Well, I finally did it, I dropped my Guzzi.  I was near the end of a long ride and was hot and tired with a leg muscle cramping up.  I thought to myself I should just go home but instead I decided to stop and top up the gas tank.  The station was crowded and I was trying to maneuver into an island that had a free pump and down she went.  Amazingly the only damage was the end of the clutch lever.  It had a cast in notch in it maybe so that it would break away the end without hurting the  attachment point.  The stub that was left was enough to operate the clutch.  The bike has Hepco Becker crash bars on it and they did the job of protecting all the rest of it.  I lifted it back upright by lifting on the low side grip and that worked fairly well and then I pushed it to the pump and filled it up with gas. Unfortunately, being embarrassed, hot, sweaty, and occupied with looking for damage I filled it up with regular gas, it needs hi test.  Other than that it was a great ride.

engineer

glad your not "Skin't up" or anything .
which one of the Guzzi's have ya got ?   I'm guessing the V-7 ?    

My local ridding bud dropped his "Beloved" 1100cc GoldWing at the end of my driveway last week.   He stopped on a slope and couldn't find the ground when he put his foot down --- over he went !   He did a "ROLL" that a 25 year old gym teach would have been proud of and then landed on his feet , then with out even slowing down started getting his "Beloved" Wing up-right  again !   It was quite a sight , I barely got there in time to help with the lifting.   He' 62 years young !    6'2"/ 230 lbs.   So that old Wing fits him just fine , about like my V-7 fits me.

They are powered about the same too.   But his floor-boards drag at half the angle either of my bikes do .   On the Super-Slab we both have the same top speed and acceleration rate and that was the first time I've seen his bike on the ground in five or more years .



   

I took my Virago scrambler out of the shed and put it on the sidestand while going back to close the door when BAM metal hit the deck. Apparently, I didn't put the stand fully down, the bike rolled forward an inch and gravity did the rest. It does make one feel rather silly. And praying the no neighbour was looking out the window  

Cool  

Glad you are OK and that eh bike suffered only very minor damage. Yep, welcome to the club.

Reading all the dropped bike stories makes me feel better about the whole thing, at least I’m in good company.  I took the Guzzi out to the dealership today and a new Guzzi clutch lever is $68 and is special order.  They had a whole rack of Bike Master levers that look very close for $10 to $14 so I’m going to measure some of the dimensions and see if I am lucky enough for one of those to fit.  I checked out the new bikes and went around pushing them up off their sidestands to check their weight and center of gravity.  There isn’t a whole lot made that is suitable for older riders.  

MMRanch, I have a Nevada 750 ie.  It is the same bike as the V7, the rear rim is a little smaller but the tire is bigger so the diameter is the same as the newer V7s and the steering geometry and everything is the same.  Being older it doesn’t have ABS and it uses the older Heron style heads so probably a couple HPs less than yours but it runs well at highway speeds.  I made a taller seat for mine and lowered the pegs an inch which makes it roomier.  The Hagon shock guy made up a couple rear shocks for it and they improve the ride a little.  Glad to hear you can keep up the pace with a Gold Wing.

Dropped the S40 once, in a friends driveway. I had my backback on the pillion seat and must have caught my foot dismounting. The engine was running, and I forgot about the kill switch. I put a gash in my leg as the bik dragged me along, and broke the right rear indicator stalk. The drive had an adverse camber as well.

I had the book, Twist of the wrist (the first one).
I was looking to see if a cop was following me and lost my concentration.
This was on Md 77,  through the park, not far from camp #3
(camp David)  .
My younger wilder  days.

I like my slow old Puch 250 now.
And if I need highway there is my 1972 Guzzi Eldo.