Ducati Monster Forum

well after working on bikes of all kinds on a fairly regular basis now for the last few years, I finally went and did it. while getting my m750 off a paddock stand today, after changing the forks out, well, I'm not really sure what happened, but the kickstand was down, and then it was up and then the bike fell over, and now my custom painted tank has a dent in it.   :( 

I'm not looking for sympathy, just wanted to bang out a few words on my keyboard because banging another dent in my tank would be a poor choice 

on a good note after, not riding my monster for a few weeks because of a very leaky fork seal and not having time to fix it, I took it out for a thrashing after I dented the tank and I am happy to report that the dent in the tank in no way effects the ride at all (not that you would expect it to)

Yep, nothing like make-up sex, I meant ride.

Been there done that. I took off my footpegs to get at the engine panels on my vintage Honda last week. I lost my balance and the bike went over putting it on the stand... bent the brake pedal and dented the panel.

let me know when you put a battery in backwards and fry your ecu... then we'll talk ;D

okay will do have to wait till I get a new monster with fuel injection though.   [thumbsup]
I'm sure that one hurt though. 
 

MoltoVeloce: what model is your vintage Honda? I only ask because I have a thing for vintage Honda's

I too in the past have been a victim of the stand being down and folding right up moving the bike slightly forward and dropping it on another bikes engine I had sitting on the floor....the only part to touch was the tank and it put a dent in the dent free tank.  Oh well, painful but you get past it.  Sad thing was I was moving it into the house to remove that same tank to sell off and pay for the one that I was replacing it with....I still came out ok in the end though.  It made me so mad at myself. [beer]

Funny, after looking at the thread title I thought I had posted this. ;D I should post one of these threads every day... my wife would agree. [laugh]

How about dropping your first motorcycle while riding it in the dealer's lot 10 minutes after you bought it?  The brake pedal is still bent, the heat shields on the right side header and muffler are both scratched, the clutch cover is scraped, so is the brake reservoir, the brake lever is bent (but still works), and there's some paint missing from the front rim.  There's a dent in the tank cover along with the rash on the side.

At least you aren't this guy:  Brand new Gixxer crashed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zNUPDmnz4#)  [laugh]

LOL...that would be embarrassing!!

Least he was fully geared up [thumbsup]

I wonder if they gave him a combo deal as the leathers looked new [laugh]

well the bike and the leathers wont look new after that  [laugh]

maybe they gave him a deal on a few set of plastics seeing how he never made it out of the parking lot [clap]

What the make the beast with two backs did he do to cause that? Looks like something my brother in law would do... that is he even knew how to push the start button. [bang]

I am restoring a 1972 Honda CL350.

When I have finished it, I will be picking up a 696

Thinking they forgot to warn him about how slick new tires are. What a nerd.

Cap,

Drop it on the other side to get a matching dent over there... then try to convince people that it's all part of your plan.

[laugh]

One of my fellow DOC guys just put a VR 46 sticker right on the dent   ;D

stickers do work well for covering up dents and holes I have a friend who took off the passenger grab bars on a zx6r and covered the holes that were left with sickers, looked better then the grab bars.

as for my dent I according to one of the underlings at work who knows a little about body work. he says it looks like it can be pulled out by a body shop. but I'll let you guys know if I do that I'm not sure I want to part with the cash. I would rather have new louder pipes then the dent out  ;D

edit: knowing my luck to, if I tried to match the dent I would either A: make the dent to big. B: break and or bend the handle bars or foot peg. or (insert part here).   [laugh]