I towed yesterday, but the weather was awful, so I only got 5 tows. It was enough to get me tailwheel-current again, though.
This morning, I finally got the tail tiedown in the hanger finished, and got the nosewheel bearing repacked. The only problem is that when I untied it, the nose strut went flat, so I'll have to pump it up tomorrow. And I got the stripped screw out of the right main, but that was about it.
Afterwards, I was sitting on Michael's new motorcycle (a 2000 Kawasaki Vulcan 800 cruiser), just sort of balancing it back and forth. I had shorts on, and it was still hot, so after a while I got sick of burning my leg on the cylinder head, and went to get off.
From the wrong side.
I felt it go off-balance, but I was off-balance too, and the end result was me, on the ground, under the bike. Luckily, I controlled it enough to not really bang it - it laid down pretty gently. And I got most of me out of the way, except one ankle which ended up under the exhaust.
There's one lesson I won't need to learn again....
I think this is a record. I haven't even tried to start it yet, and already I've dumped it over.
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