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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1240841930 Message started by David Levi on 04/27/09 at 07:18:50 |
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Title: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by David Levi on 04/27/09 at 07:18:50 Hi Guys, I was moving on Saturday to my new place, parked the bike on a sidewalk out back, and being a very windy day it decided to take a ride without me. It didn't get very far to say the least. The result is a broken rear view mirror (at the bar, ripped right off still screwed to the base), a tail light hanging off the back, and a jacked up peg and grip. The day was going so well to that point. :'( Anyone have an idea how much this little bout of stupidity might cost to fix? Thanks! (Oh, it's a very unhappy '07 in Ohio) |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by cowspotter on 04/27/09 at 07:23:23 Not sure about most of those parts, but I just had as similar situation with my bike resulting in a broken right turn signal. ~$70 @ Bikebandit, ~$95 at the dealership. |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by prechermike on 04/27/09 at 07:40:23 Sorry about the bike's ride without you. Maybe it will not do that again! :) You have already done a good thing by posting here. I suggest posting in the marketplace for the parts and see what you can find there. If anyone has stuff they will part with it will be less than new. |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by Reelthing on 04/27/09 at 08:41:48 checkout ebay - normally such parts are avail there - and just curious was the bike parked in gear? |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/27/09 at 09:25:51 In the future, leave the bike in first gear. Roll it forward as far as possible, to get all the slack outta the "driveline", drop the stand & lean it over. Then it cant roll forward off the stand. I got off on an incline, dropped the stand, & as I turned to walk away, it started rolling, I jumped back & caught it, but my knee dented the tank a little. Sorry for your painful lesson. |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by David Levi on 04/28/09 at 10:12:12 Yeah, I learned a lesson alright! It was most likely in neutral. I've had the thing bout a year now, and this was the worst thing I have done to it. Right now I am just mulling over fixing it myself or claiming the insurance. Chances are I will fix it myself since those four parts combined seem expensive, but the insurance bump could be worse in the long run. I'll take a closer look at it tonight. So far I haven't been able to talk to it...It's been staring at me through the window. Thanks for the help guys! |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by sockmonkeygirl on 04/28/09 at 10:19:40 My husband told me before that he parks in 1st, but I still park in neutral. Now I feel awful that I'm going to start parking in 1st--because I saw this post here. I must be some kind of azzzhold. Maybe I'll just pretend like I'm following his good advice. Yep. That's the ticket. Anyway, thanks. I have no desire to learn the hard way. |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by sockmonkeygirl on 04/28/09 at 10:22:29 Thinking about this......what do you guys do to turn the bike off in first gear? Use the kill switch? I generally put the bike in neutral, and use my left hand to turn the bike off via the key. If I'm in first, I'm going to need that left hand on the clutch. So....kill switch? |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by Dj12midnit on 04/28/09 at 10:26:31 If you buy new you are looking at between two and three hundred. |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by aebooze on 04/28/09 at 10:36:07 I usually use the kill switch. When I park at work I always park it in gear just so something like that doesn't happen. At home its garaged though. |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by bill67 on 04/28/09 at 12:27:27 I've always parked in neutral,Just never park with bike heading down hill. |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by SimonTuffGuy on 04/28/09 at 12:45:37 I use the kill switch... It's generally easier for me because I park the bike in 1st gear... I do the same with my Jeep and my Festiva too, except with them, I'll pull the emergency brake as well. |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by John_D on 04/28/09 at 15:08:16 I always use the kill switch, leaving the bike in first; it's what our MSF instructor recommended. I've parked on a fairly good incline at the local leather store (bike leather, not "recreational", get y'all's minds outta the gutter! ;D), and it was always there when I came back. |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by Reelthing on 04/28/09 at 21:44:56 6F737F777173727779657B756E701C0 wrote:
these seem like odd questions .... kill it how ever you want - kill button or key switch or pop the clutch - but before you walk away set the bike in first - roll it a little back and forth to make sure - that's reasonable yes? |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by Reelthing on 04/28/09 at 21:47:25 494247471D1C2B0 wrote:
With a centerstand bike yes - else you're just asking for a run away bike off a kickstand |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/28/09 at 23:19:40 I have just gotten used to rolling up & flipping the kill switch. But, there is a downside. Its pretty easy to walk off & leave the key in the ignition that way. I did that quite a few times before killing it & then pulling the key became second nature. |
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Title: Re: Windy Day + Bad Parking Angle = Question Post by sockmonkeygirl on 04/29/09 at 05:06:02 5166666F776B6A6D64030 wrote:
There are no odd questions. Only odd answers! :P |
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