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[SeaCat]

I saw a listing for a bike in the local paper this morning. It listed a 2001 Honda Shadow for $750.00. It was only a few miles south of me so I just had to go and check it out. This could have been one of those sweetheart deals you hear about occasionaly.

I showed up at the guys house and was immediatly on my gaurd. The place was a palace. The guy comes walking out and we talk for a bit about the bike. He tells me about how few miles it has and what great shape it was in. Then I asked to see it. He hemmed and Hawed about my seeing it, he wanted cash up front. Finally he allowed me into his garage to view the bike.

Holy shit what a piece of crap. It was obvious he had laid down the bike on at least one occasion. Not just laid it down but hammered it into something.

The tank was dented and scraped on both sides and the frame was warped. Oops, did I say the frame was warped? That's being kind. The front tire was offset four inches to the left.

Needless to say I didn't buy the bike. What's scary is there will be some idiot who will come along and buy the bike.

Okay, so it's back to looking at bikes for me. That's okay, I have time.

Oh and I signed up for the safe riders course, it starts on the 17th.

Cat

 

[THROBBS]

Yeah, but do you know the lingo?

 

[SeaCat]

Yeah, but do you know the lingo?

Ummmmm,
*checks through pockets and finds little dictionary*

Yep sure 'nough do.

Cat

 

[THROBBS]

Ummmmm,
*checks through pockets and finds little dictionary*

Yep sure 'nough do.

Cat

righteous, bro!

 

[Lisa Denton]

Hi Cat.

Until you find the motorcycle you want to buy and stuff, this is something a person was telling me about. I was totally not interested, and wouldn't get on a motorcycle, but he said "late model, well serviced motorcycles to rent with 24 hour road side assistance."

Apparently lots of peoples cannot afford the hassles and expense of maintaining a motorcycle and rentals are more common these days. If you finish your safe driving course and all, and still haven't found the right motorcycle to buy, maybe you would like to check out the expense of renting for a weekend of fun, bugs in your teeth, and whatever else motorcycle riders like.

Maybe you could rent one, or one for you and one for your wife, um, I mean your "ol lady" and get away for a day or two of driving around, while you wait for that right motorcycle to buy.

These are of course Harley Davidson motorcycles so it will be a costly weekend vacation, but if you have a small tent and sleeping bags, and stay at the KOA campgrounds to sleep and cook up some roadkill on the grill, maybe you could satisfy your motorcycle fix fairly cheap whilst waiting for that right one to buy.

Here is the link:

http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/...rent_a_harley.jsp?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US

 

[jomar]

The guy wanted money before you even saw the bike. Sheesh. I bet he's in debt past his eyeballs.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

That is a crazy story. I can't imagine paying to see something before buying it. What an asshoze.

 

[SeaCat]

Well when I looked at the bike I wrote down the V.I.N.

Today I ran the number and it came back without an accident report. That means the guy laid it down without reporting the accident.

On another note I did pick up my helmet today as well as some interesting reading. (Proficient Motorcycling by David L. Hough.) So far it is interesting and it does have some good ideas in it.

Cat

 

[Weird Harold]

That is a crazy story. I can't imagine paying to see something before buying it. What an asshoze.

So much for selling YOU "a pig in a poke." It's a good thing there have always been gullible people to buy them and keep con-men in the clover.

 

[SeaCat]

The guy wanted money before you even saw the bike. Sheesh. I bet he's in debt past his eyeballs.

Could be, especially after all of the foreclosures we've been having around the state lately.

Ahhhhhh well, I will keep looking and I will find my bike.

Cat

 

[Iconoclast99]

Ahhhhhh well, I will keep looking and I will find my bike.

Cat

I think the Shadow is a good choice. You might think about getting highway pegs if you are going to be doing a lot of long distance riding. Since you used to ride a crotch rocket, have you checked how your body and especially your back reacts to a cruiser riding position? I couldn't ride in a crouched down position for more than ten minutes without getting a sore back but found that I could do five hundred miles a day comfortably in a more laid back cruiser style position. Other riders I knew had just the opposite experience. If you can convince the seller to let you take it for a test drive for a couple of hours it would be a good way of discovering your body's reaction to the riding style.

If your wife thinks a sissy bar on a Shadow is a GOOD THING make sure you don't let her sit on the back seat of a Goldwing while you're in a Honda shop or else you could find yourself riding a bike that some of my friends call very uncomplimentary names.

Have fun. Keep the rubber on the road and the shiny side up!

Iconoclast

 

[SlickTony]

That is so weird. Even I wouldn't have done that.

We're having a good time here in Orlando. Shame you couldn't have come too, living in Florida and all. Best of luck finding a bike.