My dad once discovered his pilly was no longer there. Did a u-turn and backtracked, and found her beside the road in a less than charitable mood. If things had been a little different, I might have had a different mum!
Harry Worth, been there, done that with both of 'em. Flared jeans hooked over the carb top on an old BMW R75..down it goes.
Chain left on a BMW K-bike...down it goes
Even worse, pic bike up, removed chain jammed round wheel and find it's broken a hydraulic line and have to ring RAC to be rescued.