Well, I sold the Monster this weekend. Tomorrow I'll close on my new to me VFR800. It was kind of sad to see the Monster go, but I have no qualms about moving to a VFR for a lot of reasons.
1) My wife will be able to come along for the ride. I genuinely miss taking her along and sharing how much fun motorcycling can be. Surprisingly enough, it has a pretty decent passenger pillion. [moto]
2) The VFR I found is in AMAZING condition for quite a bit less than I sold my Monster for. This bike looks showroom new, but is 7 years old. [thumbsup]
3) I'd like to take a few more long trips like the 900 mile weekend to Deals Gap that I did last year. The VFR will accommodate that a bit better. (Hopefully without tickets, unlike last time) [leo]
4) In a year or two, I'll be able to buy another duc, this time a superbike! [evil] [evil] [evil] [evil] [evil] [evil] For now I am on a one bike budget. But the beauty of this bike is that my spend is drastically reduced to allow the 1198 fund to grow. I'll be back, but with a whole different type of Monster.
I certainly will miss those torquey power wheelies...
If anyone happens to stumble across a nice set of hard luggage for an Interceptor, I may be interested.
Hopefully you're saying farewell to the Duc and not us.
2 wheels works for me.
Quote from: ducpainter on April 26, 2009, 06:13:17 PM
Hopefully you're saying farewell to the Duc and not us.
2 wheels works for me.
+1
Just because the Duc is gone doesn't mean you have to leave here.
shhhhhh....
more bacon for us ;)
Quote from: Ishmael on April 26, 2009, 06:17:19 PM
shhhhhh....
more bacon for us ;)
you didn't enter the contest...
did you? ;D
Quote from: ducpainter on April 26, 2009, 06:19:21 PM
you didn't enter the contest...
did you? ;D
yup.... I won "best cupcake"
Quote from: Ishmael on April 26, 2009, 06:20:07 PM
yup.... I won "best cupcake"
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/bacon-cupcake.jpg)
Quote from: kopfjager on April 26, 2009, 06:44:54 PM
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/bacon-cupcake.jpg)
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Quote from: kopfjager on April 26, 2009, 06:44:54 PM
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/bacon-cupcake.jpg)
Now that is a cupcake!
stick around! I barley ever ride my motorcycle and i always post here