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Originally Posted by adrianinflorida
You alright?
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NO!
I'm severly PISSED at how stupid I was.
0 mph drop. Only casualty=1 tail light lens.
I still can drop a bike garcefully so I guess that is good news.
(OK, make that safely; it really wasn't all that graceful!)
And I can pick it up by myself.
Oh, and there was NOBODY around to see it!
Two lessons to be learned:
1) Never say never
AND
2) The GZ is a great little bike but it is TOO forgiving. It lulled me into some bad habits. What I did on the Shadow wouldn't have even been noticed as a mistake on the GZ.
I had stopped to back into a parking space. Had the wheel turned hard left; pushed back a bit and noticed my right foot was a little out of position; squeezed the front brake......flop, over she went. The real mistake was starting to back up while being just a TINY bit out of balance. I've done it a hundred times on the GZ and it was no problem; just "throw" the little beast around wherever you need it. Add 100 lbs. and different geometry and you can't be that sloppy anymore.
I knew all that from previous bikes but the GZ just made it all too easy. Rude awakening.