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Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / September 2005wishing you were here
The few people that can tolerate being around me in person know that I take really good care of my bikes. And thus, when I sell one, it is in superb shape. This means that the bike will likely be around for a long time, and I will have some continued contact with it. I try not to get too attached to my "mechanical girlfriends," but there are a few that I still long for. Some are clearly dead by now -- my RD350 and GS550. Some live nearby, like my two former Triumphs. Their current owners sometimes send me pictures such as this one that I received yesterday: http://www.malcontent.info/RID/RID-II---06.jpg. My Triumph motorcycles have been by far the best bikes I've ever owned. There have been others that stand out for different reasons. There are bikes I wish I still had -- the RD350, and the Thunderbird 900 -- and some that I've never looked back on, such as the KZ400 or the Vulcan 1500. The latter two bikes were decent rides, but there was nothing special about them. I suspect I will feel the same about the SV650 despite it being a great bike. In ten years I won't be saying, "Boy, I sure wish I had kept that SV..." Heck, I'd trade it for my former Thunderbird if the opportunity presented itself. So, how many of you keep in contact with your mechanical girlfriends? Do you find yourself -- six sheets to the wind -- making midnight phone calls inquiring about how your [insert bike] is doing these days, and professing with slurred speech that you wish you were still together? >-- Peckham 2003 GasGas TXT200 Pro 2002 GasGas TXT280 2001 GasGas TXT280 2000 Suzuki SV650 1993 Honda CR250R 1983 Peugeot 103 SP 1981 Peugeot 103 SP >So, how many of you keep in contact with your mechanical girlfriends? Do >you find yourself -- six sheets to the wind -- making midnight phone calls >inquiring about how your [insert bike] is doing these days, and professing >with slurred speech that you wish you were still together? No. My mechanical girlfriends (like most of the fleshy ones) are ridden hard until I dump them. > No. My mechanical girlfriends (like most of the fleshy ones) are > ridden hard until I dump them. I'll translate dump... Jr.Pudknocker rode hard but failed to modulate the front brake and got dump on his a.s... Larry L 94 RC45 #2 Have a wheelie NICE day... Lean & Mean it in every corner of your life... If it wasn't for us the fast lane would rust... V4'S are music to the seat of my pants... 1952 De Havilland Chipmunk... Yank and bank your brains loose... http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/-xlax-/ http://home.comcast.net/~netters2/ http://www.fox302.com/index.pl?s=vg&user=netters2 http://www.reeky.org/gallery/xlax > So, how many of you keep in contact with your mechanical girlfriends? Do > you find yourself -- six sheets to the wind -- making midnight phone calls > inquiring about how your [insert bike] is doing these days, and professing > with slurred speech that you wish you were still together? I don't know where they are, but I wish I had my 1997 900SS. I don't want any of my old girlfriends back. Greg Sumner Seattle, WA '98 XR400-DS > So, how many of you keep in contact with your mechanical girlfriends? I keep track of my 94 Belt-O-Ceptor... after 98,000 miles and many big bike's heart broken we did have a thing going on... it was in perfect shape... not to mention 4 pages of mods... http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/uploads/1126970722/gallery_3131_51_14630.jpg Larry L 94 RC45 #2 Have a wheelie NICE day... Lean & Mean it in every corner of your life... If it wasn't for us the fast lane would rust... V4'S are music to the seat of my pants... 1952 De Havilland Chipmunk... Yank and bank your brains loose... http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/-xlax-/ http://home.comcast.net/~netters2/ http://www.fox302.com/index.pl?s=vg&user=netters2 http://www.reeky.org/gallery/xlax > So, how many of you keep in contact with your mechanical girlfriends? Do > you find yourself -- six sheets to the wind -- making midnight phone calls > inquiring about how your [insert bike] is doing these days, and professing > with slurred speech that you wish you were still together? I keep track of my 900SS and 907ie, both sold to friends. I have no idea what happened to my HD Heritage or Can-o-tuna. (The following may or may not be tongue-in-cheek): 50cc Puch moped: last seen ridden by man named Otis in the 9th Ward of New Orleans, c. August 27, 2005. 125 Honda Aero scooter: currently ferrying Vietnamese prostitutes in Ho Chi Minh City. Kawi GPZ 550: Still on consignment at Anderson Motors in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. (On showroom floor 18 years so far.) Suzuki GS 750E: painted candy-purple, "Little Poison" stenciled onto gas tank. Chopped-out and lowered, 230-series rear tire shoe-horned onto swingarm. Yamaha FJ1100: last seen running on 3-cylinders with low compression and smoked regulator, new owner said was to be turned into a drag-bike c. 1994. Current location unknown. Ducati 851: follow the trail of blown regulators and rusty bolts to current owner, ask him or her. Might have been forcibly repatriated to Bologna. Ninja 600R (2x): one vomited engine internals all over turns 8/8A of Sears Point c. 4/97, other never ran under its own power under my ownership. Last seen in a (large) bin of parts, sold to some chump for $200 cash. Gixxer 750: Jason Hegel, where arrrrrrre youuuuuuuu...? Triumph Tiger: Likely left on a trail somewhere, backwoods of WA State. Fish around the nearest deep mudhole, you may find it. Aprilia Mille: current owner stopped hanging around w/company crowd. Mildly curious what became of him and the bike; wouldn't want to speculate too much. Good riddance to bad rubbish, the lot. I don't get emotionally attached to any motorcycle: there's always something better/more interesting out there. -=DRB=- > (The following may or may not be tongue-in-cheek): > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > -=DRB=- I call BS. I know you can't wait to get my 71 H1 into your grasp!  SignatureAndrew 00 Daytona 00 Speed Triple 71 Kawi H1 >> Good riddance to bad rubbish, the lot. I don't get emotionally >> attached to any motorcycle: there's always something better/more [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >I call BS. I know you can't wait to get my 71 H1 into your grasp! I see 400 lbs of rubbish moving into my garage the minute your wife catches wise to the whole thing... '----------------------------------------------------- ' Daniel Bannon ' NW WA State, U.S.A. ' 2003 ZX636B Hercusaki, 1999 CBR1100XX '----------------------------------------------------- <snip> > So, how many of you keep in contact with your mechanical girlfriends? Do > you find yourself -- six sheets to the wind -- making midnight phone calls [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > 1983 Peugeot 103 SP > 1981 Peugeot 103 SP Funny timing for this post, as I just sold the SV650. I watched the buyer drive away with it on a trailer as if I were watching my kid leave for his first year of college. I was sad, my wife was sad, I think even my cat was sad. I'm over it now, but it sure is funny, the relationships we develop with machines... DaveG > <snip> > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > DaveG As opposed to our reaction as the last of 3 MG Midgets we owned left on the back of the buyer's trailer. We stood in the middle of the street and sang "Ding, Dong the Witch is Dead" from the Wizard of OZ. SignaturePC Paul 89 PC800 77 R100RS Trip pics at: http://photos.yahoo.com/paul1cart "To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society" - Theodore Roosevelt > So, how many of you keep in contact with your mechanical girlfriends? I get to ride my ex-851 from time to time, although she moved to LA a couple of years back. Funny, I put about 45K on that bike in the 3 years I had it (89-91)and last time I got aboard ( in 2004 or so) it still only had 51K and change. Sorta sad really. I have often though I should try to buy it back and mile the hell out of it! My long ago owned '67 TR6 is still around San Francisco, sporting a very nice restoration and a very stylish owner, complete with Davida helmet, Silvercross goggles and knee high riding boots. Mod-O-Rama!!! My Laverda 750SFC, "La Electronica" almost came home a few years back, too. The current owner did a title search, contacted me and was wondering if I still had the dam spanner wrench that came with it. While talking he indicated he might like to sell it, but when he suggested the price, I almost had a sh.t hemmorage. Four times what I had sold it for in 1983!!! Bugger. Any that I would definitely want back? You betcha....that dam SFC!!! Most frightening thing ever to sport two wheels if you ask me. Especially that gawdawful paint job, sort of like batman orange. SignatureJim Stinnett VTR1000 R1100RS YZF R1 http://www.moto-rama.com |
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