Some bikes really leave an impression on you and this is perfectly illustrated in my last few years of motorcycle ownership.
Like all of us here I've always loved big V-Twins and last year I replaced my standard SV which I had owned since 2009 for a mint condition SV1000N with the added benefit of a modified GSXR1000 front end that included USD forks and radial brakes . I loved it, great power, improved handling and all for a bargain £2.5K.
But mid-last year I got the itch for change and caught the adventure bike syndrome ! In August I sold the SV in favour of the more practical Versys 650 - a great bike, but I never really made the connection like I did with my SV. I couldn't help thinking on every ride 'this bike has cost me more and isn't as much fun' - I hankered for my SV, sitting at my laptop looking longingly at old photos of it.
Earlier this year I bit the bullet and sold the Versys opting instead for a 2008 Triumph Street Triple. Now the Triumph is truly a great bike there is no denying that, but it had cost me much more money and still I just kept thinking of my SV.
Sod it, what have I got too lose I thought so, I thumbed a text to the SV's new owner who lived locally to me in Devon. "Any chance you fancy selling me back the bike ?" I wrote. Imagine my surprise when I received back a text saying "Actually I was thinking of selling - give me a call"
That's was on April 6th and that afternoon when I arrived at the owners house there in the garage sat my old friend looking at me as if to say "okay, I forgive you" !
A deal was done and the next day I took back ownership of a bike that I should never have let go in the first place !
