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I parked my bike at my office with the front facing the wall and a steepening slope behind me. I started it up and paddled back from the wall, turning to my left. Somehow, I lost balance and the bike leaned to the right leaving me holding the weight on my right (downhill) foot with the footpeg (non folding) pressed against my right shin. With my right leg fully extended, I couldn't push the bike upright. If I had rolled back further the bike would have toppled with me to the right down the hill. Basically I was stuck in the car park sat on the bike but unable to move.

I asked a colleague to help. She pushed the bike upright and I was OK. Since she was a psychotherapist, I made some joke about being OK once I had admitted I needed help.

Has this happened to anyone else? If it hasn't, please learn from my mistake and don't steer the bike while reversing down a hill. Also don't get stuck where the only help is someone really embarrassing.

You can count on my sympathies, but only once I have stopped laughing!



Actually, here is my gaff...







My brand new bike, only had him a few days, decided to take a clever pic, then tried to reverse down the hill, whilst turning, with the intention of then heading forward down the hill.



Stupid me! as i got the bike on the side of the hill, my foot on the outside of the slope only just reached the floor at tip toe. I was stuck and in a panic for about 40 seconds. I still don't know exactly what I did do, but with some ingenious "NOT damaging my new bike" adrenaline aided body twisting and foot thrashing. we headed down forwards in the end.

Dropped the Ducati doing exactly that. It ended up lying downhill so I needed two people to help me pick it up. Remarkably little damage other than to the ego.

We both needed to see this then!!!

If the film clip did not show...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTEsmxZwHY

Don`t relax yet, you still have to work through these before you can qualify for your motorcycling experience.

http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=077