I've long since resigned myself to being a tragi-comic figure in the pantheon of things human. Whenever something can go wrong it does. Never devastatingly enough to enter the realms of tragedy, but enough to recover from, and more importantly, give people a jolly good laugh in the process.
When I destroyed the TRX in a gentle fashion last December, we'd sort of been angling towards looking at a more modern car for Heather and possibly a new bike for me. Well to avoid posting embarrassing personal issues, I'll just say that a Government agency who administers land titles incorrectly assigned $750,000 worth of debt to my property that has a GV of $265,000. Hilarity ensued.
This made extracting equity from one's property problematic, so rather than give up altogether, I bought the GSX600. Very underrated motorcycle, whose whole is somewhat greater than the parts.
During this rather irritating phase of semi-bankruptcy, Brendan Keogh, one of the Owners of the Motorad/Sawyers complex in Wellington, took pity on me and made me an offer I almost couldn't refuse on an FZ6 they had in stock. However I wasn't keen to be publicly humiliated by being turned down on a bike shop finance deal for less than most home owner's overdraft, but I resolved at that point that my next bike was going to be purchased from Sawyers.
4 months down the track, it's all largely sorted out on the home front, and there, scowling magnificently on the showroom floor is a brand spanking 2004 YZFR6 in "Rapid Red." Oddly enough I was in the shop with family in tow and not only does Heather like the look of it, she can't believe the price compared to the 2005 version.
Brendan is just about to depart on his journey that will include being placed under house arrest by the Iranian equivalent of Enos from the Dukes of Hazzard, but quickly spots an opportunity that allows me to trade the GSX, and with cash that we had saved toward the next bike purchase stay within the wifely cap of $7k. All negotiated like I was an adult, and not a dirty, shop loitering, no hoper like some places treat you.
Basically: Thumbs up Brendan and Sawyers.
At the end of the deal I think everyone felt quite pleased with themselves, and the GSX is on sale for a very fair price. I did however take exception to the advert. that Barry placed in Motorcycle Trader that read something like, "1999 GSX600, Yellow, packrack, immaculate. Only 2 lady owners."
Hah hah.
Don't forget to follow Brendan's adventures on: http://www.silkriders.co.nz/
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