It's a good thing
You've got the first (guaranteed) silly drop out of the way, and now you don't need to spend all your time worrying that you'll put a scratch in it.

Also, with neither of you hurt, it's a good lesson in how annoying gravel is! I've dropped my bikes at least once each by putting my parking foot down on a patch of gravel and just slipping out and going over.

Petrol spills on rainy days can do the same, watch out while stopping to refuel too.

I dropped my first 33+bhp bike while pootling round a car park with pillion, looking for a space - we gently fell to one side and lay there giggling helplessly for a while. A chap wandered over and gave us a hand, turned out that he'd done the same with a sodding Goldwing the week before!

Knowing how guaranteed dropping is, I've always bought bikes without plastics. Practical, me.
( Fronds are waving gently on, Mon 26 Apr 2010, 9:43, Reply)