miserable ...........

**mstriumph** · 5th March 2006, 00:07

don't understand - just sold my '72 5 speed lowframe 650cc bonne - had her about 12 years now.

got my asking price, the guy is a mechanic and classic bike freak ... so she'll be treasured,

i certainly haven't been riding her much since i got the yammy -- style of riding is too different etc., and i was hating to see her just gatherin dust in the barn...

and 3 bikes to one bum was a silly equation..... NOBODY 'needs' 3 bikes a car and a tractor ...

and so all my reasons for selling were sound

.................................so why, WHY do i just feel so MISERABLE???

**inlinefour** · 5th March 2006, 05:41

There never is such a thing as too many bikes, clear and simple. Sometimes there is too many registrations and wofs, but that tends to be the only probelm. I have recliently sold my 68 kawasaki to help pay for my drz. Kinda feel ripped off now as I used to have 3 bikes before my yamaha was stolen & now only have 2. However, the suzuki is a much better bike than the stolen bike and I managed to get the kawasaki up and running & looking nice before I sold it. That and I'm allready looking for my next bike. When I met up with Mrs IL4 I said "can you live with motorcycles?". She did not really know what to say, but agreed that she could in the end. I reckon it should not be how many bikes, but how many regos can you afford (putting on hold is great) and how much room is in that garage/barn?

**SixPackBack** · 5th March 2006, 06:28

Bugger.........take an SP chill pill, a sunny ride on the Thou' and call us in the morning...betcha feel a lot better then

**Sniper** · 5th March 2006, 06:55

It was your love........ You should have kept her. But its always soothing to know she went to a kind home.

**Motu** · 5th March 2006, 09:31

I know how you feel,I've done the same several times over the years - I'm one of those anoraks who comes over to look at your bike and says...''I used to have one of those...'' But I feel it's a crime to have them imprisoned in my shed,never having the joy of getting their tyres scuffed on the road,they need to go to someone who will enjoy them.I still have one bike shackled in my shed,I've had it for 28 years and hasn't been on the road for at least 12 yrs,a rare bike locked away and never allowd to see the sun...makes me feel guilty for my selfish pride....

**zadok** · 5th March 2006, 10:09

ah...parting from a loved one. You will get over it soon enuf.

Look forward to some rides with you and Jon, before too much longer.

**Big Dave** · 5th March 2006, 10:12

It's a machine: nuts, bolts and bits of metal - move on.

**Colapop** · 5th March 2006, 12:04

To treasure machinery is not an emotive over reaction. You bought a piece of machinery. Over time the nuts (that invariably came loose), bolts that loosened (and made those slightly disturbing rattles) and the bits of metal (that occasionally more often than not threatened to fall off but held on for a little bit longer) gained a type of humanity. Those nuts, bolts and bits of metal that you came to know as 'your bike' became fixable or known about. "oh, it does that"
I'm not saying that your bonne was a broken down heap, but it had it's idiosyncrasies (sp?). It had a personality. It still does and it's just now, you've given that personality to someone else to learn.... and enjoy.

**Edbear** · 5th March 2006, 17:00

Originally Posted by Big Dave

It's a machine: nuts, bolts and bits of metal - move on.

Motorcycles aren't machines, Dave. They are impractical, no cheaper than a car to run, less convenient in most situations, and more vulnerable in an accident. No, they are purely emotion satisfiers, and touch the heart and soul of those who ride them. There cannot possibly be sound reasons for wanting and riding a bike thought they can have certain advantages in traffic. I feel for those who have sold such classics in a fit of sensibleness and regretted it. Allow yourself to grieve, you will learn to cope in time...

**froggyfrenchman** · 5th March 2006, 17:57

Ive found that all the jap bikes a own and or ride are goodmachines and proform the task they were designed for perfectly. But when it comes to my Tbird there is such a diference. Its all so basic, and is the only bike ive ridden i have ever described as having a personallity. Selling her would be like loosing a mate, selling any jappa is just trading machines.

**Ixion** · 5th March 2006, 18:02

Originally Posted by Big Dave

It's a machine: nuts, bolts and bits of metal - move on.

uh, if you feel a sharp pain in the ankle, don't worry, it's just Ratty biting y'. He doesn't realise he's a machine, we keep it from him.

**Gixxer 4 ever** · 5th March 2006, 20:01

Originally Posted by Big Dave

It's a machine: nuts, bolts and bits of metal - move on.

How can you say that

They are alive. they live within and the real heart beats with in the owners.

**Gixxer 4 ever** · 5th March 2006, 20:08

Originally Posted by froggyfrenchman

Ive found that all the jap bikes a own and or ride are goodmachines and proform the task they were designed for perfectly. But when it comes to my Tbird there is such a diference. Its all so basic, and is the only bike ive ridden i have ever described as having a personallity. Selling her would be like loosing a mate, selling any jappa is just trading machines.

I have a jappa that has a heart. I understand how you feel but it is not the make or the maker but the bike and what it stands for and were it comes from. They get under the skin and they are part of the road of life. I sold one I wish I had now. Think before you sell cos gone is gone

**Ixion** · 5th March 2006, 20:10

Originally Posted by froggyfrenchman

Ive found that all the jap bikes a own and or ride are goodmachines and proform the task they were designed for perfectly. But when it comes to my Tbird there is such a diference. Its all so basic, and is the only bike ive ridden i have ever described as having a personallity. Selling her would be like loosing a mate, selling any jappa is just trading machines.

Does not apply to two strokes, but.