I hate my motorcycle
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From: tomorrow on 19 Jul 2010 09:38 On Jul 17, 10:53 pm, BryanUT <nestl...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > It is a fine 9 year old sportbike, very reliable, fast enough, good > brakes a nice Corbin seat. > > But I hate it. After 180 only miles today, I was in total agony. I > couldn't wait to get home and take a hot shower and it was 100f today. > The first 70 miles were pure bliss the last 100 just sucked. > > Anyway here is a short vid of Wolf Creek Pass, Calgary, Mark, Sleazy > and Chuck have all ridden this road. The battery went dead, so it ends > before the good parts, sorry. I hope it brings back a memory for them. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nbUOpbTTBU Glad you had a good ride, sorry your motorcycle hurts your body. May I suggest a nice sporting standard, perhaps an adventure/tourer, or even a nekkid hooligan bike? One thing you might want to consider if you love your bike except for the riding position - - - make it into a naked bike. Lord knows it's been done before!
From: Mark Olson on 19 Jul 2010 09:58 tomorrow(a)erols.com wrote: > On Jul 17, 10:53 pm, BryanUT <nestl...(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> It is a fine 9 year old sportbike, very reliable, fast enough, good >> brakes a nice Corbin seat. >> >> But I hate it. After 180 only miles today, I was in total agony. I >> couldn't wait to get home and take a hot shower and it was 100f today. >> The first 70 miles were pure bliss the last 100 just sucked. >> >> Anyway here is a short vid of Wolf Creek Pass, Calgary, Mark, Sleazy >> and Chuck have all ridden this road. The battery went dead, so it ends >> before the good parts, sorry. I hope it brings back a memory for them. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nbUOpbTTBU > > Glad you had a good ride, sorry your motorcycle hurts your body. May > I suggest a nice sporting standard, perhaps an adventure/tourer, or > even a nekkid hooligan bike? > > One thing you might want to consider if you love your bike except for > the riding position - - - make it into a naked bike. Lord knows it's > been done before! Bikes are somewhat fungible. Some lubricant (additional cash) injected into the transactions smooths over all sorts of rough spots. BTW my Bandit 400 is for sale, the EX250 sold on Saturday. http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/mcy/1848647787.html Plenty cheapness.
From: tomorrow on 19 Jul 2010 10:55 On Jul 19, 9:58 am, Mark Olson <ols...(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > Bikes are somewhat fungible. Some lubricant (additional cash) injected into > the transactions smooths over all sorts of rough spots. > > BTW my Bandit 400 is for sale, the EX250 sold on Saturday. > > http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/mcy/1848647787.html > > Plenty cheapness. Nice bike (I always liked those Bandit 400's!), good price; should go fast!
From: Mark Olson on 19 Jul 2010 10:59 tomorrow(a)erols.com wrote: > On Jul 19, 9:58 am, Mark Olson <ols...(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > >> Bikes are somewhat fungible. Some lubricant (additional cash) injected into >> the transactions smooths over all sorts of rough spots. >> >> BTW my Bandit 400 is for sale, the EX250 sold on Saturday. >> >> http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/mcy/1848647787.html >> >> Plenty cheapness. > > Nice bike (I always liked those Bandit 400's!), good price; should go > fast! Problem with CL is you get a lot of looky-loos and not too many serious buyers. In fact I think I set the price too low so people are assuming it's a dog, it's really quite nice and might go for $2k if I can find someone who knows what it is. But I just want to be shot of it. Had an 18 year old kid come out to look, he wants it bad, but Dad controls the cash and he's not around ATM. Other guy hemmed and hawed and said he was a perfectionist (and I'm not???) and he'd think about it.
From: tomorrow on 19 Jul 2010 12:12
On Jul 19, 10:59 am, Mark Olson <ols...(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > tomor...(a)erols.com wrote: > > On Jul 19, 9:58 am, Mark Olson <ols...(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > > >> Bikes are somewhat fungible. Some lubricant (additional cash) injected into > >> the transactions smooths over all sorts of rough spots. > > >> BTW my Bandit 400 is for sale, the EX250 sold on Saturday. > > >>http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/mcy/1848647787.html > > >> Plenty cheapness. > > > Nice bike (I always liked those Bandit 400's!), good price; should go > > fast! > > Problem with CL is you get a lot of looky-loos and not too many serious > buyers. In fact I think I set the price too low so people are assuming > it's a dog, it's really quite nice and might go for $2k if I can find > someone who knows what it is. But I just want to be shot of it. > > Had an 18 year old kid come out to look, he wants it bad, but Dad > controls the cash and he's not around ATM. Other guy hemmed and hawed > and said he was a perfectionist (and I'm not???) and he'd think about > it. Maybe he's more of a collector than a perfectionist. Your bike is a rider, not a garage queen or (worse) den trophy. |