has anyone ever dropped their goldwing? thanks

has anyone ever dropped their goldwing? thanks

I can't even lift mine. ;)

... HOWDY ... I HAVE NEVER DROPPED ANY OF MY WINGS CAME CLOSE A COUPLE TIMES AT LOW LOW SPEED TURNING ... MY NEIGHBOR HAD A COMPLETE REAR TIRE FAILURE ON CALIF. FREEWAY @ 65mph -2 UP ... THE CASE SAVERS KEPT SPACE UNDER THE BIKE AND ALLOWED THEM TO GET AWAY FROM THE BIKE ... BOTH SLID TO A STOP AND DIDN'T GET HIT BY ANY CARS ... VERY MINOR SCRAPES TO THEM (which shows how important it is to have correct riding gear ) ... BIKE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO RIGHT SIDE ... (new handle bars-saddle bag-case saver some body work) ... THEY WERE RIDING AGAIN THE NEXT WEEK ... GULP ... I LOST MY BALANCE IN THE GARAGE AND TIPPED OVER ... DOES THAT COUNT ??? ... HAPPY TRAILS ...

Been there. Done that. Got the tee shirt. Both my 98 and my 09 in the driveway.

I was reading where a few Ultra Classic owners have dropped theirs, is the Goldwing better balance than the Ultra? thanks. Oh I have dropped a big ruckus, my fault for not paying attention. thanks

Can't really comment since I've never owned an Ultra. But, given the weight distribution between a "flat 6" and a "V twin", I would think the Ultra has a higher center of gravity. So it would seem to me that the Ultra would be "top heavy", more so than the Wing. JMO. I know the Wing is pretty easy to pick up after it drops even thought it weights around 900 pounds.

Well, I had an 84 Aspencade w/8K on it; it was in mint condition and loaded with every chome and light piece in the known world.
I bought it that way. Very late one night....( broke the first rule ) NEVER ride tired!! At about 1:30AM after working all afternoon till midnight....I went out for a ride in the full moon..it was awsome!...I was trying to adjust some new driving lights...pulled into a plaza with a store that had a huge window, I could see the lights from the saddle..I made a couple of adjustments from the ground..then I realized I could just reach from the seat; made the final adjustment and was off.
I made 3 "RIGHT" turns kicked it up to about 80KM and then rounded a left sweeping turn..holy crap! The side stand was DOWN!:eek:
Went into a high speed wobble.....edged over to the soft shoulder...got back on the pavement....had both brakes locked.( or so I thought)...now there is a car comming straight at me...I was already standing up on the floor boards...I made like superman and JUMPED!!...Landed on the soft shoulder..cracked 3 ribs and lost 2 front teeth..still not sure what I hit with my mouth!
But, as I lay in the ditch, I could hear the bike...still running!! It did 3 end over ends, flipped onto the left side then the right side and slid about 150 ft. I will never forget that sound..bup~bup~bup~bup STILL running after all that!

There were a few teens in a car behind me that saw the whole thing, they went and shut the bike off...called an ambulance and took off cause they were all drinking...:confused:
Does that count as "dropping" my Wing???:o

Well, I had an 84 Aspencade w/8K on it; it was in mint condition and loaded with every chome and light piece in the known world.
I bought it that way. Very late one night....( broke the first rule ) NEVER ride tired!! At about 1:30AM after working all afternoon till midnight....I went out for a ride in the full moon..it was awsome!...I was trying to adjust some new driving lights...pulled into a plaza with a store that had a huge window, I could see the lights from the saddle..I made a couple of adjustments from the ground..then I realized I could just reach from the seat; made the final adjustment and was off.
I made 3 "RIGHT" turns kicked it up to about 80KM and then rounded a left sweeping turn..holy crap! The side stand was DOWN!:eek:
Went into a high speed wobble.....edged over to the soft shoulder...got back on the pavement....had both brakes locked.( or so I thought)...now there is a car comming straight at me...I was already standing up on the floor boards...I made like superman and JUMPED!!...Landed on the soft shoulder..cracked 3 ribs and lost 2 front teeth..still not sure what I hit with my mouth!
But, as I lay in the ditch, I could hear the bike...still running!! It did 3 end over ends, flipped onto the left side then the right side and slid about 150 ft. I will never forget that sound..bup~bup~bup~bup STILL running after all that!

There were a few teens in a car behind me that saw the whole thing, they went and shut the bike off...called an ambulance and took off cause they were all drinking...:confused:
Does that count as "dropping" my Wing???:o

WOW. God must have been with you.

Well, I had an 84 Aspencade w/8K on it; it was in mint condition and loaded with every chome and light piece in the known world.
I bought it that way. Very late one night....( broke the first rule ) NEVER ride tired!! At about 1:30AM after working all afternoon till midnight....I went out for a ride in the full moon..it was awsome!...I was trying to adjust some new driving lights...pulled into a plaza with a store that had a huge window, I could see the lights from the saddle..I made a couple of adjustments from the ground..then I realized I could just reach from the seat; made the final adjustment and was off.
I made 3 "RIGHT" turns kicked it up to about 80KM and then rounded a left sweeping turn..holy crap! The side stand was DOWN!:eek:
Went into a high speed wobble.....edged over to the soft shoulder...got back on the pavement....had both brakes locked.( or so I thought)...now there is a car comming straight at me...I was already standing up on the floor boards...I made like superman and JUMPED!!...Landed on the soft shoulder..cracked 3 ribs and lost 2 front teeth..still not sure what I hit with my mouth!
But, as I lay in the ditch, I could hear the bike...still running!! It did 3 end over ends, flipped onto the left side then the right side and slid about 150 ft. I will never forget that sound..bup~bup~bup~bup STILL running after all that!

There were a few teens in a car behind me that saw the whole thing, they went and shut the bike off...called an ambulance and took off cause they were all drinking...:confused:
Does that count as "dropping" my Wing???:o
... BOY HOWDY ... SOUNDS BETTER THAN ANY CIRCUS SHOW I EVER SAW ... WOW ... GLAD YOU SURVIVED ... HAPPY TRAILS ...

Ha Ha Ha.....more Times Than I Want To Admit,my Wing Falls At A 45 Degree
Angle With The Crash Bars So Usually Im Mad Enough To Pick It Up,recently I Was Changing My Headlite Bulb And Wasn't Using The Work Stand And She Fell Against The Wall And Snapped Off The Mirror.i Called My Son The Cycle Mechanic To Order Another And He Asked,did You Wreck? I Said Yea,but Only In The Garage This Time!!(rubber Side Down) Lazz

Rainy morning full Leathers,Rainrider suit over,83 Interstate,heading to work. Pavement troughs from heavy truck tires compressing the pavement over years of use. Water in the troughs maybe 1 inch deep. Light throttle accelerate to pass a "B-Train Semi" rear wheel lost traction and tried to pass the front wheel,still steering straight,high sided at 60 mph. Bike slid & stayed the on pavement,I bailed, did'nt want to get tangled up with the bike.Slid feet first like a water slide into the ditch.Broke my left leg,did'nt know it. Two guys stopped helped lift the bike up,I rode home.5 weeks in a leg cast then therapy to get muscle tone back.Back on the bike,never looked back since,life happens,conclusion-watch wet pavement like a hawk and "Slow down when you see pavement troughs and ruts.

Robert
85 GW LTD.
Go Ride :)

I have found the Wing rather easy to pick up if properly done. ( "Thats all I'm going to say about that.")

I have found the Wing rather easy to pick up if properly done. ( "Thats all I'm going to say about that.")

Yes,I usually picked up my 83 Interstate if it fell,like in wet grass or something.That one time I could'nt but there was a good reason,my left leg did'nt want to work very well, ha ha, funny now,not then.

Ride on!

Is there a t-shirt for that ? Cause I need one.getting the Wing into my garage, I have to go up a slight grade, and then a ramp over the footing on the garage. Halfway in one day, I screwed up somehow and over the big blue girl went. No damage other than a broken heart but because of the ramp, the usual lifting thing didn't work. Well, couldn't walk for a week and I'm still nervous getting the girl in and out. But I can only get better with practice.

Is there a t-shirt for that ? Cause I need one.getting the Wing into my garage, I have to go up a slight grade, and then a ramp over the footing on the garage. Halfway in one day, I screwed up somehow and over the big blue girl went. No damage other than a broken heart but because of the ramp, the usual lifting thing didn't work. Well, couldn't walk for a week and I'm still nervous getting the girl in and out. But I can only get better with practice.
:D :D ... TRAINING WHEELS (giggle - giggle) ... :D :D

my 92 won't run in any gear but neutral with the kickstand down, probably a good thing to have a bike that is smarter than I am. LOL

I would suffer the embarassment of training wheels if I knew I could get the big blue girl in the garage safely! After this latest trip, The little lady has even commmented that I handle the bike much better...less nervous. Soooo, hopefully, it won't go down again.

Yep,
I've dropped both of mine. I was able to pick up my 81 GL1100 with out too much exertion. That was a few years ago when I was much younger. I,m riding a 95 GL 1500 now and it seems a bit heavier. I dropped it when coming to a slow speed stop and loosing my footing because I didn't watch to be sure the ground was level. I was on a overlook on the Blue Ridge parkway riding solo. There wasn't enough room to get under the bike but I was lucky enough to have a fellow biker and his wife stop and help me get it back on the side stand. You can bet I'll return that kindness every chance I get. No damage to the bike, massive damage to my ego. I'm considering carrying a deflated basket ball that I can slide under the crash bar or engine and inflate with a 12vdc compressor. If this works it should lift the bike high enough to push it upright. I haven't tried this yet but if it works I'll post.
Hewy

has anyone ever dropped their goldwing? thanks

Everyone tests the bank sensor now and then. If you say you haven't dropped your bike your either lying or you haven't been riding long. One day the law of averages catches up on you--you're daydreaming backing out of the garage and your foot rolls on the hose or an acorn or gravel or something.

Believe it or not, you can lift it by yourself if you use the proper technique. Just turn the bars so that you can put your back to the bike and still grab both grips. Keep your arms straight and lift with your legs.

If lifting from bike laying on left side, be ready to use the heel of your foot to drop the side stand once the bike is high enough. If lifting from the bike laying on the right side, you start by puting the side stand down and use the same technique, but once up, gently drop onto the side stand.

Try it out on a tarp, but until you're confident, have help handy if you need it.

BTW: You can pull the rear tire without a lift using this technique. Google this subject to find videos, etc.

Good Luck,

sofar i've dropped the 1200 four times. the 1500 had one of those kickstand extensions on it when i got it, all nice and chrome lookin good but you couldn't park on any incline and one day the wind blew the bike over into my convertable. the extension came off and now i have a broken mirror houseing on the wing and a big dent to remove from the quarter panel of the mustang

sofar i've dropped the 1200 four times. the 1500 had one of those kickstand extensions on it when i got it, all nice and chrome lookin good but you couldn't park on any incline and one day the wind blew the bike over into my convertable. the extension came off and now i have a broken mirror houseing on the wing and a big dent to remove from the quarter panel of the mustang

I hear you. Not only do we loose our focus and do unintelligent things, our equipment sometimes conspires to give us "maintenance challenges."

Sorry to hear about your Mussy getting re-designed by your Wing's mirror; hope it's not a classic model. :(

Someone on the forum said it is not a matter "if" but "when" you will drop your GW. I never really believed this until I was riding with three other couples and came to a redlight. I was talking to the fellow next to me about boots and I forgot that we were stopped and by the time I put my foot out I could not hold it as I was riding two up. All I could think of, as it gently went down, was, "Sh.." my bags are going to be wrecked. Much to my surprise the bike shut off on it's own, the bike never went near the saddle bags and my wife was still sitting in the sit and she just put out her foot and stepped off. That was the good part. The bad part was after the boys helped me right the bike and I had to listen to there "smart" remarks. Tallmensboots and better concentration at stops have kept off the ground for the past three months but I am sure there will be another time.

Someone on the forum said it is not a matter "if" but "when" you will drop your GW. I never really believed this until ....

In my experience, the few times I've layed my Wing down (mostly in the garage or on the driveway; once during u-turn on tight dead end), it always seemed to be I was distracted by something simple. Just goes to show you how easy it is for a distraction to work its curse on you. Glad nobody was hurt.

Let's hope none of us ever experiences the "high speed" dropsies. Those hurt, I hear. :)

Having rode a few Ultras and my friends and now my own wing I can tell you that the wing is much top heavier than an ultra. I love the wing and im by no means a new rider having rode most of my 51 years. On an Ultra the thing is heavy and awkward on a parking lot slow turns etc but the wing at least for me is worse in that department. I can ride an ultra feet on the pegs slow enough to do a straw drop bike game or slow drag game. On my wing? Forget it. Under 5 miles an hour its like a tank. I think maybe its the fixed fairing. ive rode the wing more than an ultra so its not that im not used to it. I think its the fixed fairing on the wing. You cant really tell what is going on really slow until the bike is trying to fall over. On the ultra the fairing is turning with the forks so theres a visual cue on which way its tending to lean toward that the wing doesnt give you. For what I wanted it for which was a big bike capable of sustained highway speeds of 75 or better with comfort for both me and the wife it cant be beat.
On a twisty ky back road my wifes 700 intruder or my sporster can eat it for lunch as far as flipping thru tight turns etc. But for a day of normal riding even on backroads at sensible speed the wing is a pleasure to ride.
Just spent the weekend with the wife and the wing in the smokey mountains. Loved the ride etc of the wing, but had no interest in doing the dragon etc on it.
All in all I love the wing for what it was designed for but much as i love it its a pain in parking lots two up, traffic jams etc. JMO based on my own expierience.

a 1500 or 1800 wing is just heavier than an ultra. my 1200aspy feels like it weighs nearer the same as my friends ultra

Well I will be, now I know that I was not the only one that dropped it's bike (GW A 1982 ) in the garage.I caught my jacket some how on the boat next to it and just like that it fell over as I watched. Good thing it fell on a couple of big tires, nothing broke. But thought I would just walk around and put back on it's side stand.No way could I get it back on it's side stand. HELP !, kid came out of the house, Dad better go to riding your old CB-750, that you can pick up. I just said wait until you hit 70, and lets see if you can pick up one like this.It took the two of us to get it back on it's stand.

The only time I could not pick up a CB-750 was on the beach in Fla, and I found the softest spot in Fla that evening.Thank God for help at times !

I just traded my Ultra Classic in for a wing. Can we say Apples and Oranges, Night and DAY! Harley was hard for me to stop and keep balance, dropped it twice in driveway just trying to park. Wing is just as heavy but soooooo much easier to balance and stop and turn and EVERYTHING, even though they weigh about the same. My friend laid his Wing down just to see if I could pick it up and I could NO problem, I had to have hubby's help getting my Harley up. Its a Wing from here on out for me...
Lori

My one and only get-off in a quarter century of constant riding (I've taken a bike to work ever good day of that period, and 7 years of it were in SoCal) was on the Wing, a dark and stormy night (and cold, too) when a pedestrian walked out right in front of the bike. Swerved to miss him and dumped it. Had I been in a car he would have died. Rashed up the other side of the fairing (now both sides match) and bonked me good; I had to do facility inspections the next day and boy was I hobbling. At least it too a dark rainy night and a wayward pedestrian to bring me down. Wasn't anything dumb on my part.

I dropped it two days later when I slipped on some ice coming out of my driveway.

I just traded my Ultra Classic in for a wing. Can we say Apples and Oranges, Night and DAY! Harley was hard for me to stop and keep balance, dropped it twice in driveway just trying to park. Wing is just as heavy but soooooo much easier to balance and stop and turn and EVERYTHING, even though they weigh about the same. My friend laid his Wing down just to see if I could pick it up and I could NO problem, I had to have hubby's help getting my Harley up. Its a Wing from here on out for me...
Lori
Lori, can you tell us how you picked it up.Do you stand backwards to it and lift ? Any way, great going! Next time mine goes over come and show me how. WA9FWT Phil

Im a New Winger with a 85 Lmt. Have been riding a CB 750 for years, boy what a difference. I have droped the GW twice now, both in the drive trying to turn it around to back in the garage. Had to have help both times. I can't seem to tell which way the big boy is leaning. I believe the stationary faring is the trouble. I Love the ride just hate trying to get it put away. I sure hope practice will do the trick and give me some confidence. I am short and that does not help any. If you have any trick I sure would like to know about them.
Wagonwheel

ronwheeler, what probably is happening to you is you are concentrating on the bike right at the turn. Remember where you look is where you will go. When you start turn around look beyond the bike, Don't look down. There is a good article in Rider magazine this month about low speed manuevers. I'll try scanning it in & posting it. Hope this helps.

I think every one should know there is some help out there on how to properly pick up a bike.
Check out this site. http://roadstarclinic.com/content/view/82/123/
WA9FWT Phil

10-4 on dropping it in the garage (thought I was the only one) the first week I had her. Something heartbreaking about that slow-motion fall. Cost me a windshield, that one did. -s

Although embarrasing, s*** happens to most if not all of us. My new Wing has been over twice, once from a badly chosen parking spot and once from a total brain fart in the driveway. Advice: make sure the stand is all the way out when you go to close the garage door (duh). The other time I thought there was enough lean on the bike to be ok, but it turns out a 40mph wind gust will change balance points real easy. Nver saw it go down, but got to deal with the result. No damage on either oops.:o

Why? Did someone see it?

Nobody saw me in the driveway. The other one was at the insurance office, and my agent's steno came running in and gave me the good news. No I wasn't there for coverage on the Wing, that would have been just too much!:eek: It's really amazing how much strength you have when you are both PO'd and embarrassed.

Nobody saw me in the driveway. The other one was at the insurance office, and my agent's steno came running in and gave me the good news. No I wasn't there for coverage on the Wing, that would have been just too much!:eek: It's really amazing how much strength you have when you are both PO'd and embarrassed.
So you have learned on how to pick those bikes up by your self.
I have learned the proper way now, but I don't want to put to test and give it a try. Age is against me at 70.
WA9FWT Phil.... Happy Holidays

Never owned a bike I didn't drop!

Yes to drop, each side minor parking lot stuff. I was riding at 55 -60 on state hiway when , and I mean now, SHE pulled in my direct front. I went down at 50 ish brakes on to the inside of the divided highway. I was sommersault city for about 15 second maybe 20. My wing was on her ear and sliding down the edge of the pavement and ending in the gravel off the road way. I stood up and except for minor stuff was ok.

I was dressed to crash, the way all of us should dress. I spoke choice words to her just before she drove off. Cops came, ambulance came, I did not go to hospital, no ticket, no insurance report and later in theday she called back to the police. Insurance paid and beleive this or not there was very little damage to my wing. None to the handlebars tips none to the bags or mirrors, some to the fog light nacele and the crash bar was chewed up but not worn through. That was a miracle. I fixed very little. My joe rocket jacket was chewed up but wearable and my jeans were abraded. So that is my "drop". This episode did take the "gusto" out of me for about 6 months.

Wear a helmet, armored jacket, cycle gloves, tight boots and loose jeans. Be safe. Watch for them !! they suresheck don't watch for you. I believe this one saw me and came on anyway.

Billcarr: Quote "I was dressed to crash,the way all of us should dress" Yes, I shake my head when I see riders in shorts and teeshirts on the hwy. if they could only see what road rash can do...more than that if they did crash it might be the last time they wear shorts because their skin would be so scared up. My rainrider suit looked like swiss cheese after sliding at 60 mph but the leathers underneather,still good.Surprising the 83 Interstate I had at the time suffered very little damage,left chrome crash bar tube wore half way through,replaced it and the left mirror thats it.

Yes to drop, each side minor parking lot stuff. I was riding at 55 -60 on state hiway when , and I mean now, SHE pulled in my direct front. I went down at 50 ish brakes on to the inside of the divided highway. I was sommersault city for about 15 second maybe 20. My wing was on her ear and sliding down the edge of the pavement and ending in the gravel off the road way. I stood up and except for minor stuff was ok.

I was dressed to crash, the way all of us should dress. I spoke choice words to her just before she drove off. Cops came, ambulance came, I did not go to hospital, no ticket, no insurance report and later in theday she called back to the police. Insurance paid and beleive this or not there was very little damage to my wing. None to the handlebars tips none to the bags or mirrors, some to the fog light nacele and the crash bar was chewed up but not worn through. That was a miracle. I fixed very little. My joe rocket jacket was chewed up but wearable and my jeans were abraded. So that is my "drop". This episode did take the "gusto" out of me for about 6 months.

Wear a helmet, armored jacket, cycle gloves, tight boots and loose jeans. Be safe. Watch for them !! they suresheck don't watch for you. I believe this one saw me and came on anyway.
Billcarr
Glad to see you walked away from that one, but I bet the next day it really set in. What do you think about those Mudulator head lights (blinking ) I also agree with (Bstar ) ie.. BOB, He has been riding for some time and has been laid up because of a accident too. I think the older we get, and more experiance we have, it sticks with us as when you see or here about a bike accident.
Happy new Year. WA9FWT Phil

Given the choice I'll have to say..... "Pass on the wing drop thing" sonner or later though it might just catch up to me. Laterwould be just fine with me.

I was also cleaning my Goldwing and Wasn't Using The Work Stand And it Fell Against The Wall And Snapped Off The Mirror TOO!... I mean once it starts leaning to the left or right, holding her erect is WOW!!! Not happening in most cases. Come on, who else has experienced this mishap?

I was also cleaning my Goldwing and Wasn't Using The Work Stand And it Fell Against The Wall And Snapped Off The Mirror TOO!... I mean once it starts leaning to the left or right, holding her erect is WOW!!! Not happening in most cases. Come on, who else has experienced this mishap?

Your not alone here, this has come up a number of times on the subject. Not to long ago I came into my drive way and didn't have my right foot down properly and over it went to my right. Very slow it went, and didn't do any damage. I had all I can do to bring it back up right properly. At 71 I'm not that strong, and have all I can do to get it up right again.What my problem I have discovered was my BIG boards stick out far on both sides and my short legs have to go over the boards to hold the bike up.So I now move back on the seat and put my legs down behind the boards. That seems to have a better angle and with shorter legs it seems to work.If I keep dumping it, my kid will have me get training wheels he says.Thank God he didn't see the last one...:)
WA9FWT Phil

Done the drop thing a couple of times while stopped with my wife on the back. Never hurt anything but my pride. Phil have you seen those training wheels that just go down when you are stopping or at slow speeds? They might be the answer some day.

I'm 63 and have dropped both of my Wings. No damage to me or the bike. I went down on a muddy road in Kentucky a few months back and slid for about 75 feet. Honda did a fantastic job with the crash bars on the 1500s. I also have the problem of getting this behemoth back on its wheels. I've done it before and if you can get good footing it isn't too hard to do. I've decided in my "older years" to go as easy as possible. I carry a deflated basketball in my bags along with a 12VDC air pump. When I go down I just push the deflated ball under a crash bar, plug in my pump and inflate away. This won't put the bike up on its wheels but lifts it enough so it is very easy to push on over. This will work as long as there is enough traction for your tires to grab. It will go along way towards saving muscle strain. Too bad Honda doesn't come out with something like this.

Welcome from Canada Hewy. Now that's ingenuity! I might take it one step further and carry a small inflatable swiming pool :)
Ride safe and upright,
Strat

I'm 63 and have dropped both of my Wings. No damage to me or the bike. I went down on a muddy road in Kentucky a few months back and slid for about 75 feet. Honda did a fantastic job with the crash bars on the 1500s. I also have the problem of getting this behemoth back on its wheels. I've done it before and if you can get good footing it isn't too hard to do. I've decided in my "older years" to go as easy as possible. I carry a deflated basketball in my bags along with a 12VDC air pump. When I go down I just push the deflated ball under a crash bar, plug in my pump and inflate away. This won't put the bike up on its wheels but lifts it enough so it is very easy to push on over. This will work as long as there is enough traction for your tires to grab. It will go along way towards saving muscle strain. Too bad Honda doesn't come out with something like this.
To answer Red -Fox above us .yes I have seen the training wheels set up. I may have to resort to that one day to keep riding.I can't keep falling over Ha Ha
Hewy..
I like your idea of the basket ball trick. Maybe a old air bag assy from a junk yard would do the trick.Maybe your on to something :)
I have a built in compressor on my bike that could be used just for that.
WA9FWT Phil

It was bound to happen! I backed out of my garage this morning, stepped in a low spot in the driveway and down it went. I tried as I used to do with my CM400, but that wasn't about to happen. I'm glad I had done some reading here on the forum on how to pick it back up, Backed up against it and shuffled my feet backwards until it was upright, and away I went.

got an 89,1500,brother -in-law- bought a 2003 1800. it is a lot easier to manuver at crawl speed. rode it for about 3 hrs, got home ,put my wife on the back of mine and commence to turn around in the driveway ,using my feet, got about a 45 degreee angle and down she went,pinched the wifes leg pretty good. 1800's do manuver around a little different than 1500's....now i know,wife still mad at me.......

I'm waiting for my turn, but not with baited breath.

got an 89,1500,brother -in-law- bought a 2003 1800. it is a lot easier to manuver at crawl speed. rode it for about 3 hrs, got home ,put my wife on the back of mine and commence to turn around in the driveway ,using my feet, got about a 45 degreee angle and down she went,pinched the wifes leg pretty good. 1800's do manuver around a little different than 1500's....now I know,wife still mad at me.......

Sorry to here about the accident with the little woman. are there differences in the seat height between the both bikes, or is it really that much difference in models ? Hope the wife will get on again!!

WA9FWT Phil

Let's review :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Er4FFEQ8I

Yep I have dropped it. Had Jeanne on the back. She tried to hold it up and found out the Green Wing was too heavy. I just backed up to it, grabbed the handlebar and pass grab bar and walked it up. No problem. No damage. If I was leaving a bar instead of DQ I may have an excuse. :-)

Yep I have dropped it. Had Jeanne on the back. She tried to hold it up and found out the Green Wing was too heavy. I just backed up to it, grabbed the handlebar and pass grab bar and walked it up. No problem. No damage. If I was leaving a bar instead of DQ I may have an excuse. :-)

If I had a Jeanieee on the back of my bike , I would wish for her to pick it up :):)

WA9FWT Phil

I dropped my 1988 Electra Glide Classic, haven't dropped the Wing. I have a trike because I am too short to ride a GL-1500 without the kit I'd becoming the 'entertainment'. :eek:

Stratman,
I considered the kiddie pool along with the basketball but decided a jacuzzi would be better. After a hard day on the road, a nice hot jacuzzi is nice. I haven't found a way to keep it from slouching out all the water when I turn. Any suggestions????
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:eek:I at one time long long ago was told if you want to ride you will fall down, but we hope to have it happen at low speed or no speed, for me, I will start back in 79 with my 77 pulling into a gas station, no damage, move to 92 with my first 85 backing into the cave for the night and having the left foot going the wrong way, and the big one in 92 was the T bone at 35 mph when the other guy did not see me, that is when I found the second 85, and the last was in 94 with a rented BMW 1200LT going for the first stop of the day and the kick stand did not go all of the way down. I hope that is it knock on wood:rolleyes::D:rolleyes:

Good one blade runner! You did us Ontario Wingnuts proud :)
Strat

Had the same problem as bladerunner, forgot to raise my sidestand, took me off the side of the road before i could figure out what was going on. Broke my pelvic in two places and spent three weeks in the hospital. Bike got some damage, windshield, two mirrows, top of trunk lid and forks were twisted. Both me and the bike are back on the road again.

Dropped her a couple of times, all standing still. Got crossed up at an intersection on a group ride, gravel underfoot in the rut in the roadway and couldn't hold her up. Parked along the road way in TN, left it in gear, walked around to access the trunk and she started to roll off kickstand. Not many flat places to park in TN.