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Ok despite the snickers I may receive for this post I decided to share to prevent any other noob riders from hopefully making the same mistake. I try so hard to be careful on my bike, to avoid dropping her and scratching her beautiful paint. In the past couple weeks I've done some cool mods like installing a yoshimura exhaust, and just the other day installed a sweet underglow kit and last night I was out riding to test it out. The LED underglow kit I have allows you to change the color (it has seven total colors to choose from), so I usually alternate between white and red, though white is really bright so I am afraid of getting pulled over. Anyhow long story short, I was using white and decided to pull over in a empty parking lot and change the color and make sure no lights were coming loose (I installed the lights myself, did a **** good job if I do say so myself.) So I put my bike in neutral and swung my leg over to get off, as soon as I do I feel all the weight of my bike pressing against my leg and the bike started going down. I FORGOT TO PUT THE KICKSTAND DOWN! REALLY? Yes, really.
Luckily I was able to grab it and lay it down softly. I quickly picked her up and set her upright (thank god this bike is so light!) I stood there for a couple moments not wanting to look at it, cursing at myself for being such an idiot, afraid to see what damage was caused. When I finally did it turned out to be some very minimal damage, scratches on the bottom of the left side blinker, mirror, kickstand, gear shifter knob and back passenger peg, but nothing really noticeable unless you are really looking for it. Thank god.
Anyhow, I feel like an total moron, just thought I'd share my blond moment.
Luckily I was able to grab it and lay it down softly. I quickly picked her up and set her upright (thank god this bike is so light!) I stood there for a couple moments not wanting to look at it, cursing at myself for being such an idiot, afraid to see what damage was caused. When I finally did it turned out to be some very minimal damage, scratches on the bottom of the left side blinker, mirror, kickstand, gear shifter knob and back passenger peg, but nothing really noticeable unless you are really looking for it. Thank god.
Anyhow, I feel like an total moron, just thought I'd share my blond moment.