looks panicked, and his knees buckle. Crunch. 99 Looking at the pretty curb to your left on a right-hand bank. 100 Trying to get a wasp or bee out of your jacket while sitting on the bike. 101 Trying to start out in a quick turn (leaning in anticipation of giving it throttle) and stalling it out because the engine hasn't warmed yet - it's a nice, slow drop... 102 Forgetting to put in oil after an oil change. Starting 'er up, and wondering why the low oil pressure dummy light doesn't turn off. 103 After a brake job, forgetting to pump the lever/pedal a few times, and taking off, wondering why there's no brakes as you're coming up on the intersection. 104 Having a mechanical gate close on you as you're trying to ride through. 105 Hitting that patch of sand which has washed across the road on a blind bend. 106 Absentmindedly putting the bike on the kick stand and walking away before you check to see if the driveway is level.