Thanks for all the support and ideas, fellow riders

As an update to the fork issue, my mechanic said that the forks and tripple tree did not look bent, at least, at "eye ball".
However, he will check that with his "magic" trick, he would lay a parallel set of tubes and measure the forks from various angles and see...

Once I get a final word on the forks, I'll see what Hoghunter's upper end can do for me.
The handlegbars were bent, but not much and we "bent" them in the opposite direction with a long pipe and a couple of big "pushes", they seem to be quite even now.
While breaking, most of the "drift" has gone after the "pushes", so if the forks are bent, then it should be by not much. Whew!!!
He said he could straight them up with a "press" he's got. I wonder if "pressing" the forks straight is doable and worth it.
Right now, I'm riding the bike to see if I can detect any "drift" or something, as well as any handling issues that may have appeared after the crush. Nothing serious so far, but I'll keep everyone informed about the outcome of this little "saga".
Thanks to all, and watch out for those cagers!!!!

RW