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    The end of the road

    Oops, title should read "ROAD".

    As of today I am no longer a biker. I have sold "the vixen" and have no plans to replace her.

    That's the trouble with getting old and running out of money.

    But at least I can tick the "own a superbike" off the bucket list.

    Ride safe all.
    . “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis

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    Condolences.
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    That is some serious crazy talk. Now is the time to tick of "the old shitter run on the smell of an oily rag bike."Get a small two stroke that can be worked on with a butter knife and bottle opener. TS TF ER RG 150 175 185 200 250 whatever they scream for jesus and backroads/trails are where its at.

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    That's alarming as I think you're a sight younger than me! However, all the very best for the future and hope you've got a fall-back interest to keep you young and dangerous!

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    Biking is a state of mind, not a mode of transport.

    So you're still a biker, presently short of a ride.

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    I know a man with a Harley bagger in his garage and a Ducati Monster 1200 and he told me yesterday he'd rather ride his e-pushbike than either of them......
    I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave

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    Quote Originally Posted by eelracing View Post
    That is some serious crazy talk. Now is the time to tick of "the old shitter run on the smell of an oily rag bike."Get a small two stroke that can be worked on with a butter knife and bottle opener. TS TF ER RG 150 175 185 200 250 whatever they scream for jesus and backroads/trails are where its at.
    Yeah, what he said.

    Grab yourself a cheap ass chook chaser.

    I smile every time I squirt my wee DR-Z two fiddy around.
    =mjc=
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    I know a man with a Harley bagger in his garage and a Ducati Monster 1200 and he told me yesterday he'd rather ride his e-pushbike than either of them......
    Id rather shove burning sticks up my arse than ride a Harley bagger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Id rather shove burning sticks up my arse than ride a Harley bagger.
    You can do both?
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    You'd be incensed.

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    The M1200 is a cracking bike, except after a couple of hundred kms the seat gets a little thin...
    Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!

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    Sorry to hear that. I hate to think what the R1 costs but it's over $1000 a year for insurance and rego. Or it would be if I paid for 12 months.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Id rather shove burning sticks up my arse than ride a Harley bagger.
    I've been offered a ride on it and politely declined. I have ridden all the other H-D's that have come through the shop. A couple I actually liked.
    I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Id rather shove burning sticks up my arse than ride a Harley bagger.
    Oh, and I once knew a man from Gore who had shoved a flaming stick up his arse and run down the main street of Gore. I think only one end was on fire.
    I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave

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    Life changes and sometimes you can no longer do the thing you once could.

    On the other hand, you only live once. You dont want to look back when you are 85 and say "geez that riding was fun. Remember when at 17 we'd ride crappy old trail bikes and enjoy every minute at 65kph? and on an apprentice wage"

    Here's an idea. 2 stroke trail bike. Then at 75 review the situation.

    Yes I know.

    'But a good idea is worth repeating.
    Don't you look at my accountant.
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