Uggggggggggggggggggggggh! Yeah, that’s how I’ve been feeling since selling the KLR. I was in such a funky funk for so long that my dear loving wife finally told me to just go buy that big lovely GS that had been for sale at BMW Motorcycles of Western Oregon in Tigard, Oregon. So I tried. Called, emailed, emailed again…and failed. Then I obsessed for a week or two about bikes–spending every last waking moment it seemed on CraigsList looking for the next awesome deal (that GS was an awesome deal at $6K for a 2000 GS with only 24K on the odometer and lots of farkles–it was everything I think I need in a bike–except cheap to maintain).
Then, suddenly, as quickly as the flood gates had opened–as quickly as the permission came, it vanished in a tipsy conversation with my wife while we were out on a date. She didn’t tell me not to get a bike, but I could tell that she thought it was a great big dumb idea–and that she really wants a horse trailer. I decided that night to stop looking and I can actually say that I haven’t been back on CraigsList to look at bikes for almost a week now–though I did look on ADVRider.com once or twice. Two or three days after our date, I heard that my friend Dan was getting laid off in November (visit hiremyfrienddan.wordpress.com for the story) and suddenly I felt as dumb as my wife thought I was for wanting another bike. Now I have even less incentive to want to get one.
Weather has turned to crap to top everything else off and I’m not riding the Ural because of it–not that I’m really in the mood to ride that anyway–I’m feeling stuck in it again. Was trying for inspiration tonight and read some of the hack threads on ADVRider.com. One guy had a fun post with pics from a recent ride up into the snow on his Ural Patrol. Don’t think I’ll be taking the Troyka into the snow though. Low front fender. One wheel drive. Crappy telescopic forks. Course, $800ish could fix most of that. Hmmmmmmm…still cheaper than buying another bike.
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