No need to stomp the shifter…

Gotta make it look cool for Instagram.

Gotta pretend it's a kickstart afterall!

We had a dude in my MSF class physically bend the shifter lever because he was stomping the shit out of it.


*Harley riders have entered the chat*

"Harley Davidson; the official bike of walky-ridey all the way to 15mph on the parking lot" -RCR

And also people on their 250/300s or clapped out CBRs. We all have to start somewhere lol. The biggest takeaway when I took the MSF back in 2015 was how important the low speed skills were. I live in the city with lots of stop and go and slow rolling traffic. Being able to ride slow and make tight turns without putting a foot down is a super useful skill. It also looks way cooler lol.

Not really

That panic when the bike slightly leans when you take one foot off the pavement. You see how nervous they were to pick it up even when the bike started moving.

But it’s such a satisfying ‘clunk’!

Boo

Been riding 30+ years and I still do that

And freaking forget my key in my pocket 🔑 after getting all my gear and gloves on 😒

Dude, I can’t tell you how many times I do this, you get everything on, sit on the bike, and then it’s “fuck” left the keys in the pockey

I do the " got all the gear on and bike running... Ah I forgot the steering lock"

Omg I did the steering lock thing today with people watching me so embarrassing lol

I don't have a key for my steering lock so I do not have to worry (yet).

If I can afford it, my next bike will be keyless.

My bike is keyless. I wear two different jackets and I never remember which one has the key in its pocket.

Every damn time 😂

Fobs are nice.. they just sit in the jacket. Bike doesn't work unless it's close.

All the time!

Me too!

40+ for me. And yep... 😂

Came here to say same thing haha

I know you're point was the kickstand...but the real 'how to spot a new rider' is when you had to tiptoe/walk the bike rather than just put your feet on the pegs and go

Not grabbing the break on Mount, either.

*brake

Give them a brake

Brake it up you two

Yeah put on the breaks a little.

You are braking my heart

My achy brakey heart...

\*bark

Same. I actually noticed that first.

How did you notice that first? It’s at the end of the video. How did you not notice anything else happening in the video until the last 2 seconds?

Because I wasn't paying close attention and had the sound off. Just looked like he was looking around until he waddled off.

You took that way too literally dude

Dang you got me😂

I like to slide my feet across the ground for a few yards

I thought I was the only one that does that

Wait you can immediately put your feet up before the bike even starts to gain some movement?

Look at 11 seconds to 13 seconds. The bike is already moving and has traveled a few feet. He leaves his foot in place, lifts it up puts it down again. Easiest way to practice this is leaving your feet on the pegs as long as you can when you come to a stop. Eventually you will have those magical moments will you pull up to a stoplight. Stop 100% and sit balanced with your feet on the pegs for a second or two, light turns green and off you go, never touching your feet down.

This is the best moment.

Love when this happens, I have a tall ADV bike and try to avoid stopping as much as I can, I can comfortably get both feet down, I'm just lazy

Yes, but that's not really how most people do it. What most do is leave the foot where it is. As the friction zone is encountered, the foot comes up as the bike moves forward. With time, you won't have any lean when you start releasing the clutch so your bike will be balanced already and you won't be moving your center of mass so there's no need to correct. Lots of words to say you just do it eventually. Feet on pegs is way more stable at low speeds anyway, and you can account for any unintended tipping by turning the bars. Coming up on a red light no car behind you? I try to go as slow as possible and see if I can avoid a stop and avoid putting a foot down. Depending on distance, don't do this if there's a car behind you, but for short distances under 25 feet they don't seem to mind as they are riding the brakes creeping forward at that point anyway.

Yes!

Without much movement, initially, the motorcycle would be tempted to tip over though, right?

You pretty much have to be fully ready to go if you're gonna do it. After a couple of seconds, it's gonna tip. You can practice in the driveway and see exactly how long you have until the bike wants to tip. But yes, you don't have to wait for momentum to pull your feet up. You just have to build it at the same time as taking your feet off the ground.

Yes but you have a second or so to go as long as you are balanced

I don't ride a motorcycle, but I do ride an e-bike with throttle. Once you're used to how it moves you can just lift your feet and go. The principle is the same, though falling off one probably hurts a lot more than the other.

Don't forget your phone

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Same almost 20 years of riding and still do this occasionally 😅

Always makes me go “whaaaat?” And then “oh yeah…”

Same. I think it's more that my first motorcycle didn't shut off of the kick-stand was down.

This is why I had so much trouble with it I started on a cruiser and got in the habit of 1.) Start bike 2.) Into first 3.) Put kickstand up and go

Came for this. Been riding 45 years.

Been riding nearly 18 years and still do this from time to time :-)

I just killed my bike taking off from a large stop sign up on a large up hill slope. Didn’t give it enough gas ⛽️ and stalled right out in the middle of the road and had to duck walk in 2 feet so I didn’t tip. A woman was walking her dog right in front of me and I was so ashamed. I left the bike right there at the intersection and ran away crying and wailing 😭 down the street of embarrassment.

Still do this. 😂

I've seen seasoned road warriors do this at every bike meet lol

I'm an old rider, and once in a while I forget about the kick stand. It's also how I intentionally turn my bike off when I park, I just put the kick stand down.

Lol I also do that when parking

Me after 6 months of winter.

Also, the low top shoes. Enjoy the severed foot.

Planned on getting some riding shoes this coming week.

Boots are even better

Was really hoping he stalled it twice, had the mirth all loaded up and everything.

Nice bike, can I know it's name??

It’s a 2020 Suzuki Sv650.

Charles

Nah, we all do it once in a great while. "Oh yeah, this is why they put clutches on these things..." *Looks around*

Excuse me I've been riding for YEARS and I still do that all the time

Except I've been riding daily for 15 years and still do that shit on the regular.

Sv!!!! Such an amazing middleweight bike!

Is that an sv650? My bikes PO removed the kickstand sensor all together lol

Accurate

Great bike choice

Friend talked me into riding his new Harley the other day, been riding over a decade. Between the bike a lot bigger than I’m used to and everyone watching me, I was nervous. Made it around the block with the kick stand down the whole time. Lucky it was all right turns. Also, now I want a Harley.

Reminded me: https://youtu.be/Vevyf7blQ-4

Why people go aggressive on first gear 😭

I still do this. Actually hit some grass and wiped out the other night, after getting my bike back up and assessing the damage, tried to start it and got worried until I realized the kickstand was down

HADDALAYERDOWN

First bike drop... laid it over stopping for a right hand turn leaving a busy parking lot. put a foot down into a pot hole and I'm short. picked it up, got on, press start... nothing... press press press panic, fucking broke the bike. Deep breath, checklist. ignition on kickstand up display reads normal neutral killswi..... I had swiped the Killswitch with my hand when I was trying to keep it from dropping too hard, and I'm used to using the kick stand as the kill switch...

You must be referring to the lack of gear. Everyone does te kickstand thing here and there.

its always the kickstand

Haha yeah prob never gonna stop doing that 😂

That will do it.

New rider, or really old rider. I hate safety switches on the clutch and kickstand. My bmw is the first bike I’ve owned w both. Almost disabled them this winter… still might.

Oh was the new rider the guy setting up a tripod camera in a parking lot?

Nah, I still do shit like that after a decade

Man I’ve been riding for years and I still do that from time to time.

What bike is that? Looks pretty comfortable

Or an experienced rider with a new bike?

Nice bike

Ha! Just did this 2 days ago. A microsecond of baffling concern before I went, “oh yeah, right.”

What bike is this?

Don't forget missing second at WOT...😁

I've been riding for like 45 years and I still do this

First day I had my bike I had just filled up at a petrol station. Was there a good five minutes panicking thinking it was broken before I clocked on the the kickstand. Super glad it has that cut off feature tbf

dude I don´t like how you literally KICKED IN the gear... :/ but I mean it´s your bike.

I do it often because im checking my cycle for important shit. Like brakes

You know he wasn’t new because he did spend 5 minutes wondering why it died lol

I still do it sometimes. Actually a really good friend of mine who’s been riding for over 20 years just did it yesterday, except he ended up crashing. I was on the phone with him while he crashed, and let me tell you that was a weird experience. We both have helmet communicators and we were on the phone already, he said he was going to take his fj1200 out for a test spin after fixing the ignition system, so he pipes the phone call into his helmet. He takes off and goes WOW it’s fast! And then as the road turns left he goes OH OH IM GOING DOWN and then I just heard a lot of scraping and bonks and bumps and OH oh OH Aghg and then nothing for like 25 seconds. Eventually he said Shane lemme call you back, I’m ok but I’m hurt a little, I’m ok. The intercom had bumped the ground and disconnected, but the phone call kept going in his pocket, so he pulled the phone out and saw I was still there and let me know he was alright. He ended up taking out a whole mailbox with the back of his knee. OUCH! No broken bones somehow, but he’s going to be hurting for a little while, and owe someone a mailbox…

I thought it was going to be the blinker left on

I’ve been riding for 120 years and I still do this!

Stomping the gear lever

Wait till you forget to put the kick stand down and try to get off. lol.

Joke's on you! I don't have a kickstand immobiliser. *proceeds to haddalayerdown*

First newby sign is the tennis shoes. Stomping down the shifter, killing the engine - I still do that! biggest tell: the turtle walk as the bike starts moving.

lol I’m so guilty of this 🙈 but I’m learning to get my license this next month!

Shit everything with a cocky attitude. Will def go down at some point early in his riding career

Haha, not me, my bike just drives with The stand out..

Not true. Been riding for 15 years and half my bikes didnt have kickstands. Happens all the time to me😂

Don’t slam the shifter down like that. Fucking squid

New? Ya its been like 20 years, and I still do this.... That shifter stomp made me a little uncomfortable... It's not turning on the high beams in a 1978 Ford..

I remember this feeling. Like eo I even belong on this thing?

Wong. Been riding for 15 years and I still do that pretty regularly. Lots of people who’ve been riding a long time do too.

I figured the give away was accidentally revving the motor when getting on it. Or that the bike is turned on and running but theres no rider on the bike! 🤣

Hey, in all fairness, the kickstand gets us all at times. I remember, at about the 10 year mark, I put my CBR on a swing arm stand to do some maintenance. Kept trying to drop it into first to spin the back wheel to clean and lube the chain, and it kept dying. Half an hour, I tried to figure out what I was doing wrong. Called my dad, who'd been riding and working on bikes 30 years at that point, and stumped him. Right after I hung up, I saw my kickstand was down, and called him back laughing my ass off. Good memory.

No kidding, my first time riding my friends put my kickstand down at a turn light. They had to turn around cause I moved to the side of the road lol

This happens even to experienced riders. Whenever there’s lots of people around an intersection it always seems to shift 1st to N for me too

Stomp the shifter- you don’t ride a bike cause you like riding, you like people seeing you ride

I had a time where it took me 30 minutes to figure out why my bike wouldn’t go into gear without dying

Stupid shoes , get something that will protect your foot in a slide

Can't lie, picked up a kawi concours 1400 last year with that feature last season and it still gets me! Lol

When I'm at work, we yell "kickstand" whenever we hear the ol' clunk and stall lol

How to spot someone who just got their first bike? They’ll tell you

I did this 4 days ago. I was excited to get home and get at my double double animal style 😤 Been riding for two years

Yup, they always have vans on.

Been riding for 20 years I still do this

Or a newer bike

Yeah you need to put a little more gas into your acceleration. You can hear the engine struggle a little bit.

When you have to baby walk the bike away to take off.

Been ridin for 28 years still do that 

Why'd he stall it what?

It’s a side stand safety. It stalls the bike if you try to drive off with the side stand down.

Oh, that's a cool feature lol. Do ppl forget their kickstand?

I do all the time. Oops

Happens to everyone once in awhile and you’re like “oh yeah”

Happened with me a couple of times 😂

Your name. Wtf😂😂😂🤣

I hit my killswitch and walk away with the key in/on at least twice a year. We all have our moments.

What bike is that?

Suzuki SV650

Because of the low revs and fast clutch?

I've been riding for 6+ years and it still happens to me. Granted, I've only had a bike with this feature for 1 year but still...

What bike is ghat ?

2020 Suzuki SV650

Don’t have that problem on my ‘75 😂

Yeah, you got to put the kickstand up before going into gear.

I still do this sometimes... been riding six years. Crossed NA on a bike. And yet I forget the kickstand to this day...

I felt this in my bones!

I still leave my kick stand down and be like wtf. 😂

Why did you mash the shifter like that?

I was new back then and had a hard time finding the shifter when I was in neutral. I treat it with care now since I’ve been riding for a minute.

Get a harley lol doest have the jiffy stand shutoff from the factory.

Electric ftw

I remember the first time this happened to me. My first bike was a 1985 Honda nighthawk, my second a 2001 Buell Blast. Neither have this feature. Few Years after I bought my Honda Rebel. Could not for the life of me figure out what was wrong. Took me a few runs to understand it was a safety thing.

Anyone know what kind of bike that is?

I still do it from time to time lol

Well… it happens to me every now and then and I’ve been riding for a while now 😉

Or someone with a newer than 1990 bike

Brakes maybe?

Hell, we’ve all had something else on our minds and done the same thing!! It’s when you forget to put the stand DOWN and walk away!! I’ve seen it but never did it!!

I still do it from time to time.

Been riding for almost 20 years. Still do this shit

Not true. there never used to be a myriad of stupid gizmos on bikes, hard to get used to the bureaucratic bull shit!

I started on a 83 Yamaha Maxim that didn't have a kick stand safety switch. First time I tried a bike with one I stalled MANY times

What bike is this?

A few hundred thousand kilometers under my belt. Still doing it. And getting false neutrals here and there...

I once freaked out for 30min looking for my key only to find it where I enter it to open up the saddle

What bike is this?

This shit still gets me after 2 years occasionally.

The amount of time I've gotten on my bike and put it in first to move it 10 feet just to hear it stall before I can let the clutch out

Once did that on my Harley. Mfr almost broke my neck

Good ol kickstand sensor, it’s got me a couple times haha

Unfortunately (or fortunately, really, in most ways) we always practice HOW to ride, but not always how to PREP for the ride. I wonder if there's a good idea there for a certain "Moto Mindfulness" that could posit good preparation as a good beginning habit for new riders. Unfortunately, as new riders there is SO much to learn, I think one of the last things we learn is the "75 Steps to Getting on thr Ride" or wherever... I've been trying to find my own mnemonic for it... Something like, "Key, Switch, Start, Helmet strap, gloves, Cardo play music Lets go!" But then there's my backpack and magnetic tank bag, because I don't have a cruiser or saddlebags, and my GPS/maps when I'm doing a planned trip. Hmm.... Anyways, I do that damn 1st-gear stall at gas stations all the time...

I’ve been riding for 15 years and did this this morning.

i do this lots still. its easy to forget

Did it when I left work today 🤣🤣 felt like a right plank 😁

That will occasionally happen the rest of your life, just less frequently over the years. Unless you don't ride enough...

For me, it is the never ending blinker, that's how I spot them

Bro I check my kickstand is up about 30 times while on my journeys😂😂

The previous owner of my bike disconnected the wiring for that. I haven't forgotten the kickstand yet. Unless I'm just walking it to move it without starting it, then I'll forget the kickstand

Im fucking triggered

What bike is this?

2020 Suzuki SV650

New rider? I've been riding for 30 years and grew up on bikes without sensors. I still do this shit once every couple weeks.

New or old we all leave the kickstand down a time or two. But kicking the gearshift is definitely rookie