To sell or not to sell....that is the question
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Sell it. One thing I've got to know about you over the years is 100% concentration on whatever you are doing until completion/perfection then a very quickly waning of interest. Buy the bikes, you'll do the same with them but also then you'll move on from them too. I've had a few RD's, loved them, 125 or 350 probably most.
You'll always have the knowledge and satisfaction of having done the fuaxarri. It's beautiful let someone else take on that side of ownership.
Re Z4M I don't see it at ALL. Not your kind of ownership experience IMO.
I hope the health issues progress very slowly bud
You'll always have the knowledge and satisfaction of having done the fuaxarri. It's beautiful let someone else take on that side of ownership.
Re Z4M I don't see it at ALL. Not your kind of ownership experience IMO.
I hope the health issues progress very slowly bud
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Or..... and hear me out.... hide it. Put it somewhere out of reach for a year. Put it far away in storage or with someone you trust on here and see how you get on without it. Get a cheap project bike and tinker with that and see, at the end, which you'd rather have.
Joe Orton, the playwright, would throw his finished manuscripts under the bed for six months and come back to them with fresh eyes for editing. Same sort of thing. Get away from how you think you see it and look again as how you actually see it and whether you'd regret being without it
"Regret is part of being alive. But keep it a small part." Avon, Blake's 7.
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Having read your responses I would say sell it. You won’t regret it. Yesterday I sold my last bike (although I still have a TMAX) which was a 5000 mile Yamaha TRX850. I thought I would miss it as it was literally as new. But I don’t. I figured correctly that I would never ride it again. I suspect for you the joy you get is the journey (even if it doesn’t feel like it at the time) and all the kind words you received on here during the build. No amount of shows will quite do that. If you enjoyed driving it then i wouldn’t be quite so sure but you don’t.
Having x,000£ in the bank for other projects would be far better in my view. From what you say, you are similar age group as me (60+) so your ability to do stuff is now limited and showing on your craft on a couple of Kawasakis - which are far easier to work on - seems a great idea. The fact is if you want to do other things you have to do it now. It’s why I am buying a Z8 now - and reducing my bike collection - because life is short.
In sum, the Fauxrari merely sits in the garage now, it’s served its purpose, coming out maybe a few times a year. It will never be more than that. Get the money now before it starts to consume it. You will always have the memory.
Having x,000£ in the bank for other projects would be far better in my view. From what you say, you are similar age group as me (60+) so your ability to do stuff is now limited and showing on your craft on a couple of Kawasakis - which are far easier to work on - seems a great idea. The fact is if you want to do other things you have to do it now. It’s why I am buying a Z8 now - and reducing my bike collection - because life is short.
In sum, the Fauxrari merely sits in the garage now, it’s served its purpose, coming out maybe a few times a year. It will never be more than that. Get the money now before it starts to consume it. You will always have the memory.
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I'm 58.
This is probably the best answer imo, agree totally.
I guess the same as you feel about your wife then
I have just the thing - a running 97 VFR750 that needs reassembling with new fuel pipes and probably a "bit" of fettling. Yours for £18k. Comes with a free 49,000 mile Imola red MC
No offence matey but I don't desire either of those TBH.I have just the thing - a running 97 VFR750 that needs reassembling with new fuel pipes and probably a "bit" of fettling. Yours for £18k. Comes with a free 49,000 mile Imola red MC
You already know the answer, sell it.
If you don’t thoroughly enjoy driving it, cash in and move on.
It’s a bit like marrying a lady-boy from Bangkok, might look beautiful but a lot of fake bodywork and the wrong equipment under the bonnet. (Not speaking from experience!).
If it doesn’t move you, move on
If you don’t thoroughly enjoy driving it, cash in and move on.
It’s a bit like marrying a lady-boy from Bangkok, might look beautiful but a lot of fake bodywork and the wrong equipment under the bonnet. (Not speaking from experience!).
If it doesn’t move you, move on
Christ, harsh paper round you had.I'm 58.
Only regret the decisions you don’t make, not the ones you do. I suspect you could sell that car and buy a (slightly less venerable) real Ferrari if that’s something you want to tick off your bucket list. After all, you aren’t getting the Ferrari driving experience are you?
The real win for you was building the thing, owning it is meh.
The real win for you was building the thing, owning it is meh.
I don’t think you are ever going to change Andy. I asked you as soon as the project was finished when you were going to sell it. You will always be looking to the next purchase. No doubt, there will be regrets once it’s gone but changing cars frequently is just what you do. Just make sure you get a really good price because it’s a beautiful car and is a real credit to you. I look forward to the part of the story. It’s always worth reading.