Get the bike. I'm biased as I watched my Dad want to do things for years, he passed away at work (he did love his job though, dream job) and left behind 300 grand in the bank and a wife that would've preferred to travel with him. I have an RV I don't use because he bought it a few months before he passed. If you have the opportunity to do something that'll make you happy you should take it.
That way you don't have regrets.
That said. Take a trip and blog, the Coin will build again. Use a little more to buy yourself the best helmet, get one of those jackets that are like body armour (saw one today and they look awesome, guy say just a bit stiff) and be the first to get those airbags that look like jackets.
I will say this... I hate motorbikes, with a passion. Mostly because they scare the crap out of me... but I'm not you. Maybe a moped.
Or one of those bikes with four wheels, and a cover...
Really so torn about it all.
Living with no regrets is something I would like to do, but no matter the choice or lack of, I can always figure out something different that might have been better or whatever.
I have a $600 bright yellow safety helmet haha. It's pretty freaking awesome. The jacket I have is leather, I will likely replace. The pants I have, have kevlar and some other material sewn into the fabic and knees/ass, as well as plastic armor sewn in place or clipped inplace inside the garment itself. I just need a new pair of gloves. (ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES PLEASE OMG!)
I dunno about the airbag jacket, I think a good quality ribbed / boned jacket should be enough.
I've been riding since I was 15-16, from 50cc to 1000cc engines over that timespan. My favorite was the either the lc4, or the fzr, or maybe the 380cc two stroker ktm.
Why do bikes scare you?
There are three wheeled bikes with automatically traversing front wheels that 'lean' the bike for you, those look kind of interesting. 2 at front 1 at rear I think.
That last bit suspiciously sounds like you are talking about a car. <3
Thanks for weighing in and commenting. :)