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Old 11-16-2009, 06:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Do you feel guilty?

I do. I have the Bonneville, a Tiger 1050 and a DR650. I feel bad for the Tiger and the DR. I just don't ride them as much as I ride the Bonnie. (moreso for the DR). I don't even keep them very clean. Oh the shame...

If you have more than one bike, I'm sure you guys/gals must have a favorite - what is it? Do you feel guilty about your other bikes?
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Old 11-16-2009, 07:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I have two bikes that I have no trouble loving both. If I ever feel that one is better than the other all it takes is to take a ride on the one whose luster is fading and the bloom is back on the rose. It does help that the bikes have very different natures.

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Old 11-16-2009, 08:01 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I do. I have the Bonneville, a Tiger 1050 and a DR650. I feel bad for the Tiger and the DR. I just don't ride them as much as I ride the Bonnie. (moreso for the DR). I don't even keep them very clean. Oh the shame...

If you have more than one bike, I'm sure you guys/gals must have a favorite - what is it? Do you feel guilty about your other bikes?
Nice choices

I have a Thruxton and a dr650, There's a triumph demo day at the local shop and I'm thinking of taking test rides on the tiger and street triple. I normaly share the rides pretty evenly and make sure each gets a ride at least every 2 weeks to keep them all ticking over
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Old 11-16-2009, 08:15 PM   #4 (permalink)
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My other bike is a super scooter (Burgman). I know everyone loves to hate scooters but the poor thing is a work horse. It handles all the chores and lugs back the groceries, garden supplies, hardware and everything else I load it up with.
Meanwhile Bonnie spent the weekend in Malibu playing in the canyons and sunning on the beach.
How can I not feel guilty?
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Old 11-16-2009, 08:40 PM   #5 (permalink)
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For the last ten years or so, I've always had two - one being something interesting and/or project, one daily rider. I had a nice old white-framed Duc 900 SS, which was a perfect polar opposite. Alas, shortly after getting the Bonnie, I was riding it a lot more, and decided I could use the money and offed the Duc.

Been looking for #2 - had my eye on a really nice Caspian Blue Daytona this morning.

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Old 11-16-2009, 08:49 PM   #6 (permalink)
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My Bonnie is my only ride now. Have a 78 SR500 & 91 VFR750F. Both need to be freshened up but putting three Others through school on a fixed income has delayed that for now. Someday soon, I hope to get started on them. Not so much guilt as disappointment is how I feel. Once they are back on the road, they will get ridden too.
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Old 11-16-2009, 08:59 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 11-17-2009, 02:51 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I feel guilty just for owning three bikes, not for favouring any one of them. It seems greedy somehow.
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Old 11-17-2009, 03:07 PM   #9 (permalink)
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My other bike is my lovely old Guzzi Falcone. I know I don't ride it as often as I should, which is weird, cos it's great fun. I will try to get out on it a bit more next year with some of my mates, who have gone and bought old Brit clunkers. Should be a laugh, and with a top speed of 70mph, safer too!
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Old 11-17-2009, 03:40 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I have three and the Scrambler gets ridden the most. I'm trying to sell my SV, so I only ride it enough to keep it in shape. A torn ACL has kept me off of my dirt bike for most of the past year.

However, winter is approaching and the ACL is healed. I'm pretty sure I'll be favoring the dirt bike for the next 4 or 5 months.

No guilt here.
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