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The LeMans IV sits in the garage. I can't tolerate the Memphis heat for long and thus despise riding in summer. When school starts my kids will be a freshman and sophomore in high school and I'm heavily involved with them and their activities. Track, wrestling, scouts, bicycling, etc. Other obligations and care of an elderly mother leave me no time for riding other than the rare 50 mile jaunt, then it's back to the garage. I walk past it everyday knowing it's probably my last motorcycle at 57 and having owned it since '87 it's hard to imagine it not being there. I've recently rid myself of unused possessions and felt relief afterwards. No more guilt and stressing over when I'll around to using them again.Sure, in four more years the kids will be gone and I'll have time on my hands. Almost makes me want to keep it, but it's not a two-up bike for Leigh and I since we're both 6' tall. Prep it for long-term storage or just move on? Hey, LM IVs are supposedly gaining in value so maybe I should consider the storage option?In the meantime, I'll be listing a pair of Joe Rocket boots soon. If I do ride, I just wear hiking boots now.Tobit
Store it. I'll bet that if you sell it, you'll be sorry you did. It's not eating anything, unlike Rocker's horses.. Life begins at 60, ya know.What do you do when you just stop riding?You get old.
So much I could say-but this year, my 60th, I'm not only riding a new bike, I rode a nice LONG ride-3 weeks-in the company of my similarly aged wife.She once said we'd be young as long as we kept riding.
I can't imagine not having at least one motorcycle. Would be my own personal version of "Hell".
.....For that heat you can't stand though, have a friend elsewhere? Put the bike there and then you have an excuse to go somewhere else and ride your brains out.
.....If you like it keep it, keep good fuel stabilizer in the tank, battery tender and get a flannel cover. If there are things you have always wanted to do to the bike make a plan and spend time with it in that way. Polish the wheels, keep it waxed and keep fresh oil in it if it sits.
At 57, you're a mere chicken. If you budget for another 40 years (not unreasonable these days), you've only lived half your adult life. Time enough for anything. ****
Hey you young whippersnapper. I'm 72 and still riding, had three teenagers in High School at the same time.I'm heading out tomorrow morning for a 7 1/2 hour ride to the MotoGP at Indy. I don't ride a bunch but when I do I have a ball.Keep the bike and ride it or you can give it to me.Dean