Great stories!!
This isn't actually a tip over but...(and keep in mind that, like all these instances, this took place in a matter of seconds)
I have a friend who @ 6' tall weighs in @ about 400/450??? He's a big boy. Anyway he had just bought a new to him VTX1800. It had been several years since he'd ridden so he was a bit rusty. Wanting to show it off to his friends (we were all anxious to see it anyway!) he met up with us one Sat. morn. There were three of us waiting in a parking lot to see his new bike when he showed up. With a s--t eating grin plastered to his face he cruised across the lot toward us. Just as he was getting close to us he popped her into neutral, hit the kill switch and glided to a stop with us directly to his left. Just like the rest of us, as soon as the bike had come to a complete stop he'd put both feet out and, like I usually do, leaned the weight of the bike to his left. That's when the comedy started.
Now to the rest of us everything seemed to be going just like it should for our large friend. However as we watched him make that stop, his grin:-D suddenly transformed into a look of puzzlement:???: which quickly developed into a look of shock:shock: . Still upright the rest of us are begining to wonder why the heck he's doing that when all of a sudden he begins to flail his handlebars back and forth accompanied by a wild pumping of his left leg! That's when we realized that he was in trouble and lurched forward to help. Unfortunately we weren't close enough so over he pitches to his left. Then, unbelievably his foot hits the ground with an audible thud and he catches the bike
right on the edge of no return and holds it there long enough for the rest of us to reach him and get the bike righted. Then came the sudden look of relief on his face!
Now a credit to his good nature. Not a swear word was issued just: "Holy smokes" panic induced chuckle inserted here "I think I just used up my allotment of excitement for the week!
Turns out he was wearing
sneakers and the shoe string
sneaked it's way around his foot peg so that he couldn't get his foot all the way to the ground! I have to admit that he performed an impressive dance on the big bike to keep it upright as long as he did! Needless to say he had to put up with a considerable amount of friendly abuse from the rest of us once it was over!:crackup :crackup :crackup
Hope you enjoy this one. I'll put another of mine on next time.
