I took the “BOSS” out for dinner tonight, and we were talking about our plans…etc…and I told her that I would like to do one of three things…get a muscle car, but the budget is up to $5000, so you can see that may limit the choices…eighties or nineties car…a couple of dirt bikes for my daughter and I…or a street bike for me…I provided her with some examples from Kijiji, and also handed her my bonus check that we didn’t know I was getting…that of course killed the “we can’t afford it right now” argument…but then she said something that made me almost fall out of my seat…”I would rather you got yourself a street bike than the car…”, she didn’t even talk about the dirt bikes, but even if she did…I don’t know if I would have heard her…
HOLY CRAP!!! I think today was one of the best days…EVER!!! Now, I just have to decide on a bike…I have found a few GS500 and GS500F on the web…they all seem to hover around $3500 – $4000…or there are a lot of super sport 600cc on the market for $3000 – $3500…wow, does no-one want them or what? Definately not for me, and not just because I am starting…just don’t feel comfortable…Katana 750s aren’t bad and are in the same price range as the GS500s…but all of the “naked” bikes are either too old, or too expensive…I talked to the guy in the Suzuki shop Friday, and he said that he used to prefer the “naked” bikes as well, but after he rode a few fairing bikes…he prefers them now…is there much difference in riding a bike with the fairing vs naked?
I will be booking my training course on Monday…looks like I won’t be riding until May, looking at the online schedule, but I was told to call them anyway…people may drop out or if they may squeeze in one extra person to the class…Suzuki guy used to be an instructor…I just have to get my written done before the class, but that shouldn’t be a problem.
I’ll keep you posted…WOO HOO….