I'm an idiot...

[bkmaxvrb]

...although, I don't think I'm alone in this.

Last night, I was getting ready to ride home after a long fun day hanging with a friend. It was a long ride and it was after 9pm, so it was dark. I got ready, double checked a couple of things to make sure all was well.....(No one wants to be broken down or searching for something on the side of the road in the dark, do we?)

Anyway, I hop on the bike, fire it up, check to make sure everything sounds and feels right, pull in the clutch and drop it gear......bike dies! Hmm, that's weird, but, it's colder now than it was earlier...so maybe that's it? I hit the starter again, cranks, fires and dies. Hmm....I'm forgetting something.....

Oh Yeah! Put the kick stand UP, dummy!!!

Oh well, old age has it's downside. I had to chuckle about this. Putting the stand up after lifting the bike off it is like tying my shoes after putting them on in the morning. I don't think about it, I just do it, each and everytime.

I guess I need to check and see if my shoes are tied.

Later everyone, check the kickstand!

Russ

[coloradontexas]

been there many times partner LOL.

[indianapilot]

You didn't forget to put the kickstand up, you were just checking to make sure the kickstand switch worked. I've done it before myself several times, gotta make sure all the safety devices work. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

T.L.

[nomad561]

Been there done that.
It beats riding off and then figuring out you left the kickstand down (the hard way)

[dogdoc]

done that too, but I was thinking if the kick stand is down, i thought it wont start at all?

[dogdoc]

done that too, but I was thinking if the kick stand is down, i thought it wont start at all?

[paulo]

I think we have all done it...

[buckeye]

been there, done that!

[jonsamson]

Originally Posted by Doc (Lonewolf)

done that too, but I was thinking if the kick stand is down, i thought it wont start at all?

If it is in gear and the clutch pulled and the kick stand down it will start, than when you let out the clutch is dies. Yup have done that also.

One time I got frustrated and worried when I mistakenly hit the kill button ( I never use it) and the thing wouldn't start. I check the kick stand, I had power, but no starter. Dang I thought I melted a wire or something looked all around, (Holding up traffic entering gate to a bike rally none the less). The guy got out of his truck offered to help me push the bike to the side, then when we started, he suggested I turn the kill button back on. I was as red as the button.

[Jared]

Not the first. Not the last.

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by Doc (Lonewolf)

done that too, but I was thinking if the kick stand is down, i thought it wont start at all?

Wow Doc, an answer so nice, you posted it twice.

It will start with the kickstand down in neutral, but the minute you pop it into gear, it kills the engine.

[macmac]

I did that last Saturday night righ after hitting the jeep that hit the moose. My brain was in neutral fer sartin!

[ells]

So, how many of us have had a bike without the the KS safety switch and ridden of with it down? Count is one so far. It just put itself up but I've heard worse can happen.

[cnc]

Did the same thing just this morning.
pulled in for gas, put it in neutral, l put the kick stand down and the car in front pulled away, so I popped it back in gear to advance and bingo, looked like an idiot in front of the gas attendant. Could have been worse, pull in and forget to put the kick stand down before getting off!

[macmac]

Ells, My 81 yammi 850 has a kick starter and no KS safety switch. I used to fer git that stand all the time, and like you it touched down and kicked up, but it could spell disaster.