Are you proud of what you own?

[SARGE]

Most definitely...

My babe is only a 250, but I love her
Sometimes, I'll lean over the tank to hug her...

She's special and I don't care what other people think...except when they say that she sounds horny because of her combined Vtwin engine with dual exhaust carbon pipes...then I'm really proud!

We look good together,and DAMN I absolutely LOOOOOVE riding her

Right, please excuse me while I go in the garage and give her a kiss...

i'll agree there V .. thats one of the tidiest VTR's ive seen..


in answer to the original post .. hell YES im proud of Spooky.. i know every bolt on it .. i bought it out of the container when i worked for Red Baron.. had an 84 FJ1100 at the time and that bike just "fit" me but it was a total rat bike..

i have been through Spooky completely.. hi compression big bore, stroker crank.. stage 3 heads.. carbs worked, upgraded ignition ( dont ask me what the red Mil-Spec switch on my dashboard is ) custom headers and can, high pressure fuel pumps ..worked transmission, full suspension upgrade.. i get comments on it all the time from people who are shocked at the fact that it is such a sleeper ( got a comment today on the ride about how horny it sounds at song..)

freakin shopping list it is .. but i have designed and wrenched every single thing on it.. so yea .. i'd have to say im proud of it .. dont plan on ever selling it and if for some reason we meet the tarmac.. thats what insurance is for ..i'll rebuild it

[ZeroIndex]

I'm not proud of my bike... for one it's old, and then there's the sticker on the side that says Yamaha... I want an '04 ZX-6R those make pretty stunt bikes...

[moko]

I know it's fair enough to want the cash in hand before allowing someone take the bike for a test ride, that's just common sense, plain and simple. What I didn't get was him feeling the need to tell people he had a genuine reason for selling it. Eh? It's not like it's collectable, or you just wouldn't part with it, or it's too new, or something like that...

Here it's common practice to only give a test ride to someone if they've got insurance(letting someone ride un-insured here will get you same penalty as them if they get nicked and thats 2/3 of the way to a ban so not funny)and the asking price in cash in your hand.Too many people have lost bikes on test-rides for it not to be,often the test ride would be around the corner and straight into a van.Usual rule is "you break it and it's yours".
As for the good reason to sell,I always ask,usually guy just wants to trade up,needs the money,giving up riding or something but always worth asking as often people aren't very good liars.I'd go for a test ride,quite happy to leave the money if I'm serious and I've have a mate along to ride shotgun in any case.Also if you're buying look at everthing,I got stung with my DR because there was a mass of dodgy wiring under the seat.Learned my lesson and if a seller wont spend 5 minutes un-bolting something for me,or won't let me do it I'll walk away,small price to pay if you want to sell a bike so if they couldn't or wouldn't I'd assume there was something to hide.I'd put up with anything within reason to satisfy a potential buyer and I expect the same,guy with the money makes the rules.

[vifferman]

I'm actually a bit embarrassed about my bike, rather than proud, as it has some battle damage, mismatched front disks, and I can't afford the 'special' items (like new suspenders) that would make it how I want it.
Plus at the end of the day, it's not new, it's not Italian exotica, just a somewhat-customised Jappa.

[Zukin]

Hell yeah
I love my bike

Reasons
It took me ages to save for a bike that I have always wanted
It does everything I need it to do (tarseal, and gravel)
I always grin when I am riding it
It is part of me now

I love it!!

[fazer]

Only realised how muched I liked a bike after I got rid of it. Still annoyed with myself after 3 years.

[Reckless]

Well me old Z1 is kinda part of me now. Had her since 1990 and she'll be 30 next year. She's in great original condition. Good enough when parked beside Seans imaculate Z900 race bike at Paeroa people still gathered around her for a spell. Since I owned the VTR1000, she's not quite as nice to ride as a modern bike but still do 2-3 times a week when its fine (don't want to get water in her bones to make her age faster).
How do I feel about her? Probably won't know till she's gone. Although I'm not planning on finding out till I've gone.

[Badcat]

i love my little streettracker 500
here she is:
http://www.kenkong.com/album/main.php?g2_itemId=18260
she's a bit loud, but she's got it where it counts.
she's never let me down (except that little swingarm pivot bolt issue in coromandel on a sunday KB ride)
and she's beautiful when she's clean.
my new girl has already forbidden me from selling her (even to get a bike with a pillion seat), so she's part of the family now.
i have regretted selling a few of my bikes, i won't let this one get away.

so yeah, i love her.

[ManDownUnder]

LOL...

My bike is old, cheap, high mileage maintained to a "going" state...

And yeah... she rocks. I could spend 4 times the money and get a bike that performed 40% better... and I don't use her to her full capacity now - so why would I?

[janno]

Veerrry proud of my bike.

Looks just like a 250, but is really 650cc's of hard out Nana Power!!

I've had more than a few oldies who ride hard and fast say very nice things about my bike.

Lots of innovative technology and design on it for its day, apparently.

But I like it because it fits me like a glove. Almost like it's custom made.

[more_fasterer]

I can't blame the seller, bikes are a lot easier to f**k up on a test ride than cars and you have no idea what kind of rider the potential buyer is. Then of course there are the other reasons that Moko alluded to.

I certainly am proud of my bike... it was a bit of a shed when I bought it, and I intend on tweaking it to make the most of what is a very good basic package IMO.

[scumdog]

With eight -and-a-half inches of course I'm proud of what I own....


But I like my T-Sport too, no desire for anything too much more in the forseeable future, it's comfortable, not too hard on gas and enough torgue not to need to change down for hill or pass cars.
And it looks cool too - tassles, ya got to have tassles...

[slowpoke]

Proud? Did you say proud?
The bloody thing has been in one workshop or another for 6 of the last 9 months!
Proud? Get tae fuck.....

[Wolf]

Shit, yeah, I'm proud of my bike - "battle scars", crappy spray-can paintjob, 223cc engine and all.

She's small, light, goes anywhere I point her (and, according to reliable testimonies, most places I'd be too scared to point her) and has been unfailingly reliable.

Three times had cause to regret having sold a motorcycle - TS125 (tons of fun and nice and light off road), CB360 (excellent light and manoeuvrable tourer) and the Zundapp Bella 154 (a real classic).

The XT225 does a great job of replacing both the TS125 and the CB360 as fun machine, light off-roader and one-up tourer, and is vastly better suited to where and how I want to ride than all my other past bikes (CB550 and LS400 included) so yeah, definitely proud.

Wouldn't get rid of her - adding more refinements over time to make her more my own personal machine suited to my needs (load-carrying stuff is the next major project).

Would gladly add an oldish (1980s) BMWR100CS to the "fleet" as a nice 2-up tourer as I will admit the XT225 is lacking in the seating department for any pillion larger than my 5-year-old son...

[breakaway]

A bike is a major asset to a lot of people. If the deal on your next bike hinges on selling your current one, the last thing you want is some numbnuts to waste it on a test ride.

Well put. If I was to sell my bike, I would not allow test rides without proof of funds.

From previous experience (Selling my RG150), I know people just want to come out, and take the bike for a hoon. I didn't really mind that, since the RG was already pretty crashed. But my current bike is pretty neat, with pretty fairings et al. No ride without proof of funds when I sell it.