07-11-2015, 03:25 AM
(07-11-2015, 03:20 AM)Obliviontoad_imp Wrote: Flaky fin paint here as well. I have reached a zen-like acceptance of my bike accruing aspects of use to the point where I simply accept that which is out of my control. Much like the oxidation around the top of the engine. Can't do much about it, too expensive to fix. if the bike still runs, ride it.
Most guys just can't do that. Good for you that you can. You will be much happier in the short and long term for it.
I have come to realization that nothing I ever have will remain perfect. Everything I own will acquire it's own beauty marks from use. Some if easy enough I will take care of, others if too difficult will just be part of that vehicles character. I rode thru an area they were spraying road paint with my ST 1300 on vacation in the UP one year. Didn't realize till hours and hundreds of miles later my shiny black bike got a custom white speckle paint job from front fender to rear license plate. Every square inch was speckled, like my bike had been run thru some kind of vacuum paint booth. Nothing I could do about it at that point. Named it STarship and cut out a little decal of an Xwing fighter from Star Wars (because the white specks look like stars in the black outer space)and put it on the nose of the fairing. Only bike like it around now. It's unique, and it's mine. No sense blowing a gasket over it, the bike has taken me all over the country in grand style. Paint specks had no affect on that. Resale down the drain? Probably, but I don't care. When I am done putting miles on it, no one is going to give me anything for it anyway.
Ride more...worry less
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