Yea, it sucks and sorry you lost your friend as well. BTW, nice bike though. I like cruisers but I don't like any enough to personally own one, with the exception of maybe the Honda Fury.
The new bike will help cheer me up though. It's my 4th street bike since I started riding 6ish years ago(though I rode dirt bikes as a kid). My first bike was an '04 ZX-12. Then I had a 01' GSX-R 1000 and after that I got a '07 ZX-10R. The only thing I don't like about this bike is the LED Digital Tachometer. I'll have to post pictures as soon as I get the bike to my house.