I am a lucky man and thankful to the good Lord to tell this with just embarrassment, no injuries. I was unloading my bike from the back of my pickup which has a thirteen inch platform of tools in the bed. Stupid, I unloaded it in a parking lot with a car on each side. I have only done this a couple times before. I started to let it roll back and down my three foot wide ramp, but... Forgot to put up the kick stand. The bike had already picked up enough gravity that the front tire just kept sliding. I was stuck. I couldn't lean it over enough to put up the kick stand. I fought it but was losing an inch at a time. I yelled for help, but no one was around. I lasted about a minute. Eventually, over I went. I figured my leg would be mangled or worse. Crash.
When I crawled out from underneath, I had no nicks, no scratches, no pain, no dirty shirt, no scratched palms, elbows, or knees. How could this be?? Wow and I got lucky and didn't hurt the car next to me. I kept taking personal inventory, the only hing that hurt was my ego and my baby gl. The more I looked, I then noticed.....how could this be??? Ohhhho , simple, steel car broke my fall.
That's gonna hurt. Now I know unloading in the parking lot is dumb. I just thought it was easy peasy. But if I had done this in the open, I am quite sure I would have significant injury and bike would too. The bike has a scratched exhaust, scratched mirror, scratched grab handle. That's it.
So Dad, I learned today that when unloading a motorcycle on a ramp, you better have that kickstand up.
We called police to be sure it was all up to snuff. He said since this happened on private property, I didn't need to file an accident report. I am not sure how this will be covered, pickup, bike, or homeowner' insurance.
When I crawled out from underneath, I had no nicks, no scratches, no pain, no dirty shirt, no scratched palms, elbows, or knees. How could this be?? Wow and I got lucky and didn't hurt the car next to me. I kept taking personal inventory, the only hing that hurt was my ego and my baby gl. The more I looked, I then noticed.....how could this be??? Ohhhho , simple, steel car broke my fall.
That's gonna hurt. Now I know unloading in the parking lot is dumb. I just thought it was easy peasy. But if I had done this in the open, I am quite sure I would have significant injury and bike would too. The bike has a scratched exhaust, scratched mirror, scratched grab handle. That's it.
So Dad, I learned today that when unloading a motorcycle on a ramp, you better have that kickstand up.
We called police to be sure it was all up to snuff. He said since this happened on private property, I didn't need to file an accident report. I am not sure how this will be covered, pickup, bike, or homeowner' insurance.
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