12-23-2016, 03:37 PM
(12-23-2016, 11:00 AM)Stichill_imp Wrote: That sounds like an excellent deal to me, letsjet.
I'm amazed at how impulsive people are. That story is surprisingly plausible: someone had a burst of nostalgia and/or aging anxiety and bought the bike with great enthusiasm. Rode it, realized the ol' backside was a tad wider and more tender than in the carefree days of youth and fitted the Corbin. Rode it again, realized "you can't go home again" and riding for them just didn't bring back the feelings and memories they expected. Maybe it was a bit scary. Put the bike back in the garage and never rolled it out again. Later on, decided to liquidate it when the next impulse purchased loomed (my bet: a sports car).
I got a big smile out of what you said.
After a 25 year hiatus from motorcycling, a friend took me too a vintage motorcycle show and I caught "bike fever" again. The following spring I bought a motorcycle for my 68th birthday. Everyone accused me of trying to recapture my youth.
It took a while before the seat felt comfortable. I don't think the seat changed, just me. I also learned to stop every two hours or so and walk around a bit.
During the first couple of months I visited the old motorcycle haunts. Never met any of the hundreds of motorcyclists I had know during my previous 23 years of riding. The modern riders were only interested in sport bikes and cruisers. If you didn't ride what they did, they were not at all interested in what you rode or had to say. As you said, "You can't go back".
As I like to ride the back roads, I learned I was better off riding alone. I went where I wanted, ate when and where I wanted, sometimes rode enthusiastically, and sometimes just cruised enjoying the sunshine and scenery. Does it make me feel young and free again. You bet!