teenagers

[Kevin]

We fired my sons V up Sat, for the first time this year. It fired up and ran fine, I was surprised. He went riding Saturday evening and dropped it in a parking lot. Broke off the clutch lever I had just replaced, and another turnsignal.  :-\ 

[h2olawyer]

At least it was only motorcycle parts that broke.  Plus, those are pretty easy to find.  Still, those pesky teenagers sure can be hard on things.   ::)

H₂O

[Minitor911]

EXACT same senario happened to me this afternoon; clutch lever snapped and turn signal cracked. Only differance is I can't take credit for laying it down, my buddy took care of that. All's well that ends well though. Found the clutch lever on ebay and James White on here came to my rescue with a turn signal lens. I'm glad no other damage occured.

[munkyfistfight]

Yeah, it's better that the bike gets a trip to the garage instead of the kid to the hospital :-P

Not that I went to the hospital, but one time when I was about 12 years old, my dad thought it would be fun to let me drive his Hondamatic 650-somethingorother around the parking lot where I proceeded to dump it as I came around the corner. I don't think I scuffed anything up, I really wasn't going that fast, but I'll count that as the first time I ever had the handlebars in my hands :-D

[louthepou]

Hey guys, you should stop crashing bikes.

;D

Lou

[kiawrench]

Kev-
  We have all been there, done that- buy the kid a pacifier, then make him get back on and ride it right. if he gets scared of it now, he may never ride a bike .

  We use the pacifier gift around here, because sure enough, when a bike goes over, everyone gets the i dont need this bike attitude. it just breaks the tension, and sometimes it can be funny.

As long as he isnt hurt, his sister didnt see him fall, and you have not tied him to a trailer hitch, it can be fixed .

[Tiger]

:) Kevin,
...Can you get him to drop it on the right side, as I don't have any clutch lever's left ;D ;D :D :D :D :D
Seriously...I hope the only thing he hurt was his pride...The "V" is easily fixable... ;)

                           8).......TIGER....... 8)

[QBS]

Some thoughts on some of the above posts:

1) Always carry a spare clutch lever.  You can get home with a broken
    off front brake lever.  Not so regarding a clutch lever.

2) Never ever Never let anyone except you, ride any motorcycle you own,
    Period.  Bad Things always come from breaking this rule.

[Brian Moffet]

2) Never ever Never let anyone except you, ride any motorcycle you own,
    Period.  Bad Things always come from breaking this rule.

Yup, of the 40,660 miles (or there abouts) I have on my bike, I didn't put on 10 of them.

Brian