+1 on the glad your okay sentiment. Sounds like it was a bad one but I guess anyone you walk away from (even if months later) is something to be thankful for.
I’m not really understanding the sequence of events that led up to the crash. So you were stopped at traffic lights, made a left turn once the light turned green and got up to 40mph before the guy hit you? Is that right? On hindsight was there anything you could have done to prevent it from happening (I know the other guy was at fault but I’m sure that was poor consolation after spending 2 months in hospital). Sorry for all the questions but I try to learn what I can from situations like this. See if I can see dangerous situations developing and avoid them before bad things happen.
As regards the 2010 Versys, it’s at the top of my shopping list and I have done plenty of online research on it. No-one really has a bad thing to say about it and the 2010 version has small incremental improvements over last years version. I sat on one at the bike show and found it very comfortable despite only having a 32″ inseam. It sits very upright (found the ergonomics very similar to my scooter) and felt very light (at least to me, as I’ve mentioned before my scooter is very heavy). Not ridden one though. I’ve got some cool videos bookmarked in YouTube that I’ll post later (at work just now and YouTube is blocked).