Posted by WaIIy on July 14, 2011, 2:18 pm
>Once upon a time I had a '99 HD Ultra Classic Electra Glide (in Blue),
>95 cubes, Screamin' Eagle Something-Or-Other and a few other goodies.
>Riding this machine put a big wide happy smile on my dial.
>Life was good. For a while. Then corporate greed and malfeasance
>entered the picture, causing the world's economy to tank in Sept '08.
>My own finances collapsed along with it. I weren't broke, but I was
>badly bent. For me it was a personal Dark Age, during which I made
>some bad moves... such as selling the Ultra. I've had a chronic case
>of Seller's Remorse ever since.
>The guy who bought it fixed it up considerably. I had (and may still
>have) a chance to buy it back. For ~Cdn $10k. My fortunes have improved
>since those dark days and now I can do it.
>But should I?
>I gotta think. It seems like overkill for around town. I have smaller
>(more nimble and economical) bikes for that, including a Sportster
>that I haven't even put on the road yet (too busy). So I'd probably
>keep the Ultra in my storage locker and use it mainly for highway
>day tours.
>However, I could rent a touring Harley from Trev Deeley HD for under
>$200/day. And ($10k + $insurance + $storage + $repairs + $etc)/$200 =
>a lot of day trips before it all adds up to the break-even point.
>Then there are events like the Ride to the Rockies or the regular
>Bikers' Get-together In Some Tiny Obscure Burg Far Out In Rural Alberta
>That No One's Ever Heard Of, or the annual Country Music Festival
>In An Equally Obscure Town In Southern BC (Hedley), for which Deeley's
>rental rates (or were last year at least) would apply:
>$125 Day Tripper (10:00 am to 4:00 pm), Mon-Thurs only
>$200 24 Hour
>$500 Weekender
>$1300 Weekly
>Even at the weekly rate I could make plenty of Rides to the Rockies
>without the overhead of owning my own touring Harley. Or I could even
>trailer the Sportster behind my motor home to some convenient
>rond-aye-voo point in the Rockies and join the ride (as well as
>the long-awaited Calgary (Don)'s 1500 mile free lunch, if that offer
>hasn't expired. A double Angus beef mozza cheese burger with fries
>would be fine... or of course a so-tender-you-can-cut-it-with-a-fork
>slab of BBQ'd Alberta steak and of course a baked-in-aluminum-foil
>Yukon Gold potato with butter, sour cream and a spinkle of chopped
>green onions and corn on the cob and a brew)... btw this kind of thing
>is what happens when I write n/g articles before breakfast, especially
>when it's long overdue.)
>Anyway, should I adopt a You-Only-Live-Once, Throw-Caution-To-The-Winds
>Go-For-Whatever-Cranks-Your-Tractor philosophy? Or a more cautious,
>prudent, sensible (and boring) policy.
>Realistic (or otherwise) insights appreciated.
>TIA, SQ
By asking these questions, you already know you shouldn't buy it.
You're just asking for confirmation.
Don't buy it. A bike in a storage shed will do you little good.
Anyway, 10K for a 1999 is a bit over the top.
Sensible isn't always boring, you can rent for a thrill and you already
enjoy your current bikes.
If you don't have time for your Sporster now, sell it and buy the big
one - always an option.
Posted by Road Glidin' Don on July 14, 2011, 2:45 pm
<snip>
My advice: Sell all that crap you've been collecting, buy the Electra
Glide back and ride. Riding is more rewarding than tinkering. Maybe
even cheaper too.
Posted by Mark Olson on July 14, 2011, 2:58 pm
Road Glidin' Don wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> My advice: Sell all that crap you've been collecting, buy the Electra
> Glide back and ride. Riding is more rewarding than tinkering. Maybe
> even cheaper too.
+1.
Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on July 14, 2011, 6:00 pm
> Road Glidin' Don wrote:
> > <snip>
> > My advice: Sell all that crap you've been collecting, buy the Electra
> > Glide back and ride. Riding is more rewarding than tinkering. Maybe
> > even cheaper too.
> +1.
+2.
I sold my ST4 to my nephew last night, and am working my way down to
three bikes, one of which will of course be the Street Glide. Can no
longer imagine not having a comfy long distance tourer/commuter with
radio and hard luggage. I ride a lot more than I wrench these days;
pretty much the inverse ratio to my younger days, and I find myself
smiling a lot more, too.
Heck, Sean; you said "Riding this machine put a big wide happy smile
on my dial. ... Life was good. ... I made
some bad moves... such as selling the Ultra. I've had a chronic case
of Seller's Remorse ever since." All the rest is just noise level
crap. You obviously want, need, and would be happier with the Ultra.
Motorcycling is about passion, not cold, calculated, cost comparisons,
dude. But you already knew that, didn't you?
See you in Michigan on your Ultra next year!!!!
Posted by Snag on July 14, 2011, 9:57 pm
sean_q wrote:
> Once upon a time I had a '99 HD Ultra Classic Electra Glide (in Blue),
> 95 cubes, Screamin' Eagle Something-Or-Other and a few other goodies.
> Riding this machine put a big wide happy smile on my dial.
> Life was good. For a while. Then corporate greed and malfeasance
> entered the picture, causing the world's economy to tank in Sept '08.
> My own finances collapsed along with it. I weren't broke, but I was
> badly bent. For me it was a personal Dark Age, during which I made
> some bad moves... such as selling the Ultra. I've had a chronic case
> of Seller's Remorse ever since.
> The guy who bought it fixed it up considerably. I had (and may still
> have) a chance to buy it back. For ~Cdn $10k. My fortunes have
> improved since those dark days and now I can do it.
> But should I?
> I gotta think. It seems like overkill for around town. I have smaller
> (more nimble and economical) bikes for that, including a Sportster
> that I haven't even put on the road yet (too busy). So I'd probably
> keep the Ultra in my storage locker and use it mainly for highway
> day tours.
> However, I could rent a touring Harley from Trev Deeley HD for under
> $200/day. And ($10k + $insurance + $storage + $repairs + $etc)/$200 =
> a lot of day trips before it all adds up to the break-even point.
> Then there are events like the Ride to the Rockies or the regular
> Bikers' Get-together In Some Tiny Obscure Burg Far Out In Rural
> Alberta That No One's Ever Heard Of, or the annual Country Music
> Festival In An Equally Obscure Town In Southern BC (Hedley), for which
> Deeley's
> rental rates (or were last year at least) would apply:
> $125 Day Tripper (10:00 am to 4:00 pm), Mon-Thurs only
> $200 24 Hour
> $500 Weekender
> $1300 Weekly
> Even at the weekly rate I could make plenty of Rides to the Rockies
> without the overhead of owning my own touring Harley. Or I could even
> trailer the Sportster behind my motor home to some convenient
> rond-aye-voo point in the Rockies and join the ride (as well as
> the long-awaited Calgary (Don)'s 1500 mile free lunch, if that offer
> hasn't expired. A double Angus beef mozza cheese burger with fries
> would be fine... or of course a so-tender-you-can-cut-it-with-a-fork
> slab of BBQ'd Alberta steak and of course a baked-in-aluminum-foil
> Yukon Gold potato with butter, sour cream and a spinkle of chopped
> green onions and corn on the cob and a brew)... btw this kind of thing
> is what happens when I write n/g articles before breakfast, especially
> when it's long overdue.)
> Anyway, should I adopt a You-Only-Live-Once,
> Throw-Caution-To-The-Winds Go-For-Whatever-Cranks-Your-Tractor
> philosophy? Or a more cautious, prudent, sensible (and boring) policy.
> Realistic (or otherwise) insights appreciated.
> TIA, SQ
Buy the bike , you know you really want to . Then sell all the rest but the
Sporty , that way you've got all situations covered but snow . And when it
snows , take the Yugo .
--
Snag
Learning keeps
you young !
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>95 cubes, Screamin' Eagle Something-Or-Other and a few other goodies.
>Riding this machine put a big wide happy smile on my dial.
>Life was good. For a while. Then corporate greed and malfeasance
>entered the picture, causing the world's economy to tank in Sept '08.
>My own finances collapsed along with it. I weren't broke, but I was
>badly bent. For me it was a personal Dark Age, during which I made
>some bad moves... such as selling the Ultra. I've had a chronic case
>of Seller's Remorse ever since.
>The guy who bought it fixed it up considerably. I had (and may still
>have) a chance to buy it back. For ~Cdn $10k. My fortunes have improved
>since those dark days and now I can do it.
>But should I?
>I gotta think. It seems like overkill for around town. I have smaller
>(more nimble and economical) bikes for that, including a Sportster
>that I haven't even put on the road yet (too busy). So I'd probably
>keep the Ultra in my storage locker and use it mainly for highway
>day tours.
>However, I could rent a touring Harley from Trev Deeley HD for under
>$200/day. And ($10k + $insurance + $storage + $repairs + $etc)/$200 =
>a lot of day trips before it all adds up to the break-even point.
>Then there are events like the Ride to the Rockies or the regular
>Bikers' Get-together In Some Tiny Obscure Burg Far Out In Rural Alberta
>That No One's Ever Heard Of, or the annual Country Music Festival
>In An Equally Obscure Town In Southern BC (Hedley), for which Deeley's
>rental rates (or were last year at least) would apply:
>$125 Day Tripper (10:00 am to 4:00 pm), Mon-Thurs only
>$200 24 Hour
>$500 Weekender
>$1300 Weekly
>Even at the weekly rate I could make plenty of Rides to the Rockies
>without the overhead of owning my own touring Harley. Or I could even
>trailer the Sportster behind my motor home to some convenient
>rond-aye-voo point in the Rockies and join the ride (as well as
>the long-awaited Calgary (Don)'s 1500 mile free lunch, if that offer
>hasn't expired. A double Angus beef mozza cheese burger with fries
>would be fine... or of course a so-tender-you-can-cut-it-with-a-fork
>slab of BBQ'd Alberta steak and of course a baked-in-aluminum-foil
>Yukon Gold potato with butter, sour cream and a spinkle of chopped
>green onions and corn on the cob and a brew)... btw this kind of thing
>is what happens when I write n/g articles before breakfast, especially
>when it's long overdue.)
>Anyway, should I adopt a You-Only-Live-Once, Throw-Caution-To-The-Winds
>Go-For-Whatever-Cranks-Your-Tractor philosophy? Or a more cautious,
>prudent, sensible (and boring) policy.
>Realistic (or otherwise) insights appreciated.
>TIA, SQ