It wasn't my little KZ440's fault it died; I really should've been nicer to it and maybe not taken it on a 400 (of 700) mile trip... That's the only bike I ever sold, and I got $100 less for it than I paid, even though it ran when I bought it and not when I sold it. Of course, I had added a lot of accessories and replaced a lot of wear items...
I'd rebuild my Trident 900 in a heartbeat if I could afford to get it down here.
I will pick up a second motor for my current ride at some point, as I intend to keep this one for a very long time.
No, the bike I don't regret seeing go was on loan to me for a week before I bought it, and it was bad enough that I never went through with the transaction. It was an early-'80s Yamaha XV750 Virago, and it was a hunk of ****. In addition to the horribly designed starter that didn't work when warm, and which stranded me in the projects on my way to work one day, this particular bike had had an airhorn professionally installed. And by professionally installed, I mean an angry monkey had torn out half of the wiring harness and flung excrement at the other half. The bike would stall for no reason, which was made much scarier by its reluctance to start, but that wasn't the worst. The worst was the horn. When it worked, it sounded like an 18-wheeler and made cars get out of my way! When it didn't work, though, it acted as a second kill switch and stopped the bike dead wherever it was. That was fun.
Cheers,
-Kit
I'd rebuild my Trident 900 in a heartbeat if I could afford to get it down here.
I will pick up a second motor for my current ride at some point, as I intend to keep this one for a very long time.
No, the bike I don't regret seeing go was on loan to me for a week before I bought it, and it was bad enough that I never went through with the transaction. It was an early-'80s Yamaha XV750 Virago, and it was a hunk of ****. In addition to the horribly designed starter that didn't work when warm, and which stranded me in the projects on my way to work one day, this particular bike had had an airhorn professionally installed. And by professionally installed, I mean an angry monkey had torn out half of the wiring harness and flung excrement at the other half. The bike would stall for no reason, which was made much scarier by its reluctance to start, but that wasn't the worst. The worst was the horn. When it worked, it sounded like an 18-wheeler and made cars get out of my way! When it didn't work, though, it acted as a second kill switch and stopped the bike dead wherever it was. That was fun.
Cheers,
-Kit