I miss riding.

I've got a friend who used to work in italy. He had a couple of biker friends there. They could afford everything because they bought the bikes in leasing. And I mean 10 years leasing.. As I understood, the main reason was because they were riding like pra*s and didn't expect themselves to live long enough to actually repay the loan...
Think about, if you take a loan for 10 years and pay only 2, that's a fifth of the loan!!

I'm just kiddin' about both, but seriously, you just have to wait a little.. Okay, not a little, a lot..
My current job is paying me enough to keep a car and a bike. I said to myself "I can't go on living & waiting too long before getting what I want". So I thought I would do something to solve that... someday..
What I'm saying is, if you really want a bike, then maybe you should start a small business yourself to help with the money earning

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

I SORN'ed mine at the end of October for a maintenance strip down, and haven't got space in the garage to get to work on it, so I bought a shed, then it rained for weeks solid, and last weekend I laid the slabs for the shed base, next weekend hopefully it will be dry enough to build the shed, then I can get it sorted and taxed again.

IN SHORT I FEEL YOUR PAIN! Being without a bike to ride is a PITA!

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Nah, if I buy a second bike it will be a traillie, something that can carry me down to the Pyrenees or into Spain/Portugal then do a bit of light off-roading on mountain trails and unclassified dirt roads.

A 2003 XT600 can be picked up from about £1200 on ebay or £1500 in a dealer. I like an XT660 but that needs a budget of about £2-2500, and I'm not sure I want to spend that much

Well I couldn't be bikeless any longer. Deposit just paid on this and it will be keeping the SV company in the garage, will collect from North Wales this week. Thanks for xXBadgerXx for all the information about the bike and the seller, that made the sale a less stressful experience. New thread with more photo's in Bike's Talk and Issues, in the next few minutes.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Well I couldn't be bikeless any longer. Deposit just paid on this and it will be keeping the SV company in the garage, will collect from North Wales this week. Thanks for xXBadgerXx for all the information about the bike and the seller, that made the sale a less stressful experience. New thread with more photo's in Bike's Talk and Issues, in the next few minutes.

Ohh nice bike