My first drop - Oh the shame :)

[Gimpymoo]

No idea why I attempted this...

With pillion, tried to do a U-turn from being parked on the side of the road as needed to go opposite to the way I was facing.

Get half way round, wheel full lock... Start to feel lean, Put feet down... Houston we have a problem

IT HAPPENED...

"We're going down"

Talk about slow motion.... No damage or harm, just my pride. I was honestly able to lay the bike down in slow motion as to not cause damage, was ridiculous.

Pillion ok, was amusing as they jumped off the bike as they saw me going down and as I fell I look over shoulder and see pillion flying through the air which made no sense as was a 0mph drop.

Lesson learned, should have just powered through the turn or just turned around further down the road where road was wider

 

[Gimpymoo]

More importantly did anyone see you do it

My drop was midday on a high street, on a Saturday. I stopped both lanes of traffic

 

[Gimpymoo]

I was close to doing that on my Mod 1. I almost dropped it on the turn so rather than put my foot down I opened the throttle and corrected it. But it was a close run thing between control and shooting off outside the box.

I did the exact same on my Mod1. Fun times.

 

[Gimpymoo]

Amateur, i dropped mine on Trent bridge during rush hour at night, managing to block both out bound lanes for a couple of mins cos i snagged my damn boot under the swing arm & couldn't get free till a couple of folk came over & got it off me, no damage to the bike other than chipped paint on the left hand engine case but boy, did my pride take a beating!, lesson learnt, when coming to a stop on Trent bridge during a storm, put both damn feet down & not just one incase you get caught by a particularly strong gust of wind!.

Oh my goodness, Trent Bridge in rush hour

Less of the "Amateur" though thank you very much, check this one out.

I am a keyholder at work, arrived at the car park a little late, queue of cars outside. Was a freezing cold morning, very frosty, my first ride in bad road conditions, was happy to have got to work.

Filter my way to the front so could get to the gate, side stand down, as I goto get off, the bike begins to go down on top of me, almost slow motion with an audience. I can only assume side stand not planted correctly in my rush.

Three weeks later, I goto the hospital as still not feeling great, a broken toe and a fractured collar bone.

Collar bone took forever to heel. Such a stupid "drop"