What did you do on or to your other bike part 2

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pdedse:  That Kawasaki is downright ugly, but since you are such a good guy, I would allow you to hide it in my garage!

Thanks for the kind comments folks.  It is hideous so I understand the need to hide it!  Aren't you in NM?  We'll likely be neighbors in the future, so...

It is actually is a good looking dual sport and probably considerably more HP than my air cooled XT250s.  Unfortunately, if I were still riding, the seat is about 5 inches higher than I would prefer.  Yes, central NM, 40 miles south of Albuquerque. Come on down!!

And of course, I love the way it looks.  If a bike's visual appeal doesn't immediately speak to me, there's no combination of hp/torq figures, top speed, fuel economy, braking power, reliability, utilitarianess that will persuade me to buy it.  And regarding seat height, I get punished the other way...the question is always how can I make myself fit these classic looking bikes with the 30-32" seat heights. 

I'll be in Tucson, but I have a good friend in ABQ and will make my way there from time to time.  It would be so cool to meet you in person.  If you recall, we "met" on the sportster.org site about 18-20 years ago.  I think you helped with some electrical issues my '04 Sportster was having.  Such a beautiful bike, with real rattlesnake-skin grips!

 
And it has been the only motorcycle that I buggered up real good-like in an accident.  Broke my collar bone, but otherwise I was fine.  The bike...tank was trashed, handlebars bent up, mirrors broke, exhaust all sratched up and dented.  I did ok.  Insurance paid me $2,500 (not totaled) and then I sold it as is for $2,200, which came out to about what one would have paid for the bike second hand, maybe a little less.  But I got my fun out of it, about 33k miles over 8 years.  Still, a bike I could have kept for lots longer.