Topic: First Ride and focker

[79TBird]

well Finlay got the '73 Cb350f legal!
Been having a blast riding 30-100 miles a day in west Texas.
Then it happend...
last night my ridding buddy brough his truck over so i could help him load his bike to go ride with his dad in Dallas.
when the girlfriend pulled in the parking lot just befor he showed up she call my cell and asked where the hell i was at 10:30..
"siting in my chair drinking a beer" she starts screaming "where the hell are the bikes"
Ran down stair and sure enough mines laying on its side 'under' my car buddys zx6r is laying on its brandnew muzzy muffler on the curb!
parked the bikes after our nightly destress ride in the same parking spot next to my car, his is now turned sideways in the spot up laying on the curb.
Mine is on its side 2feet further forword then i parked and alot less vertical, grips now touching, tach busted, turn signals bent,
head light ears all twisted points cover dented, new MC leaking and brake hoses are toast (just the big stuff).
the police officer said from the looks of it some one tryed to steal the ninja couldnt got piss'd and started kicking bikes, or some one just pulled in the parking spot WAY to was and panniced.
no big deal can be replaced/fixed just gonna take MORE time...what realy gets me is i JUST spent the last of my 'play' money ordering a new chain and tires.
Oh well just gona park it with a new chain and tires till i get the parts...
buddy couldt stop laughing at me "i allways new you would lay down the bike, but never would have though it would be from your lazy boy"
well when he gets back he back what he doesnt know is the new BMW touring bike or the concourse will be mine for a while....

[ProTeal55]

Sorry to hear about your bad luck.

This is exacly why I always try to park on the sidewalk, driveway, or any place besides the street, becasue people just dont look out for bikes, ESPECIALLY parked ones....

[ElCheapo]

DAMN DAMN DAMN. I hate pushing my bike backwards up my little incline every time I want to ride (no room to really turn around in the drive). But I keep hearing stories like this one. Damn if I will park my bike on the street. The only way I do this is if the Toyota is running block in a spot behind it.

I used to park my GSXR on my buddies sidewalks or patios when I went to their places. Ride the damn thing right up to his door, even in an apartment complex. Naturally this would have to change a bit after the drinking started as these always turned into house parties. Nothing like a drunk to tip over your bike, even if she is pretty. The one time I parked it on the street at a party, and BAMO, I have no idea what the hell happened but the bars angle did not match the angle of the wheel. Did not bend anything ( I think), I straightened it out there like old bicycle style. Rode off and never bothered to look at it again.  I'll bet the triples where loose  There were lots of 120mph+ rides after that..

BTW the spell check tries to change GSXR to SEX.... I guess that was about right.

[79TBird]

well yeah we were parking on the porch under us then we got a eviction notice because thay told us we couldn't park on the side walk, we told them we would unless we had some kinda patrol for drunks.
good things just keep happening left the APT this morning and some one hit my car IN THE SAME PARKING SPOT! glad I'm moving next month
got allmost every thing back in place on the bike just need a new brake line any hints on where to get one cheep best i have found is $140 (OUCH more then the bike cost)
we are now parking the bikes in front of the girlfriends '06 scion TC...you can get 2 bikes and a TC in ONE spot and not hang out into the lot!

[Uncle Ernie]

I once had a bike parked totally legally on a San Francisco street. It's the law that you have to leave a note if you hit someone. As the area was pretty crowded with pedestrians, I came back to find my bike on it's side and a note that said, "You shouldn't have parked there."
Why I don't carry a gun.

[ElCheapo]

I always look for the offender that does this. If anyone here knows anything about ElCheapo the offender will get one hell of a surprise and just will not, I reapeat will not get away.

[nickjtc]

Not all  idiots are scumbags. Took the missis' VTR250 out for an icecream once (for me, not the bike), and while I was sitting in the store a fellow comes in and walk up to me (the only person in the place with bike gear and a helmet), and asks if I own the bike outside.

Turns out he "didn't see it" when he was backing in to a parking spot and pushed it over. So we went outside and it turns out he has cracked a fairing panel, pretzelled the clutch lever, smashed a turn signal, scuffed a mirror and scuffed the front fender. He was very apologetic and wanted to put it right without going through insurance. That was helpful because the bike wasn't actually legally supposed to be on the road at the time, hem, hem.

$600+ later the bike was looking better than new, with not a complaint from the miscreant. So there are some good and honest people in the world.