Hee,hee!
I have a similar story when I owned a Yamaha RD400.(White with red "speed" blocks)
I had to retrieve a side panel from the hedge bottom after it flew off on the way to the pub.I waited for the return journey to pick it up.Folks must have wondered what this half cut,giggling motorcyclist was doing grovelling around on all fours under a hedge.
Well it was funny at the time.