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Puddle Jumper
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Granger, Indiana | Alright I have to ask. Has anyone else about had there ankle broken from snagging your boot on the frame just above the rear passenger foot rest? This is the second time it has happened to me on slow left turn take offs. My boot gets caught and tries to snap off ankle! |
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Cruiser
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Wichita, Kansas | Welcome to the Vision. Great bike but I think we have all learned that lesson. Leave the passenger footrests down and they will push your foot out of the way before the frame tries to rip it. |
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Cruiser
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Northern NJ | Yep, you only make that mistake once or twice before you learn to pull your feet straight up. |
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Iron Butt
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| You'll learn to move those feet one way or another. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Granger, Indiana | Trust me those boards are going to stay down! Thanks |
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| Yep! It didn't take me long to raise my feet straight up. Another thing that I do now is to wear my boots, they help alot more than my tennies!!( not nearly as painful  )!! oh seems like mine does stay up most of the time,its when my wife forgets to put them back up,but I've gotten into the habit to look before I go.
Edited by repeateruser 2011-10-29 12:38 PM
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | I did that one time... it scared me! I never did that again.... |
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | My VERY FIRST RIDE - was when I picked up my VV. My entire 'training session' consisited of one sentence from my salesman: "Pick up your feet and put them on the floorboards, let out the clutch, and give it some gas - in that order". I did. It worked. Ever since. 4 years. No problem. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | ...all I can say is, that you're not a "real" Vision rider until your baby has bit you. |
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Iron Butt
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Central New York | repeateruser - 2011-10-29 1:35 PM Yep! It didn't take me long to raise my feet straight up. Another thing that I do now is to wear my boots, they help alot more than my tennies!!( not nearly as painful )!! oh seems like mine does stay up most of the time,its when my wife forgets to put them back up,but I've gotten into the habit to look before I go. Sounds like your being backwards, if I am understanding your post. You should be putting the footrests back down if your wife puts them up, not up if she forgets to raise them. Leaving them down is what will save your ankle.
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | varyder - 2011-10-29 11:19 AM ...all I can say is, that you're not a "real" Vision rider until your baby has bit you. I get that a lot! People say: "You're Un-Real !!!"  |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | donetracey - 2011-10-29 3:02 PM
varyder - 2011-10-29 11:19 AM ...all I can say is, that you're not a "real" Vision rider until your baby has bit you. I get that a lot! People say: "You're Un-Real !!!"??????
Don, there's always an exception to every rulea and you've got quite a few covered. |
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Iron Butt
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | Reminds me of riding an off-road 3 wheeler back when those where popular. If the rear wheel caught your foot it would drag you off the machine. |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | Yep, once here, too. I think it is because I always had a lighter bike, so kept right foot on brake and only left foot on the ground. Now most of the time both feet are down.
Noticed after that incident I have a habit of slightly kicking my left foot forward on take-off. Along with leaving passenger floor boards down I have retrained myself to now kick the right foot forward as well.
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Cruiser
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Duanesburg N.Y. | I thought I was the only dumb ass who did this. (I say this with love and respect) I was too embarrased to mention this to any one. I've done this only twice, yeah once wasnt enough for me so I had to recheck my stupidity and did it again and believe it or not it hurt just as bad the first time. . Yep double checking confirms that I'm a slow learner. I wear sneakers when i ride so my foot flexed under alot before it got run over. ouchy!!! Eric |
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Visionary
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Central Maryland | I've never had this issue. Do you guys drag your feet when rolling on the throttle? Is this when it happens? |
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Iron Butt
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New York State | Deer Crusher bit me a couple times the 2011 has not gotten me but my feet hit the boards very quickly these days |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | my experience was in the MSF ERC and I had my foot down and didn't pick it up when I inched forward. Ouch. I read about the "keep the pillion pads down" tip and haven't had a problem since. Of course I don't even get close, but they are down for good measure none the less. Dumb me... |
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Tourer
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| Funny that this post came one day after I had my first hit...Had Vision since May and never had this experience until yesterday...Backing down my driveway ,I turned bike slightly to the right to enter my street and "bingo" hit my ankle really hard....I know now to be careful and you bet I will make sure it does not happen again!!! Yea right....... |
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Iron Butt
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| Maybe it's just me but perhaps try putting your feet up on the boards BEFORE leaning the bike to make a turn? I always laugh at those riders that have their feet down all the way through an intersection or until they are straight on the road when pulling out onto the road. Those are the riders that really, really, really need to take an MSF class.
Edited by Travelin Man 2011-10-29 6:37 PM
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Iron Butt
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | willtill - 2011-10-29 6:21 PM
I've never had this issue. Do you guys drag your feet when rolling on the throttle? Is this when it happens?
It's only happend to me with no throttle at all. Just easing out on the clutch in a tight situation while "walking" the bike. |
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Puddle Jumper
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| repeateruser - 2011-10-29 12:35 PM
Yep! It didn't take me long to raise my feet straight up. Another thing that I do now is to wear my boots, they help alot more than my tennies!!( not nearly as painful )!! oh seems like mine does stay up most of the time,its when my wife forgets to put them back up,but I've gotten into the habit to look before I go.
Eh? I think you'll find you're supposed to leave them "down", repeater, which is what gives you the advance warning before your feet get hooked under the tipovers.....
Pete
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Tourer
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san antonio, tx | Pulling out of a tight parking spot one evening, I got my left boot caught between the tipover and a railroad tie used as a parking barrier. I have a tendency to kick my feet slightly out and forward as soon as I engage the clutch but this time my toe hit the tie and forced it back down.
Ripped the sole off of my boot almost to the arch. Thank goodness I'm still pretty flexible because it twisted the He77 out of my ankle. Was a little sore for the next couple of days. I do like my new boots though! |
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Tourer
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Green Bay, WI United States | Not trying to be an AZZ, but how many times did you all burn your hands on the stove as a kid??????? Just askin???? Only took me one time for the floorboards and the stove.....
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Cruiser
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Michigan | Did this once.....when I was pulling out of the dealer for the first time. Luckily nothing serious but it taught me to lift my feet straight up from then on. Have been doing that since then. |
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Tourer
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Columbia, SC | It happens to me every now and then. Every few months I catch it. Sucks. Ah well. I've gotten better and it's made me a better and more confident rider cause now I know I can lift my feet up right away and I'm NOT going to fall off the bike and explode in a fiery death.
Also, the fact that I have to lift my feet up right away makes me shake my head in disbelief when I see those bikers (all types) that will keep their feet close to the ground until they hit like 25 mph. Don't they understand as SOON as you give it power you can pull your feet up? LEARN TO RIDE!
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Cruiser
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| +1 I was always taught feet go up first, then I took a police motor school and they taught the same thing feet on floor board asap. I have never had this happen to me on the Vision or any other bike. Pick up those feet! |
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Iron Butt
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| sfalexi - 2011-10-30 7:36 PM It happens to me every now and then. Every few months I catch it. Sucks. Ah well. I've gotten better and it's made me a better and more confident rider cause now I know I can lift my feet up right away and I'm NOT going to fall off the bike and explode in a fiery death. Also, the fact that I have to lift my feet up right away makes me shake my head in disbelief when I see those bikers (all types) that will keep their feet close to the ground until they hit like 25 mph. Don't they understand as SOON as you give it power you can pull your feet up? LEARN TO RIDE! Alexi Or those riders that have their feet down during an entire slow curve. I can't help but chuckle. |
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | donetracey - 2011-10-29 11:09 AM My VERY FIRST RIDE - was when I picked up my VV. My entire 'training session' consisited of one sentence from my salesman: "Pick up your feet and put them on the floorboards, let out the clutch, and give it some gas - in that order". I did. It worked. Ever since. 4 years. No problem. I wasn't kidding - that's exactly what he said - and the ONLY instruction I got. |
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New Bohemia, VA | even on my old goldwing there was a chance of getting the foot caught under the saddle bag. Yes, I agree with the "learn to ride statement". I chuckle too when I see the billy bob biker rides with the wanna be looking like a 1% m/c, walking their bikes at stops, starts and around turns... I think to myself, "you've got to ride it more than 200 miles a year and take a MSFC fella..." |
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Cruiser
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Edmonton AB, Canada | Me too! First week I had the bike, I learned my lesson fast! |
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Visionary
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Brighton, TN | I ain't admitting nothing! 'Cept Dang that hurts! |
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Tourer
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Woodland Hills, CA | Sounds like there's a lot of foot dragging going on out there. Get your feet up! Once the throttle is cracked, your feet should be on the floorboards. If the bike is moving forward, even slightly, your feet should not still be stationary on the ground. Personally I have never had the problem (of course now that I have said all this, I will probably be the first to break an ankle!). Try taking the Ride Like A Pro course. It really helps with slow riding skills. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Granger, Indiana | THATS TWICE!!!! |
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Puddle Jumper
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Granger, Indiana | It's been two weeks and still hurts like a biatch! |
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Puddle Jumper
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Granger, Indiana | Been riding over 40 yrs. This happened from take off making left turns out of gravel. Been riding long enough to know if you pick your feet up first in a gravel stop chances are the next thing you will see after accelration is the ground. Give me a little credit. |
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Iron Butt
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New York State | baron8959 - 2011-11-03 4:07 PM
Been riding over 40 yrs. This happened from take off making left turns out of gravel. Been riding long enough to know if you pick your feet up first in a gravel stop chances are the next thing you will see after accelration is the ground. Give me a little credit.
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Tourer
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Bay of Gigs, WA | Just rolling the "Jukebox" out of the garage last week while walking it from the saddle and oops-caught the heel and it pulled on my ankle. I thought it might hurt a bit if this thing was running. |
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Puddle Jumper
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| had a similar incident today. Was riding up a hill and rounding a right hand turn when the back tire hit some loose stuff. Threw the back end out to the left and I put my right foot out to 'stop the bike' from tipping over in a turn. Yea right, my right foot is going to stop a 850 lb bike from falling over while cutting a sharp turn over the speed limit. Anyway, the ground grabbed my right foot and threw it up under the tip over. Toes and heel of my foot are sore but I got off lucky. Even pulled my hips back from the right at a wierd angle. Thank god I have some damn thick boots on. Anyway point is keep those feet on the floorboards. |
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