Boy Was This Embarrassing - Suzuki Volusia Forums : Intruder Volusia and Boulevard Forum

Tanker2Biker · 11-20-2012, 05:25 AM

Fortunately, no one was around to see it. Sitting at a stop sign, no traffic around, everything clear. Give it a little gas, let our the clutch and start to move. Pick up my feet, left foot doesn't make it to the floorboard

. Tug a little, and the bike quits, in the middle of the intersection. Oh Cr*p!, Restart and think it through.

Seem the loop on my left boot lace caught on the footpad of the kickstand

, so I couldn't move it forward. The extra tug was just enough to activate the kill switch.

Could have been much worse. If the lace didn't come loose and I could not put my foot down, that would have been a real problem.

Gonna have to either shorten or tuck the laces.

johbren1 · 11-20-2012, 06:43 AM

Wow

bipestuff · 11-20-2012, 08:01 AM

...or have riding boots with no laces!

alarmguy · 11-20-2012, 08:09 AM

Im not sure why but as I wake this morning and drink my coffee this was a good laugh ... (and yes, could have been embarrassing ... for me too!)

gisboro · 11-20-2012, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bipestuff

...or have riding boots with no laces!

zippers ftw

SC50 · 11-20-2012, 08:17 AM

I've almost dropped my previous bike plenty of times due to a stuck shoelace, always on my left foot. Never occurred to me to get riding shoes.

Fizgurd · 11-20-2012, 08:17 AM

Silly things happen to us all, makes for a humorous break in our nose to the grindstone lives.

DCinCT · 11-20-2012, 10:14 AM

shame of it is it... wil probably happen again...ride safe and don't forget to tuck.

gossman · 11-20-2012, 10:23 AM

I took a quick exit over the bars of an old motorcycle decades ago and the two things I can remember thinking was that: I needed to turn in mid air so I wouldn't land face down and break my back, and that I hope my laces clear the handle bars. Tuck them laces.

turbomangt · 11-20-2012, 11:02 AM

I can top that one..............after years of not riding the day after I get my new c50, by accident I must have tripped the kill switch, not knowing this right away, the bike coasted over to he side of the road, I called the dealer, and was not pleasent on the phone, asking why a brand new bike would die out all of a sudden, then he suggests, to flip the kill switch, hmmmmm most em bass *** ing.

11-20-2012, 05:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tanker2Biker Senior VR Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 604 Thanks: 27 Thanked 118 Times in 74 Posts	Boy Was This Embarrassing Fortunately, no one was around to see it. Sitting at a stop sign, no traffic around, everything clear. Give it a little gas, let our the clutch and start to move. Pick up my feet, left foot doesn't make it to the floorboard. Tug a little, and the bike quits, in the middle of the intersection. Oh Cr*p!, Restart and think it through. Seem the loop on my left boot lace caught on the footpad of the kickstand, so I couldn't move it forward. The extra tug was just enough to activate the kill switch. Could have been much worse. If the lace didn't come loose and I could not put my foot down, that would have been a real problem. Gonna have to either shorten or tuck the laces. __________________

11-20-2012, 08:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
alarmguy Senior VR Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lake Murray Area - South Carolina Posts: 1,056 Thanks: 88 Thanked 138 Times in 116 Posts	Im not sure why but as I wake this morning and drink my coffee this was a good laugh ... (and yes, could have been embarrassing ... for me too!) __________________ Current - 08 V-Star 1300 Tourer Past - 07 Boulevard C50 Our Future... http://www.usdebtclock.org/

11-20-2012, 08:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
SC50 VR Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: S Carolina Posts: 247 Thanks: 85 Thanked 22 Times in 21 Posts	I've almost dropped my previous bike plenty of times due to a stuck shoelace, always on my left foot. Never occurred to me to get riding shoes. __________________ 2005 C50 Buh-luh-vahd

11-20-2012, 10:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
DCinCT Senior VR Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ct,Columbia Posts: 7,980 Thanks: 267 Thanked 773 Times in 561 Posts	shame of it is it... wil probably happen again...ride safe and don't forget *to tuck*. __________________ Whats the big hurry...slow down and enjoy the ride!

11-20-2012, 11:02 AM	#10 (permalink)
turbomangt Senior VR Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	I can top that one..............after years of not riding the day after I get my new c50, by accident I must have tripped the kill switch, not knowing this right away, the bike coasted over to he side of the road, I called the dealer, and was not pleasent on the phone, asking why a brand new bike would die out all of a sudden, then he suggests, to flip the kill switch, hmmmmm most em bass *** ing. __________________ www.ovrevolt.com

11-20-2012, 06:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
johbren1 VR Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: lewisburg ohio Posts: 193 Thanks: 7 Thanked 22 Times in 21 Posts	Wow

11-20-2012, 10:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
gossman VR Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: PDX, Oregon Posts: 216 Thanks: 41 Thanked 26 Times in 20 Posts	I took a quick exit over the bars of an old motorcycle decades ago and the two things I can remember thinking was that: I needed to turn in mid air so I wouldn't land face down and break my back, and that I hope my laces clear the handle bars. Tuck them laces.

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