Scary stuff, and I'm glad you got through it. So many things could happen that fortunately did not, like getting even more busted up or some car nailing ya after the fact. Or like when you go over the top and the bike is behind you, hurtling toward you.

Yeah, that's a question mark. My wife says she's ok with it, but if it got right down to it and it actually looked like a bike was coming home with me... I don't know. She may be brave and supportive because she doesn't see it actually happening. :-)

I'm a wuss I guess. The things do scare me. I'm not looking to spend much time going fast. I'll probably ride like a granny and keep it to the roads right around here where I grew up that I'm very familiar with, where the speed limit never exceeds 45 mph, the traffic isn't too bad, there aren't a lot of big trucks, and the good folks at the fire station are never more than a couple of minutes from anywhere I would go. :-) Maybe that's a waste of any good bike, but that'll probably be me. And of course the helmet would always be on if for no other reason than maybe ending up next to my mother at a light or something. Must be incognito... it's best for her sanity. LOL

Thanks, Technopope... any ideas are appreciated!