Popped Cherry

Just backed my new bike out of the garage, down the drive, out to the
kerb, let it lean too far to the right and stylishly dropped it in
gut-renching slow motion into the road.

Luckily i had hold of the left grip all the way down and slowed it
enough so it's *only* scratched:

- the fairing paint
- the fairing stickers
- the indicator
- the fancy micron can
- the mirror

B*ll*cks! It was right in front of a gorgeous young lady who was
passing by at the time n' all. So very debonair.

Guess everyone has to do this sometime though. I suppose it's a rite of
passage. I'd get ChipsAway to fix up the paint but I'll probly just
drop it again next week.

C'est la vie....

zootius
'99 CBR600F with extra bits of grit stuck to the side

 

zootius wrote

No not a right of passage at all but a perfectly normal occurrence.

Worth noting that the Bindit now owned by one spik of this parish is the
*only*[1] bike I have never laid down in such a stupid fashion.


[1] and my VT750 but that doesn't really count as all I have done with
it is ride it home after I bought it.

 

Do you know, I forgot to ask her in the heat of the moment. She didn't
look very impressed so I'm guessing not - for me, anyway.