I Survived a Violent Motorcycle Crash!

Laid one down about 10 years ago. A guy in a Honda stopped at a yield sign with nobody coming from the other side of the yield (I was just rolling into the throttle). I locked both wheels up and skidded toward the trunk of the Honda (this guy is watching it happen in his rear view mirror) at the last 20 feet I realized that I wasn't going to make it and turned the bike sideways and slid it out from under me. You are absolutely correct on safety equipment, I was fully leathered up, Jacket, chaps, gloves and boots (by the way what kind of lowlife steals a man's boots?) and 3/4 helmet. I slid across the road and got the wind knocked out of me. I was laying there gasping for air when somebody helped me up and sat me down on the guardrail. By the way, the guy in the Honda just drove away. After I regain my senses I told the guy I'm going to pick up my bike. He told me he was an off-duty police officer and I should stay sitting, I told him I don't care I'm going to pick up my bike. He went over and picked it up for me. The ambulance was there in about 3 seconds it seems and wanted to give me the $800 ambulance ride. I said nah, I'll be alright. I went over, looked at my bike borrowed some surgical tape from the ambulance people and tapped my driving lights back on checked the clutch, check the brake, started it up with a huge cloud of Blue Smoke and like a big tough biker down the road I went. When I got home, like a big tough biker I put the bike in the shed and like a big tough biker, I went into the house THEN grabbef my ribs and said "arrrrgh, that hurts". Could have been a whole lot worse, all I got was a little bit of road rash on my face and sore ribs. Glad that you're on the mend brother. Metal can always be replaced.