Hands up all those that have never fallen off

Stoppit.

 

Does it run at the minute?

 

Not in the traditional sense no. A job for this weekend.

 

You have a mirror in your garage don't you ?

 

Not fallen off. Yet.

Dropped it while stationary though.

Really must get around to adjusting the chain this weekend.

 

David Thomas said...

I've forgoteen just how many times I fell off in my first month on a
moped. It must have been well over 20. I was really shite when I
started, some things never change.

 

Power Grainger said...

I love Mini 1000s, the engines are a right little screamer.

 

Well not since 1978.................

 

I fell off 20 minutes before my test!

 

Oh yes. Last time (not counting a racetrack spill in 1987) was, er, um,
1982 (might have been 1983).

As a learner - oh, blimey. Times beyond number. Well, at least half a
dozen.

 

3 years so far, no tumbles yet.

--
FZS600 - silver/black
GS125 - black/rust
'81 Bobtail - vaguely green (FOR SALE £800)
CAAD7 - black
LTS2 - blue, not black
OE6 + Quotefix

 

Hee hee, the girl I was learning with fell over on her test, she forgot to
put a foot down.

D

 

David Thomas wrote

The day before the Big Eclipse was the last time I fell off although I
didn't actually come off but I would have done if the wall had not been
in the way.

 

No. Whenever I've put it down its has always been a carefully considered
decision, selected as offering the optimal strategy within the parameters
pertaining at the moment the decision was taken.

Moreover not all the decisions were necessarily taken with my conscious
mind. In fact I'm so good a rider I can sub-let some decision making
routines to trees, diesel and neighbouring traffic without invalidating the
essentially voluntary ................. You're not believing me are you?


--
Nidge
ZX6R J2 Stunning in zit yellow. KX 125 MX 'I'm snot green -fly ME'. A few
bits of CB500S in Norwegian Parrot blue. BOTAFOT#63

'Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand'.
Homer (Simpson).

 

Well, seeing as this seems to have turned into a "I have fallen off"
thread:

I've had a couple of track surfing incidents and the inevitable
MXer/ground interface scenario.

Fell off the Guzzi a few years ago at about 10MPH, which resulted in a
broken collarbone (just don't ask!), and dropped a bike in a disc lock
incident a few years before that.

 

I am trying to believe you...... honest, but it is just ever so slightly
beyond my imagination.

D

 

Pip Luscher wrote

Which frankly is more than a little odd and obviously a result of the
deteriorating standards we are witnessing around here. There was a time
when it would have quickly evolved into a discussion on what constitutes
a precise definition of falling off, the proper way to brake for a
corner, tits, a death threat, tits, the fine line between a crash and a
bin, tits, a minor spelling flame, tits, some minor rattle throwing,
perhaps a death threat from arising from a trolling cross post and, of
course, tits.

 

I'M GOING TO KILL YOUR TITS!

hth

 

Good point, my original question was posted in hope of boosting my
confidence... now I'm a jibbering wreck.

I want my mum :-(

D

 

Don't forget all the people who were killed falling off and hence haven't
replied to your thread.