Let it down easy

Re: Let it down easy

>>Thought you & the little lady might like to me & the littler lady
> for a n. Joisey/Rockland ride one of these beautiful spring days.

How about you & the little lady head down to the cabin?
Bring the Banker & his little lady, and hang for a week.
We've got internet & VPN, so the little ladies can work from home. <g>
Gary, come on up, tell Linda to bring her laptop!

ASSHOLE#104 Len

Re: Let it down easy

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:16:09 -0400, "Schmoe" <s@s,net > wrote:

>"AH#104" <ah104@yourhat.att,net > wrote in message
>
>> We're in Rocky Mount this week until Friday....
>> At the cabin on Friday night,
>> heading to Atlanta on Saturday
>> to see the daughter's new digs,
>> Staying the week at the cabin,
>> and heading back to Rocky Mount on the 4th.
>>
>> 'Sup?
>
>Nuttin'. Thought you & the little lady might like to me & the littler lady
>for a n. Joisey/Rockland ride one of these beautiful spring days.

Since Len's in m' killfile would you give him a message for me? Our
daughter Angela is in Atlanta this weekend for th' High School DECA
nationals. Tell him to stay away from there <snerk>.

Snarl... th' chaperones have tazers

Re: Let it down easy

On Apr 24, 12:55 pm, "AH#104" <ah...@yourhat.att,net > wrote:
> EZ sed:
>
> > It was a good lesson, and not too expensive, either.
>
> Any lesson you learn without dying is a good lesson.
> But it's only valuable if you don't repeat it.
>
> ASSHOLE#104 Len

You need to tell that to Wayne, heh heh. His dismounts were getting
graceful, I'll give 'im that.
--
John

Re: Let it down easy

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:23:29 -0500, "Donna A."
<flhtcui1995@SPAM.hotmail,com > wrote:

>I highly doubt it. I've seen much bigger men than you try to keep them
>from going over and they couldn't. One guy looked like a body builder. I
>helped him pick it up. LOL

I'm not bigger but I was a powerlifter until late 2003.
When it wants to go all you can do is let it down as slowly as
possible.
If you manage to keep it up it will probably rearrange your spine for
you.

Re: Let it down easy

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:11:23 -0500, Bob Mann <bobmann@mtssnip,net >
wrote:

>I'm not bigger but I was a powerlifter until late 2003.
>When it wants to go all you can do is let it down as slowly as
>possible.
>If you manage to keep it up it will probably rearrange your spine for
>you.

Good to know. Now, I don't have to feel obligated to exercise as much!
More time for drinking beer!

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| ____| |__ / Larry from St. Louis, MO
| _| / / SENS, MAMBM, MISFIT, TOMKAT
| |___ / /_ BS #269 DOF #(I forget)
|_____| /____| 105th Anniversary Edition Ultra

Re: Let it down easy

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:15:51 -0500, EZ <EZ.Rider@NOSPAM.sbcglobal,net >
wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:11:23 -0500, Bob Mann <bobmann@mtssnip,net >
>wrote:
>
>>I'm not bigger but I was a powerlifter until late 2003.
>>When it wants to go all you can do is let it down as slowly as
>>possible.
>>If you manage to keep it up it will probably rearrange your spine for
>>you.
>
>Good to know. Now, I don't have to feel obligated to exercise as much!
>More time for drinking beer!


Now your talking.
God put those bars on the bike for a reason.

Re: Let it down easy

EZ wrote:
> Posted here and there.
>
> Was going to say "I dropped it," but it was more of an easy let down.

(snipped)

You could have told all the folks watching that you did it on purpose.
The bike was tired and you were going to let it rest a bit. Yeah...thats
the ticket. Anyway, ya got that part over with. It's not a virgin anymore.

I did a similar thing, but it was when I forgot to put the side stand
down. Equally stupid, but different. <sfsf> Same minor damage...same
spots. Yer right about how little damage is done. I think the real
damage occurs when it falls over onto the asphalt while it is traveling
along at 30 MPH. <cringe at the thought>

Andy aka Big Stinkie BS#252 SLOB#3

Re: Let it down easy

Thanks, Andy.

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:15:30 -0500, Andy aka Big Stinkie
<andythe@earthlink,net > wrote:

>I did a similar thing, but it was when I forgot to put the side stand
>down.

Huh. I knew about the tree incident, but I didn't know about that one.
Funny thing - I was at the local Sonic across from where I bought the
bike for "Bike Night" last evening, and a guy I used to ride with
dropped his brand-new Wing the same way. Forgot to put the sidestand
down.

> Equally stupid, but different. <sfsf>

Yeah, it's embarrassing no matter which way the bike falls!

>Same minor damage...same
>spots. Yer right about how little damage is done. I think the real
>damage occurs when it falls over onto the asphalt while it is traveling
>along at 30 MPH. <cringe at the thought>

Yeah. Well, at 30 MPH, it's pretty stable. Until you hit something, of
course.

Larry
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_____ _____
| ____| |__ / Larry from St. Louis, MO
| _| / / SENS, MAMBM, MISFIT, TOMKAT
| |___ / /_ BS #269 DOF #(I forget)
|_____| /____| 105th Anniversary Edition Ultra

Re: Let it down easy

EZ wrote:

snip
>
>I'm impressed that the bike could fall over on asphalt and not suffer
>any more damage than that.
>
>Now I need to get to my home gym and strengthen those legs so this
>won't happen again. I figure if I'd been working out all the time I
>lost these 32 pounds, I'd be stronger, and would have been able to
>keep the bike up. Or, not.
>
>At least maybe I'll know not to grab so dang much front brake next
>time!

I had a similar experience with my Road King about a month after I
bought it Larry. I pulled up to a rural T intersection, looked both
ways, started rolling and made one more check to the left. Notice a
car flying over the knoll about 300 feet to my left. Grabbed that
front brake and put my right foot down as the bike started leaning
that way. Woe is me, the asphalt on the road edge had broken away and
dropped down about three inches. Like you, I gave it my best effort
to hold it up, but decided the bike was going anyway and so was my
groin muscle if I kept fighting it.

I did a little better than you, a few scratches on the bag and the
engine guard but no damage to the foot peg.

A young lady came around the corner a moment later and a fellow in a
pickup. Both jumped out to give me a hand.

I learned three things that are working out well for me since then.

1. Stop near the left side of your lane, away from the road edge.

2. Keep your foot near the rear brake and leave the front brake alone
at low speed.

3. Never drop the bike in front of a young lady, or any other for that
matter.

Of the three; I consider number three to be the most valuable lesson.
Violating it seems to be really embarrassing. My cool quotient dropped
from ten to about a two for the next month. Along with the legend in
my mind. <g>

Glad to see you didn't ding it up too much. Laying it down really zaps
the shit out of that show room new feeling.

Dean

Re: Let it down easy

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:29:48 -0400, Dean <> wrote:

<snip good story>

Thanks for the take-along, Dean. I agree with all your points.

>Glad to see you didn't ding it up too much. Laying it down really zaps
>the shit out of that show room new feeling.

It still looks brand-new. The footpeg didn't get scraped at all -
musta hit on the rubber parts. In a few months there'll be so many
dings from rocks on the highway this little incident won't matter
much.

All the rest of the day yesterday while I was riding, I'd approach a
stop sign, start looking both ways for traffic to see if I could keep
rolling, checked myself and said "Just stop the damn bike, jackass!"
I'd look straight ahead, get the bike stopped, then check out the
traffic situation. I think I'll keep to that standard from now on.
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_____ _____
| ____| |__ / Larry from St. Louis, MO
| _| / / SENS, MAMBM, MISFIT, TOMKAT
| |___ / /_ BS #269 DOF #(I forget)
|_____| /____| 105th Anniversary Edition Ultra

Re: Let it down easy

EZ wrote:

snip

> "Just stop the damn bike, jackass!"
>I'd look straight ahead, get the bike stopped, then check out the
>traffic situation. I think I'll keep to that standard from now on.

Amen to that. Stop, look and listen. Where have we heard that before?
I still shake my head every time some poor fool prangs into a train.


Dean

Re: Let it down easy

On Apr 24, 10:03 am, EZ <EZ.Ri...@NOSPAM.sbcglobal,net > wrote:
> Posted here and there.
>
> Was going to say "I dropped it," but it was more of an easy let down.
> I rolled out of my workplace parking lot, a simple right turn. About
> 15 feet later is the ramp onto the highway, another right turn. So, I
> was barely rolling when I started the right turn onto the entrance
> ramp when the light changed and the oncoming left-turners started
> barreling at me. Not quite used to the dual-disc Brembo front brakes,
> I grabbed too much front brake, the bike was already pointed just
> slightly right, and as it started to fall over, I stuck my right foot
> out and just couldn't manage somehow to keep it upright. So, down she
> went, nice and easy. Guy in a Jeep Wrangler behind me jumped out and
> volunteered to help me pick it up. He mentioned he'd just taken the
> MSF course but hadn't bought a bike yet. We got it up on the stand,
> and found only three places where the bike had actually touched down.
> One was on the hard bag crash bar, down so low you couldn't even see
> it but could just feel it was a tad rough. Another was a chunk of
> black iron under the right footboard, which you couldn't see at all
> unless you're on the ground. I'll just say I scraped it on the Dragon,
> if anybody asks! And, the right highway peg was folded up and moved
> ever so slightly inward. An allen wrench at home, simple adjustment,
> and all was good. Rubbed a little SimiChrome on the bag guard, and
> it's mostly smooth now, too.
>
> I'm impressed that the bike could fall over on asphalt and not suffer
> any more damage than that.
>
> Now I need to get to my home gym and strengthen those legs so this
> won't happen again. I figure if I'd been working out all the time I
> lost these 32 pounds, I'd be stronger, and would have been able to
> keep the bike up. Or, not.
>
> At least maybe I'll know not to grab so dang much front brake next
> time!
>
> --
>    
>  | | |  /         Larry from St. Louis, MO
>  |   |     / /          SENS, MAMBM, MISFIT, TOMKAT
>  | |   / /          BS #269 DOF #(I forget)
>  | | / |         105th Anniversary Edition Ultra

Hey, at least YOU're okay. My brother had a similar type slow-motion
fall but broke his ankle bone.
I saw a dude do the same thing once when I was a mere lad, he wasn't
hurt and I thought it was funny as hell. Now that I'm an old fart in
the making... not so funny. seriously, thankfully you were uninjured.

walt
'92 flstc

Re: Let it down easy

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:55:34 -0700 (PDT), wallster
<weldingwalt@hotmail,com > wrote:

> seriously, thankfully you were uninjured.

Thanks, Walt. I'm real thankful, too. I broke my collar bone in two
places a few years back riding my V Star, and I'm real glad that
didn't happen again. My shoulder still tells me when it's going to
rain, and it's not very comfortable when it does!
--
_____ _____
| ____| |__ / Larry from St. Louis, MO
| _| / / SENS, MAMBM, MISFIT, TOMKAT
| |___ / /_ BS #269 DOF #(I forget)
|_____| /____| 105th Anniversary Edition Ultra

Re: Let it down easy


>
> Was going to say "I dropped it," but it was more of an easy let down.
>
Not quite used to the dual-disc Brembo front brakes,

> | ____| |__ / Larry from St. Louis, MO

dija get a new bike or add the Brembo's ???
I got a pear and was thinnin bot puttin 'em the front of da bagger

kickstart

Re: Let it down easy

"Kickstart" <cwalker3@tampabay.rr,com > wrote in message

>
>> | | | / Larry from St. Louis, MO

> dija get a new bike or add the Brembo's ???
> I got a pear and was thinnin bot puttin 'em the front of da bagger


Brembo's come stock on the '08 baggers. ABS is an option.