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I have many but here are two from my youth.
1) I don't know why I remember this but I think it's because I logically thought about it before I did something so stupid.
I was about 7 or 8 years old riding my bicycle and thinking about how the brakes worked. I had the brilliant idea that if the brakes ever failed I could create an emergency brake by holding by foot against the spokes. I decided I should test my theory because you wouldn't want to be trying it for the first time in an actual emergency. I don't remember actually cartwheeling the bicycle but according to my friends it was spectacular. I know that I broke about 5 spokes before the remaining spokes jammed my foot into the front forks. The worst part was trying to explain to my friends how I "accidently did it" because it sure looked like I did it on purpose. It was a long limp home carrying my bike.
2) I was riding a little 3 hp minibike with my cousin at my uncle's farm. There was a large bolt that held the handlebars onto the frame and the bolt came loose and fell out. The front wheel dropped forward and was only held in place by the cables. Instead of bailing off I looked over at my cousin and said, "Cool a chopper" and I opened the throttle. Luckily it only went about 20mph I hit a rock, the wheel fell the rest of the way, the bike stopped but I didn't. My cousin still laughs about that one.
It reminds me of the joke, "What's the last thing the red neck said before he died?". "Heh, guys watch this!!"
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