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I have to laugh at myself.
07/08/13 at 16:09:21

I'm in no way an experienced rider. This is my first bike. I took the Rider's Edge course at a local HD and aced it. I don't have insurance on the bike yet so I am doing a little practice in the drive. It's a long windy uphill drive. Anyway I was turning around got distracted by something and rolled backwards into the ditch and got stuck! darn! Just darn! Took me a while to get out but I did.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: I have to laugh at myself. Reply #1 - 07/08/13 at 17:11:42 idk how old you are, or strong, but, i know the bike is heavy enough to allow a guy to rip something that will NOT heal w/o surgery. dont be too stubborn to get help., dont ask me how i know
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Reply #2 - 07/08/13 at 17:15:31

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/08/13 at 17:11:42:

idk how old you are, or strong, but, i know the bike is heavy enough to allow a guy to rip something that will NOT heal w/o surgery. dont be too stubborn to get help.,
dont ask me how i know

I'm 53 and pretty strong for an old guy, but I was wupped when I got back to the garage. Lips Sealed

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Reply #3 - 07/08/13 at 21:36:09

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/08/13 at 17:11:42:

idk how old you are, or strong, but, i know the bike is heavy enough to allow a guy to rip something that will NOT heal w/o surgery. dont be too stubborn to get help.,
dont ask me how i know

I'm 54 and sitting here in a back brace because I fractured my L-3 in my lower spine trying to pick up my wifes bike up in North Carolina. It was loaded up with all my gear to boot....tipped it over pulling in to a parking lot and skinned my knee, gas started coming out of the cap and running down, I thought maybe it would start a fire so I jerked it up and POP! And that was on june the 12th...i'm still regretting not waiting for someone to help, a fella showed up like 1 and a half minutes.... I should have waited. Angry

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28661 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: I have to laugh at myself. Reply #4 - 07/08/13 at 22:22:19 I had to laugh at you, too!... Thanks.... I feel a tiny amount better after all my darnfool escapades... Only a tiny bit... ...
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keith YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 37	Re: I have to laugh at myself. Reply #5 - 07/08/13 at 22:34:49 That is kind of funny, but glad you are okay.
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prechermike Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Kalashna Kitty, from Skat Posts: 1190 Ponzer, NC Gender:	Re: I have to laugh at myself. Reply #6 - 07/09/13 at 04:12:27 I am certainly glad I don't do things like that.
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Pine Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1694 Mississippi, USA Gender:	Re: I have to laugh at myself. Reply #7 - 07/09/13 at 06:20:10 Sounds like something that would happen to me. I always sound like Yosemite Sam ... when such things happens.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: I have to laugh at myself. Reply #8 - 07/09/13 at 17:36:32 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLkrPkjimo how to pick up a bike.. idk how it works with no crash bar
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Toroso Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 120 Kingston, TN Gender:	Re: I have to laugh at myself. Reply #9 - 07/09/13 at 17:48:40 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/09/13 at 17:36:32: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLkrPkjimo how to pick up a bike.. idk how it works with no crash bar Ah! My bike never went down. I just had no traction to get back on to hardpack. Grass, damp earth, spinnn spinnnn
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Reply #10 - 07/09/13 at 19:28:34

i got distracted, 1st gear, idling along, watching linemen, trucks, etc,,
realized i was off course, option 1, major correction, just leaving asphalt onto gravel & grass,,

no thanks,,
option 2
stay on course, roll down into a narrow ditch that didnt look like i could get out of.

looked better than a fall & probable slide into said ditch

the last guy i passed helped me out,,

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Reply #11 - 07/10/13 at 14:13:49

Before I had my Savage I had a Kawasaki 250 Dual Sport and my Sherco 320 trials bike that I still have. For some weird reason trials bikes have the kicktand on the right side swingarm. I was in the garage doing something and I moved the Kawasaki.....but in doing so I bumped the Trials bike and it started to tip over away from me.....and so did the Kawasaki - but in the other direction! I made a quick grab for the Kawasaki and got the left handlebar grip in my right hand as it fell away from me...and in a desperate grab I got the tip of the thin plastic rear fender of the Trials bike in my fingetips. We all 3 stood there in a bit of frozen time......none of us were moving anywhere! It took all my strength to hold on to the Kawasaki vigorously with my right hand as I delicately coaxed the thin plastic trilals bike fender to stand that bike back up and get it back on the off-side kickstand. With that issue solved I could get more aggressive in pulling the Kawaski upright.....WOW.....nothing broken, scratched or dropped! It sure was close.

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Reply #12 - 07/10/13 at 16:43:15

why am i expected to laff at myself, but only laff WITH you? i think id rather laff at someone else, & not at me,, sadly, i do too much stuff thats funny.

i was trying to straighten a dented down "rib" on a p/u truck cowl vent.
elbows on fender, dent puller hook locked in hands, hooked under, lifting, lifting,, shazaam! it let go & i slammed the end of the handle between my eyes, sending me reeling backwards across an empty bay,, looked around,, no one! not one witness!,, so,, i went & told them,, it was too funny to not share.

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