Fell over

[fazersharp]

I stopped to take a picture on a hill with the vast countryside below with my bike in the for ground and I underestimated how steep it was and whilst I was twating around with my phone it rolled forward and off the side stand - me trying to hold onto it got knocked over backwards with it, reached over and hit the kill switch.
Luckily it was a slow and soft landing onto a tufty grass verge - oh and me under it, so not a single scratch to be seen, my lower crash bars doing a good job again.
I wish I had just nailed it down the hill without stopping.

Once I had got it upright it did not want to start with the switch so not wanting to drain the battery I used the help of the hill ( which caused it in the first place ) and bumped it and it started straight away, I then turned the ignition off and tried again with the switch and this time it fired up all ok - not sure what that was all about.     

[Fazerider]

Glad it ended OK and not with you pinned under the bike by the leg.
Yes, whenever I’ve dropped mine it’s taken a while to fire up again. It may just be that fuel drains out of the carbs and floods the intakes.

[CaptainCazador]

Should've left it in gear.

[joebloggs]

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+1 on leaving it in gear, always do, motorcycle handbrake
Should've left it in gear.
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[fazersharp]

Never thought about putting it in gear. I would normally park on the side stand facing up hill but in this case it would of spoilt the shot.
Lesson learnt - dont stop for photos.

I wonder how much help putting it in gear would be because there is still a small "give " before the gear would stop it isnt there.   

[BBROWN1664]

If on a slight downhill, I always leave it in gear. The amount of give is negated totally if you let the clutch out and let the engine take the strain before you rest the bike on the side stand.