Drat

I was able to pick up my 05 Rocket solo the couple times it fell over. The last time was 2017. This GT version doesn't have the grab points my old Standard had, but fortunately I moved from rural Kansas to DFW area so there's always someone around willing to stop and help an old geezer right his beached whale.
 
Funny, 2017 was probably the last time I was able to pick mine up too, at 68 I doubt I could, luckily I haven't dropped it since then.
I couldn't believe how lucky I was 4 or 5 years ago, the wife and I were on my K1200GT, we were in a restaurant eating, I went outside for a smoke, it took a minute to register what I was seeing, a motorcycle in the parking lot laying on its side, another couple seconds to register that it was indeed my motorcycle laying on its side, the parking lot was soft millings, the kickstand had sunk in enough for the bike to tip over.
Just then a guy walked out, I'm not exaggerating when I say he was so burly his shoulders touched both sides of the doorway. " Brother, feeling strong? Help out a friend".
 
atomsplitter said:
I finally managed to scuff the right foot peg 'bank angle indicator' this morning while out riding. Sadly I was going 0 mph when it occurred. I'm sure it's much more thrilling to scrape that little bobbin going around a corner or sharp bend than it is to watch the bike fall over when the motor stalls at an intersection taking off due to too much clutch and too little gas and the bike falls over landing on your right leg (cushion). The right side mirror took the brunt of it and I have a couple scratches now on the exhaust cans, but that's about it. I think I lost more skin dragging my leg from under the bike than anything else. Passersby helped me right the beast and no real damage done other than to my ego and epidermis. Still went on my planned ride with son-in-law Tom afterwards (altho I did contemplate switching bikes to my Speed Triple, because that one I can pick up all by myself). So the bike's actually fine, will need some cosmetic touch up. My leg's skin may take a few days to recover fully, and other than that it was a great ride this morning, wonderful temps, light traffic, fewer than normal bozos on the road. So I had a fall, that's a drat.
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There are two types of riders, those that have dropped their bikes and those that will.
 
atomsplitter said:
I was able to pick up my 05 Rocket solo the couple times it fell over. The last time was 2017. This GT version doesn't have the grab points my old Standard had, but fortunately I moved from rural Kansas to DFW area so there's always someone around willing to stop and help an old geezer right his beached whale.
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Front and rear crash bars made picking up my 05 pretty easy as it never was laying flat.
 
I decided to try to get back in shape (80 years old) so tried to do pull up no way , push up i did real good on the way down nothing on the way up managed a few sit ups. when i was a young buck i could do 500 sit ups had do do them with a pillow and no jeans so i would not get blisters on my ass. probably not real smart but i knew everything back then. lol
 
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