TR; LOL with you. As my father was quick to say. "it's all about the adventure. but most people lead quiet uneventful ,SAFE lives", then there's what was the one thing that really scared him ? "BEING BORED".
As to the motorbike, my insurance totaled it. Did look rather a mess but because I'm involved with racing and friends have frame tables and the such they were able to ascertain that no frame parts were damaged. Forks were gone and the fairing was toast. The one glitch was that while I was in the hospital my wife (thinking that the Racer was gone for good) found a very cheap replacement, with very low miles and went out and bought me a surprise. The next thing that happened is that the fellows who are the IOM riders of the race bikes came by the house looked the wreck over and bought it from the insurance company. So when I finally could get out to the shop I find a brand new Racer and they've done a chassis check and rebuilt the crashed bike. So I guess I'm selling the old bike (no licence plates still and it's got a salvage pink slip) because one of the Isle of Man riders I work with had sold his Racer but pulled the Ohlins shock and forks and stuck them on the new bike my Wife had found.
I know Mate; crazy but all in all as far as the motorbikes go things turned out rather brilliant. I should be cleared to ride the bloody things in the next month or so with a Racer up for sale and a Racer to ride. Hell maybe I and my friends will even get back to motor-racing if the plague ever goes away.
LOL again TR, I can tell from all your posts over the years that you understand that with motorbikes one of the first lessons one learns is that with bikes especially, life is what it is. I am healing fairly well and the property damage aspect has turned out substantially weighted in my favor.
Cheers