hypo
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everyone has a button to push. some people have LOTS of buttons, and sometimes you push them to tease, sometimes to start a fight or whatever.
After I lost my FZ8 in February, I was kinda bummed, but also excited. I had full replacement policy on my insurance so I could go out and get a new FZ8 with no worries at all plus they paid for all my ruined gear ... so I went shopping (read LIMPING) for new bikes. looked at the Z1000 from kawasaki again, checked out both the 11 and 12 FZ8's... but couldn't find a good deal. they were still charging full prices for the 11's even though the 12 was sitting right there. plus the 12 color scheme was going to take some time to grow on me ... and I was gonna end up spending another $3000 in farkles to get my FZ8 back to the way I liked it.... so I started looking for used thinking I'd find one of my dream bikes (like a '99 VFR800) for cheap. which I did.
So we went riding this weekend, did some long sweepers, dodged traffic on the highways, some short twisties but nothing too extensive as my body is still recovering. When we got home my wife asked me:
"so if you hadn't bought this bike, what would you have bought?" and since we had stopped at a few motorcycle shops (cuz she's looking to upgrade her 500 ninja) I paused to make sure it wasn't a baiting question or leading up to something crazy... and I said " most definitely the FZ8"
she said "WHAT!!!????" she shook her head in wonder as to why I got a 13 year old bike and of course she added up all the expenses I have put into it so far and tried to compare it to buying a brand new top of the line FZ8.
insurance is less.
twisties are just as fun.
had to rent a truck to get it here.
and I DO NOT HAVE A PAYMENT.
but I still feel the FZ8 is probably at the top of my list of favorite bikes.
ya know?
just had to get that off my chest.
After I lost my FZ8 in February, I was kinda bummed, but also excited. I had full replacement policy on my insurance so I could go out and get a new FZ8 with no worries at all plus they paid for all my ruined gear ... so I went shopping (read LIMPING) for new bikes. looked at the Z1000 from kawasaki again, checked out both the 11 and 12 FZ8's... but couldn't find a good deal. they were still charging full prices for the 11's even though the 12 was sitting right there. plus the 12 color scheme was going to take some time to grow on me ... and I was gonna end up spending another $3000 in farkles to get my FZ8 back to the way I liked it.... so I started looking for used thinking I'd find one of my dream bikes (like a '99 VFR800) for cheap. which I did.
So we went riding this weekend, did some long sweepers, dodged traffic on the highways, some short twisties but nothing too extensive as my body is still recovering. When we got home my wife asked me:
"so if you hadn't bought this bike, what would you have bought?" and since we had stopped at a few motorcycle shops (cuz she's looking to upgrade her 500 ninja) I paused to make sure it wasn't a baiting question or leading up to something crazy... and I said " most definitely the FZ8"
she said "WHAT!!!????" she shook her head in wonder as to why I got a 13 year old bike and of course she added up all the expenses I have put into it so far and tried to compare it to buying a brand new top of the line FZ8.
insurance is less.
twisties are just as fun.
had to rent a truck to get it here.
and I DO NOT HAVE A PAYMENT.
but I still feel the FZ8 is probably at the top of my list of favorite bikes.
ya know?
just had to get that off my chest.