Andando per tentativi ho visto che a dar fastidio è l'istruzione .dropdown legata a sua volta ad un javascript ben piu ampio..
io con la speranza che possa esser utile e che qualcuno abbia voglia ed il tempo di darci un occhio ve lo posto.

codice HTML:
;( function( $, window, undefined ) {

    'use strict';

    $.DropDown = function( options, element ) {
        this.$el = $( element );
        this._init( options );
    };

    // the options
    $.DropDown.defaults = {
        speed : 300,
        easing : 'ease',
        gutter : 0,
        // initial stack effect
        stack : true,
        // delay between each option animation
        delay : 0,
        // random angle and positions for the options
        random : false,
        // rotated [right||left||false] : the options will be rotated to thr right side or left side.
        // make sure to tune the transform origin in the stylesheet
        rotated : false,
        // effect to slide in the options. value is the margin to start with
        slidingIn : false,
        onOptionSelect : function(opt) { return false; }
    };

    $.DropDown.prototype = {

        _init : function( options ) {

            // options
            this.options = $.extend( true, {}, $.DropDown.defaults, options );
            this._layout();
            this._initEvents();

        },
        _layout : function() {

            var self = this;
            this.minZIndex = 1000;
            var value = this._transformSelect();
            this.opts = this.listopts.children( 'li' );
            this.optsCount = this.opts.length;
            this.size = { width : this.dd.width(), height : this.dd.height() };

            var elName = this.$el.attr( 'name' ), elId = this.$el.attr( 'id' ),

                inputName = elName !== undefined ? elName : elId !== undefined ? elId : 'cd-dropdown-' + ( new Date() ).getTime();

            this.inputEl = $( '<input type="hidden" name="' + inputName + '" value="' + value + '"></input>' ).insertAfter( this.selectlabel );

             this.selectlabel.css( 'z-index', this.minZIndex + this.optsCount );
             this._positionOpts();
             if( Modernizr.csstransitions ) {
                setTimeout( function() { self.opts.css( 'transition', 'all ' + self.options.speed + 'ms ' + self.options.easing ); }, 25 );
            }

        },
        _transformSelect : function() {

            var optshtml = '', selectlabel = '', value = -1;
            this.$el.children( 'option' ).each( function() {

                var $this = $( this ),
                    val = isNaN( $this.attr( 'value' ) ) ? $this.attr( 'value' ) : Number( $this.attr( 'value' ) ) ,
                    classes = $this.attr( 'class' ),
                    selected = $this.attr( 'selected' ),
                    label = $this.text();

                if( val !== -1 ) {
                    optshtml +=
                         classes !== undefined ?
                             '<li data-value="' + val + '"><span class="' + classes + '">' + label + '</span></li>' :
                            '<li data-value="' + val + '"><span>' + label + '</span></li>';
                }

                if( selected ) {
                    selectlabel = label;
                    value = val;
                }

            } );

            this.listopts = $( '<ul/>' ).append( optshtml );
            this.selectlabel = $( '<span/>' ).append( selectlabel );
            this.dd = $( '<div class="cd-dropdown"/>' ).append( this.selectlabel, this.listopts ).insertAfter( this.$el );
            this.$el.remove();

            return value;

        },
        _positionOpts : function( anim ) {

            var self = this;

            this.listopts.css( 'height', 'auto' );
            this.opts
                .each( function( i ) {
                    $( this ).css( {
                        zIndex : self.minZIndex + self.optsCount - 1 - i,
                        top : self.options.slidingIn ? ( i + 1 ) * ( self.size.height + self.options.gutter ) : 0,
                        left : 0,
                        marginLeft : self.options.slidingIn ? i % 2 === 0 ? self.options.slidingIn : - self.options.slidingIn : 0,
                        opacity : self.options.slidingIn ? 0 : 1,
                        transform : 'none'
                    } );
                } );

            if( !this.options.slidingIn ) {
                this.opts
                    .eq( this.optsCount - 1 )
                    .css( { top : this.options.stack ? 9 : 0, left : this.options.stack ? 4 : 0, width : this.options.stack ? this.size.width - 8 : this.size.width, transform : 'none' }
 )
                    .end()
                    .eq( this.optsCount - 2 )
                    .css( { top : this.options.stack ? 6 : 0, left : this.options.stack ? 2 : 0, width : this.options.stack ? this.size.width - 4 : this.size.width, transform : 'none' }
 )
                    .end()
                    .eq( this.optsCount - 3 )
                    .css( { top : this.options.stack ? 3 : 0, left : 0, transform : 'none' } );
            }

        },
        _initEvents : function() {
                        var self = this;
                        this.selectlabel.on( 'mousedown.dropdown', function( event )
{
                self.opened ? self.close() : self.open();
                return false;

            } );

            this.opts.on( 'click.dropdown', function() {
                if( self.opened ) {
                    var opt = $( this );
                    self.options.onOptionSelect( opt );
                    self.inputEl.val( opt.data( 'value' ) );
                    self.selectlabel.html( opt.html() );
                    self.close();
                }
            } );

        },
        open : function() {
            var self = this;
            this.dd.toggleClass( 'cd-active' );
            this.listopts.css( 'height', ( this.optsCount + 1 ) * ( this.size.height + this.options.gutter ) );
            this.opts.each( function( i ) {

                $( this ).css( {
                    opacity : 1,
                    top : self.options.rotated ? self.size.height + self.options.gutter : ( i + 1 ) * ( self.size.height + self.options.gutter ),
                    left : self.options.random ? Math.floor( Math.random() * 11 - 5 ) : 0,
                    width : self.size.width,
                    marginLeft : 0,
                    transform : self.options.random ?
                        'rotate(' + Math.floor( Math.random() * 11 - 5 ) + 'deg)'
 :                        self.options.rotated ?
                            self.options.rotated === 'right' ?
                                'rotate(-' + ( i * 5 ) + 'deg)' :
                                'rotate(' + ( i * 5 ) + 'deg)'
                            : 'none',
                    transitionDelay : self.options.delay && Modernizr.csstransitions ? self.options.slidingIn ? ( i * self.options.delay ) + 'ms' : ( ( self.optsCount - 1 - i ) * self.options.delay ) + 'ms' : 0
                } );

            } );
            this.opened = true;

        },
        close : function() {

            var self = this;
            this.dd.toggleClass( 'cd-active' );
            if( this.options.delay && Modernizr.csstransitions ) {
                this.opts.each( function( i ) {
                    $( this ).css( { 'transition-delay' : self.options.slidingIn ? ( ( self.optsCount - 1 - i ) * self.options.delay ) + 'ms' : ( i * self.options.delay ) + 'ms' } );
                } );
            }
            this._positionOpts( true );
            this.opened = false;

        }

    }

    $.fn.dropdown = function( options ) {
        var instance = $.data( this, 'dropdown' );
        if ( typeof options === 'string' ) {
            var args = Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments, 1 );
            this.each(function() {
                instance[ options ].apply( instance, args );
            });
        }
        else {
            this.each(function() {
                instance ? instance._init() : instance = $.data( this, 'dropdown', new $.DropDown( options, this ) );
            });
        }
        return instance;
    };

} )( jQuery, window );