I hate it when this happens

[Blackdog]

The Buell rolled off the kick stand this morning in the driveway. Broke the left front turn signal and scraped the frame protector and hand guard. I hate it when a new bike goes down for the first time.

I've been thinking about some bar end protectors and axle sliders lately. This incident will motivate me to finally get some.

[1MPH]

"Into each life some rain must fall".....Longfellow

Sorry about the tip over BD.

[Arby]

I had the same thing happen to my '98 S3 tube framer.

I had left it idling for a minute while I got my helmet out. I didn't realize the bike was pointed slightly downhill. About a hundred bucks in paint work and a new 5 dollar turn signal later and it was good as new.

From then on, I made certain it was pointed uphill if I was going to leave it idling on the sidestand.

Sorry it happened to yours, but sounds like the damage was not too bad.

RB

[BobFV1]

Yikes - sorry about this, but at least you got it over with.

[Deans BMW]

Dogster, sorry to hear about that.

[jamming]

Damn!!!!
BD, I'm free tomorrow. Call me.

[NakedRider]

Dang. Had that happen to me a few times through the years as well.

[kocook]

I am always happy when that inevitable new scoot mishap happens on the driveway. It relieves the dread of when, where, and how bad.

Glad yours did not involve any cars.

[Donson]

The first cut is the deepest.At least You didnt have a big audience. I dropped My New Electra Glide in a campground,at Yellowstone,at the end of a 700 mile day,in front of about a hundred folks.Those cinders were hard on that nice shiny new black paint!Of course My buddies were supportive,and sympathetic! When I got up next morning ,some clown had placed a large band aid on the scratch......:icon_redface:

[socalrob]

I came real close to dropping the big GSA in a gas station on christmas eve. Just filled up the 9 gal tank, so the bike was a bit top heavy, and pulling out from the pump, instead of going straight like I intended I decided to make a quick U turn between the pump islands. Didn't seem overly tight but the bike started to go down, a couple of furious leg dabs and grabbing a bunch of throttle was just able to save it. I'm sure it looked ugly. In fact I know I looked the idiot. Too bad I know the owner of the station.