Stupid noob move

[PBJ]

Been there, done that. Got the T-Shirt.

Always happens. But hope you can sit back and smile that it wasn't the rear wheel....or front wheel...or handlebars...or....

 

Grins!

 

What he said! Happened to me too. Mine slid down the road and luckily stopped just short of sliding over a 60+ ft .cliff.

[peterg]

A few years ago, riding my 83 Goldwing (the saddle-bag lids weren't attached to the bags, just clipped on) I was on my way to a class early in the morning. I got out onto the highway, passed a friend in his gravel truck which was going too slow for me, set my throttle lock, and casually reached back with my left and them my right hand to touch the lids to check that they were secure. The right lid wasn't there! I pulled over, looked over my right shoulder, and yup, it wasn't there. I headed home watching the road surface for a beat up lid, hoping my friend hadn't accidentally run over it, and got all the way home, about 4 miles. I was hoping I'd left it in the garage. I got off, looked in the garage but it wasn't there. I turned to walk back to the bike, and there it was. Sitting on the passenger seat right where I had left it. It made it about 8 miles at highway speeds without falling off.

 

I'm now obsessive about checking the saddle bag lids, even though my RSTD has them attached. However I did once forget to check the (aftermarket) trunk lid which is hinged on the left side, and the wind caught it, flipped it up and emptied all the light stuff onto the road. Luckily no traffic, and no damage as the restraining cable caught it.

Now I do a walk-around before I leave just a light aircraft pilot does.

 

Sometimes I stop a block from home, and do another one just in case I forgot to do the first one.

 

Peter