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[lammgrel]

   Yesterday I tipped over like a Weeble while pulling from the driveway onto the street.  I am glad that damage to my Street Glide is minimal; knocked the skid plate off of the right saddlebag, scratched the bottom rear quarter of the right saddlebag, scratches on the right lower, crash bar, and footboard.  One has to really look for the damage to see it, and most people who don't have an eye for such will never even notice it.  I know it is there though  

[GregKhougaz]

Sorry!   We're human.   

[dahsen]

Doesn't need a big scratch to hurt... Sorry for you.  As Greg says, we're human...

If it can help, many people are more human than you are !   

[Twolanerider]

Sorry man.  Anyone who has been around the block more than a couple times has done it though (or will).  You only skinned the bike's shins rather than yours too.  Sounds like it's minimal too.  Touch it up with match on the paint and clear nail polish over the chrome.  Soon it'll blend in for you too.  Ride on buddy !

[FLHTCUSE7]

I feel your pain

[willyB]

Exact same damage from when I did it. I've since put 12" Yafee handlebars on it and have never done it again. Maybe I'm just REAL careful now.

Sorry about your baby!

[Buy early]

Sorry about the tip over. Done it myself. Part of the learning process.

[brassspike]

Sorry man. Most of us have....unfortunately been there    It can be fixed and it could have been worse.

[Mano]

Sorry man.  Anyone who has been around the block more than a couple times has done it though (or will).  You only skinned the bike's shins rather than yours too.  Sounds like it's minimal too.  Touch it up with match on the paint and clear nail polish over the chrome.  Soon it'll blend in for you too.  Ride on buddy !

X2.

[porthole]

Yeah - once you get the first ding the rest aren't so bad   

[phato1]

sux that you dropped the bike    As others have said poop happens and the first scratch is always the worst - glad you didn't get injured   

[2k]

Don't feel to bad if damage was very light. Backing in downhill one day, grabbed the front brake..down to the right. Finally got it up, me on wrong side. Told the wife to put the jiffystand down, she said "whats that?" Now the good part........was going to see my Mom-in-law at an assisted living facility. There were 19 seniors on the front porch, 10ft away. Felt like a real rider, as they started clapping. One older gent said "Son, don't ever back downhill with a BSR" All I could say was "Yes Sir"

[muddypaws]

If you ride a bunch it's going to happen.. I did..

[Jswerve]

I dropped mine after 11.5 hours on the road coming home from Sturgis. Wife and I stopped for final gas fill and a quick bite to eat. Came out and hopped on started to ease the bike left and the next thing I knew we were standing over the bike dropped on the left side both trying to hold it off the ground. A guy came running over and helped us lift it back up (it was fully loaded with the tour pak and tour pak saddlemen bag on the rack). Never did find a scratch on it. We held on pretty tight so it didn't completely lay over but it was resting on the highway peg/crash bar!

[sloride]

I dropped mine 2 weeks ago in a gravel parking lot in Westminster, TX. It's a little biker hangout. I rode in with my stereo loud and obnoxius, got lots of attention and laid my baby down. I was all embarrassed, my adrenaline was pumping, I grabbed the Saddlebag bar and the motor guard, jerked it back upright and darn near threw it over on the other side.  

As they say, it’s not if you’re going to lay it down, it’s when

Those saddlebag guards more than paid for themselves.