I keep dropping my bike! GRRR

Worse part is I'm not on it when I drop it. I'm pushing it from out of the parking space. There is a slight hill and I was backing it up and it rolled back to fast and drop. Broken brake lever and turn signal, paint scratched on fairing. First time. I backed it up out of the space, apparently it was half way down on the kickstand, a few seconds later it falls to the ground. A cracked tail fairing. I am really beating this bike up I'm so upset. Glad it isn't new. I ordered frame sliders last week and they still aren't here. Hopefully this will save me from future damage

Its in the shop now to be lowered so hopefully it I will be able to back it up myself. I just got it last week, its very discouraging. On the plus side I haven't had a problem with riding it. This is off topic but I brought Rotella T oil and gave it to the guy to change the oil and he was like you know this is for diesel engines and I said yeah but I've heard good things about it. I've used Amsoil before but I figured I would try something new. He sells Amsoil so I figured he would be a bit biased. 

Stock height is pretty high, plus the width of the seat uses up a lot of leg inches. I'm 5'10 and if I'm trying to move the bike up a significant hill I often can't get enough leverage while I'm sitting on it. Then you're in the nasty situation where you've got a hill that you're not necessarily even going straight up and you have to push the bike around... It's a disaster waiting to happen.

The best advice I can give is to try to avoid these situations. Pull through a parking spot, or find one on a slight hill so you can roll backward.

Lean the bike towards you and walk with your legs slightly bent.  And leave the kickstand down.  When you think you might drop it push it onto the kickstand side.  And Rottela T IS for diesal engines, why would you use this on your bike?

Cover the front brake when you push it around and it may help you stay in control.
 
And Rotella T is for diesel engines.....I've heard of people using it, but i don't see much reason to use it when there are sooo many choices designed specifically for bikes and wet clutches.......but the oil topic will open up a can of worms lol

Yeah I guess I was in a bit of a rush today. I will cover the brake from now on.

I looked on a few sites and I heard it was really good for motorcycles, a guy told me to get it last year, I forgot what it was called so I bought Amsoil. But I've never heard anything bad about it, I hear its the best. We will see, everyone has there certain oil that they love. Didn't notice anything grand with Amsoil.

Everyone else is just trying to be nice. Perhaps you should hit the gym a bit more. You know, beef up....maybe develop some strength or something.

Should have gotten a two-fifty, you wouldnt care about droppin that, and you probably wouldnt because it is much smaller.  I used Rotella T in my 250.  I would change it very regularly, that is a light oil.  I beat on my 250 and I heard a wierd tick.  Eventually screwed up a valve.  If you use it, get it changed at 2 or 2.5K.  You can use any oil, as long as you check the "Doughnut" on the back.  It is white and black.  If it says "energy conserving" it is bad.  If it does not say that, and it is appropreate weight it is safe.  It doesnt matter as much what oil you use, but how regularly you change it. 

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Everyone else is just trying to be nice. Perhaps you should hit the gym a bit more. You know, beef up....maybe develop some strength or something.

Why thank you, I'm naturally small, nothing I can do. 5'1, 110 lbs.

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Should have gotten a two-fifty, you wouldnt care about droppin that, and you probably wouldnt because it is much smaller.  I used Rotella T in my 250.  I would change it very regularly, that is a light oil.  I beat on my 250 and I heard a wierd tick.  Eventually screwed up a valve.  If you use it, get it changed at 2 or 2.5K.  You can use any oil, as long as you check the "Doughnut" on the back.  It is white and black.  If it says "energy conserving" it is bad.  If it does not say that, and it is appropreate weight it is safe.  It doesnt matter as much what oil you use, but how regularly you change it.

Already had a ninja 250, boring after a while. I am expecting to have a few accidents, I just have to get used to it I suppose.

Training wheels???  Seriously though cover the front brake it helps keep you in control. Always have the kickstand down and think about where you are parking more.

Sorry to hear about your incident Sonya, but yes usually when moving it around keep your hand on the front brake if possible. In my case when moving into the garage (after weds incident with my dads car) i now have absolutely no room to even keep my hand on the handlebars to put it into the garage.

Lean the bike towards you a bit keep the kickstand down and make sure it stays where its supposed to be. I still hate the fact that your going to lower it lol, but at 5'1 there isnt much you can do huh?

sorry about the bad luck streak with your new bike...it happens...as someone mentioned before always cover the front brakes when wheeling it around...and please pick the bike up properly after dropping it...squat down with your back towards the bike and lift the opposite direction...

my ex dumped my F2 pretty often...once where the bike pinned her and the peg came striaght down on her thigh...dont let it get you down and take your time when manuvering...

leave your kickstand open, hold the front brake always...

perhaps not to back up from the lot, you could turn the bike around the kickstand in the place, i'm pretty sure it can be done with any weight after some training

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Why thank you, I'm naturally small, nothing I can do. 5'1, 110 lbs.

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Already had a ninja 250, boring after a while. I am expecting to have a few accidents, I just have to get used to it I suppose.

I'm not much taller than you 5' 4", but have 60lbs on you.  Like everyone is saying just cover the front brake and take your time.  I bought my bike from a female rider and she had already lowered it and I must admit it helps.  Once you have the frame sliders in it should give you a little more protection.  Don't forget even though the bike is lowered, it still weighs the same.  Best of luck

Thanks for the advice everyone. With it lowered I can back it up while on the bike so this helps a lot. Hopefully no more accidents. 

if your size is really limiting you:

first of all, good for you for not being intimidated by a 'big' bike. 

second, buy a crash cage.  Seriously, I know they're kinda lame looking if you're not a hardcore stunter, but it WILL save you a lot of money in repairs.

and if you go 8 months w/o dropping the bike, then you can take off the cage and sell it to someone who IS stunting their bike.

other tricks

- get extra long bar-ends to protect your mirrors. it may not work every time, but it only has to work once to save you a lot of money.
- extra extra long frame sliders MIGHT help, but not as much as a cage... remember, the frame sliders are intended to protect YOUR FRAME.  If they save the body work, that's just a bonus.
- i've seen people (racers) who file their levers right near the ball at the end.  What this does is cause the ball to snap off, rather than bend the lever, or push it into other controls.  It should also leave you enough lever to safely operate the bike and RIDE it home rather than having to trailer it or tow it.


it sounds like all your drops have been just trying to maneuver the bike around - someone out there is making lowering links that'll make your life easier, but also plan ahead!  try backing into any place that's down-hill (like in parking lots).  This means you can RIDE out rather than having to back out under your own power. 

and if you can, ask for some help.  There is this raelly short fat guy everyone calls "tiny" at local bike nights a lot.  I can't tell  you how many times he's had his friends give him a push because he can't flat-foot enough to back the bike up himself.  He gets made fun of relentlessly - but his bike doesn't have any scratches on it.

I dont "keep"it dropping but i just dopped it once since I bought it new one month back.
The dealer home deleiverd the bike (since his shop is in other city), I unloaded it, said goodbye to him went inside home to just grab my jacket. When I came out the bike was taking a nap.
Thankfully it was grass below (near the road) and now it has scratched fairing, few scratches on pipe and bit destorted RH turn indicator.

Is there any1 who had beaten my record of dropping the bike at 0 miles?? :(

Sorry to laugh Jay.  I think you got that one.