Flinx
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It's strange to be feeling 2 separate and opposite emotions at the same time.
It all started about 2 months ago, the wife looked at me (while I was working on the goat aka my GoldWing) and said "Don't you think it's time you retired that old bike and got something newer?"
"Well, no not really." I says, "This one is just starting to get broke in (58600 or so on the odo)"
"No, really I think it's time you got something easier to ride on in the city", right about there I started getting a bit suspicious, "You know something that you don't have putter with everytime before we go out for a ride."
"But I like puttering around with my Goat. Gives me something to tinker with", admittedly I do check a few things more often then needed BUT not everytime before we ride. Thats when the wife cheated, how did she cheat you ask?
"Yes, I know you do but why not just take a few rides to the local shops and see just what they happen to have laying around, who knows you may find a new piece for your bike" I'm sure all of you out there see just how she cheated now, who can resist shopping for new stuff for our bike?
At this point I gave in, "Fine but lets do it right and hit a few of the shops in the towns and such near here and not just the ones inside the city."
So for the next few weeks we tended to hit just about every bike shop and dealership within 2hrs of where we live.
Last week we were about to head out on a random ride and she says to me out of the blue, "I want to go to the dealership that Bubba (yes thats really his name) talked about last night at Tim Hortons"
I agreed (it was a random ride after all) and away we went. Here is where it gets complicated.
Walked into the dealership and saw this
I hate to say it but it was love at first sight, then I realized that I would have to sell my Wing because I couldn't afford to keep insurance on 2 bikes plus I just don't have enough space to park them both.
As I and the better half are looking around the showroom floor I kept coming back to this blue VStar and just looking for a minute or so. About the 3rd ok ok 5th or maybe the 8th time I do this she sneaks up on me saying "I love that color and that seat looks sorta comfy."
"Yeah that blue sure does look nice and really stands out but you know that seat isn't going to be nearly as comfortable as our Saddleman."
A salesman (Paul) had also snuck up on me (don't you just hate it when you get snuck up on?), "Why not sit on it a bit and see how it feels?" he says.
I think to myself can't hurt can it? So Paul pushes it out away from the other bikes beside it (wow, when did they get there? those other 2 bikes couldn't have been there all along, could they?) and I take a seat on it, after a minute or so I have my wife get up behind me.
"Well this seat isn't too bad after all, not like the seat on my wing of course but not bad, wonder how it is going down the road?" I thought I had said that too just myself, turns out I had said it out loud (gotta hate it when the inside voice gets confused with the outside voice).
"So why not take it for a test ride then and see for yourself?" says Paul.
I knew I should say no not today, I should think about this some more but said instead, "OK when could we setup a test ride?"
"Why not now? The weather is great, sun is shining so you can take a really good look at her in right bright sunlight"
Don't know what came over me but I declined saying "Hmm not today, my left knee is feeling a bit tricky today and I don't want to take the chance of dropping a brand new bike if my leg gives out at a stop." On the Wing I don't have to worry about that, front and back crash bars plus I know how to balance that bike with my bad leg, can't say the same for another bike which I pointed out to both Paul and my better half when she started to comment that I was already riding that day.
So those two get their heads together and start comparing calendars while I pushed the bike back where I first saw it and they decided that sept 27 was going to be the perfect day for a test ride if the weather cooperated. Wait a sec, don't I get a say in this I was thinking, she knows me way too well and starts walking out the door.
We got home and talked about it a fair bit over the next few days.
Her:
-We can afford it.
-I love the color, it's goes with both my helmet and jacket.
-I can get on and off of it easier, I'm starting to have a very tough time doing that with the Goat (Again she cheated, yeah she has a cpl of health issues, not life threatening but enough to make it fairly painful to do things like getting off or on a taller bike). So we can go for more rides and longer rides. Well that kinda got me wondering just how much pain I was causing her with a tallish bike
So I asked.
That just about decided me right there, much as I love my Wing I love my Wife much more.
So the 27nth rolled around and both of us went to the dealership, me on my baby (that was my last ride on her, I sorta knew it as I was wandering about on the way there) and my wife in our car. I guess she knew too because not once did she try and hurry me up and use a more direct route.
Paul had the VStar all gassed up, polished and the dealerplate on her ready for the test ride. Instructed me on what route the dealership usually used but told me to "take your time, make wrong turn or three, just be back in 15 or 20 minutes so the my Boss doesn't wonder whats going on."
Like I said it was love at first sight, I wanted not to like the bike, I really did but 5 minutes into the ride I just knew that this one and I were going to get to know each other very well. 12 to 15 minutes went by before I knew it and I was pulling back into the dealership with a HUGE grin on my face, good thing I wear a fullface helmet.
Paul had gone back inside but my wife was still outside when I pulled in.
"So, what do you think?"
"I like it, feels good. Nice smooth ride, seats not bad, not great but not bad."
"So?"
Off comes my helmet onto the VStar's seat.
"She's mine."
"Glad to hear that", Paul says from behind me. How do people just keep sneaking up on me?
A lot of paperwork later and a bank draft leads to this picture right here.
I am now the proud owner of a 2010 VStar 1300 tourer.
160kms later, both 2up and 1up, I'm even more impressed with this bike then I was when I bought it 2 days ago, it's raining again or there would more on it and I wouldn't be here typing.
So where does the Topic title and the sentence come in you ask?
Right here. I love my new VStar and I'm glad I got her (still working on her name). I miss my OldWing the Goat and really sad I had to trade her in.
Just how does one feel both happy and sad, miss the old bike but can't wait to jump back on the new bike at the same time?
I can't tell you that but I can tell you it can happen.
I'm sure going to miss this site, probably pop in every once in awhile still if only to see what new and wacky things LittleBeaver has been up too LOL.
It all started about 2 months ago, the wife looked at me (while I was working on the goat aka my GoldWing) and said "Don't you think it's time you retired that old bike and got something newer?"
"Well, no not really." I says, "This one is just starting to get broke in (58600 or so on the odo)"
"No, really I think it's time you got something easier to ride on in the city", right about there I started getting a bit suspicious, "You know something that you don't have putter with everytime before we go out for a ride."
"But I like puttering around with my Goat. Gives me something to tinker with", admittedly I do check a few things more often then needed BUT not everytime before we ride. Thats when the wife cheated, how did she cheat you ask?
"Yes, I know you do but why not just take a few rides to the local shops and see just what they happen to have laying around, who knows you may find a new piece for your bike" I'm sure all of you out there see just how she cheated now, who can resist shopping for new stuff for our bike?
At this point I gave in, "Fine but lets do it right and hit a few of the shops in the towns and such near here and not just the ones inside the city."
So for the next few weeks we tended to hit just about every bike shop and dealership within 2hrs of where we live.
Last week we were about to head out on a random ride and she says to me out of the blue, "I want to go to the dealership that Bubba (yes thats really his name) talked about last night at Tim Hortons"
I agreed (it was a random ride after all) and away we went. Here is where it gets complicated.
Walked into the dealership and saw this
As I and the better half are looking around the showroom floor I kept coming back to this blue VStar and just looking for a minute or so. About the 3rd ok ok 5th or maybe the 8th time I do this she sneaks up on me saying "I love that color and that seat looks sorta comfy."
"Yeah that blue sure does look nice and really stands out but you know that seat isn't going to be nearly as comfortable as our Saddleman."
A salesman (Paul) had also snuck up on me (don't you just hate it when you get snuck up on?), "Why not sit on it a bit and see how it feels?" he says.
I think to myself can't hurt can it? So Paul pushes it out away from the other bikes beside it (wow, when did they get there? those other 2 bikes couldn't have been there all along, could they?) and I take a seat on it, after a minute or so I have my wife get up behind me.
"Well this seat isn't too bad after all, not like the seat on my wing of course but not bad, wonder how it is going down the road?" I thought I had said that too just myself, turns out I had said it out loud (gotta hate it when the inside voice gets confused with the outside voice).
"So why not take it for a test ride then and see for yourself?" says Paul.
I knew I should say no not today, I should think about this some more but said instead, "OK when could we setup a test ride?"
"Why not now? The weather is great, sun is shining so you can take a really good look at her in right bright sunlight"
Don't know what came over me but I declined saying "Hmm not today, my left knee is feeling a bit tricky today and I don't want to take the chance of dropping a brand new bike if my leg gives out at a stop." On the Wing I don't have to worry about that, front and back crash bars plus I know how to balance that bike with my bad leg, can't say the same for another bike which I pointed out to both Paul and my better half when she started to comment that I was already riding that day.
So those two get their heads together and start comparing calendars while I pushed the bike back where I first saw it and they decided that sept 27 was going to be the perfect day for a test ride if the weather cooperated. Wait a sec, don't I get a say in this I was thinking, she knows me way too well and starts walking out the door.
We got home and talked about it a fair bit over the next few days.
Her:
-We can afford it.
-I love the color, it's goes with both my helmet and jacket.
-I can get on and off of it easier, I'm starting to have a very tough time doing that with the Goat (Again she cheated, yeah she has a cpl of health issues, not life threatening but enough to make it fairly painful to do things like getting off or on a taller bike). So we can go for more rides and longer rides. Well that kinda got me wondering just how much pain I was causing her with a tallish bike
So I asked.That just about decided me right there, much as I love my Wing I love my Wife much more.
So the 27nth rolled around and both of us went to the dealership, me on my baby (that was my last ride on her, I sorta knew it as I was wandering about on the way there) and my wife in our car. I guess she knew too because not once did she try and hurry me up and use a more direct route.
Paul had the VStar all gassed up, polished and the dealerplate on her ready for the test ride. Instructed me on what route the dealership usually used but told me to "take your time, make wrong turn or three, just be back in 15 or 20 minutes so the my Boss doesn't wonder whats going on."
Like I said it was love at first sight, I wanted not to like the bike, I really did but 5 minutes into the ride I just knew that this one and I were going to get to know each other very well. 12 to 15 minutes went by before I knew it and I was pulling back into the dealership with a HUGE grin on my face, good thing I wear a fullface helmet.
Paul had gone back inside but my wife was still outside when I pulled in.
"So, what do you think?"
"I like it, feels good. Nice smooth ride, seats not bad, not great but not bad."
"So?"
Off comes my helmet onto the VStar's seat.
"She's mine."
"Glad to hear that", Paul says from behind me. How do people just keep sneaking up on me?
A lot of paperwork later and a bank draft leads to this picture right here.
I am now the proud owner of a 2010 VStar 1300 tourer.
160kms later, both 2up and 1up, I'm even more impressed with this bike then I was when I bought it 2 days ago, it's raining again or there would more on it and I wouldn't be here typing.
So where does the Topic title and the sentence come in you ask?
Right here. I love my new VStar and I'm glad I got her (still working on her name). I miss my OldWing the Goat and really sad I had to trade her in.
Just how does one feel both happy and sad, miss the old bike but can't wait to jump back on the new bike at the same time?
I can't tell you that but I can tell you it can happen.
I'm sure going to miss this site, probably pop in every once in awhile still if only to see what new and wacky things LittleBeaver has been up too LOL.
