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Old July 22nd, 2015, 01:54 PM   #5
akima
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Name: Akima
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I expect there aren't many of us in this forum that haven't done something just as stupid

I think I've only dropped my bike at a stand-still once and it was from a similar thing to you. In my case I wanted to check my brake light was working so I pressed in the rear brake pedal and the bike lurched forward and then dropped to the ground. Turned out I actually pushed the shifter instead in a moment of nooblidity (noob stupidity). I managed to set it down relatively gently so only got very minor damage.

Glad you're ok. Alex's advice is good! Also: Alex is the boss so you kinda have to do what he says

I'm curious: have you driven or ridden anything with a manual gearbox before? Over here manual gearboxes are the norm on cars, but apparently in the states it's more rare and most people drive automatics.
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