Posted by Turby on April 7, 2009, 3:00 am
When I got to work today, the bike lot I park in had about 30 bikes in
it. There were all kinds - a few BMW's from a K12LT to a F650, a few
sportbikes, a GoldWing or 2, a few new Harleys, and a bunch of other
bikes of various brands and styles. The lot is inside the company
fence, and behind a carded gate, with security cameras all over the
place, and the guard shack is 50' away. The oldest, crappiest, least
desirable bike of the whole bunch was a ratty old Harley, leaking oil
and missing a bunch of hardware. It was also the only bike in the
whole lot that had a massive chain and padlock holding it to a post in
the middle of the lot. What was this guy thinking? Did he really think
someone would want to steal his bike instead of any of the others? I
don't get it.
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Turby the Turbosurfer
Posted by Mark Olson on April 7, 2009, 4:21 am
Turby wrote:
> When I got to work today, the bike lot I park in had about 30 bikes in
> it. There were all kinds - a few BMW's from a K12LT to a F650, a few
> sportbikes, a GoldWing or 2, a few new Harleys, and a bunch of other
> bikes of various brands and styles. The lot is inside the company
> fence, and behind a carded gate, with security cameras all over the
> place, and the guard shack is 50' away. The oldest, crappiest, least
> desirable bike of the whole bunch was a ratty old Harley, leaking oil
> and missing a bunch of hardware. It was also the only bike in the
> whole lot that had a massive chain and padlock holding it to a post in
> the middle of the lot. What was this guy thinking? Did he really think
> someone would want to steal his bike instead of any of the others? I
> don't get it.
Here's my guesses:
That's probably the only bike the guy has. I'll bet he had a bike
stolen from him before. He's just trying to make sure it never
happens again, and doesn't care about what other people think.
Posted by armpit on April 7, 2009, 6:51 am
> Turby wrote:
>> When I got to work today, the bike lot I park in had about 30 bikes in
>> it. There were all kinds - a few BMW's from a K12LT to a F650, a few
>> sportbikes, a GoldWing or 2, a few new Harleys, and a bunch of other
>> bikes of various brands and styles. The lot is inside the company
>> fence, and behind a carded gate, with security cameras all over the
>> place, and the guard shack is 50' away. The oldest, crappiest, least
>> desirable bike of the whole bunch was a ratty old Harley, leaking oil
>> and missing a bunch of hardware. It was also the only bike in the
>> whole lot that had a massive chain and padlock holding it to a post in
>> the middle of the lot. What was this guy thinking? Did he really think
>> someone would want to steal his bike instead of any of the others? I
>> don't get it.
> Here's my guesses:
> That's probably the only bike the guy has. I'll bet he had a bike
> stolen from him before. He's just trying to make sure it never
> happens again, and doesn't care about what other people think.
I'm guessing he's just trying to keep it from sliding away in its own oil.
8^D
Posted by Radbert Grimmig on April 7, 2009, 8:14 am
Turby schrieb:
>desirable bike of the whole bunch was a ratty old Harley, leaking oil
>and missing a bunch of hardware. It was also the only bike in the
>whole lot that had a massive chain and padlock holding it to a post in
>the middle of the lot. What was this guy thinking?
Maybe he's a newbie. I used to do the same to my first bike, a GL650
Silverwing. It looked like shit with its spray painted tank and side
panels, with no filler whatsoever under the dull new paint and
half-assed pinstripe decals trying to get the factory design back
onthe cheap. It also was a total lemon that had been in a heavy
accident, with bent forks, bent frame, leaking cooler, with engine and
drive shaft failures looming ahead.
But I loved it and had been suckered into buying it - for way too much
money, needless to say - as I considered it rare (which it was),
stylish, practical and therefore exceedingly desirable at the time.
Live and learn.
Also consider what the guy probably has paid for his heap. Harleys
suffer from very little depreciation, at least in Europe.
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Gruß
Radbert
Posted by Bob Mann on April 7, 2009, 9:03 am
$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net:
> Also consider what the guy probably has paid for his heap. Harleys
> suffer from very little depreciation, at least in Europe.
>
In Canadian dollars, the bottom price for a reasonable Harley is about
$6,000 for a mid 70s shovelhead.
They go up from there whether older or newer.
Obvious defects will drive the price down of course but any running,
rideable one wouldn't be much less.
Our least expensive Harley at the moment is a 94 FXR for $10,000.
We have no used Sportsters at all.
--
Bob Mann
Cap'n, ah need moor pow'r.
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> it. There were all kinds - a few BMW's from a K12LT to a F650, a few
> sportbikes, a GoldWing or 2, a few new Harleys, and a bunch of other
> bikes of various brands and styles. The lot is inside the company
> fence, and behind a carded gate, with security cameras all over the
> place, and the guard shack is 50' away. The oldest, crappiest, least
> desirable bike of the whole bunch was a ratty old Harley, leaking oil
> and missing a bunch of hardware. It was also the only bike in the
> whole lot that had a massive chain and padlock holding it to a post in
> the middle of the lot. What was this guy thinking? Did he really think
> someone would want to steal his bike instead of any of the others? I
> don't get it.