06-18-2018, 03:36 AM
(06-18-2018, 03:15 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Sad to see it go but congratulations on having the fortitude to move on. I've been there many times. It's tough not to get attached to them. Very glad it went to an enthusiast.
Sold my Ducati Monster 620 a few weeks ago, a bike I never really bonded with. It wasn't difficult to bid adieu.
Thanks LR, me too. Each year sees fewer and fewer of these bikes left in stock form. I priced the bike at what I thought was fair but still high enough to attract serious, responsible buyers (there are still a good number of these bikes around in molested form that people can modify further if they like). As it was I had a couple of interested buyers at my full asking price. While I could have listed the bike for more, given the amount of time that I had put into caring for the bike over the years, I was most concerned about the Hawk going to another person who wanted to keep the bike as is (just as the person who sold the bike to me was hoping I'd treat the bike). So I didn't want to be totally unreasonable.
At the end of the day I realize that we're simply talking about a "thing". But when I'm passionate about something, that tends to change the story up just a bit for me anyway.