I thought it would have taken longer than the third outing. I had practiced slow speed manuevers in the school parking lot and was feeling really confident in myself and was impressed with how responsive the bike was and didnt really feel that she was top heavy. So arrive at the library parking lot and instead of parking where I usually park - which is free of cars but a good walk to the front door, I see about 5 empty spots near the entrance. But instead of pulling in I decide to make a U so that I dont have to back out. Well, I enter the U where I think I ought to be and I am making good progress, when I stall and the bike starts to lean to the right, before I can apply throttle, the wheel locks to the right and the stall has become a dead stop with me and the bike leaning to the right, at that moment I know we are going down - just how hard and fast is yet to be determined, before she picks up too much speed I put my right foot down and keep pulling on the bars to keep the wheel locked to the right to help absorb some of the impact, at the last moment before we both hit I pull up my leg (we are now at an approx 60% angle) and from my vantange point I see the right mirror hit and slowly bend toward me, amazingly its slowing us down, as we continue down in almost slow motion, I draw up my leg and take the impact on my thigh and hip, which also helps slow her down, the mirror is now at a 90% angle to its normal positon, the Connie has settled but I am not pinned, the engine dies and I roll away from her. It must have been the adrenaline because I look at her laying there helpless and I grab the bars and right back grab handles and quickly get her back up. This for a 50+ who huffs and puffs after three flights of stairs. The damage - minor scuffs on the right mirror and bag. But the right peg is bent at the part that attaches the peg to the frame bracket. I have to re-aquaint my foot to the rear brake lever. Its mine own fault for getting cocky and finally filling up her tank. Man does a few extra gallons of gas make a differnece.
