My Bike Dropping Experience....

So I guess, after that last entry it might be good to share my dropped bike experience.  Last week, when I went to pick up my bike at an uncle's house, I, the chocolate rocket, dropped my bike.  It was a pretty harsh drop to since my bike was a '99 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6 (that's 600 cc's).  It is the fastest & largest bike I have ever owned. 
 
I've been riding in Toronto for about 3 years now.  But my 1st & only previous bike was a '96 Kawasaki EX250 (Ninja but 250 cc's).  It was considerably smaller, easier to maneouver and yes a lot slower (especially in the lower 3 gears). 
 
Well, I figure it was time to promote to a bigger bike, hence the ZX6.  I initially bought it in Grass Valley, CA.  For those who don't know... that's an "ideal" hour and a bit north of Sacaramento, which is an "ideal" 2.5 hours from San Jose!  In reality it took me well over 5 hours to get there due to traffic (for lake tahoe, I presume).  The bike was pretty much a steal.  I got it for $4100 w/ tax & registration from a dealer (~$3750 for bike).  It was originally advertised for $4300 b4 tax.  I knew that they were having trouble selling it because it was so far out in the middle of no where... so I made the trip to buy the bike. 
 
Since I had to go buy myself, I drove the bike to Nav's house, parked it there & then he drove me back to pick up my company rental car :)   I told Nav, I'd pick it up the bike after my excursion to Las Vegas (since he was going to visit Nfld, he wouldn't be home).  He told me that was cool, since his neighbour would have the keys to the garage.
 
So I go back one day to pick up my bike...  I get the garage opener from his neighbour & get my bike.  But when I went to return the opener to her - I meet an unfortunate circumstance.  Nav & his neighbour lived on a steep, steep hill.  And as I tried to park the bike on it's kick stand it would not hold due to the weight / momentum downhill.  So I decide to park it sideways... gave his neighbour the opener & tried to jump back on the bike.  Well, I guess I wasn't well focused because my weight on the slanted bike (due to hill) tipped the bike of it's center of mass. 
 
The bike dropped & I went flying!  :(  Yes, there were scratched on my previously untarnished bike :(
 
Moral of the story, if down / up hill park your bike IN GEAR, so that it does not move!  :(  Ouch, it still hurts...