So today I put a deposit down on a 2010 GSA with all the toys. It's been a strange journey to this point. A few years ago if you'd have told me I'd be riding an "adventure" bike I'd have laughed in your face. Then tell me it'd be a GS and i would have spat my beer all over you. Yet here I am, a die-hard Ducati man, staring down the barrel of a £10K purchase.
It all started at the end of last year when I started to notice a white GSA parked outside the local LLoyds. As each day passed my eyes got increasingly drawn to this huge machine and before long it really started to grow on me. I'd always said I'd get a Multistrada as my next bike but a few factors have swung me away from Bologna's finest towards the Munich Milemuncher.
Firstly I rode the bike for a couple of hours. I test rode one about 18 months and within 20 minutes I was back in the dealers saying "It's not for me". Obviously a lot can happen in 18 months coz I took the demo bike out in the freezing temperatures and snow last week and rode for 2 1/2 hours on every type of road I could find, and after about 30 minutes I was beginning to get it and by the end I was wishing that I could ride for 5 hours. I've ridden a few Multistradas and loved every second coming back from each ride gushing over the handling and the engine. But I wouldn't have ridden it in the same weather as I rode the GS. By the time I gave the keys back to the salesman, I couldn't think of another bike that would make me want to carry on riding in such inclement weather.
Secondly, I'm self-employed and have been looking in to putting the bike through the books. Although there's a lot of conflicting advice on the subject, it seems that putting through the company will work for me and if it doesn't turn out quite as well, then I've still got a bike that I want rather than a Deauville that's been bought to do a job (no offence to any Deauville owners).
Thirdly, boy do these things hold their value and, if looked after properly, they seem to go on for ever.
Anyway, I'm preaching to the converted here. But there is just one problem... SWMBO. I've got 3 bikes already and am happy to sell 2 of them but I want to get the GS before the end of the tax year and there's no way I can sell the other bikes in time.
How can I break it to her and be convincing. My arguments is watertight in my own head - makes perfect sense. How can I translate my thoughts into 'woman' so that I can pick up my new bike next week.
Wish me luck.
It all started at the end of last year when I started to notice a white GSA parked outside the local LLoyds. As each day passed my eyes got increasingly drawn to this huge machine and before long it really started to grow on me. I'd always said I'd get a Multistrada as my next bike but a few factors have swung me away from Bologna's finest towards the Munich Milemuncher.
Firstly I rode the bike for a couple of hours. I test rode one about 18 months and within 20 minutes I was back in the dealers saying "It's not for me". Obviously a lot can happen in 18 months coz I took the demo bike out in the freezing temperatures and snow last week and rode for 2 1/2 hours on every type of road I could find, and after about 30 minutes I was beginning to get it and by the end I was wishing that I could ride for 5 hours. I've ridden a few Multistradas and loved every second coming back from each ride gushing over the handling and the engine. But I wouldn't have ridden it in the same weather as I rode the GS. By the time I gave the keys back to the salesman, I couldn't think of another bike that would make me want to carry on riding in such inclement weather.
Secondly, I'm self-employed and have been looking in to putting the bike through the books. Although there's a lot of conflicting advice on the subject, it seems that putting through the company will work for me and if it doesn't turn out quite as well, then I've still got a bike that I want rather than a Deauville that's been bought to do a job (no offence to any Deauville owners).
Thirdly, boy do these things hold their value and, if looked after properly, they seem to go on for ever.
Anyway, I'm preaching to the converted here. But there is just one problem... SWMBO. I've got 3 bikes already and am happy to sell 2 of them but I want to get the GS before the end of the tax year and there's no way I can sell the other bikes in time.
How can I break it to her and be convincing. My arguments is watertight in my own head - makes perfect sense. How can I translate my thoughts into 'woman' so that I can pick up my new bike next week.
Wish me luck.
good first post 
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