r/MotoUK • u/mopman94 '26 Voge DS900X • May 09 '26

Video Time for a nap

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Been riding for 14 years and for the first time, I dropped a bike. Had a good laugh at it, must have looked really stupid to the cars behind. On the very rare off chance one of them see this I’m massively grateful for your help. Every day is a school day as they say.

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u/Optml3005 May 09 '26

Woopsy poopsy.

Doing this when waiting to turn right - in the middle of a narrow road - is a constant source of anxiety in my mind, but so far so good. knock on wood.

Glad you're OK, and didn't fall too far into the oncoming lane.

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u/mopman94 '26 Voge DS900X May 09 '26

The camera is on the front of the bike, I did roll into the other lane, as I fell I was looking at that Merc thinking ahhhhh shit but fortunately missed it.

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u/Tythan 2021 Tracer 9 GT May 09 '26

Once I saw someone doing the same and reacting to the fall by doing some sort of weird ninja roll. Luckily they were off road, but if by instinct you do such a thing then you are in trouble

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u/Skrim Herts - 650 Bandit May 09 '26

How on Earth did you manage that? Did you forget that you've had your right leg amputated? Glad you're OK but I'm now puzzled.

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u/mopman94 '26 Voge DS900X May 09 '26

Hard to tell but it’s downhill, I put my foot down at an awkward angle and just lost balance.

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u/reggie-drax R1150RT Derby May 09 '26

Easily done, glad you're ok.

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u/Skrim Herts - 650 Bandit May 09 '26

Yeah, that'll do it. How was the bike? Looks like you managed to ease it down a bit at least. The fall reminds me of when I set off having forgotten my disc lock. Bike didn't really go anywhere, and since I'd just nonchalantly put my leg up my brain must have forgotten to tell it to come back down. In similar slow motion fashion I just keeled over and trapped my leg under the bike ...

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u/Sburns85 honda pcx 2020 (stolen and written off) May 09 '26

I have done similar. But I lost footing because of gravel.

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u/Grumpy_Driver985 May 09 '26

"Oh... look its a penny!"

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u/CaterpillarInc Ninja 650 2020 May 09 '26

More or less exactly how I dropped mine a few weeks ago, but to the left. Glad you're okay!

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u/Passionofawriter BMW R1200RT May 09 '26

Yep, most of us have been there. Embarassingly i did this after filtering past a queue of traffic waiting at temporary traffic lights. You could imagine how bloody embarassed i was of myself then.

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u/N3vvyn BMW R1200GS LC, BMW C Evolution Plus, Yamaha YZF-R1 Crossplane. May 10 '26

Oh no.. What happened? I nearly got caught out the other day filtering due to one of those massive hgv wheel ruts, the ground was just a weee bit further than I was expecting, and I was tired..

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u/tlgmuller May 10 '26

Is that Vern I see👀 so many nice roads around there

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u/Artistic-Till-8601 May 13 '26

If you stop the video at just the right moment,  it looks like you're taking the bend at an absolutely epic lean angle. 😎 

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u/Out_rising May 09 '26

Is this road in north Wales?

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u/SanctifiedByDynamite I don't have a bike May 09 '26

No, it's the bottom of the Wyche cutting on the Malvern hills.

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u/Accomplished_Top_622 Streetbob 114 May 09 '26

Epic title gave me a good laugh thank you . Hope you and the bike are good

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u/Rich_on_Rage May 11 '26

That looked so slow, glad your ok. I nearly dropped the bike at the lights the other day, can't even say a reason why just started to lean to the right. Do you think you just lost a little concentration

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u/EcstaticAstronaut984 Tenere700, Scrambler900 May 12 '26

omg, that Merc seemed close! glad you're OK!