I have not been involved in a wreck while riding yet so it is not fair for me to answer the question about giving up the sport. However I live out in the country and can ride around after work and not see much traffic. It's difficult to image me not owning some kind of motorcycle to cruise around on in the evenings. If you decide to keep riding I think you have to decide what kind of riding. If its just a 20 mile ride through the country in the evening just about any 2 wheeler will be fun. If you want to cruise for hours on the open road something more substantial is called for and the F6B is that. But then again there are a lot of great cruisers available and it would be fun to own them all even if it is one at a time.