Trade feet and hold the bike like a man? =P
I understand you now. That kinda sucks. Use your front brake to hold you at a stop as you change feet so left stays on peg. OR, go biker style and put both feet on the ground.

 

I tried the front brake/left foot on peg thing... it was really awkward for me. And I tried both feet on the ground, but old habits die hard... I always ended up going to just my left foot on the ground, then I'd realize I wasn't in gear and have to do the ol' switcharoo again lol

Maybe I'll just work on my balance enough that I can just balance the bike in place for a few minutes until the light turns green again... convenient and pure bada**

-Spending more than an hour riding a sportbike on a hot day. As far as I'm concerned, nobody should be allowed to talk about how bad their ***** are sweating or how bad their swampa** is until they've done this.

-When your parts itch while you're riding, and while you're scratching with one hand you hit a bump and almost eat it. Happened to me one time... good thing I didn't lay it down because I don't think anyone would consider scratching your ***** a good excuse to dump a bike in a straight line

-The fact that the last thing you think before you lay a bike down is quite literally "oh s**t." I've laid a bike down twice... both times those were my exact thoughts before I laid the bike down.

-The realization upon entering a turn that you're not going to make said turn

-The fact that my first lowside was done around a 25mph turn at around 45mph. The same 25mph where I set a personal best of 328% the advisory limit. That's 82mph around a 25mph turn. I had the bike leaned so far over that the front tire started losing traction. Coincidentally that's about the closest I've ever come to s**ting myself on a bike

*edit: before anyone chastises me, the turn I'm talking about is on a freshly (as of last summer) paved 2-lane highway with very little traffic. The turn itself is in the middle of a field (welcome to western PA), and you can see if any traffic is coming well before you enter the braking (or in my usual case, accelerating) zone for the turn.

*edit #2: Fun fact of the day - My old civic's record around that 25mph turn was 74mph... and still no body roll and it didn't break traction, nor did I leave my lane. God I miss how well that car handled

 

+1 on walking the bike. Slip the clutch a little, its much easier than pushing a 300lbs bike. It's even better when people try to push up a slight hill, makes me laugh everytime.

 

--when people forget to put their feet down whilst on a bike.

A year or two ago, some noob was riding a sweet **** R1. Came up to the light, and left both feet on the pegs. I laughed soo hard when he hit the ground. Then he couldn't pick it up! I got out and did it in 2 tries. I forgot the brake the first time. haha.

 

^ I wouldn't have helped him pick it up. I would have sat there and laughed at him. But then again, I'm a dick like that.

 

I help people out when ever I can. I figure if I do enough good things in life, karma will start to leave me alone. God knows I'm not on karma's good side right now.

 

-people who drive out to " see the country side" some of us live here so get the **** out of the way and at least do the god dam speed limit.

 

- sears telling me that if i purchase tires that arent the same thread pattern as the ones in the back, that it could ruin my transmission. (parents 97 jimmy)

 

LOL great thread!

 

Well, it seems like at one point they knew what they were talking about and just forgot lol

having two different tire sizes on the front and rear of a 4wd/awd can ruin the transfer case. Having two different tread patterns won't really do much.