dude you know what they say, when you got a bike, it's not a matter of IF you'll get in an accident, its WHEN. fortunately you got away relatively unscathed bor. i had a bike in college and sold it before i ended up doing something stupid (was a crotch rocket so it was just begging to be rode hard like SB's mom). worst i got was a scar from a burn on the exhaust. 3 of my friends were not so lucky.