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Originally Posted by Saxon
Dude that sucks! Shit like that happens to me all the time.
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Same here.
Picture this, Sunday morning the bike has to be loaded and delivered to the trailer for our Wednesday departure to Barber for the weekends races. It's Friday night about midnight. Both wheels are off, back is on a rear stand and the front is on jack stands with a floor jack under the exhaust. (I've done this a 1000 times) I lift the bike with the floor jack and move the jack stands to the sides and put the front wheel on. As I snug the axle the bike falls over. I hear the slow crunching of bodywork then a snap of bodywork. The bike landed in a jackstand that has now punched a hole in the bodywork, where I don't know. Now I have to get the bike back up, remember the rear tire is still off. I get the bike upright, balancing on the exhaust. My wife comes down to help. I get the floor jack and left the rear up to get the rear stand under it. It falls off the floor jack once but the second time I get it. The damage is a whole the side of my fist in the upper, where on stock bodywork is where the headlight would be. Needless to say my saturday was busy with body filler, sanding, paint and new numbers. It's not perfect but it's good enough to race with.
Also I have a real front stand now.
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