I hope you guys have a speedy recovery.  Tempted to upgrade the R12RT's horn after reading this, especially after having a close call last week that could've ended up just like your crash.  Maybe something like this?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTRYm_peqGA

Ha Ha you shouldn't really post these things to a bloke with so many broken ribs,can you imagine what the WOF inspector woud make of that when it went in for it's six monthly if he wasn't pre-warned,let alone all the innocent bystanders in the waiting room.......

Crikey matey  😮 Best wishes for a good recovery as you have both had decent numbers done to you.The important thing is that you guys will recover. Bikes can be replaced. I saw it at Experience last week when I dropped by, and hoped it wasn't you, especially so soon  🙁

It is with great regret that I have to inform you of the death of yet another great machine, BINKY the 2nd has been unoficially condemed to the spares bin !!!I am awaiting the official word from Protecta but as far as Sebastian at Experience  can see there is little hope of a reprieve from the dismantling crew.I have no immediate plans for a replacement,fortunatley I have fared better than the bike and with the help of some metal and a few screws I was able to be patched up and am just waiting for all the biological processess to come to an effectual end. At this moment in time I am of the opinion that my motorcycling days are over. Barbara is recovering well and has now got 60 degrees of movement in her knee, but has been signed off work for another 6 weeks.I too do not expect to return to work for another 6 weeks at least.

Vale, Binky the Second  :'(Perhaps something like this to remember your trusty steed, and your survival of the crash (albeit with nasty injuries).  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qpBaNAOdXQThis shrine, probably the only motorcycle shrine in India, is dedicated to the Motorcycle Devta, also called Bullet Baba. The god is a Royal Enfield Bullet 350 and such is faith that hundreds of devotees turn up every day to pray for a safe journey. The shrine is near Chotila village, around 20 km away from Pali en route to Jodhpur on the highway.The tale’s simple: 1991, a man—reportedly drunk—coming home on a motorcycle, a tree by the side of the road, a fatal accident.  The bike is taken to the police station, and vanishes only to appear next to the tree.  Police take the bike back to the station, empty the fuel tank and chain it up thinking it's a prank.  Overnight, the bike vanishes again, and is found once more at the tree.  So the bike stays where, and a shrine is born.  Om Singh, the rider, has been seen at the shrine and has appeared at other crashes to help those involved.  Local villagers say his spirit still hovers around the place and they can hear the Royal Enfield rev up at night.We parked our Enfield up next to the tree, and joined other worshipers in their clockwise walk around Om Singh's bike.  We had a Buddhist kata (prayer scarf) from the Bouddhanath stupa in Kathmandu to keep us safe, and I touched this to the bike.  Over 8000km of riding in India, we had had only one minor ding.  This in a country that has over 100000 reported road deaths per year.Superstitious much?  Yeah nah...But that kata is now wrapped around our R12RT's handlebars...

Thanks for sharing that with us,what a delightfull story......perhaps I should turn our battered top box ( which is the only piece we have left ) into our mail box as a tribute to Binkys short life with us.