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Dr. Frazier: Tips on Dropping Adventure Bikes Photo Gallery

Pictured is a new Suzuki V-Strom adventure rider trying to figure out how adventure riding got so turned around and nearly upside down.

Check out photos of Dr. G's motorcycle blunders and read his full article here Dr. Frazier: Tips on Dropping Adventure Bikes.

My dropped Yamaha Tenere had to be unpacked before it could be lifted upright, part of the entertainment for the surprised villagers watching and listening to me mutter English words in Thailand.

After muscling a heavyweight adventure motorcycle through deep, soft sand and finally dropping it, the tip is to rest, taking deep breaths before attempting to lift it upright as this downed pilot is doing.

Often the biggest decisions is to decide whether it is wiser to continue uphill or downhill, turning the motorcycle so that it is pointed in the right direction for the easiest lift.

When riding a heavyweight adventure model, a tip is to travel with a buddy to help lift it up. A further tip is to choose a pal who will not drop their motorcycle at the same time and place, making twice the work for each of you as pictured here.

Like the Boy Scout saying, “Always be prepared,” my padded riding pants saved my skin when the front tire blew out from a nail puncture and dropped both me and the motorcycle at speed.

Know your limits, and those of your motorcycle. Pictured here I am whipped, first from lifting the motorcycle upright, then from pushing the flooded motorcycle with a dead battery to harder ground for a bump start. I should have off-loaded the luggage, or stayed out of the sand.

This “tire guy” unloaded his BMW 1200 model before starting up the Dalton Highway to Deadhorse, Alaska, but had a handful as he traveled the Alaska Highway after leaving Ohio.