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07-07-2007, 07:05 PM
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| Cookie Monstress.   Join Date: Dec 2006
Bike: 2008 Kawi 1500 Classic
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Posts: 3,789
|  Parking on a bike against a curb...
... like most of us would do, today I had let the bike roll backward until it hit the curb to park it. When I came back and very first started to drive away, I dang near dropped it. I had just barely pulled the rear tire free of contact with the curb when suddenly gravity tried to pull the bike down to the ground. It had felt to me like I was balanced on the bike, but the curb had been kickstanding my bike and I really wasnt! My feet were not expecting such a strong force and I nearly dropped it in the parking space. It also caused the handlebars to twist to the right and for a second I couldnt understand what had happened. Two possible lessons here. First, always manhandle the bike forward a bit and completely vertical before letting out the clutch to drive away. Second, when you roll back to park, stop short of actual contact withe curb (unless you are exactly 90 degrees to the curb when it would not have been a problem) Annie |
