I don't know
All this chopping and changing bikes..
It never happens in my garage.
15 years owning Gertie and still not felt the need to change
Only BMW bikes to leave in the last 6 years have been a para and a 80/7
That seems to be the other side of classic stuff. If they get "cheap" then often they just die off.
Wish I had the spare cash to have one. don't think I could have it as the primary bike given my lack of skills. There is no BMW assist to call when you need the bulb changing
Not at all, I just lack space for more than 3 bikes at a time and have to rationalise the collection.
If you desire something unique...................why not build or create it yourself...............rather than buy something someone else has created
Dessert Storm
Didn't it feature in Performance Bikes as a creation of a former owner
Dessert Storm
The unused 3 - Classic, rare and desirable as they were.....................they were of little real use, except for ornamentation or the desire, just to own them because I could
So I sold them and their clutter - which made me feel happier.
I don't miss them, even after owning them for the best part of 8-10 years
Therefore I am happy with what I have and not what I can chase after.
It has taken me a while to realise........................but the next best thing or 'must-have' will not necessarily make you happy to ride
I understand the space issue, with a single garage
Space isn't my issue....................I could fit in 30 bikes if I wanted
Last year I had 7 and found that 3 weren't being used
The unused 3 - Classic, rare and desirable as they were.....................they were of little real use, except for ornamentation or the desire, just to own them because I could
So I sold them and their clutter - which made me feel happier.
I don't miss them, even after owning them for the best part of 8-10 years
The remaining 3 - all BMW's that I own satisfy my biking desires completely and now I have time to use and ride them for their intended purpose
I don't need any bling for them either - they are complete
Therefore I am happy with what I have and not what I can chase after.
It has taken me a while to realise........................but the next best thing or 'must-have' will not necessarily make you happy to ride
All I was meaning Roger, is that you have had some of the best and most desirable bikes that BMW make or have made in the last 2 years...................you've blinged them right up and then you've sold them on after a few weeks
So................just wondered what you are really looking for and haven't found yet?
If you desire something unique...................why not build or create it yourself...............rather than buy something someone else has created
I understand the space issue, with a single garage
Space isn't my issue....................I could fit in 30 bikes if I wanted
Last year I had 7 and found that 3 weren't being used
The unused 3 - Classic, rare and desirable as they were.....................they were of little real use, except for ornamentation or the desire, just to own them because I could
So I sold them and their clutter - which made me feel happier.
I don't miss them, even after owning them for the best part of 8-10 years
The remaining 3 - all BMW's that I own satisfy my biking desires completely and now I have time to use and ride them for their intended purpose
I don't need any bling for them either - they are complete
Therefore I am happy with what I have and not what I can chase after.
It has taken me a while to realise........................but the next best thing or 'must-have' will not necessarily make you happy to ride
All I was meaning Roger, is that you have had some of the best and most desirable bikes that BMW make or have made in the last 2 years...................you've blinged them right up and then you've sold them on after a few weeks
So................just wondered what you are really looking for and haven't found yet?
If you desire something unique...................why not build or create it yourself...............rather than buy something someone else has created
) that I don't have more space if I did I suspect I'd end up in the situation you described you found yourself in, my 3 get ridden all the time just not at the same time cause that's not possible.
Are you sure you are happier? You mention, on a regular basis that you are happy with your current choice of bikes, but are you really happy or are you trying to come to terms with your sad losses by over compensating on the 'I'm happy now, no I really am, really really happy'
Never that happy Shep
Johnny
I'm glad (not happy mind cause each of us have our own definition of happiness
That limitation suits me as does fettling, fiddling and "blinging" if that's the word your happy with, it keeps me out of the pub and strangely though some may not believe it sane.
Up to March last year I've only had one bike in the garage and I was happy. Bought my first Airhead, happier still, not riding the 1200 the way she should be ridden so she went to a good home and I've been happy changing, fiddling and fettling ever since.
The only bike I've had for a few weeks as you put it has been the 1100RT, and it made me very happy I can tell you, but what will be filling her spot in the limited space available will make me happier still because it suits my current requirements (and note I say current cause next week, month, year decade these will change) and if it had been available when I found the RT the Rt would never have been in the garage and I'd have missed out on a fantastic bike.
Not looking for something unique, not looking for something different I'm happy doing what I'm doing and as the new owners of my previous charges are now very happy it seems like the right thing for me.
Now this lengthy response is keeping me away from a bit of fettling and blinging but its worth it if it's made you happy.
Happy?
Whatton is the kiddie
One bike, set up just as he wants it...............no worries
He just rides and rides it...............................he looks forward to where it will take him.................not backwards, thinking would it be better on another flashier bike
His bike isn't an extention of his ego.................he doesn't need to do that...........he's found what he's looking for
Whatton's a sorted type of bloke
