When I bought my first Nighthawk 700SC about three years ago, I practiced a few runs up and down the highway with it and then I invited my wife to go for a ride. So, she walked out and I was repositioning the bike for her to get on in our gravel parking lot and the first thing I did was to get it going downhill and then I applied the front brake to slow down. Bad move. I went down in a heap right in front of her. I still consider it a credit to her trust in me that after I picked the bike up, she still got on to go for the ride. Either that or she has a suicidal streak in her I hadn't suspected. Dennis Gallagher - Seattle - '85 & '86 CB700SC
-----Original Message----- From: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com [mailto:nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Javier Garcia Sent: 26 May, 2009 06:33 To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Questions: Laid down bike last night Since we are in the honesty road, then I'm also guilty.... I got my first NH (and first bike) two months ago, and I put it down twice on the right side and once on the left, also practicing/parking. About the same story, bend leavers, scratch over there, but still running like nothing happened. Keep riding. Javier. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:47 AM, sfox618 <sfox...@yahoo.com> wrote: I crashed 1996 750 last summer at about 35 miles an hour. It smacked very hard on the right side. Bent the handle bars, front brake lever, foot pegs, rear brake lever, you get the picture. I have had to replace a lot of cosmetic stuff but that was 10,000 miles ago. Bike us running great and I'm just replacing my back tire - it's over due. My point is, I would watch things but don't worry about it. I don't even count the time I did exactly the same thing as you in a parking lot. These bikes are very well built. They are built for beginners. If you couldn't drop these on their sides they wouldn't last. Enjoy your ride and stay safe. On May 23, 7:45 pm, Juli <agentstepch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > I laid down my bike last night while maneuvering it in to the garage, > I wasn't paying attention and the wheel turned. It literally just > slipped, and I wasn't strong enough to keep it up, but gently set it > down so it didn't slam. Got it up just fine and checked it for > damage. No battery leak, or any other visible damage except my brake > pedal was bent a bit. > > Fixed the pedal and took it out today and couldn't tell it was > handling any differently, but am wondering if there is anything I need > to check or be cautious of? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
