Well, it happened yesterday. Some cell phone talking left turning lady tried to kill me.  I was following about three cars doing about 30 mph into a gentle left hand turn.  There was a cager wanting to turn left and I was watching her closely as I moved along. I could see she was not looking at me but at a car about 100 yards behind me. I then saw her front left tire turn and start to move forward just as I got close. I swerved sharply to the right and she missed hitting my back tire by inches. Since it was a left curve I wasn't able to swerve back as sharply as I was now on the shoulder. I just decided to very slowly come to a stop on the grass and all was going great with gentle brake pressure until  a 4 foot deep drainage ditch appeared before me.  I hit the brakes too hard and the bike fell over  on it's right side as I did a face plant into the ditch.  Sprained my thumb but not too bad. I was wearing a full armor jacket which saved the arm I landed on and if it weren't for the full face helmet I would likely be in plastic surgery right now.

A witness stopped and asked if I was alright. He said he was watching the whole thing and his wife screamed when she saw the lady turn at me.  The woman who almost tagged me never stopped and the witness said he didn't think to get her license plate figuring she would stop.

Since I am ok except for a broken ego due to not being able to negotiate that ditch I had a question regarding my front end. When the bike went into the ditch on it's side the front tire jammed into the far wall of the ditch enough to bend the little stop on the frame that keeps the fork from turning too much with the tabs on the fork bridge preventing it. On closer inspection it appears the front end is out of alignment.  When you sit on the bike and square up the handlebars the tire appears to be pointing to the right very slightly. There is nothing, other than the tab on the frame, that appears bent at all. The rotors spins between the pads just fine. Spokes all appears to be tight.

Is this something I can get fixed or is it toast? I am thinking the fork bridge clamps slipped a bit and all would be needed would be to loosen them all up and get it tweaked back into shape.

Any advice anyone can give me would be appreciated.

:'( :'( :'( :'(

Ok first, I'm (we're) glad you are alive.   Did you go to a doctor to get checked out???  If not do so.
 Second go to the police and report the incident.  color of car, type of car, etc etc.   It most likely won't get the person, but.......  By chance, did you get the name of the witness (it would help a ton)???
 Third, it may be adviseable to report it to your insurance company.   It woudl help if you had a police report number to submit.  
 Fourth, take it to a dealer that can check the balance of the front wheel.   Also, they might be able to check for bent components.  

Sometimes the handle bars get shifted and you can "sometimes" fix it.  Some times not  

Next some tips....., were you running with High Beams on???? ( in day light it helps a little)   If I think the driver might not see me, I wiggle my handlebars/sterring.   It's like flashing the lights but you don't have to find the switch.  Humans see contrasts and changes, a motorcycle heading at them is just a small dot that is not really flashing and does not have much frontal size so there isn't much to contrast against the scenery.

1st   glad you're alright, you've now had your 1st.  May it be your last.

In any event, she may have caused the accident, but she wasn't involved in it.  You choose to run in the ditch to avoid her, certainly the lesser of 2 weevils.  You report the accident, get your bike fixed, and your insurance rates go up.  Wonderful isn't it.  Can't claim her as an uninsured driver if you don't catch her either.

Glad you made it out in one piece.  Sorry to hear about your bike's alignment.  At least it's not major damage.  I'd take it to a dealer or knowledgeable mechanic to get it checked out.  But that's mostly due to my not being very knowledgeable.

First and only (so far knock on wood) motorcycle accident I have had was on a little Honda Aero 50 motor scooter.

I was about 13 I reckon at the time.

I was following my middle brother on his Honda MB5 and it started to rain. My brakes got wet and I couldn't stop. I rear ended my brother, went over the handlebars and the bike came over and landed right on my back. Luckily it was the seat that hit my back and just knocked the air out of me and gave me some road rash.

I tweaked the forks on the Guzzi once. Mark a spot on the front edge of the front tire, dead center. Secure a string, not a stretchy string, something like parachute cord, not a nylon kite string, so that it is held on that spot. Go to one handlebar end, then the other & see if its the same distance. Since it cracked the stop, which I wouldnt try to bend back, I expect it has tweaked the forks. If the crash busted the left side stop you will be needing to "adjust" the other way. I loosened the pinch of the lower triple tree on the forks & tried the knees & handlebar approach, but it didnt budge, so I kicked it( the front edge of the front wheel) a couple of times, with the steering up against the steering stop. And that, as they say, Got 'Er Done. Without the string to figure out where the front tire is reltive to the handlebars, tho, it wouldnt have worked. Good luck. Glad you survived it.

Before you go banging and kicking anything, loosen both tripple clamps (4 bolts total).  Then re-tighten. This sometimes straightens the forks since they might have twisted in the clamps. If this does not do it or enough of it, THEN force is necessary

Glad to hear that you're OK. It's been a while since I've been down, but I still remember that feeling all too well. Freakin $on$ of Bi&^%$# cagers. I feel like I'm in the death lottery.