being is really an understatement!!! Mkaes me think, I'll wear my gear more often, doesn't do me any good stuffed in the bags....

Well put,  well commented and damned true.  Kyle I know you've read it, read it again. Hint. Hint.

True, true, true!  That adrenaline gets to pumpin and you can be hurt pretty seriously and never know it!  Beyond the fact that you can aggrevate your own injuries, you actually can cause another accident...no, I hate that word...wreck is more appropriate... if you are riding hurt, and whose fault is that one?  I'm not coming down on Kyle, hell I did the same thing when I got whacked, but I was wrong, and so was Kyle (sorry bud, gotta fess up!).  There is something about a big ol V-Twin between your knees that tends to bring out the machismo in most of us.  My excuse was that I didn't want to see my baby on a tow-truck, but let's face it, it all comes down to the same thing.  Do the right thing and get checked out!  Right now I am not riding because I need a new tire and I have decided that the tire I'm running is borderline safe.  I'll ride to the store (in dry weather) and back, but none of this ride to work thing until my new tire comes in!  Make sure your bike is safe and make sure you are safe!  That includes some sort of protection for you as well as being off all drugs (yes, prescription counts) and alcohol and know your bike is in mechanically sound condition.  I won't ride to work right now because that means I might not be able to ride even to the store.  I'm portioning out what little bit of safety I feel I have left on that tire.  A little bit of riding is better than a big bit of crashing!

Ride safe

Mike