Am I gonna make a big mistake - Page 2

fyr · 03-16-2011, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Grider Pirate

I'm GOING to sell my GSPD. I love it as an urban assault vehicle, but it's such a pig in the dirt that it annoys me. I will regret it only because my wife and I fit better on it than on the RS.
OTOH, I've found that any time I've sold a bike because I needed the money, I've regretted it. The money lasts a short time, and the bike is gone forever.

Cool. I do know this feeling...Money is a short time hit.

zenben · 03-16-2011, 08:44 PM

I don't envy such decisions. Nice old stuff is getting really hard to find. I've happily paid too much to replace better bikes that I might earlier have kept.
OTOH; Less is more, and hoarding is an occupation unto itself... like the snake devouring its tail.
We get a limited time to ride. Hesitation reduces the miles further.

SUVslayer · 03-16-2011, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mykill

Traitor!!!
Buy some good lube cuz you're gonna need it when Eric's gets through with you! That's when you'll miss the big pig.

I know, I know... I've already gone through half a gallon of vaseline and I've barely logged any miles. I'm thinking long and hard about this one, trying to decide if it's really a wise choice.

Originally Posted by Grider Pirate

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OTOH, I've found that any time I've sold a bike because I needed the money, I've regretted it. The money lasts a short time, and the bike is gone forever.

Boy ain't that the truth. And I have to say, I do still enjoy it in the dirt - just not as much as the KTM!

squish · 03-16-2011, 09:23 PM

Here's the deal, at least here it is for me.

If I divest myself of my airheads, (we've got three, a R80ST, R100GS and a R80)

I don't think I would ever pick one up again.

The prices of a good used bike have surpassed my internal value vs bike ratio.

A $2,000 airhead is one thing a $5,000 airhead is a whole other thing.

Then adding to the mix is the great unknown of if you will even like the hack.

I'd say keep the airhead for a year after getting the hack,
If the airheads still languishing, then sell it.

usgser · 03-16-2011, 10:09 PM

fyr, you'll be sorry. Sold a nice R100RT to buy an oilhead...been regreting it since. Years go by and I've got a few bikes with one being an 06 Patrol and it's a keeper. Space is an issue so I'd like to get the herd down to just the Ural and one two wheeler and now finding my self looking at worse condtion airheads for more money. You'll have enough blonde moments in life anyway no need to have selling your airhead be one of them.

Grider Pirate · 03-17-2011, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by SUVslayer

I do still enjoy it in the dirt - just not as much as the KTM!

If that's true, you need to keep it. Really.

Uncle Pollo · 03-17-2011, 11:31 AM

What would you RATHER have?

I can't think of RATHER have something else, but only to add a bigger touring for two up.

03-16-2011, 09:23 PM	#19
squish Out of the office. Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Where the Ghetto meets the sea. Oddometer: 4,948	Here's the deal, at least here it is for me. If I divest myself of my airheads, (we've got three, a R80ST, R100GS and a R80) I don't think I would ever pick one up again. The prices of a good used bike have surpassed my internal value vs bike ratio. A $2,000 airhead is one thing a $5,000 airhead is a whole other thing. Then adding to the mix is the great unknown of if you will even like the hack. I'd say keep the airhead for a year after getting the hack, If the airheads still languishing, then sell it. __________________ *On vacation for a spell*

03-17-2011, 11:31 AM	#22
Uncle Pollo Von Hochstaden's son Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Albuquerque, Neue Messico Oddometer: 44,978	What would you RATHER have? I can't think of RATHER have something else, but only to add a bigger touring for two up. __________________ mikuni vm32-33 both sides :\ 5000 feet altitude/ 140 main \ 159 02 needle jet\ 6F4 needle in the middle setting\ 0.5 air jet\ pilot 25/3.0 slide 35 mpg around town riding like a asno

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03-16-2011, 08:44 PM	#17
zenben all roads are one Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Portland Oregon Oddometer: 593	I don't envy such decisions. Nice old stuff is getting really hard to find. I've happily paid too much to replace better bikes that I might earlier have kept. OTOH; Less is more, and hoarding is an occupation unto itself... like the snake devouring its tail. We get a limited time to ride. Hesitation reduces the miles further.

03-16-2011, 10:09 PM	#20
usgser Beastly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Westside WA Oddometer: 1,485	fyr, you'll be sorry. Sold a nice R100RT to buy an oilhead...been regreting it since. Years go by and I've got a few bikes with one being an 06 Patrol and it's a keeper. Space is an issue so I'd like to get the herd down to just the Ural and one two wheeler and now finding my self looking at worse condtion airheads for more money. You'll have enough blonde moments in life anyway no need to have selling your airhead be one of them.