No need to feel silly if you can learn from other peoples' mistakes, rather than your own, eh!!
I have actually seen this happen, as well... One of our Riding Group, known as Dangerous Brian because he wore a two-piece silver (yes, shiny tinfoil-like) racing suit!!
We all left wherever it was that we'd ridden out to and gunned off down the road on our respective bikes. Cruisers, Sporties, Tourers, all kinds. Brian was on an old bike, something with a fair bit of grunt.
Rev, rev, rev, clutch out - Hoping to impress the passers-by.
Instead he hits the forgotten disclock, bursts his caliper to bits, vaults over the bars and causes a roar of laughter from those of us still around to see!!!
Not badly hurt, but needed a new lid and a lot of front end replacements.... and a new disclock!!