Now bikeless, and in the dog house big time!
Mar 28, 2015 21:50:58 GMT
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Post by damon80 on Mar 28, 2015 21:50:58 GMT
Well, after the sad departure of my SD last week, my Bandit 650 also went today, so I am now officially bike-less for the first time in 5 yrs 
I think it's fair to say that, given how little free time I have lately, and hence bugger-all time to ride, I was due a bit of a hiatus from two-wheeled ownership. Although thoroughly enjoyable and therapeutic, polishing a bike more than riding it is no good (apparently, according to the boss).
However, much to the boss' displeasure, that hiatus lasted all of a few hours... A friend of a friend of a friend phoned me this afternoon and put me in touch with a friend who had a low-mileage W650 that he was thinking of selling. Well, he's done his thinking, and now has a deposit in his hand! The boss did her nut in when I informed her of this fact... As they say, if you're not living life on the edge, you're taking up too much space 
As some of my friends here may well know, I used to have a W650 from new but came a cropper on it sadly, and have wanted another ever since. But, having looked for another on-and-off for a couple of years, I got sick of looking at overpriced tat. And then I got the call on this one today totally out of the blue! I call it fate - my good lady wife calls it me "taking the b100dy p1$$"... And that's before I mentioned to her that a good friend of mine from school got in touch with me last week to say he has a CB550 in boxes that he wants to offload cheap... I know I shouldn't, but...
I think it's fair to say that, given how little free time I have lately, and hence bugger-all time to ride, I was due a bit of a hiatus from two-wheeled ownership. Although thoroughly enjoyable and therapeutic, polishing a bike more than riding it is no good (apparently, according to the boss).
However, much to the boss' displeasure, that hiatus lasted all of a few hours... A friend of a friend of a friend phoned me this afternoon and put me in touch with a friend who had a low-mileage W650 that he was thinking of selling. Well, he's done his thinking, and now has a deposit in his hand! The boss did her nut in when I informed her of this fact...
As they say, if you're not living life on the edge, you're taking up too much space 
As some of my friends here may well know, I used to have a W650 from new but came a cropper on it sadly, and have wanted another ever since. But, having looked for another on-and-off for a couple of years, I got sick of looking at overpriced tat. And then I got the call on this one today totally out of the blue! I call it fate - my good lady wife calls it me "taking the b100dy p1$$"... And that's before I mentioned to her that a good friend of mine from school got in touch with me last week to say he has a CB550 in boxes that he wants to offload cheap... I know I shouldn't, but...
