The Scoot, up for sale...

[madbikeboy]

I've logged back into KB after a few weeks of sorting my shit out, and I've had quite a few questions about the fact that I have Scoot up for sale on tardeme.

I've been aware for a while that 1000cc of happy endings and the general road conditions here aren't the best combination; when I'm off the bike I plan my rides with restraint, but the reality is that once on the bike, things become, well, less restrained.

I love riding, but I needed to make some changes.

I have an older 1000cc bike (CBX), and I'm going to be using that to do the commute, and with a lot of help from some good bastards on this site (Cajun and MotoGirl, VTec, Glen H), I've managed to build a GSXR600 K5 on the smallest budget ever seen in motorsport. In other words, I'm taking it off the streets.

I think for each of us, there's a moment, or a point where you have to decouple from activies - for me the moment has come as I've realised that riding on the street is just plain stressful, and that track time is more fun (and I enjoy it so much more).

Riding with the GSXRTrace's, Toto's, and GIJoes has been good, it has reasserted a baseline of normalcy (this will only make sense to the people on this site with litre bikes or bigger). Your frame of reference is never the same; the jump from a 600 to a thou is bigger than most people realise, and it's in the way that larger capacity bikes pull at speeds where the 600 has already run out. When that becomes your baseline, then you've got to either step back, or take up base jumping (where you throw the chute ahead of yourself and catch it in mid-air for that little extra rush...).

There's also an element of not being able to afford to live with three bikes, pay the mortgage, and achieve paying for solid food...

So, there you go.

[MsKABC]

Nice to see you back Glad you've sorted some stuff out too.

[madbikeboy]

Nice to see you back Glad you've sorted some stuff out too.

How are you doing? Yeah, time out is good, reflection is good for the soul. I went a changed some stuff that's been bugging me for a while, got back into the gym and cycling again (lost 7kg so far, and feel better for it), and started addressing some stuff as well (baggage).

Thanks for your kindness mate.

[R6_kid:Me]

Theres nothing wrong with not being able to handle a proper 1000cc bike, but you should just come out straight and say it

[nodrog:Me]

wheres the trademe link?

[Finn]

wheres the trademe link?

Here you go mate Trademe link

[vifferman]

It's great that you've sorted stuff out.
Good luck with the sale.

[nodrog:Me]

Here you go mate Trademe link

LOL


(nice work)

[The Pastor]

good luck mate.

but a cbx to commute? are you freeking insane? why rack up the kms on a classic with boring commute??????

[madbikeboy]

good luck mate.

but a cbx to commute? are you freeking insane? why rack up the kms on a classic with boring commute??????

I've used that justification for not using the CBX for almost 10 years now...

Here's the TM link:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-198616158.htm

[madbikeboy]

Theres nothing wrong with not being able to handle a proper 1000cc bike, but you should just come out straight and say it

Yeah, I'm hading over my man card as I write this. 400 kilometers out of a bike tire, I guess that's a warning sign of not being able to cope with the power...

[The Pastor]

buy an a100 to commute and save the cbx for the weekend - im all for riding and not preserving, but a cbx, just no

[madbikeboy]

buy an a100 to commute and save the cbx for the weekend - im all for riding and not preserving, but a cbx, just no

She's a pretty old thing. Has one or two small mod's (just can't help myself). She purrs (where Scoot howls).


Edit - what's an a100?

[PirateJafa]

Edit - what's an a100?

Probably too much for you to handle.

[Ixion]

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Edit - what's an a100?

Dont go there . Its a two smoker. If you have trouble containing the hoon instinct on a four stroke, a two smoker would be way too much for you to handle. Especially an A100, real hoon material them.