I'm certainly glad to hear that you came out of this unscathed. Here in california its practically suicide to ride a motorcycle... the a**holes here think they own the friggin road and will hit you, blame you, and then try to sue you for giving them whiplash. (some girl tried that one on my mom... the accident caused a $10 scratch to her car... and this other b**** was tryin to claim whiplash...) I really want to learn how to ride and get a motorcycle, but like I said, out here in cali, especially here in LA, its just suicide to ride a bike here. I've seen 3 fatal accidents involving a motorcycle... and that's enough to keep me off of one until I move somewhere else.