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04-15-2008, 8:16 PM Hillbilly Joined on 06-25-2006 Wyatt West Virginia Posts 51 Re: Dropped bike poll: My CX has been dropped twice once by a friend of mine a 60 year old gentleman who had tuned the carbs for me and got the bike running pretty good when i first got it. He had rode nearly all his life and was now on oxygen alot and hadn't ridden in a year or so afer me and my best friend test rode the bike he took off his oxygen and ask if I minded if he took it up the road (gravel by the way) Feeling he was just missing the freedom of motorcycling I agreed. A half hour later a couple on a ATV slid into the yard to tell us that "old guy" dump that bike fearing the worse we rush to him and find him and bike upright He was backing around to go the opposite way at a wide spot and just couldn't hold it up. broke right front turn signal off no biggee long as he wasn't hurt. Sadly John succumed to his bad heart shortly after. The second time I dumped it at a friends house turning into his driveway (gravel) from the highway at a 90 degree angle hit a hump of loose gravel and the front tire slid out and down I went, I jumped up more embarrased than hurt p/u bike and I had broken the Left front turn signal. We joke that John kicked the wheel out so the signals would both appear new . jimmy IF IT CAN HAPPEN IT WILL HAPPEN (AT LEAST TO ME) SEMPER FI YA ALL JIMMY & BRENDA IN WV 1978 CX 500    Report

05-07-2008, 7:04 PM Randall-in-Mpls Joined on 07-06-2007 Minneapolis, MN Posts 1,311 Re: Dropped bike poll: I got to join the club today. Normally I prefer the center stand to the side stand, but lately, I've been using the sidestand while I open the garage after I get home.  Tonight, I pulled into the driveway, backed up to the garage door, (thought I) kicked down the sidestand, and leaned the bike to the left.  By the time I realized there was nothing supporting the bike, I couldn't recover it. I was able ease it down, then stepped off and hefted it right back up.  (Having just topped off the tank helped with the adrenaline rush.  It is a heavy bugger, though.)  No damage at all, except to my ego.  I guess if I'm going to lay it down, that's the way I want it to happen. R '78 CX500 - The Black Maggot CX500 Factory Service Manual 1978 CX500 Parts Manual    Report

05-07-2008, 8:13 PM Ookie Wonderslug Joined on 05-04-2008 Unionville, NC Posts 125 Re: Dropped bike poll: Haven't had my CX500 long enough to drop it yet. Just got it Sunday. But I have dropped other bikes. Had a 1986 Rebel 250 that I was riding in my yard when the grass was wet. I stopped on a hill because it had no battery and I always made sure I was on a hill when I turned it off. I went to hold it up with my leg and it went right out from under me. Bike landed on my right leg and I had a nice 3 inch chunk of leg nicely cooked. Looked real nasty for a while. Then a couple years later I had a XR100 that had been ragged to death by at least a dozen teenagers before I got it. Was taking it for a before work spin and went to pull up the hill to my house and the back brake spring came off. The rear brake locked and down I went at 35. My left leg was hyper extended and still isn't right. That was back in 93. The doctor said it is a torn menscus ligament or something like that. All I remember him saying for sure is "$10,000 for the procedure".  I've gotten used to limping.  1982 CX500C "Twisted"    Report

05-07-2008, 9:01 PM bfknova Joined on 03-15-2008 Nova Scotia Posts 528 Re: Dropped bike poll: Only time I remember with over 40 years of ridin' n' partyin' was at a pig roast party back in the late 70's near Fort McMurray, Alberta - with over 150 bikers ..... the group wanted to leave (to my regret around 2 p.m. on Sunday) - and I wanted to stay n' sober up - well it had rained during the night and I kinda remember putting my leg over my Hog n' next thing I remember is waking up at home with the bike in perfect shape in my driveway - so was that a drop ????? ....... pays to have a good group who looks out for ya and on rides has a bike van (just in case) !!! Cheers n' Happy Trails, Bryan   Keep the rubber side down and alway shake a bro's hand when passing or standing still - EH !!    Report

05-09-2008, 3:13 PM DaveNearAtlanta Joined on 03-03-2006 Lawrenceville, GA Posts 500 Re: Dropped bike poll: On a ride up in the north Georgia mountains last weekend the rear wheel washed out on a gravel road switchback. Given the road conditions, my speed was already low.  There wasn't a scratch on me and the bike made out well, too.  An aftermarket footpeg was broken but there was a spare at the house.  The saddlebag was already scratched so it was hard to tell any difference before vs. after the drop. Sometimes it just happens. My Home Page 1981 GL500I 1982 GL500I 1983 GL650I This User ID is no longer used. DaveF is my new User ID.    Report

05-09-2008, 3:46 PM Da Bear Joined on 12-31-2007 Portland, Oregon Posts 86 Re: Dropped bike poll: As seen in the picture, this is why they're called "Crash Bars" So Dave, what was at the end of the "road" that made it worth it? That's one nasty looking chunk of dirt, I wouldn't have gone up it on anything less than a dirt bike, you're one daring man........    Da Bear 82 GL500I She Hasta    Report

05-21-2008, 11:58 PM monki Joined on 05-02-2008 Happy Valley, Utah Posts 78 Re: Dropped bike poll: Dropped my bike for the first time today...  I've only had him for two weeks though, so I think I'm doing ok.  Was at a stop sign and didn't give it enough gas going around a corner.  It went down nice and slow, not too tramatic... just bent one of my mirrors. Found out though that my gas cap needs a new gasket or some such thing.  The gas  was pouring out around it.  Thankfully, I didn't have to pick it up myself.  A nice guy stopped and helped me pick it up and told me he understood, since his daughter had just bought a bike too. :) '82 GL500i (Grover)    Report

05-22-2008, 2:35 AM anoke422 Joined on 05-14-2008 Grand Island, Nebraska Posts 36 Re: Dropped bike poll: I dropped mine the first week I had mine. I was driving a little dirt road that looked fine until I got over a little hill and it was pure mud for the next fifty yards or so. I was going too fast to stop and turn back so I went through. Almost made it to, went down in about the last ten feet. Upside, was mud is soft so there was no damage, downside is mud is slippery so it's a pain to try to pick up a bike. Second time wasn't my fault. I was at work and someone backed into it in the parking lot. I got off with a cracked lens cap on a blinker. The car was pretty smashed up though I've been told! Screw politics...I just want to burn things down! 1979 CX500 Custom    Report

05-22-2008, 8:21 AM snook Joined on 05-05-2008 Saskatoon Posts 20 Re: Dropped bike poll: I’ve dropped my bike twice, but the worst one ever was when I was out riding last spring and super excited just to be back on my bike. When all of a sudden I was making a right hand turn and got half way around the corner and me and my bike went down and slid into the intersection. After sliding about 15 feet got up and looked at the corner and realized it was full of sand that was hard to see on the concrete. As I was picking up my bike and few pedestrians coming to ask if I was alright I could see half a block up the sh**ty street sweeper  that left the mess that ultimately lead me to my wipe out. But after all said and done I was alright “the main part” and I had to replace 2 single lights a muffler my throttle and the side cover under the seat got cracked from the pressure of my leg on it. But a week later once all road rash was cleared up my parts had come in so was back to work and had her running 2 days later. Needless to say I don’t trust corners in spring time anymore and take them much slower these days.    Report

05-22-2008, 12:39 PM NstyDevil Joined on 05-20-2007 Toronto, Ontario Posts 214 Re: Dropped bike poll: i've dropped mine a total of three times, and none of them were on the road, so they don't count... LOL first, was in the parking lot at my apartment, someone decided to stop, and i was still learning how to ride, so i didn't stop and down it went beside the car, no injuries to me or bessie second time, i was on a nice country highway, and decided to stop and have a smoke, so i pulled onto a paved shoulder, but the paved shoulder stopped and freshly graded gravel/sand awaited my front tire. it also locked up the front tire for some reason. it unlocked a few min later though. the third time was a total surprise. i had pulled off the road cause i saw storm clouds coming, and wanted to put on my rain gear. i parked it, and the edge of the road had a incline i didn't count on, put down the sidestand, got off and opened the side luggage, the bike went the other way with me still holding onto the luggage. damage to luggage as i didn't move, it just snapped off the bracket and i havn't been inclined to put them back on again since. this was all within 1-2 months of riding last year when i first got bessie on the road. didn't drop it once, even riding in the snow this year. Edit: and i found out after i had the bike running and going nicely, that the PO had taken out a deer with it. apparently he didn't stop, but the fairing was destroyed, and he also said he never dropped it, but there is lots of evidence to the contrary all over the bike. __________________ '80 CX500 Deluxe approx 80k on the odometer    Report

05-23-2008, 7:21 AM Tippy Joined on 04-19-2007 KS Posts 170 Re: Dropped bike poll: Well last night we were expecting a thunderstorm (which came about 5:00am this morning) so when I got home I put the cover on the bike and went in.  When I came back outside after about an hour my bike was laying on the ground with a broken brake handle and torn grip, and gas all over the cover.  A PO has had the bike down both of the crash guards have some rash on them.  Another time another bike.  I was riding in Colorado a few weeks after getting my first bike a Yamaha XT 350.  I was a head of the others coming down the mountain and decided to go ahead and pull it up on the trailer.  Well a 4-wheeler had been unloaded after the bike and the ramp was right at the edge of the trailer.  I drove up on the trailer and put my right foot down and there was nothing there.  The bike and I fell right off the trailer.  On another trip to CO with the same bike and same trailer I had put the bike on the trailer to be tied down with some 4-wheelers.  And I went to watch my son while my father-in-law tied it all up.  A few minutes later I hear him call my name and when I get there my bike is on the ground up-side-down.  It was a rather amusing sight.  I wish I had a photo. 89 Yamaha XT 350 CX500 Custom Cafe My CX500    Report

05-23-2008, 10:59 AM Daniel45mpg Joined on 05-18-2008 Murrieta, CA. Posts 201 Re: Dropped bike poll: Still nursing a wrist injury i got tring to save from a drop. last week. I've drop it 5 or 6 times. since i 've had it April 07 Usually while i'm standing still. Only i once on a slow up hill right turn hair pin with a bump at the top (Presidio Park San Francisco in front of a bus of tourists. it slide down the grass embankment. Pulled the grass out. bent handle bar back. started right up. Always seem to hurt my wrist trying to get it under control. so top heavy with a full tank! 1980 CX500C 1980 CX500D Renew, Reuse, Recycle.    Report

05-23-2008, 12:49 PM bfknova Joined on 03-15-2008 Nova Scotia Posts 528 Re: Dropped bike poll: Hi Daniel, Sounds to me like the bike may be a little too tall for you - can you hold it up with both feet planted firmly flat on the ground ???  If your tippy-toeing it at all - well, 1st thing to do is lower it ..... there are a lot of lowering threads - I had to lower mine almost 6 inches - but also find it quite comfortable to ride and easier bending my knees a little at stops ..... Cheers, n' Happy Trails Ahead, Bryan '78 CX500 zzzzzzzz (still in 1000 pieces in my kitchen - but gonna do it right this time !)   Keep the rubber side down and alway shake a bro's hand when passing or standing still - EH !!    Report

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