LOL! We have all made mistakes that have nad us laugh after a load of heart ache.
Glad you got it sorted though.

HERE's Yer Sign !!!!!
I won't tell you all the dumb things I have done for there wouldn't be enough room.

check thumb shutdown.!! ?????
Hit switch getting off.  Next step haul to dealer service dept.

Ok that's just made me chuckle!!!!

I used to do that to my cousin whenever I felt he was acting like an idiot. W let him push it all the way across the parking lot once before we started laughing! I miss that guy!

I let my local Stealer install my new Vance and Hines pipes and PowerCommander when I purchased the new Harley because it was my first fuel injected bike, and my first Harley...So I let them do it. For the last year I have been back and forth the the Stealer because of a check engine light!!!! They keep telling me it is an Oxygen sensor, and there is no reason for the fault because they are no longer connected as per the Power Commander setup. )*&%(^% Light! Driving me crazy, been back and forth and still got that #@$T%#$ Light coming on! Well, I took the ol gal apart and reconnected the oxygen sensors just to see if it would run with them connected anyway, and lo and behold it runs great and NO )*%($(^ LIGHT ANYMORE! Lousy Dealers! Do your own service! Everytime!!! Seems like after being on a bike since I was 6 I would know better. I will learn one day!

after seeing some guy with a brand new Boss Hog at a bike night thinking he was so cool, and that the bike was in neutral, he was standing next to it and went to fire it up so all his buds could hear how cool it was. Well it jumped the curb and ran into the guard rail. I ALWAYS sit on the bike and make sure its in neutral

Yer RIGHT Moose! I never, EVER fire one up without being astraddle and double even triple checking for neutral!

Since I don't have a fuel gauge on the Indian and I had to push it once, I never roll out the driveway without looking in the tank.... Or.... I ALWAYS check my FUEL before riding....

Well... I know it is something that most people forget to check is the Tire Pressure and Tred Depth. And if you have Spokes them aswell.

Yup! My next door neighbor got his Fatboy out yesterday and rode around town to do a couple errands. First time since fall. This morning before we left on our 100 plus mile ride, I asked when he'd last checked tire pressure. Well...... The front had 22 psi and the rear was at 17.... I told him the bike would probably handle better with inflated tires... 36 in the front and 40 psi in the rear according to his owner's manual... Am I getting Paranoid about this stuff????? Rearend of my shiftrod unscrewed and fell out Wednesday. Not Paranoid, just careful!!!!! Sarge.

Also works when pulling up to park - PUT THE KICKSTAND DOWN - Unless you enjoy having a bunch of friends LTAO and rolling on the ground.