The Dream Of A Young Chap Come Through At A Riper Age .....

Discussion in 'Newbies Hangout' started by fight the streets fmd, Dec 1, 2016.

  1. Hello all, considering the madness I am reading on this forum I am not sure how my story rates on the madness scale, but here goes, after being retired from 2 wheeled transport for a mere 20 years(mopeds, dirt bikes, honda XL 600, honda vfr 750) and spending many years on the 1 bhp, the version with four legs, I thought it a fine idea to return to a proper bike, months of investigation resulted in the new Honda crf 1000 Africa twin, yes fantastic bike,very good indeed, so good in fact that it became boring quit quickly, very boring, no real character, no exquisite parts to admire, winter comes, let's try sell it for lots of money, loaded with goodies so easily sold it was, as my dealer messed up various things, and big discount and refund where given, even a small profit was made, then ofcourse you do the sensible thing and wait with buying the next bike until spring arrives, hell no off course not, you go on e bay, see something you always dreamed of, giving you goosebumps just by thinking of the sound coming out of the termi' s, yes there it is on e bay a Ducati, a 848 streetfighter, so loaded with extra goodies, you just can't refuse, you offer money, oops the offer is accepted, so now you are the proud owner of a very very special edition of the most beautiful naked bike on the planet, and yes ducbird, of course it is red!
     
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  2. Nice one! Welcome! Enjoy!
     
  3. Welcome Dave:)
     
  4. Congratulations on your 'investment' happy forthcoming goosebumps!
    And welcome to the forum
     
  5. Madness ? most of us have certificates (some forged, no doubt) to prove otherwise :upyeah:

    Welcome comrade !
     
  6. welcome, just got an email from on-yer-bike advertizing a D16 for 45k...
     
  7. Welcome. Great bike :)
     
  8. Welcome, she will still ask - you wait and see :Bag:
     
  9. Thanks all, trying to sell hepco and Becker explorer topbox, any multi owners interested? Tried to post on for sale forum, but said not enough privileges?
     
  10. 10 posts and you should be able to put an advert up :)
     
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  11. That's not that mad... I bought a 1200R Monster without test riding one first...
     
  12. Not mad at all, bought my bike unseen 250 miles away, never rode a Ducati before either.....took my truck and a trailer, 5hours later she was sitting in my drive way, waiting for her first ride with me.....still had goosebumps, well that and some intimidations, coming from a low seat Triumph Speedmaster.
     
  13. Nice story, thanks for sharing :upyeah: @Dazzle take note..
     
  14. Thanks all, for the warm welcome, merry Christmas to all and that spring may come soon lol
     
  15. Pic's please
     
  16. Oh I missed this thread and your very local
    Good to see your red

    I very belated welcome into the mad house :D
     
  17. thanks, ducbird, now it must be real lol, waited months for your first hello, yes it is red( the only colour) will post some nice pics soon from my own bike now I worked out how to do it!
     
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  18. working on it! soon to be seen in streetfighter section!
     
  19. Lol always worth waiting for :Smuggrin:
    Pics of bins and bikes are the law around here
    Look out for a blue Mini Cooper S
    (Vav) tooting at you
     
  20. Post here too please thank you
     
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