Good to hear this worked it's way out for you.
I love riding bikes myself (cruisers for me) but don't own one at the moment. I have to say that Jose is absolutely right on the other drivers out there. Probably a number well above 90% of motorcycle accidents are caused by the other drivers not paying attention. Then you have that one butthead motorcyclist that has to do like the one yesterday to me. Driving up Nacagdoches and switching lanes from the right to the left (fairly close to Fin Addict) so I could turn left eventually. This guy on a crotch rocket had to slam on his brakes then swerve around and between me and the car that I was behind to keep from dieing. He had to be going at least a good 60 to 70 mph just gunning it at that point. This part of the road I believe has a 45 mph speed limit. Wasn't even so much the speed he was going, it was that he had come from a red light a little further back and I guess felt the need to pass everyone even from the red light up the road.
Those are the idiots that give the bike riders a bad name and reputation. Once day I'm sure I'll see him laying on the corner of a street with his bike looking like a crushed aluminum can, and hoping that he survived the ordeal. Let's all hope he learns before it comes to that though.
Sorry for jumping on the soap box, I used to teach the Motorcycle Safety course on base back in the late 80's. Best thing you can do for yourself is take this course, and retake it everytime you buy a new bike. Really lets you get to know your new friend and some of it's limitations.