Some one mentioned a recurring nightmare about buike riding... Lets talk about

[Jabba]

Mine is that the front wheel bearings go out so fast, that the front wheel falls off.  I have been over the bars numerous times on dirt, and even once on a street bike at 65 mph. 

I always have that little niggle abou tthe wheel falling off.

What is your little secret phobia while you're riding?

Jabba

[Stanley Steamer]

getting run down by a gaggle of Ladies that pinch and cling to me!!.....Hey, don't laugh, it's happened before!!....

[Serk]

I think my comment in Daniel's thread was the one you were referring to, but I'll repeat it here:

The handlebars coming off while I'm riding at high speed... It's not often, but usually before a big ride I'll get woken up at least once from this one happening in a dream...

There are numerous others, of course (idiots on cell phones in monster trucks, spilled oil on tight turns, flat tire while riding at, er, um, above normal freeway speeds, etc) but the one about the handlebars breaking loose is the one that I have the most often...

[alph]

mine is; hitting sand while turning.  did it once on pea gravel, knew it was there and slowed down to about 10mph, felt the front wheel slide then did the stupid squeeze of the front break, down i went....

basicly stepped over the bike as it went down....  oh, thankfully on an '84 yamaha, nothing too pricey.

[..]

Deer

Forest rats

Bloody bambi

Rot in hell Rudolph

Viscious venison

I hate the buggers with a passion.

[TearlessTom]

Vengeful Ex-Wives!!! 

#1 was 
#2 was 
# 3 was just 
# 4 is 

Tom

[Big IV]

I had my rear brakes go out on me on a long ride. I was riding from Daytona FL, to Myrtle Beach, SC up 17 and they started feeling funny. On the way home from Myrtle Beach (heading back to NC) the rear wheel locked down and I could barely get it off the road into a parking lot. I removed the rear brake and tied it up. I headed home from Conway, SC with no rear brakes.
Luckily they became locked when I was at slow speeds. I'd hate for them to stick themselves shut at speed unexpectedly.
That would be my nightmare.

[Tundra]

Mine would have to be tire paranoia I lost my front tire pressure at 75 mph on I-4 in Orlando, middle lane with my wife as a passenger, due to valve stem. If it was not for an alert friend who saw what was happening and slowed to block two lanes of traffic so I could navigate off the highway onto the shoulder, then got pulled into the grass and slid to a stop standing on the rear brake only to try to control the vibration. Yes, I kept it upright. After we dismounted a sky writing plane flew directly overhead and the message displayed was "Jesus Loves You" How appropriate! Now every time my tires feel a little funny, I'm looking at them! More often than I should, That's my nightmare.

[DaveC]

No nightmares. but true stories:
1. Left handelbar came off in my hand on a 1978 HD FLH with bullhorn bars. These bars were 2 piece & simply clamped to the upper triple tree. The motorcycle was brand new, less than 2K miles. Shut the motorcycle off, pushed hard on the right bar & jerked to a stop. I was riding @ about 30 MPH when it happened.
I was on my way back to my dealer & personal friend,Ronnie Helms, to show him there were NO PADS IN THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER

2. 1970 HD chopper............rear brake seized up, didn't lock up, due to wheel cylander not retracting. Probably my fault for not replacing the brake fluid EVER Rode home from Cincinatti,Oh with the front brake only. Mechanical shoe brake..............

3. In about 1980 I was riding with my best buds 17 yr old kid sister on the back of my motorcycle, when my then wife,who was driving MY PICKUP, drove up on us..
Tried to run us over & nearly did 'til i finally got away from her & TRIED to explain
Nightmares? I got enuf real memories to keep me up @ night...
the hobo

[Jabba]

I got a lot of real ones too... mostly on dirt though... but mine about the front wheel falling off is totally baseless, and what makes it so annoying.

I was stationed in Hawaii, in Pearl Harbor when I was in the Navy.  I also did 2 years there on shore duty and did A LOT of MC riding.  Both on the street and in the dirt.  The dirt bike riding there is fantastic!  I was riding with a bunch of locals once... on what I would call a class 5 trail.  There were serious check valves in this trail.  NO going back.  There were places where we would have to form... bucket brigades to help one another up hills as well.  Well, we got to a place where the trail ran across a narrow ridge top.  Seriously, it was like there was a trail about 12" wide, with death drops to both sides.  You know how steep the mountains are in Hawaii?  It was THAT BOTH directions!  300' down, and not enough room to put your feet down if you stopped.  THAT shook me up.  I think they took me up there to test my grit, and luckily I passed. 

I got lost once, trail riding, and ended up having to follow someone thru a 8' dia culvet pipe that was like 500' long.  That was a little scary too, but I could see his silhouette and I figured as long as he was upright, I'd be OK.

I worked a real hard hill climb there once for weeks trying to get to the top.  It was probably 300' up and pretty steep, but wery well ridden so it was dusty and loose.  I finally got pissed and took a different line up and rocketed to the top... only to overshoot the top, and learn... in mid flight, that there was a 275' drop on the far side... that I was totally committed to.  It took me a week to get the seat out of my a$$ on that one.  But I rode it out, and all was well.

Never had the front wheel fall off though.  Can't figure out my paranoia about that.

Jabba

[Highlander]

Sounds like Jabba's favorite song is "You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Loose Wheel."

[Highlander]

Ok, a serious answer. 

1.  Used to be hittingf a deer.  Done that twice aboard "The Quickening."  Score, Quickening 2, Deer - 0.  I don't recommend it, but the Valkyrie is remarkable. Lost everuything on the right side, but didn't go down.

2.  Then there was slamming into a truck and who knows what speed on a sports bike after passing out from hypoglycemia, being declared DOA, then sowing them not happening.  I don't remember much of that one.  Slept through most of it.

3.  Since living my worst fears, I just ride anymore.   I just make sure I am aware, trust nobody in a cage, and care about life and living again.

[Big IV]

untilI was on my way South heading down SC. I stopped at a gas station to grab a banana and a tank of gas. The guy behind the counter asked if I was afraid of hitting a deer on a bike. I told him nope. He then went on for half an hour (atleast it felt like it) about all the horrible things that a deer could do to me. I about didn't get back on the bike after listening to him.

Luckily I was away from home, so I had to jump on the bike eventually. I still think about that occasionally. It does creep up on me as a fear from time to time.

[Black Pearl's Captain]

Stopping for gas, running out of hours in the day.

Raymond

[Jabba]

Sounds like Jabba's favorite song is "You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Loose Wheel."

Nice!!  You gonna play that for me on the guitar next time I see you?

Jabba

[Daniel Meyer]

Fuel leak, fire while moving fast.

It was bad enough when it happened moving slow.