Ryan_B
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Well, unfortunately it happened much faster than I thought it would!
I got the urge to clean off my work bench, put tools away and generally tidy up. The ST is parked between my Miata and my wife's Infiniti (center of the garage) on the center stand. I normally ride every day so I am comfortable in my routine of parking and reversing out (normally I just jump on it and roll it off the stand).
Well... back to my cleaning up. I decide to move the bike back about 5 feet to make room to sweep. I confidentially walk up to the side, drop it off its center stand, hit an unseen bin in front of the wheel - which turn it right suddenly, putting my center of balance over the bike and that was it! It was all I could do not to fall on top of it, let alone hold it up.
Luckily, enough room was between the cars that it didn't touch them. My garage is smooth concrete which saved the rear exhaust. BTW - for those looking to replace the exhaust with aftermarket, it is angled for a reason. It protects the rear pannier if you do tip over. I wish I had snapped a picture of it down, it was just sitting happy on its side on the wing and exhaust.
I of course quickly picked it up, I didn't want anyone investigating and seeing it on its side.
The instructional youtube video of the lady picking up the Harley was actually helpful here, about 3 minutes in:
Long story a little shorter, the worst damage was to my pride. I found the a clip out of place on the faring next to the headlight and mirror. I don't know if that was from the impact or if the mirror touched when it flexed. The wing cover had a crushed/cut area from taking the hit. The back exhaust had a small scuff (it buffed out) and the pannier had a slight flattening of the texture. The wing protector was $23 shipped from eBay.
Stay safe out there! Definitely do not try to catch one of these if they are going over. lol
-Ryan
I got the urge to clean off my work bench, put tools away and generally tidy up. The ST is parked between my Miata and my wife's Infiniti (center of the garage) on the center stand. I normally ride every day so I am comfortable in my routine of parking and reversing out (normally I just jump on it and roll it off the stand).
Well... back to my cleaning up. I decide to move the bike back about 5 feet to make room to sweep. I confidentially walk up to the side, drop it off its center stand, hit an unseen bin in front of the wheel - which turn it right suddenly, putting my center of balance over the bike and that was it! It was all I could do not to fall on top of it, let alone hold it up.
Luckily, enough room was between the cars that it didn't touch them. My garage is smooth concrete which saved the rear exhaust. BTW - for those looking to replace the exhaust with aftermarket, it is angled for a reason. It protects the rear pannier if you do tip over. I wish I had snapped a picture of it down, it was just sitting happy on its side on the wing and exhaust.
I of course quickly picked it up, I didn't want anyone investigating and seeing it on its side.
The instructional youtube video of the lady picking up the Harley was actually helpful here, about 3 minutes in: Long story a little shorter, the worst damage was to my pride. I found the a clip out of place on the faring next to the headlight and mirror. I don't know if that was from the impact or if the mirror touched when it flexed. The wing cover had a crushed/cut area from taking the hit. The back exhaust had a small scuff (it buffed out) and the pannier had a slight flattening of the texture. The wing protector was $23 shipped from eBay.
Stay safe out there! Definitely do not try to catch one of these if they are going over. lol
-Ryan
