How do you get past the new bike blues?

[muskrat]

don't worry, I'm way past their "ideal" rider anyway.  I liked it but I prefer my S4R a thousand times over.  The SF is another story.

[junior varsity]

The SF would be more fun if it turned in a bit quicker, like a true naked superbike, but local dfw'er VT's SF-S with full system and carbon air intakes is a BEAST

[DRKWNG]

The SF would be more fun if it turned in a bit quicker

Why I like this so much.   

[junior varsity]

i've ridden the 990. thought it was nice, but it certainly has differences between it and the SF. I needed to be less snatchy/grabby at the on-off, but it may have been a simple fix like adjusting a throttle cable

[DRKWNG]

There are several things it needs to get the fueling completely sorted out, that much is true.  But the beauty is that the bike just begs to be flogged.  Keep the tach up about 5k and the thing just crushes!!  Turns in a hell of a lot quicker than the SF as well.   

[junior varsity]

Yeah, I'd like the twitchier feeling of the SBK's shorter swingarm. its a bit slow into a turn.

[Popeye the Sailor]

You're looking at it all wrong. You're looking at shiny. Try looking at things that are way cheaper but more fun. Like, a husaberg-I've seen them for $2k or so.

The one I was looking at was something like 50+ HP and 240 lbs. That's a boatload of fun, and you can just turn around and sell it. Also, it'll get future wifey used to the thought of you having two bikes, not one.

[671M900]

Agree with finding a smaller bike to put put around in, maybe get your other half into riding as well?

Or you could donate a chunk of your change, maybe to some motorcycle related charity? Makes you feel better too!

[rockaduc]

Agree with finding a smaller bike to put put around in, maybe get your other half into riding as well?

Or you could donate a chunk of your change, maybe to some motorcycle related charity? Makes you feel better too!

Nice!!   

[zooom]

I can completely sympathize with you Artful...

I covet a replacement for my Gran Canyon everyday....not because I need it or anything like that...but simply because I want...I can not in any way justify it...but I can admit my yearning lust for a new steed in the stable...

[77south]

Blow the money on a nice vacation.  I get myself into the same situation with some regularity.  I keep buying stuff with my spare cash and as a result I haven't had a decent vacation in years.  On the other hand I really do like my Sport 1000s, even if it does whisper to me all of time about how it needs mods.

[The Mad King Pepe']

Move into a condo with little to no parking space.

If I had a garage I would spend my time picking up cheap bikes off craigslist/eBay/wherever and playing with them. I would get fired, my wife would divorce me, my friends would eventually forget about me. But I would be happy in there playing with my toys, kinda like a kid who has just discovered internet pr0n and masturbation.

[Speedbag]

I'd buy another bike.

Life's too short, you really can't have too many, and, as said elsewhere, the wife-to-be will be used to there being a surplus of bikes prior to 'The End Of Happy Days'. Which helps get bike #3....and so on.

[Triple J]

Just buy the new one. You want it so quit being so damn responsible.  

The reason I say this is because it will establish a pattern of you needing to rotate motorcycles every so often for no apparent reason to your girlfriend. It is crucial to establish this pattern pre-marriage, as it may become very difficult to establish post-marriage (since you're apparently thinking of marriage for some strange reason). Think of the new bike(s) not as a new bike(s), but as a long term investment in your motorcycling happiness.  

(kinda like what Mr.I said...punk got to it before me)    

[DRKWNG]

my friends would eventually forget about me.

You're silly.  We would be in that garage with you.