Dropped my UC at a stop didn't hurt a thing except I had to readjust the highway peg

 

Most everybody here has dropped it more than once, I know I have. The only damage I ever got was a scratch on the engine guard. i've since put leather engine guards on so what I can't see doesn't bother me.

 

Dropped mine twice. Thank god gor guards and rails. Only thing damaged is pride.

 

It can happen to anyone. But if you're stopped and it happens, (kind of like in slow motion) usually no damage, or at least very minimal. If you're moving and she goes down, well that's a whole nother story. All bets are off at that point.

 

might scratch up the chrome on the guards, put they protect the paint.

 

buddy of mine dropped his street glide in talluah falls park in n ga, 5mph off camber turn. Apperantly the words OH F*CK echo very well

His bike was fine, his pride was hurt

 

Hit an asphalt snake in the rain, last summer, turning into an inclined drive at about 10 MPH. Threw me and my rider off. Because of the incline, the bike rolled past the first contact with the crash bars over onto its top. On its left side with the handle bars turned left it slid about 8 feet before stopping. The only damage was a skuff on the batwing, the windshield, the saddlebag latch, a tourpack hinge and the highway peg.

We picked it up and finished our 3400 mile vacation without any other incidents.

1007 Ultra Classic

 

Thanks for all of the info, my father has not ridden in 30+ years and went through a kind of midlife crises and bought a 2008 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic Peace Officer Edition. He has been a little worried about the weight (the largest bike he had before was a 650). I belief being rid of the worry that if he drops his prized toy it will be thousands of dollars worth of damage will make him enjoy it a lot more. He will be touching up his skills on the 1200 sportster we just purchased for me to complete his dream of riding father and son on Harleys. The sportster is really a family bike that all of us can learn on (the sacrificial lamb).

Here are some pics of the Peace Officer Editition





and the sportster

 

And don't do it in front of a bike hangout, like Neptune's Net, with 100 people watching you. Not that I have.

 

Can you say rook daddy