It went down because I hit a patch of sandy/gravel going too fast in too hard a lean. A mess of my own making. I've made similarly aggressive curves on roads and the only thing I scrape is the nut at the bottom of the foot board. That's usually my standard indicator that I shouldn't lean any...
I installed the BMW factory bars on my bagger, and later hit the crash bar in a fast left turn scrapping them, and my rear bag was not damaged.
Note: when the crash bar hit the ground, the bike had enough momentum to kick back upwards and I didn’t wreck the bike.
So, in conclusion, I...