Regrets on the one that got away?

[inditx]

This might have been asked before but I would like to ask is, of all the M/C’s you’ve owned, which is the 1 that you regretted selling/losing for whatever reason? (Guzzi or otherwise)
Why do you regret it?
Could be first bike, performance, age of bike or you, finances, boredom, greener pastures....whateve r h=just keep it real.

Thanks,
inditx
p.s. Mine was a Roamer, reason was my uncontrollable addiction for a new/different bike 

[fotoguzzi]

Bull xb12xt

[steven c]

My LeMans III that I sold for a K75S and my RZ350 that I sold to but a Mountain bike which I still have. Fotoguzzi sometimes I think about selling my 2016 Uly then I take it for a ride. Beside at this point it is not worth much.

[s1120]

I do regret selling all of them...  but Im torn between two.. one was a 77 RD400..  thing was a blast to ride..  It was going to need a rebuild though, and wile I enjoyed it, I am 6'3" tall, and 250 lbs...  Its a small bike.. But fun!  next would be my old Suzuki GS650L.  I adapted it to my wants and needs over the years, and wile it was a little small, it was really my first "big" bike..  It did everything well, and became a part of me..  I sold it becouse a new job/house/kids just had it sitting... I never rode the thing for years.. So figure I would let someone else enjoy it...  I do miss it, but if I didnt sell it, odds are I would not have my Guzzi now...

[s1120]

My LeMans III that I sold for a K75S and my RZ350 that I sold to but a Mountain bike which I still have. Fotoguzzi sometimes I think about selling my 2016 Uly then I take it for a ride. Beside at this point it is not worth much.

You know... I LOVE the K75S!  Its really one of not only nicest looking bikes of that era, but just so sweet to ride!!!  that being said... I dont know if I would trade a LM for it. :)   

[Perazzimx14]

Of all the bikes I've sold on mutiple occasions examples of each have come up for sale (sometimes the same bike) and I have had no urge to replace it. So I guess I have:

[fubar guzzi]

My first bike ever was a WHIZZER, that one Id like to still own 

[Buckturgidson]

I sold my first SRX-6, which was purchased new, to a collector in a moment of weakness. It took several years to find a mint replacement and involved a trip to Florida to get it. All's well that ends well.

[flynguzzi]

Regret #1  : Selling my 1975 Ducati GT 750. (Back in 1977)  Wonderful machine, but traded it off for a 1976 Convert. (Still have the Convert, a Ducati 860, 1972 Eldo)

[usedtobefast]

Honda 500 Interceptor.  I think it was the size, light weight, happy happy motor combo.  And I thought it looked great.  Sad after selling it. Have had a total of 3 of these. 

[Ncdan]

Mary Ann Smith, no wait, Motorcycle.😂....that would be my first Guzzi, 2004 California EV. It sprung a leak at the rear differential and the only place I could get to work on it was a Harley mechanic who told me not to bring it back when I picked it up. I got spooked and sold it to a guy who drove down all the way from way up north and paid me what I had in it.

[Lannis]

The RD400C that Fay bought me as a wedding present in 1976, and that I traded for a Vespa in 1979.

The '50 Indian Chief in excellent running condition that I was offered in 1978 for $900 and passed it up ...

I don't want to talk any more about it, it's too painful ....

Lannis

[jwinwi]

R80GS... twice! Like to have the $$$$ they are worth now. Nice bikes but they could never feel as solid as a Guzzi.

Also, the generally unloved Honda FT500 Ascot. Bought a nearly new red '82  in '84?. Resale values haven't done *quite* as well as the R80GS which means I could afford to pick up a nearly identical copy this past summer. Gotta go through it and try to slow down the oil leaks but it's like going back in time riding my first real motorcycle again!

[Devildog]

Laverda 1000 RGA, test rode it, had wife's blessing, but didn't buy it....kick myself often.

[Adk.IBO]

Only one I regret selling out of 26, my 2000 Beta 200. Easy to care for, fun and challenging to ride. Kept riding skills sharp. The occasional fall would remind me it hurts to not stay up on 2 wheels while not doing so at crippling or debilitating speed. The occasioal Trials competition was easy to participate in too. I would love to find another, need to save for one...

[inditx]

Good experiences being shared, thanks and keep em coming!

[Gusable]

My only guzzi.  98 EV blue.  In process of getting back.  Redemption. 😘😘😘😘

[usedtobefast]

Most of my Ducatis. 

I had an odd process:
- developed strong desire for particular Ducati, decide I have to have it
- obtain Ducati, have fun
- get tried of certain traits/issues/annoyances, sell Ducati
- then miss Ducati

Repeat with slightly different Ducati model 

[usedtobefast]

And a slightly different take on this ... I was afraid of parting with my supermotard bikes ... thought I would miss them too much.

Sold them (I had 3), and don't miss them at all. 

Here's a pic of a booming 650 Husaberg motard ...

[SmithSwede]

1978 BMW R80/7. 

Tried to make first wife happy.   Didn't work.  Divorced. 

[willowstreetguzziguy]

You know... I LOVE the K75S!  Its really one of not only nicest looking bikes of that era, but just so sweet to ride!!!  that being said... I dont know if I would trade a LM for it. :)

Had 2 K75's from 1986-2016. A very NICE bike but Booooooooring! Much more exciting with the 1200 Sport, so much more!!!

[twowheeladdict]

I wish I could have kept them all.  The ones I regret selling are the ones I bought used that were already extremely modified because I would not spend that kind of money modifying those particular bikes. 

[kingoffleece]

Without question the first year SuperGlide we had.  The original round swingarm boat tail bike.

[JJ]

No regrets on 34 bikes owned / ridden in >50 years. 

In the end, we are all just "CARETAKERS" of these fine machines.     There is no looking back, IMHO...

After you have enjoyed them...let someone else have the fun! and carry on....

However, that being said, there are quite a few bikes I would like to own and ride before I pass on!!

[leroysch]

'77 Yamaha 650

The standard version.

First bike I bought new. Learned all about brushes and their role in a charging system courtesy of a BMW rider at 2AM at a rest stop off of I-8 near Yuma....

[Huzo]

If I could have any one back..?
My first bike, a blue Honda SL 70

[Steve Scott]

Easy. 1972 CB175. Red/Black/White. A real motorcycle 'cept in 5/8 scale with fit and finish far above the price point and what is expected of an entry-level machine.

[larrys]

A LM IV, white with a red frame. This one has a funny story. Twenty five years ago I knew a merchant sailor who loved Moto Guzzis. When he came back from a six month voyage with pockets full o' cash he would buy a Guzzi. Then he would bring it to me to sort out and tune up. Every time it seemed, there would be something about the bike he wouldn't like and he'd sell it. Then, back from another voyage, he'd buy a different model Guzzi. Well, he brought this Lemans for me to go through. It had a cam, Agostini cam gears, lightened flywheel, racing clutch, Bub mufflers, K+N's, and supposedly rejetted. He said it was really fast. It was not correctly jetted, timing and valve adjustment was way out of whack. When I got through with it, it was really fast. He picked it up, and sure as s#!t, was back at the shop in a couple of days.. It was too fast, and he wanted to sell it right now. I didn't want it and offered him$500 less than he initially paid for it. There I was, a Lemans owner. Rode it for a year and sold it 'cause I knew it was trouble for me. It was not happy at legal speeds... Still regret letting that one go.
Larry

[Toecutter]

Shoulda kept my '83 VT750. I just wasn't a good enough mechanic at the time to get it running right. If I knew then what I know now. But I liked it. For all it's weird ergos, "10 pounds of mechanical workings stuffed in in a 5 pound box" build aesthetic, and slightly "off" Japanese take on American styling... it was a great bike, and was surprisingly non-cruiser like in handling and power.

[bpreynolds]

I lose count, but I think I’ve had somewhere between 25-30 bikes in the last 15 or so years.  I miss near all of them, but a few I miss on a regular basis:
-2011 White Stelvio which I thought was a total looker and which I have at various times poorly attempted to buy back
-2010 Street Triple.  Mamma Mia what an amazing little Might Mouse engine is that 675!
-2007 Ducati GT1000
-2017 V9 Roamer

But really, of all of them there is only one that I truly “regretted” selling was my very first Guzzi, a 2003 California Stone Touring (grey and silver).  I went on to have 3 more 1100 Calis and even one near identical silver/grey 2004 Cali touring.  I don’t think it’s so much the bike that I regret, though I do love that 1100 engine, had more to do with the circumstances of why.  I was splitting with my ex, sold her the house, moved into an apartment, and was needing some quick money for a down payment on a new home.  And too, after a year of owning the bike and only having it literally in my hands for six months of that year due to recalls, I was down on the bike about exactly the time I got it sorted.  I fire sold it for some spare cash.  That did help me get some quick money for the house I did eventually buy but honestly, I could probably have just kept the bike and mortgage borrowed the $3800 or whatever it was that I made on the sell of the bike.  It was only two months later I got to missing the bike so badly that I bum rushed a purchase on a Bassa out of Texas that was a bit of a turd upon arrival. So I regret selling the bike not because I would have kept it - I wouldn’t have; rather, I regret selling it because I would have enjoyed riding it a bit more and because I might not have made further stupid decisions when missing it after it was gone.