Welcome to the forum, Saducees. This is a fun hobby with lots of cool spin-off directions you can go down when you figure out where your interest lies beyond the universal "laser beams are cool" stage. I hope your recovery goes well! You'll find a lot of great info here in the archives (there is a search tool that is pretty easy to use) and tons of knowledgeable folks that are eager to help out. This is a great forum and we're glad you found it.
Cheers!
c
ps. I don't ride as much these days, but I have an '05 Sportster a friend wrecked while on loan, a '97 generation one VMax, and an '09 Gen 2 VMax. Most of my riding buddies either moved away, quit when they had kids, or have just fizzled out. I'm probably going to sell all but one bike and just become a weekend enthusiast since riding in the 4th largest city in the US is pretty dangerous as a primary method - the folks in cages just don't watch where they are going.