Pepé dropped!

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Okay, not so much dropped as allowed to over balance and be let down as my back and thigh took all the weight....

Don't usually have any problems but somehow I managed to get my feet muddled and Pepé started to go over on the right side. I hopped off as I couldn't keep it up astride and I gently lowered it to the ground on the carpet in the garage.  At one point the whole weight was on my right thigh.  

Damage?  Well, when I rode off with the disk lock on and dumped it on the left side at Le Mans in 2019 there was no damage. 

Today. Somehow the rear brake pedal has bent up! Just the foot not the whole pedal. 

Maybe I am becoming a silly old man and not able to handle these beasts?

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