Bollox! Dropped the bike... Bent a bracket... :(

[Lawrence]

I've been fairly lucky, the one time I did nearly drop it it was slow and the handle bar caught the rear bumper on my parents car and just rested on it - the bike didn't actually hit the ground which meant no damage and a huge sigh of relief. Another inch over and I would have been screwed

At work we have a consultant come in sometimes who rides a (third party only insured!) Ducati 1199.  He dropped it the other day and got away with a broken clutch lever!