Dropped new '25 R3 R Storm - So Happy!

[HarryBo]

Harry, that is one fine looking Rocket. Glad you posted a pic of it. I do appreciate the fact that you shared your experience with us. I know many of us have had a similar experience that we probably wouldn't want to share... especially if it was our fault. Maybe someone could start a post titled... "Have You Ever Dropped Your Ride?" I bet it would be busy. Glad you and the bike weren't too badly hurt/damaged.

Great idea!

 

[Bedifferent]

Well, exiting gas station onto busy multilane city road, right turn curb lane open, other lanes busy fast traffic, lot exit slight decline, bumpy, pot holes, see opening, open throttle, feathering clutch, roll forward, start right lean and turn, hit bump, throttle closes... stalls... bike goes down. AAAARRRRGGGHHH! Brand new '25 R3R Storm dropped fully onto its right side onto loose gravelly concrete roadway.

I was devastated seeing my new pride and joy laying there on its side fully laid out in a way it never should be. I've been riding 45 yrs plus, travelled over 200,000 km on two wheels, never dropped a bike while riding, ever.

I righted the bike with help from my riding buddy, tried to make some sense of what just happened, heart racing, looking to see the expected carnage of damage. Looking. Looking. Tank fine. Front fender and fork end fine. Handlebar end fine. Front brake lever fine. Rear fender, foot peg, foot brake lever, exhaust manifold all fine. Turn signals front and back fine. Argh, right mirror arm 1" scrape mark, not bad. Scanning, argh, both exhaust tips, slight scrapes about 1/4" long 1/16" wide, barely visible. Looking... Looking...to my amazement that was it. That was all that was damaged from the fall!?
Slight mark on mirror arm and two very small nicks at lip of exhaust tips. That's it.

Ordering new right mirror tomorrow (though can't see scrape as I covered with small strip of electrical tape), and applied small dots of black sharpie, on exhaust tips, masking the scrapes entirely (unless looking on hands and knees).

I am sooooo lucky!!! As a perfectionist, who always washes and details my bike after every ride, I am ecstatic that my bike was almost completely unscathed from the horrific drop. Here's a pic after the fall. Looking amazing.

Thank you to the powers that be. Thank you!

It Happens! Cool bike!

 

[lotus]

I also had a diaper filling experience after purchasing my 2022 GT. My case was using a T stand that I have been using
for my BMW for 20 years without problem. Simply drive up into it and get off. I've serviced and stored the bike on that
stand for years without worry.
I drove the Rocket into the stand, admired and fiddled with it for two days without problem. One morning, I came out
into the garage and found the magnificent beast sprawled out on the left side. My heart stopped and dollar signs danced in my head.
I just stood there trying to figure out what happened. Intruder, grandson, mad wife for buying it?
Called a neighbor to help get it back upright so I could asses the damage, expecting at least gas tank damage. The left handle bar
end was tucked under the tank. Ugly
Breathing a sigh of relief, only found broken left mirror. Nothing else. It probably helped that it fell onto carpet.
I surmised the wider front tire was too big for the stand's "V" where the tire rests. I believe it wasn't perfectly upright and
slooowly rolled out of the V. Needless to say, when using the stand, I'll strap it to the stand from now on.

 

[HarryBo]

I also had a diaper filling experience after purchasing my 2022 GT. My case was using a T stand that I have been using
for my BMW for 20 years without problem. Simply drive up into it and get off. I've serviced and stored the bike on that
stand for years without worry.
I drove the Rocket into the stand, admired and fiddled with it for two days without problem. One morning, I came out
into the garage and found the magnificent beast sprawled out on the left side. My heart stopped and dollar signs danced in my head.
I just stood there trying to figure out what happened. Intruder, grandson, mad wife for buying it?
Called a neighbor to help get it back upright so I could asses the damage, expecting at least gas tank damage. The left handle bar
end was tucked under the tank. Ugly
Breathing a sigh of relief, only found broken left mirror. Nothing else. It probably helped that it fell onto carpet.
I surmised the wider front tire was too big for the stand's "V" where the tire rests. I believe it wasn't perfectly upright and
slooowly rolled out of the V. Needless to say, when using the stand, I'll strap it to the stand from now on.

Sooo glad to hear about the minimal damage.

 

[Kevin frazier]

RBW, Two Step, all the electronic stuff will get us when theres a glitch, all we can do is throw caution to rhe wind and ride like theres no tomorrow.

 

[lotus]

Another good way to take the bike to ground fast is to tap the front brake while slow maneuvering (straddle walking) with bars against the stop.

I did that on my BMW a couple years ago while maneuvering on a slopped dirt parking lot. Couldn't use the rear brake and
tapped the front brake as it rolled forward on an incline with bars at full deflection. I was down before thinking "Oh ****"
How embarrassing

 

[HarryBo]

Yep, a classic whoopsy.