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The first time I went out on my own I stopped and got gas. Turned the bike off with the kill switch. After I got fuel, the bike wouldn’t start. Started to panic like wtf is wrong with my new bike. Didn’t flip the kill switch back up 😂
My mechanic buddy gets calls from clients in far flung places with this very issue. Many times they take off their helmets and hang it on their rt side handlebar end hitting the killswitch.
I got two more both kickstand related. One, on older bikes pulling out with the kickstand down. Two, parking your bike on hot asphalt without a kickstand coaster and finding your bike on it's side when you come back. Bonus, If you are fast you can switch the petcock to reserve on the fly when she starts to chug.
Never forgot to put the kickstand down. But put kickstand down on grass at camping event and had it sink in... went and bought a frisbee to put under kickstand after that.
did that once, now i carry a small , thin square of wood in my bag, leg bag or tank bag, i have used it many times since parking on soft/unstable surfaces.
Me: “haha wow, I haven’t done any of these things yet!” Yams: “running out of gas is super embarrassing and I can’t believe it still happens” Me: “ ….shit”
I've ran out of gas twice on my '84 VT500FT (2.5 gal tank), not a good feeling by any means. Also accidentally hit the horn a few times, tank bag being too far up + tight parking lot turns : (
One time at IMS, I pulled up to park in the grass, put my foot down, felt nothing under my foot and immediately fell over in a parking lot full of other motorcyclists. I had just got my permit validated about an hour before that.
I learned to drive stick in a car around the same time as I started riding so I learned to start the bike in gear with the clutch and brake in as well as in the car very early on
I've dropped bikes, but never because of messing up or forgetting the kickstand lol... people forget their kickstand? I usually put my foot down a stop sign. I had a cop pull me over for running a stop sign when I didn't and he said he always looks for the foot down to know a motorcyclist actually stopped... he gave me a "warning" and told me to come to a complete stop with a foot down.
reminds me of the time I put a new intake and jets on my bike, took it for a ride and it spluttered to a halt i pushed it home assuming the jets aren't right go to strip down the carbs and as I lift the tank off I notice it's oddly light.. and empty. 🤦♂️
I can say without lying, that I haven't forgotten the kickstand. But at the same time it is my second day with license and bike. So some day it might happen.
This summer I was “just gonna get my permit, 🤔maybe take the MSF Course.” Two weeks later I had my first bike. Just get started already yall! I watched Papa Yamz 🍠 for years. Final im a full grown calamari 🦑 get out here it amazaballs 🏍🏍
First one hit close to home. When I passed the motorcycle licence, during the maneuvers test (we call it "plateau" in France) at the "slow course" ,when you basicaly have to go below 5 km/h to do enough time on it to pass, I was on the third gear. I realised it only after I finished it and was going to the next maneuver test. I got an A and I still don't know how.
Yet, run out of gas today, thought it was spark plug was bad! Change it on the road itself, try firing up 10 times before checking if there is fuel in tank! Tank was completely empty! Had to push to gas station! My fuel is not working! Have to get that shit repair! Asap! Got very embarrassed hahaha
Yammie brother you for got the most embarrassing thing ever you could do on a bike. Which is of course trying to pull away with the kickstand still down. Also not good for the main fuse
I was doing a (illegal still here) lane split to get ahead of a shitty commute at a light and had a stall the other day. Definitely the most embarrassing stall I’ve ever had, but this long in I usually recognize that it just happens once in a good while. Funny that in trying to get safer it became more dangerous though
2:42 nobe that never happend i'm naturly putting it down but sometimes I forgot to take it on the ground so I'll notice it when it scratch the road 😂, but not a big deal
N01:yes.Last week. NO2:not yet. NO3:yes. Few times, but yes. NO4:yes. I am doing it because dang it, STOP sign. :( NO5:never. Yet. Neither in a car. Anxiety FTW. NO6:yes. Dang it. NO7:yes. On my own. Honked the stupid thing... Dang it.
The one I do relatively frequently is pulling away from a red light enthusiastically and I don't kick the shifter quiiiite far enough out of first and rip the throttle open, only to ring the nuts out of the engine in neutral...
#1: Forgetting to cancel signals #2: Clicking into 1st with the sidestand still down so the motor cuts out #3: Parking on new tarmac that has softened in the sun so your sidestand digs in and the bike lies down for a nap #4: Riding a Harley in biker cosplay gear when you're really a dentist or a lawyer. Done all the first 3 :(
I've also done the first three and I'm going to add, accidentally sliping the rear wheel out from underneath of you on wet pavement and low siding. I did that the other night and I'm absolutely fucking embarrassed like I have better clutch control than that but I had an off day
Well, on number 2, I'll do ya one better... Once upon a time I put my stand down and it fell the fuck off.... So I had to figure out how to pick it and the pin up while holding the bike, then ride over to the shop, only to realize that sitting out front reving isn't getting anyone's attention at a bike shop, then riding around back to realize it doesn't work there either..... So I did the unthinkable and just rode right into the service bay, at which point all the techs look at me like I took liberties with their beloved, and a couple of them move toward me.... But I'd already shut it down, and pulled the stand out of my jacket and said, in my most pathetic 'please don't kick my ass for riding in here' voice "it fell the fuck off". Laughter ensued. While you are going your checks, just go ahead sometimes and check the condition of the little pin that holds the big pin that holds the stand on your bike.
There is a big one you missed: forgetting to remove a chain or disc-lock before trying to ride away. I've done it a few times, once hard enough to slightly warp a disc and the last time it happened I did over-balance and drop the bike, although it was literally just a scratch (at least I knew the disc-lock definitely worked!). A friend who rides didn't see what happened but heard and knew exactly what had happened and laughed at me. Once making sure I was actually ok.
@@robertholland7558 Actually, research in the UK has suggested disc locks are a bigger deterrent than a chain, because they're harder to defeat quickly than an equivalently priced chain. A pair of bolt cutters, or even a sledgehammer can get rid of a chain. A disc lock you're in angle grinder territory, or even cutting the brake disc. And a chain doesn't stop the bike being picked up in exactly the same way if you don't have anything to loop it round. Plus, any additional security is an improvement on the steering lock.
@@robertholland7558 In the UK carrying stuff like that around with intent to commit theft is called “Going Equipped” and is a criminal offence and a high power angle grinder is not a common thing to be lugging around. Even a basic disc lock will resist a pair of bolt cutters, often they’re simply too big, unlike a surprising number of chains. And you could ‘defeat’ a chain by simply taking the wheel off as well. Ultimately, if thieves want your bike, no amount of security will stop them, it’s just a case of effort. Research here suggests that all you need is enough security to slow thieves by around 5 minutes and they’re likely to give up and find an easier target, which a disc lock or a good chain will do. Even a secure cover or the ‘reminder’ cable on a disc-lock can help dissuade thieves. I use both a high strength chain and large disc lock, making the bike as hard as possible to take, so if thieves really want my bike, they’re going to have to work for it. But I still strongly disagree that a disc-lock is “useless”. Any extra security over the steering lock is 100% worth the expense.
I swear that I've never once failed to fully extend my kickstand and have my bike fall. I've been riding for 20 years, and since day one I've always lightly kicked the kickstand forward after I extend it just to be sure. I guess that's paid off 🤣
I've forgotten the kickstand once (and only once) before... only it caught my leg when tipping and took me with it! The embarrassment was enough that I've never forgotten it in the many years since.
Same here. Never dropped her, not even once. Scout's honor! I'm also doing this reassuring extra-kick-on-stand-just-to-be-sure. On the other hand, I'm truly a noob as I'm on my first year of riding, but still.
Soon after buying my Dyna I learned 2 important things about HDs; #1 is they will start in gear! #2 is that HDs have a sidestand ( Jiffy stand in HD factory speak) that is nearly impossible to knock the bike off of. Every bike mfr should look to HD for kickstand design.
Didn’t even mention hitting neutral when going from 1st to 2nd and then pinging it off the limiter as you leave a stop light or sign in heavy traffic or a residential area
The only embarrassing moment in my two years of big bike riding was my first ride popping at a local shop. A kid was staring in awe, mouth wide open as I was getting ready to leave the parking lot, revving up a little for his amusement. And then I stall... Like I said, my first time riding out besides some figure eights on my yard, so I was still getting used to the clutch feel. Still haven't dropped though.
Most embarrassing mistake I ever made was coming to a stop at a stoplight, forgetting I did not put it in neutral and then letting off the clutch. There were no other motorcycles around me, only cars, and quite frankly to other people that have never ridden or don't ride, most likely wouldn't realize the mistake I just made. nevertheless I felt incredibly embarrassed. I've never made any serious mistakes on a motorcycle, only two small, insignificant, stupid mistakes that are infinitely more embarrassing than a big mistake. My second stupid mistake was also the only time I've ever dropped my bike, I got back from riding and went to get off my bike having forgotten to put the kickstand down. Fell over right on my leg. I actually laughed my ass off because I couldn't believe I just did it.
How did just generally stalling out not make this list? That was my very first embarrassing moment. I was in college learning how to ride my 600 and got to a stop sign at a hill. I didn't yet understand you need more gas on a hill. Stalled out and a jeep drove past me and the driver yelled "YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!" and it scarred me for life. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I also tried to be cool and pull up to the library on campus later in my riding journey. I was on the sidewalk and everything and was trying to maneuver into a parkable position and dropped my bike on the exhaust side. There was only one girl walking out of the library at the time but that was absolutely a life low LMFAO. Been riding that 07 R6 for 11 years now and man I'm sure there are other embarrassing things. Rev bombing because you forgot you put the bike in neutral so you pull off from a stoplight aggressively except the bike went nowhere and your pride shot off at the speed you were intending to move out at. GOOD TIMES
I don’t know what the laws are in the US but here in Canada I had a cop write me a ticket saying I didn't come to a complete stop, I did and I hadn't put my foot down. Even after I showed him I could balance the bike at a dead stop, he still gave me the ticket. Without some video proof, the cop's word is taken over yours.
I just wrote that on a different post. "I actually always put my foot down at a stop sign because if a cop sees you and you haven't it is your word against his that you came to a complete stop. You just need to touch boot to ground and go."
Yep, I'm in the U.S. and I almost always put a foot down. We have some trouble makers on motorcycles in my area, and I don't want to give the cops a reason to harass me because I'm on a sport bike style motorcycle.
As far as I've been told (BY cops) "A complete stop on a motorcycle includes putting at least one foot down to support the bike." Anything short of that is treated as a "rolling through"... AND they will absolutely win in court. ;o)
Just last week I was trying to turn on the cruise control and killed the engine. The buttons are not even near each other. Without slowing down I just pulled the clutch, restarted the engine pretended nothing happened. As for true embarrassment, back in my wild youth I got into an altercation with a guy who suddenly had a group backing him up. As it became clear I was totally outnumbered and should leave, I tactically retreated to my bike and started up. As I took off (too fast because I was beating a hasty retreat), I flew off the bike: I had left the lock on the front rotor. The group erupted in laughter knowing that nothing could hurt me anymore than my shame and bruised ego already did, and they just left me lying there. What was worse, there were dozens of people I knew now watching me humbly picking up the bike, remove the lock and try to get out of there with whatever dignity I could muster. Just typing this 20 years later is making me emotionally relive the embarrassment for the entire episode, which was probably my fault from start to finish. I also have a friend who forgets to put his foot down at red lights. Like he has some mental disorder that doesn't understand gravity and balance. We sometimes help him from under his bike, and he doesn't seem to feel this is weird.
The only times I've forgotten to put feet down at a stop was during an emergency stop... It's easier than I'd like to think to get distracted by the emergency issue (like a kid darting out from between cars in a lot) and just forget.... and the inevitable slow flop-over is indeed ego-bruising more than anything... ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 well a little embarrassment is way better than the optics of running over children on a motorcycle. One is more likely to get you on the evening news.
Just here to tell you that it’s totally fine to put your foot down at a stop sign. It’s safer, and more technically correct as far as the law is concerned.
Waddling up to a stop sign? Okay that's embarrassing. Feet down though at a stop for a hot second? Ehhh not really. Dropping my bike while trying to take a tight right on an unstable road from a dead stop and accidentally stalling and bending my break lever? Far more embarrassing. I can comfortably flatfoot my ride, might as well do it instead of hoping I'm stable.
I actually always put my foot down at a stop sign because if a cop sees you and you haven't it is your word against his that you came to a complete stop. You just need to touch boot to ground and go.
I’m a beginner rider with only a week into riding my CB500X and I’m with most of you about it being okay to waddle (slightly). I would much rather be 100% stable on takeoff from the stop sign and always clearly show the cops around me that I came to a complete stop. Plus that’s one of my most nervous moments, coming to a stoplight or stop sign. (Please god be in first gear and don’t stall it mid turn)
The most embarrassing thing I ever did on a motorcycle was on a TS250 two stroke Suzuki enduro over thirty five years ago. I was Mr.Badass and Mr.Badass revved up his yinger binger bike and dropped the clutch in first gear on a wet road in front of his apartment and spun the bike out right out from under himself. I was left standing there with my beloved Suzuki just sitting harmlessly on it's side going...ning...ning..ning...ning..ning. My fellow apartment dwellers were laughing at me. So I did a 360 degree bow at my own stupidity saying "Your welcome!" I picked up my beloved little Suzuki and slowly drove away laughing at my own stupidity.
Most embarrassing thing I've done and still do sometimes is hit the horn instead of the turn signal. I use to be bad about shifting into neutral on take off lol I've also shifted down instead of up but I have never forget my kickstand lol
I've never owned a bike with a gas gauge, but they've all had reserves. And yes, I've taken off a couple of times without turning on the petcock. Even the mechanic at my local Triumph shop did that on my bike one time.
I've never had a bike with a gas gage where the gage actually worked. Even after buying all new parts. Honda, Yamaha, HD. I'm old school and just use tripmeter as I have for 40yrs.
I have been riding since March and I have not done #2 yet. I SWEAR! But my most embarrassing mistake was about a month after I started riding, I didn't down shift when I came to a complete stop. Was in 6th gear. Bike kept stalling while I was trying to pull off and I was baffled as to why. Luckily not a soul was around me as I fought with it for 15 seconds until I realized
I have been watching your content for the last 3 years and I'm finally financially able to get my first bike in January. After considering all your advice I have decided to send it and get a liter bike off the rip. I'll be waiting for you on that great racetrack in the clouds 🤣
I haven't even been riding a year yet so maybe it just hasn't happened YET but I've never dropped my bike. Came close a couple times but, never because I forgot to put the kickstand down. Lol like I said, though. Maybe it just hasn't happened YET. LOL Ride safe everyone.
Almost 2 years for me and no drop yet. Super close a few times and technically I was hit by a drunk driver and it fell over after impact, but I don't count that lmfao.
My most embarrassing moments all happened on the same bike, a ‘79 Suzuki GS550. When the bike was newly broken in I took it by the shop my brother managed to show it to him. He had a few employees standing around outside on break and when I went to leave I thought I’d do a little wheel stand. The bike didn’t have a lot of low end somI revved it up to 6,000 rpm and let the clutch out. The bike went vertical and I just fell off the back and sat there watching my brand new bike wheelie away about twenty feet and fall on it’s side.
My mistakes are using the horn when i wanted to use the turn signals and the usual forgetting turning off the turn signal. I've been riding for 3 years now and actually haven't dropped my bike. Som thieves that tried to steal it dropped it, so they've done it for me.
I'm shocked that trying to take off at pace, missing the 1-2 shift and pinging the limiter in neutral while folks in cars look at you like a rev-bombing asshole wasn't on this list. Honestly I put my foot down at most 4 way stops just in case there might be a cop their in order to make it obvious that I didn't roll a sign. The footless stop is cool and all but unless there's a motorcycle cop who knows what it is you're doing it's way to easy to earn yourself a ticket that way. MY pet peeve are motorcyclists who roll basically every single stop sign, or just people who roll signs in general.
In Pennsylvania, if you don't at least put one foot flat on the ground, it's the same as not stopping and will get you a ticket....if the officer feels like busting you. It's neither embarrassing nor much of a bother to put a foot down for the second that the wheels are completely stopped. Minimal interaction with LEOs and invariably crooked JPs is always a good thing.
One other major embarrassment for me personally - parking on a slight slope, forward wheel down. My FJR weighs around 600 pounds, give or take depending on the amount of fuel. Had to ask our warehouse guard to help me pull it out of a parking space after dropping it there due to loosing footing and letting it roll unexpectedly. Talk about tough guy biker image...
YAM , Sorry Bud but I've been riding for 30 Plus years and have never forgot to put the kickstand down. I have laid a Bike down at a train track when Granpa an Grandma decided to suddenly stop right on the train track as I i Iwas riding through the pooled oil that was right before the train track !!🙃
When you come to a stop sign you must come to a full stop and plant BOTH feet firmly on the ground before looking both ways before proceeding! That’s the law in Colorado and I’m sure most of not all states! It is irresponsible to promote anything else! I’ve been riding for fifty years with at least a half million miles. I don’t always come to a complete stop but I do know it is wrong. Ride your own ride but do not encourage others to be unsafe!
G'day Yammie, the one thing that I fail on about once a month is slipping into neutral when taking off from the lights going from first to second. I've got the yoshi R77's on my gen 2 Hayabusa, so you can imagine its usually pretty noticeable when it happens........ In my defence, I snapped my left ankle in 2013 at work which actually lead me to getting my first road bike( a ninnies 300), Cheers mate. Ant.
I hit the kill switch on accident at a red light. Was riding with other people so I didn't realize I hit it. Light turned green tried to go, well it didn't go. Couldn't figure out why I couldn't start it. Finally looked and boom saw the kill switch lol. Took like 30 seconds to figure out.
I may or may not have just almost money shifted my bike coming home from work today. totally forgot what gear I was in. Thankfully no one was around so *_it never happened_*
Fun fact: I can ride away in 3rd gear from a stop as long as I feather the clutch appropriately. Done it many times, not once intentionally. Happens when I come to a sudden stop for something (like for ice cream) so I forget to downshift. When I get back on the bike, I don't realize I was in 3rd and I just go.
Well I ride a SRX 600. It only has a Kickstart. On my second day of riding I banged in the first gear without pulling the clutch when the traffic lights were turning green. I was in the middle of three lanes and had to waddle up to the sidewalk... I was sweating and f embarrassed
Ah we squids from Europe have to do basic training/riding for 20h i would guess everyone makes their stupid mistakes there. Btw i stalled the bike once this year and it was super embarrassing.Still no clue what happened in my brain that moment 😂
There's nothing wrong with braking mid-turn, as long as you (a) don't hammer it, and (b) aren't leaned 40+ degrees. There's a turn nearby with a traffic light in it. There's no pile of motorcyclists every time the light goes red. They can stop just fine.
The good thing about my begginer bike is it comes with just enough tech to not be a dinosaur but not too much for someone like me to find overwhelming. I will say however that number 6 cannot physically happen to my bike as there is a kickstand failsafe and a clutch pull first gear failsafe. Closest I've come to that is simply dumping the clutch when I was beginning to ride which caused the signature jump forward.
I test rode a brand new hayabusa the other day, 1st junction I went to switch off the indicator and accidentally put it into C mode and put the full beam headlights on. I was pretty nervous 🤣
I just recently ran out of fuel for the first time on my first bike, as I walked my bike across the crosswalk at the main intersection, halfway across town and up a hill to the gas station, people laughed at me, it sucked. Although I had a mirrored visor I had integrity and left it up (mostly so I could breathe, it was 35C out lol).
Number 7 for sure. I have a monster and a monkey. For whatever reason, Honda decided to put the horn where the Duc's turn signal switch is. Every time I switch from the Duc to the monkey I hit the freaking horn 😂
I nearly had a combination of #2 and #5 on my new bike, I was in an unfamiliar area and my gas was low (no lights yet) and I was coming up on what looks like Bob's gas station location BFE. So I pull in not knowing when the next station was coming and I immediately second guess my decision as the entire lot was pothole's with occasional asphalt AND concrete, but somehow I made it to a pump. I turn off the bike and put the kickstand down, and as I was about to dismount I noticed my bike was going past its normal lean angle and I was able to catch it before it got too bad, and I looked down to notice a small hole in the concrete just big enough for my kickstand to fall into. Needless to say I couldn't wait to get out of that gas station ASAP, it was truly the worst lot I have ever driven into on a bike or in a car for that matter, and I'd rather walk my bike for 5 miles and call for a tow before going into that gas station again.
Mistakes are for learning no reason to be embarrassed. If you don't learn from your mistakes then you should feel embarrassed. 👍😁👍 Me on my 3rd marriage.... 🤣😆🤣 Hope my bike skills are better.
I got pulled over after going through a 4 way, barely, creeping oh so slowly rolling through it because I had just left the gym and was too lazy to put my foot down and completely stop. Thus was also at 1am in the morning and no cars were remotely around. 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
My uncle once owned a 2006 R1 (or around that year) and it only had a low fuel light…. My 2024 R3 on the other hand tells me how many bars I have left (6 bars)….😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
THAT's IT!! I QUIT!! lmao No more Yammie over morning coffee! tired of cleaning this stuff off the cabinets, counters, floors just to name a few.......👍👍
I always tell people that if they go into a corner way over their head just stay with it. 90% of the time you will make it. If you panic and lock it up you will be going down. The only exception is when you forgot that you still have the knobbies on the KLR but who cares if you low side??? It's a KLR.
Sorry Yam, but none of those things are embarrassing, they’re just riding. The most embarrassing thing I’ve done on a bike is laying it down at the lights after sliding on a wet and greasy white line on my way home from school. But then again I was riding my bike home from school so I was still the coolest 16 year old in town 😎
/Only had my license for about 3 months now/ "wrong gear" Been there. "Not putting your kick stand all the way down." Has not happened to me.... yet.... "braking during a turn" only when i had to emergency brake once. (deer) "feet down 4 way stop" Only if i stop, if there is a stop sign, i have to (Sweden) "Running out of gas" Not happened yet. sure i will some day, been close a few times. "starting without holding in your clutch" yea.... embarrassing... "wrong controls" ? has not happened to me yet. My most embarrassing moment... Forgot to put my feet down when coming to a stop... (Heat stroke)
No sorry, I have NEVER failed to put my kickstand down all the way and dropped the bike at a parking lot... I have failed to put it down all the way, but never dropped it after doing so. I've only ever dropped a bike while it was moving. The last time I was so fatigued that when I pulled into my driveway, which was down hill at the time, and there was some mud at the bottom, when I went to stop I did a stupid and hit the front brake, which locked up the front wheel on the slippery mod, and down I went. That's probably the most embarrassing thing I've ever done. Though at least once a week I come to a stop at a red light and forget to downshift and end up trying to get moving at the green light somewhere between 3rd to 5th gear...
My biggest embarrassing mistake was while riding a rental MT-09… doing a u-turn, hit some gravel, stopped my fall with my shoulder. Now I have a nice titanium shoulder and can’t ride for probably another 6 months or so.
Gotta say number 7 really spoke to me. I did a msf course through harley davidson and the street 500 bikes they use have the turn signal buttons on the left side while my 01 sportster 1200 has the "self canceling" with a button on each bar. That took me a bit to get used to.
I have a light yamaha r125 as my first bike, and a couple of times I started leaning it onto a sprung back kickstand, but being a light bike I always managed to pull it back once I realized I’m lowering it onto its side. that’s why you start on a small cc bike, kids. if I had started on some heavy-ass supersport I would have dropped it like this a number of times by now. ride your first season on a 125cc making all the newb mistakes on a light, forgiving bike, then come next season sell it and get a proper thing. you will inevitably suck at everything at first, get a small bike to match your close-to-zero riding ability. overconfidence by starting on some yyuge bike will definitely result in a couple of trips to the shop and probably also some injuries.
