Confessions of a born again noob

[Houtman_imp]

Protecting your bike AND yourself are different matters.
I think what Classic was saying was not meant for you but in general, I agree with him and spend the first money on yourself to protect yourself from injury.
With a motor cycle it is not only protecting the engine cases (and they can be very expensive) but in a fall the engine bars also often result in less damage to the indicators, levers ,handle bars etc.
But each to its own, I only have to pay for the damage to my bike in a fall and nobody else's bike.