Saw someone drop their bike (kinda)

Hey all.  I was at lunch today and someone on what looked like a black R6 pushing his bike into a jiffy lube bay.  He did not look like he worked there, but instead like he wanted them to change the oil.  I started walking into BK, when I realized I parked on the line.  So I head back to my truck to straighten her up and look at the bike again and all I see is a horizontal rear tire!  He dropped his bike  trying to push it into the bay!  The workers appeared to help him stand it back up, and then he turned around and rode away.  (After yanking off a dangling rearview mirror)
He was wearing shorts and sandles, so he's lucky it didnt land on his foot. 
 
I always sit on my bike when I move it, he was standing beside it.    Does anyone here ever stand beside their bikes to push them?  Seems like a bad habbit to me.
 
Drekkyk

Yea i tried to push mine while standing beside it one day when i first got my bike. It's really easy to get off balance to the other side. Once it starts going down you cant stop it. It's not safe to do at all if you like your fairings all nice and un-scratched. So def. a bad habit IMO.

I have to get off mine to move it, I'm to short to sit on it and phyically move it with my toes.

If you're careful its not so bad. Balance it, be very gentle on steering and very soft on
the brakes if you need to stop it. I leave the stand down as I am rolling it around so I don't
have to fumble for it at the same time as balancing the bike.
 
 

I'm scared as hell moving my bike around, especially in my garage. 
Too many toys and balls rolling around, garden tools, crap everywhere. 
I need a bigger garage!   

NOW TIME FOR THREAD-JACK:
Watch this:-> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-856421095734025217&q 
Could have been worse and dropped it into the pit.
I know, I know, go ahead and say it.   

LOL, I never saw that before!  That is funny!

He should of brought the bike in the same way he took it out. Um, drive it into the bay

He actually pushed it back into the parking lot and then took off.  Didnt drive in or out ;)
 

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ORIGINAL: kodiak1122

I'm scared as hell moving my bike around, especially in my garage. 
Too many toys and balls rolling around, garden tools, crap everywhere. 
I need a bigger garage!   

NOW TIME FOR THREAD-JACK:
Watch this:-> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-856421095734025217&q 
Could have been worse and dropped it into the pit.
I know, I know, go ahead and say it.   

 
 
That was hilarious!  It almost fell in there like a piece of toast in a toaster.
 
Before I did the seat conversion and still had that handy rear grab bar I would push the bike around. But now it's not so easy, so I try to move it while sitting on it.
I also try to keep from having to move it by hand whenever possible, by doing things like backing into sloping parking spots.

Sucks for that guy. Ya i walk my bike into the garage, seems safe to me. just cover the brake lol. I got close to dropping mine the other day when i went for the get off/lean on the kickstand motion. wasnt all the way out! (squid)  about had an anurism keeping it from falling lol

Ugh...that sucks!!!

Hey Triax,
I feel your pain.....I have to walk mine into my garage cause I'm short myself.  And yes, I feel like i'm carrying a new born baby. I always keep the kickstand down cause if it starts to fall, i'll just throw all my weight into getting it onto the kickstand side.....
 
MAN, I pray to God it never falls.......
 
Anyone else on here ride on their tippy-toes?  I started last week and it's not too bad, specially after reading that lowering your bike is really bad....  We should start a new Thread for those of us who are vertically challenged....LOL

I always sit on it to move it.