Largely not by choice ....

[unixronin]

.... I have just listed my CBR929RR for sale on Craigslist.  Not that I wouldn't rather keep it; but right now, we need the money more.  I'm hoping to get enough out of it that we can justify spending some of the proceeds on an older bike; there's a local dealer who has a white 1993 VFR750F that would make a nice replacement for the customized red '91 destroyed under me on Splat Day.  (Whether I'll be able to afford to make the same set of modifications to it right now is ... debatable.  If the Force eBay is with me, it might be possible.)

(Crossposted to motorcycles)

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[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

that sux bro, i posted my cb900 on craig's list and the morons were offering me less then it cost to have the new generator installed! have fun with the overseas scammers, i have a couple of checks that they've sent me for shits and giggles ~grinz~

[blackcoat.livejournal.com]

You know, if I didn't live clear across the country, I'd probsbly make you an offer on it. Big Blue is starting to show his age poorly

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on, you know you want to do the Iron Butt thing. Just once. :)

[blackcoat.livejournal.com]

I already have. When I was 16, I did a tour of most of the lower 48 on a '78 Yamaha XJ750. One of the more spiritual experinces of my life, (also very odd to be tooling around on something older then I was). It also just about killed the bike.

And my ass.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

This is the point where I have to sheepishly confess never having attempted anything half as ambitious myself. And unless I can get my foot and ankle fixed up properly somehow (or at least, get my foot pain-free and get a bike with a power shifter), I probably won't get the chance now.

[blackcoat.livejournal.com]

Hey, I was 16. It's not ambitious if you don't actually think about the consequences before you start the actions. :)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Heh. You have a point. :)

[blackcoat.livejournal.com]

Also, I diagree with your premise that you've never attempted anything so ambitious. You decided that you were going to walk again after having had much of your lower body mangled, and have pretty much managed it. That's way more ambitious then saying 'I wanna get out of the house, I've got a running bike, a couple grand, and camping gear...ROADTRIP!!"

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I suppose that, too, is a valid point. :)

[yndy.livejournal.com]

sympathies!!!

Selling my poor old baby last week garnered me more lame responses than I imagined... like:
"how much would you need to get it out of your garage?"
duh, the price I listed it for - did you see OBO on there?
"what if I offered you half what you are asking in cash?"
hmm... I'd say you need twice that amount in cash... plus maybe an extra $20 just as a stupid question penalty...
"when you give up and no one buys it, you can call me and I'll buy it for 60% of what you listed it for"
if I get to that point? I'll light it on fire and do a ceremonial dance as I sacrifice it to the motorcycle gods but I'll send you a picture of it for the price you are offering...

:P

Better luck!!

Although, I admit, I did sell her pretty quickly - and to someone I felt good about.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

There will always be those who want something for nearly nothing. :p
I haven't had any responses yet ... but then, I only posted it last night. We'll see.

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

I'd think about it, but...

I still haven't decided if I'm doing the bike thing again, yet.

-Ogre

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I don't think your knees would survive five minutes on the 929 anyway. The Warrior was built on your scale; the 929, not so ....

Now a BMW K1200S, maybe. :)

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

I don't think Alaric had much of a choice about whether he was going to get back on the bike or not. It was a foregone conclusion, in my mind anyhow, that he would. I'm not sure if it says that I am the stubborn fool or if he is the determined one.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I was determined I was going to both walk and ride again. Running is still going to need more work.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

Did you talk to Dr. Kaufman about wanting to run? It might have an impact on your orthotic. And to Dr. Lynn? Not that I think he would do anything different during surgery on the 18th.

You started walking the weekend you were home from the hospital. Makes me determined that we get an in ground hot tub sometime in the next three years. We'll write it off as a medical expense as you did much better when you had access to one.

Riding took about a year. Running was ... I was still pregnant with Pirate so over one year and under two years. Bicycling took 6 years but I think that was mostly because we didn't make any effort to get you a bicycle.

I guess you had so much success in the beginning that when it started getting difficult to make the last few improvements and some backsliding happened, it felt like it was never going to get good enough and it is hard to remember just how worse it was in the beginning compared to now.

Almost dead to destroyed knees to crutches to walker to cane to walking to sometimes needing a cane. It's quite a progression and it isn't complete yet because I'm betting the cane will get put back in the corner again.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I still can't really run yet, not with a normal gait that I can keep up for more than a few hundred yards at most. It's something between a rapid shamble and a breakneck lurch, and it's extremely hard on my knees and foot.

[ehintz.livejournal.com]

Wow, sorry to hear that mate. That's harsh.