Holy Sheeeeeeeeet!!!

What a sight to come home to!

And here I was, just a couple months ago, poking fun at Rich because his bike fell off the lift -- that's real karma for you, folks! Ain't it a bitch!?!?

I'm telling ya here and now, if you own one of these lifts and leave one of your bikes on it for extended periods, BE CAREFUL! And before you ask, yes, my bike was strapped down. You can see the straps in the photos, still attached to the end of the bar. What happened, you ask? Well, that's what I wanted to know, too, and the answer is totally unexpected.

The tension of the straps slowly loosened the handlebar clamps until the bars rotated downward, at which time the straps were loose enough to allow the big, heavy Tiger to fall over. My BMW tried to save it, but the Tiger was just too heavy and shoved the Dakar out of the way. The Dakar fell over against my ZZR1200 -- remember, she likes to be referred to as the Mighty ZZR. Well, the Mighty ZZR just smiled and said, "Lean on me, L'il Buddy. Tain't no problem." If she'd fallen over ... oh my, there would have been some tears shed then.

Both the Dakar and the ZZR were covered and suffered zero damage. The Tiger has a few new scratches, but amazingly enough the damage is very minimal. I think maybe it eased itself to the ground as the bars twisted free, rather than coming down with one big resounding crash.

Man, I gotta go get break out my sippin' whiskey now. This totally stressed me out.