Robmay
I'm sorry if it seems we're dissing you brother. We're not actually. We're disagreeing based on a limited knowledge of your personal situation and what we see as common sense in this situation. If your annual income is 7 figures and you buy these bikes with pocket change then by all means do whatever makes you happy dude. Buy a couple and go nuts with one of them. But if you're a working stiff and financing even 50% of the bike then we're just trying to say " don't do it bro, it ain't worth it "
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We can't argue politics anymore, we've got to have something to have a good debate about.
I can appreciate what you are saying. I guess I got a little miffed because I thought I came up with a good idea to check some paint schemes on my bike. I PROBABLY will never touch the paint. But I was toying with the idea and genuinely wanted my
friends opinions. I guess the most hurtful (for lack of a better word) thing for me was to get lectured from my "parents" about what a poor idea it was based pretty much on trade in or resell value. I don't think any of us would be able to afford these bikes had we listened to that common logic back in the day when we were excited about going out into the world and "making our mark" on it.
I for one will never (I hope not anyways) be held hostage by the reason that I "have" to do something a certain way just because thats how its always been done. As long as I am not hurting anyone physically, mentally or emotionally I probably will take the road less traveled. Its what got me to this point in my life (not as far as you evidently because I did finance more than 50% of my bike, no disrespect at all intended) but I have raise four kids, am getting ready to send one to college this next year, and have 3 grandsons and 2 more on the way. I have been to ALL of their sports games, no matter what time of day or night they were or what town they were in, watched my girls win National Cheerleading Championships in another State, camped my ass off, and made many, many memories that my kids still talk about. My point in all of the above is not to toot my horn but to let you know that I do things for the JOY of it and not the Resell of it.