There's something wrong with me

[mstevens]

I've just pulled the trigger.

Twice.

In 3 days.

On Friday my wife and I drove down to MA to look at a red 696 for her and came back with an agreement to purchase it. Earlier today we drove up to ME to look at a white 696 (with Termi kit) and came back with an agreement to purchase it, too. I may finally understand the visceral appeal of Termis now.

Three years ago neither my wife nor I had ridden any sort of 2-wheeler. Now we have 3 Monsters and a Vespa. That's messed up! Does Klotz get transformed to cocaine fumes in a desmo engine, or something?

Obviously it's time to sell the 620 now.

[ducpainter]

I've just pulled the trigger.

Twice.

In 3 days.

On Friday my wife and I drove down to MA to look at a red 696 for her and came back with an agreement to purchase it. Earlier today we drove up to ME to look at a white 696 (with Termi kit) and came back with an agreement to purchase it, too. I may finally understand the visceral appeal of Termis now.

Three years ago neither my wife nor I had ridden any sort of 2-wheeler. Now we have 3 Monsters and a Vespa. That's messed up! Does Klotz get transformed to cocaine fumes in a desmo engine, or something?

Obviously it's time to sell the 620 now.

Turn the 620 into a track bike.

Nothing wrong with you.

[DucHead]

Yeah, you sound perfectly normal to me too.   

[superjohn]

As long as you're not selling yourself on the streets to pay for them, I think you're perfectly fine 

[mstevens]

As long as you're not selling yourself on the streets to pay for them, I think you're perfectly fine 

Oh... well...

I wasn't going to say anything.

[Big Troubled Bear]

As long as you're not selling yourself on the streets to pay for them, I think you're perfectly fine 

Nothing wrong with that either

[nikkimonster]

why don't you sell the 620 and pick up a SF. hahaha

[mstevens]

why don't you sell the 620 and pick up a SF. hahaha

Well, because that would mean we'd have 2 696's, a Vespa, AND a Streetfighter...

I know you mean get a SF instead of a 696. I'm just a middle-aged guy with 3 New Hampshire summers of lifetime riding experience. A 620 is more than enough to get me killed - I'm never, ever going to approach the limits of its performance, let alone the limits of a Termi-kitted 696. I'm not a track guy. I'm not a wheelie guy. A streetfighter is not for me.

Besides, the 696 was $7k. Where am I going to get a SF for that?

[fastwin]

The only thing wrong I see is wanting to get rid of the 620. You need a "back up bike" if one of the 696s gets a flat! [moto]

[swampduc]

I'm never, ever going to approach the limits of its performance, let alone the limits of a Termi-kitted 696.

Oh, really? 

[mstevens]

The only thing wrong I see is wanting to get rid of the 620. You need a "back up bike" if one of the 696s gets a flat! [moto]

My son has already made this argument, as well as some others for keeping the 620. I've responded that he's still a year away from getting his driving license and that even when he's passed the MSF and gets his moto endorsement that doesn't mean he necessarily gets to ride a Monster right away (which is pretty obviously his agenda in suggesting the 620 be kept).

[mstevens]

Oh, really? 

Yeah, I think so. I know the 696 is the baby Duc and that many people crave more, bigger, faster, etc.

I also know my limits, including the time to develop more riding expertise. There's enough going on in my life that I'm not going to be doing track days. I've only put about 1,000 miles per year on the 620.

The hope is that will go up now that Tracy has something that can keep up better than the Vespa, but even in the unlikely event that seat time doubles I'm going to be building skills slowly enough that I really don't expect ever to push the real limits of the bike. I've already pushed (and exceeded) mine, but those are completely separate limits.

[Goat_Herder]

As far as I can see, DMF is like the AA meetings for alcoholics.  Every person on the board has a problem and none of us are trying very hard to fight this disease.   

[Duck-Stew]

As far as I can see, DMF is like the AA meetings for alcoholics.  Every person on the board has a problem and none of us are trying very hard to fight this disease.   

Or even fighting it at all! 

I have 1 running Monster, 3 project Monsters, a project SS-framed-thing, and a growing lust for an SBK.

There's nothing wrong with you!  (That way, I get to believe there's nothing wrong with me!!!!) 

[Goat_Herder]

There's nothing wrong with you!  (That way, I get to believe there's nothing wrong with me!!!!) 

+1.  So sad yet so true....