Ducati Monster Forum

The other day, my friend was telling me the that he was riding on the freeway, and his cell fell off his belt clip. After pulling over and finding it, it was promptly run over.

That got me thinking, what have you guys lost, either from yourself or your bike, while riding?

my virginity

(ok, not really  [cheeky])

i was riding the scooter in traffic at 50mph and the muffler broke and fell off

Nikon D50 out of my tail bag.  Someone grabbed the map and forgot to zip it.  It exploded when it hit the ground  [bang]

Ow... that hurts.

Me, just small change and ear plugs out of an open jacket pocket.  Been lucky so far - couple times I've left tank bags open and something got loose I managed to catch it.  But that presented me with a different problem - how to get it back in the bag at speed

I used to ride with a messenger bag that just velcroed (and crapily at that). I lost a cell phone and a camera before I retired the bag.

I'm the IT guy where I work and I'm also in charge of Blackberry's and cell phones. We have a decent amount of scooter and moped riders in the office. I have close to 10 blackberry's and cell phones velcro'd to my wall that have been run over after they fell out of the rider's holster.

$$ from a speeding ticket...  [leo]


...and the clear map pocket off a Cortech tank bag--should've taken that off while wearing it as a backpack.  [bang]

Cell phone popped out of my belt clip while going down the highway.  I watched it shatter in a thousand pieces in the mirror.

Not to mention that you had sold it and were delivering it to tresgatos  [laugh]

small digital camera. jacket pocket ... thought it was zipped...

Some of my hearing until I started wearing earplugs.

one of the bolts to my kickstand.
guess how i found out...

my house keys

a 2'x3' pirate flag

a lot of directions

toll money, i even almost lost my e-zpass once too.

Beeper at about 60mph.

Unfortunately, it survived with barely a scratch.

+1 Same situation - lost my gym clothes and running shoes one time.  Felt like an ass walking back down the road picking up stuff...

For work, I have a cardkey that gets me into the building.  It's attached to my pants with a self-winding card holder clip thingy.  One day, I forgot to put the cardkey in my pocket after work.  I just let the cardkey hang from my pocket.  By the time I got home, all I have left was the clip.  DOH!

dropped a small Canon elph, but that's not what was lost.  It was all the great pics we took from our Adirondak Adventure, 3 days of riding bliss. the pics are lost, but the memories remain.  took 2 trip back the road and could not find it, its like looking for needles. hopelessly lost.  :'(   [bang]
lesson, when you're tired from a long day of riding, double check everything!

Ipod shuffle

At most trackdays I attend someone in front of me loses something.

One rider dropped his cell phone.  It bounced around for a awhile.  Why would you bring your cell phone on the track?

Frame slider puck.  That one was interesting.  It bounced around like a wacky rubber ball, all over the place.



I once lost a Fedex tube.  Didn't realize it until I got to the Fedex store.  Went back and there it was in the middle of the street.

Geez, I was mad when I lost my ear plug case the other day on the freeway. Not nearly as bad as most of the stuff you guys have lost.

My Mind. [evil]


I've lost the front end, leading to a lowside.  :P

Of objects I've lost:  My glasses, I had my prescription sunglasses on, and my regular glasses, in their case, popped out of my jacket pocket. I found them but the lenses were scratched. :'(

Recently I lost my Fun Weasel that was tied to my helmet, it's somewhere near Castle Rock, WA. ;D

Beeper ?? wow u still have one  ;D
Either a Doctor or a dealer  ;D

My mind on the last goa party  ;D
And my cellphone got soaking wet and dripped red color out of it...

Lost my entire tail light assembly after my first home made tail chop attempt failed.

Lost the two screws that hold the throttle together. Found out when I went to accelerate and nothing happened. Never found the screws or the housing.
Had a friend come pick me up and load the bike into the back of his truck...

Rear cowl, thumb screws came loose. 
News paper tucked into the top of my tank bag, covered the highway in individual pages.

Can't think of anything, but I saw a guy once who had written on the back of his TShirt:

"If you can read this, the pregnant dog fell off."

I lost my wallet somewhere in VA on our trip to NC last summer.   [bang]

Must have left on the top of the hard case or it fell out of my pocket.

Got a call from my credit card company to call the state cops in VA.  Someone had found it and turned it in.

I had shipped ahead to JM's, our next stop. 

Everthing was still there; including the cash.   [thumbsup]

Definately had been hit by a vehicle. 

Lost one of the cowl thumb screws, luckily not both.  had to have a license plate replaced when my first tailchop failed.  The whole assembly was hanging by the wires and somehow only the plate got messed up.  Lost some brand new jeans when I was moving the bike from my parents house to my house 1/4 mile up the road and the slick new tire decided to spin me around 180 degrees and then catch throwing me from the bike.

Gerber Paraframe folding knife.  Used to clip it into the watch pocket of my jeans, but apparently the Monster riding position causes the knife to push up out of the pocket.  I don't do that anymore.  Some lucky pedestrian is now the proud owner.

My condo building requires a card reader ($50 a pop to replace it).  When I ride, I keep that with my driver's
license, credit/debit card (only one), insurance card, registration and some cash in a ziplock in my (outside)
jacket pocket.

Got home after a ride through the canyons, pull up to the garage and find my pocket wide open. And empty.   [bang]
This was in October about a year and a half ago.  

Flash forward to the next riding season and I do it AGAIN! Only the worst part is that I had to fly out the
next day for work. I dig for my passport so I can at least board the plane and find that it's 10 DAYS from
expiring!  Major "whew!"  But NO driver's license. For the rental car.  

Worst part?  Looking like a complete 'tard getting out of a taxi at my customers.   [roll]

I try, really I do, to remember to put that stuff in the INSIDE pocket and not all together and to check my zippers before I take off.  So far this year I've succeeded but then I've only ridden a few times.  

my rear brake lever on the cyclecats...

was shaking them down for setup, and didn't tighten it enough that one time...  [roll]

Whoops!

I lost the seat cowl on my S4 after I failed to completely tighten down the screws...like that's never happened before.  [bang]

An 80 gig Ipod doing 80mph on the freeway.  Foolishly pushed it only halfway into my front pant pocket.  Looked back and saw the thing bounce numerous times on the pavement.  Didn't bother turning around.

Today, the screw that holds the clutch fluid reservoir to the handlebar extension piece.  Just riding along and suddenly the little pod starts flappin around.  Bizarre.

The magic smoke when the F*cker caught on fire.

license plate.

vibrated off the back, flew off over an overpass and down into a river..

I had to bring a couple of posters back to the office from a conference (not sure why my boss didn't take them, as he had a car and knew I was on the bike [roll]).

Anyway, I placed them in a poster tube, bungeed that several times to the top of my tailbag, and set off.

I kept checking in my mirrors - poster tube's still there, great. [thumbsup]

I got onto the San Mateo bridge, and not long after I got up to speed (~75 mph), some car pulled alongside me, window open, the driver trying to tell me something.

I pointed to my ears and shook my head, "I can't hear you".  He started pointing to the back of my bike. 

I looked in the mirrors, still saw the poster tube, shrugged.  He motioned to pull over to the shoulder.

After I stopped and got off my bike, I saw the issue.  The lid to the poster tube had come out, one poster was completely gone, and the other was halfway out.  Oops!  [cheeky] [laugh] [laugh]

The driver, who also pulled over, then told me exactly where on the bridge I could find the other poster.  Ummm, there's no way I'd go back for that. :P

I somehow managed to secure the one poster and made it into the office without further incident. 

I handed the damaged poster to my boss and told him it was his fault for not taking them himself.  Luckily, he had a good sense of humor about it. [beer]

my black berry fell out of my pocket in the rain....i didnt know until i got to the post office, but even then i thought i just left it at home like usual. I pull into in my drive way and notice a bump that was never there....


i ran over my phone.

Had a chatterbox unit in my jackt pocket, hit a bump, pulled over to turn around to get it, watched as SUV ran it over..

Lost an ez-pass it was attached to the font fairing had it when I got on the turnpike, but when I got to the exit noticed it was gone...pulled up to one of the cash toll booths and told the lady I don't have a ticket because I had an ez pass,when I got on...thankfully she was very nice and did not charge me any more than the normal toll...they are suppose to charge you the toll from the 1st exit  which would have been a lot more if you don't have the toll ticket...crazy state of NJ have to make money where ever they can.

That's Comedy right there.  [cheeky]

Lost my sunglasses, left 'em on the plastic D-ring on my tankbag.
Felt 'em hit my hip, but didn't think much of it as I was riding next to a line of very tall Eucalyptus trees.
Until my girlfriend pulled next to me, and motioned I'd lost my glasses.  :P
Luckily, they were nothing special.

Waahaahaa sorry but that was funny,, i woke up my bro sleeping on my sofa

a cap attached to me waist bag!

Yup, one of those.

Cell phones don't work reliably around here, including at my house. I'd love if I could get rid of the beeper (e.g., by hurling it off the bike at highway speed) but the damned thing keeps returning to haunt me.

I lost one of the 2 bolts for my kickstand on my old 900 SS/SP.  Twice.

Guess how I found out? 

First time it happened I was in the middle of nowhere, stopped to assist a broken down minivan (there was no cell coverage - remember, nowhere) and when my kickstand wouldn't hold the weight of my bike, and after my initial thought was "my kickstand must be in a pot hole".  My buddy helped the family out.  We then stopped to get something to drink and instead found the closest home depot.  After another hour we get there, get a 2 pack of screws and borrow a wrench.

A week later, that screw took off on me on the freeway at about 11 PM.  I had to go back to my office where the other screw was, park the 900 against the wall and get the screw.  Some red loctite later fixed that issue.

I also lost a hat.  When I first started riding, I didn't know the trick to actually putting stuff in your jacket so I would sit on it.  I stood up on my pegs to straighten my pants without thinking and off it went.

oh heres another one.

I was riding and about to get on the highway, when i felt something hit me on my right shin. it actually hurt a bit, and i rode foward a bit, and half way into a turn i striaghten up and pull over on the emergency lane. I got off my bike and checked my pockets, everything was there. i looked down at my bike...


i lost my clutch post.

but i guess it doenst count cause i found it 2 days later laying on the curb.
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I also lost my battery and battery mount from my Hellcat. The mount catastrophically failed from stress and poor design and dropped off the bike on the freeway at about 75.  I ran it over and almost looped the bike in the process.  I popped up and the bike went to about 45 degree angle from my original direction of travel.  The engine kept running which was nice but I needed to get a tow back home.

I lost my left rear turn signal. Found out later that my GF accidentally snapped it off while getting on..  [bang] Some of the plastic bits on these 696 are so damned fragile.

Motorola MTS2000

Thankfully it was malfunctioning

I jumped on my bike to run down the hill to change it out and the clip broke

it hit the ground returned to its base elements

Lost my house/car keys and on separate occasion lost my license plate.

Lost the registration for my bike. In a pocket unzipped. Almost lost the disc lock on the highway. Fell out of the pouch and was dragging behind the bike! The little bungee was stuck to the pouch. I probably dragged it for 2 or 3 miles. Still works though!  [laugh]

I've never lost anything of my person, but I have lost numerous parts off of my bike. Seat latch, plastic side things, various nuts, bolts etc.

The bolt/pivot that holds the shifter lever. 

On the highway in stop-and-go, shifted up into 2nd and it felt a little weird, shifted up again and it went into 3rd but I couldn't feel the lever.  Looked down and it was hanging on by the linkage rod.  Luckily I was in 3rd which is a pretty versatile gear and I was able to think of a route home that didn't pass any stoplights or stop signs.

Unluckily it took 3 weeks to get another bolt.

thought of another one...
leaving on a trip....driving though my neighborhood, did a little wheelie and the tail bag slid right off the back.

and one more- gas.
leaving the gas station, did a little wheelie (seeing a trend here?  [roll])
gas cap wasnt sealed all the way and dumped a cup or two of gas right into my crotch
it was really cold, and then i was stinky at work all day  ;D

Just lost my personalized plate last Sunday.  I have drove past where it fell off on the freeway and can't see it anywhere.  If I can't find it I have to get a different personalized plate or go to a random one. :[  They won't let you get the same one if it's lost or stolen.

Ahh, Ducati must have placed the 696 battery where it is so that this doesn't happen to you again. There's no way that sucker's going anywhere.

Think he's talking about a Confederate Hellcat. And that's a scary ass story.

Did anybody comment on it? [cheeky] [laugh]

dignity, an ex, a twoway and a cup of tea

all be it on separate occasions

pair of gloves. placed them on the seat cowl, threw my leg over, got on the bike and rode right off.

Yes, I understood that part. Was just joking that Ducati must have known about the Hellcat and this is the reason why it's so much fun for 696 owners to get to their batteries now.   :)

ive managed to lose a rear cowl, random bolts, and a bike cover after the zipper on my tail bag worked its way open on the freeway.

The turn signal thing has been a problem on Monsters since day one, not just the 696...

Toothpaste, shampoo, nail clippers.......well I guess whatever was in the toiletries bag at the top of my pack.  Long story short, move your zippers to the lowest part of the pack or put a biner on them. 

A handfull of earplugs, one cowl bolt, my high tech tank proping device, I'm sure there's been others as well.

A coffee cup...luckily it was empty.  [coffee]

I lost a bike... sort of.

I was caring a bag with about 4 very nice, reasonably expensive cigars in it.   I realized that I had dropped it.  I pulled into a low lit parking lot to go get them and when I did I got clothes lined by an unmarked chain hanging diagonally across the parking lot.  did 5 grand in damage to the bike.  I was fine for the most part.  I even managed to recover the cigars.  I ran over to grab them and a car ran over the bag they were in, but just caught the top of it and missed the cigars.  But I was unable to come to an agreement between the insurance and the repair shop.  Ended up having to sell the bike.

Wind opened my backpack and my jacket liner flew out.    :P    Cortech no longer makes the liner.   :(

+1

I lost one of my termis riding home from work. I saw it on the side of the road the next day, well the carbon fiber carcass anyway. Someone had run it over. :(

I've also lost a bolt from my kickstand. Luckily I was already home when I found out. Gave me a pucker moment when I got off the bike.

I once lost my rear end....because I was in the process of losing my rear axle:
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Turns out the guys at the shop where I'd had a new tire mounted didn't "quite" torque the axle nut  [bang]



...and ScottieDucati once lost a girlfriend when he popped an excellent wheelie forgetting the crucial fact that the bike did not yet have passenger pegs, or maybe he forgot I was back there, either way, it hurt  [laugh]

Lost license plate on an afternoon ride.

Back tracked 25 miles and gave up.

Notified the Sheriff's office but never heard that the plate was found and that was back in May.

Rode another bike and a week later bought a new plate .

Another time I lost a bag from an unzipped hip bag in which I lost all my first aid kit plus medications I have to take during the day.

Dolph   

I lost a license plate once! oh wait, does it not count if the cop confiscated it?

I once lost an expansion chanber at about 65mph. now that was exciting. the instant big hole in my piston was not.

AH two strokes......

i had the same thing happen only i had just shifted to 5th gear on the hwy at 80+

I had the exact same problem. Where for art thou, red loctite?  All over the replacement bolt, that's where.

I lost a pair of sunglasses while riding my 1st bike.  I wore an open face helmet back then, and when it was dark I switched to clear glasses.  For thousands of miles, hooking my sunglasses on the belt loop worked fine.  Just once, it didn't.  Bye-bye Oakleys.

I also lost the rear cowl on a GSX-R 600 once.  I stuck my hat under there, and it jammed the mechanism.  Then at highway speed it blew away, taking the hat and the cowl.  I didn't notice until I got where I was going  [bang]

Around 1985 I was storing an old beat up Sportster for a friend spending a few months in Florida.  He wanted me to ride it from time to time.

Coming home from work one day I heard a clanking noise, looked down and saw the kickstand hanging by the spring only, bouncing around off the pavement.  After a moment it came off the spring altogether, and kinda spun in place on the highway keeping pace with me at around 60 mph.  I went to grab it, and if I had been a split second quicker in thinking of it I would have got it.  D'Oh!  TOO SLOW!

I had to lean the bike against the wall till I bought and installed a new stand.

That old bike was a real clunker, but still, for some reason, was one of the most fun bikes to ride (at least on those days that parts weren't falling off).   ;D

Lost a license plate on highway.

Four of us on bike went back about a mile on both sides of the highway.  We rode on the grass side and the berm and believe it or not found it   [thumbsup]

Lost Oakley glass.  Cheapie from now on.

Couple of weeks ago, my side panel on the left side broke off.  (Just received a used panel from DMF'er   [thumbsup] )

 

You went out with Scottie?

I lost a cell phone out of my pocket.  It went bouncing.  Didn't know I dropped it until three miles later.  Found it open, face down in the double line.  Working fine.

JM

lost my wife to her high school boyfriend.

OOPS, this is supposed to be things I lost while on my Duc.
Uh, nothing then.

I lost my left "bar end weight thingy" three times last week  :-\ First time I felt it hit my leg, and turned around to pick it up. Second time I noticed it missing, and I had a general idea where it could've fallen off. I pulled over to look for it, and presto, there is was! Swearing this was never going to happen again, I degreased it and really tightened the nut on the end. Next day I went out for a ride. When I pulled over for a cup of coffee, I noticed it was gone for the third time! And never to be found again!  :(

I guess after reading your stories, it's not that bad! Thanks a bunch :)

Not me, but about the most heartbreaking loss I've heard about was the guy who was the first to cross the Darien Gap on a bike.  He was somewhere South of the gap and I think actually on pavement again when he discovered one of the saddlebags on BMW R800GS had broken off and gone missing, along with all his camera film of the trip (this was well before digital cameras).  He backtracked but never found his luggage or his film.

I lost my handwritten directions to a party.  I rode an hour to the town, then was going to get my directions out and they were gone.  I had them in a breast pocket, I guess the wind snagged them out.  No cell phone, the number was written with the directions...  I missed the party :(  but it was a good ride :)

I lost about a quarter of an inch in heigth.

 8)

shhhhh!!! I was only in it for the 851  [laugh]

Yup, I owe for doing all the work of getting her into Ducs. I would have never met her if it wasn't for him  ;D

many things are temporary...

or...

we're here for a good time...

not necessarily a long time. ;)

^Though some get both  ;D

  ;)