Subject: Re: Hello!
Author: halc-@comcast.net
Date: Aug 16, 2005, 11:10 AM
Post ID: 1719305160
If you put 2K into this one, you can pick up another Guzzi this winter!
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Without getting too specific... I've been saving for a bike for a few years, I wasn't going to buy one until I had the cash to pay for it up front. So, I'm in an interesting situation where I've already got a sizeable chunk of cash that's been earmarked for a bike. Since this bike found me, I'm a bit surprised at myself that I was ready to spend my money on a bike that just about anyone can buy off the showroom floor. I was mentally prepared to spend $7k on a used sporty for a project bike... the same class-less and generic bike that everyone else is riding around. Now I'm thinking, "what can I do to my Guzzi for $7k!?!?!"
I'm hoping to supplant a different and less productive hobby with this one. If I can pull it off, I'll have a fair amount of time. I'm not even entertaining the thought that I'll get the bike running this season. That gives me a very long and cold Minnesota winter to work on it. If I could idle it in the garage over the winter, I'd be happy. If I could tool around the neighborhood in the spring, I'd be in heaven.
I'd like it to look like a very old bike that's been very well taken care of. I don't want shiny new paint or a "right off the showroom floor" look. I like the fact that the bike *looks* like it's been around for a while, but, I don't want it to look like a bike that's been in a shed for 10 years.
I think maybe I should do this before I start getting too wrench-happy. I want to get an idea of how it was *before* I messed with it. That way when I'm putting it back together I can at least know, "well, it worked before I messed with it!" Tonight I work late... Wednesday is a trip to the store for battery and oil. -- Bob |