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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: inditx on January 06, 2019, 12:54:40 PM
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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 :violent1:
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Bull xb12xt
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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.
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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...
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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. :)
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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:
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My first bike ever was a WHIZZER, that one Id like to still own :weiner:
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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.
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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)
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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. :grin:
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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.
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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
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R80GS... twice! Like to have the $$$$ they are worth now. Nice bikes but they could never feel as solid as a Guzzi. :cool:
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!
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Laverda 1000 RGA, test rode it, had wife's blessing, but didn't buy it....kick myself often.
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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...
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Good experiences being shared, thanks and keep em coming!
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My only guzzi. 98 EV blue. In process of getting back. Redemption. 😘😘😘😘
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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 :grin:
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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 ...
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1978 BMW R80/7.
Tried to make first wife happy. Didn't work. Divorced.
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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!!!
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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.
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Without question the first year SuperGlide we had. The original round swingarm boat tail bike.
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No regrets on 34 bikes owned / ridden in >50 years. :wink:
In the end, we are all just "CARETAKERS" of these fine machines. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: There is no looking back, IMHO...
After you have enjoyed them...let someone else have the fun! and carry on.... :cool: :thumb: :smiley: :wink:
However, that being said, there are quite a few bikes I would like to own and ride before I pass on!! :wink:
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'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....
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If I could have any one back..?
My first bike, a blue Honda SL 70
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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1997 900ss/sp. Had suspension sorted and flat slides. Wish i still had her...
(https://i.ibb.co/bF4YMDw/900SS-SP.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bF4YMDw)
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This one haunts me still... I had a good friend in Kewaunee,Illinois who had a 50 bike collection,was in the vintage bike club that does the Davenport swap meet,so very connected in the northern Illinois bike scene. He called me up and ask if I was interested in an early 70's Ducati,not sure what model but missing carbs.I had and still have an 1977 GTES that runs so why would I need another... Well it could have been a round case worth five times what my square case is or a750SS worth the Moon! Here is where it becomes a dream/ nightmare, in Cycle World there was an article on a guy named Bruce Findlayson,friend of Peter Egan,slimy crud,etc who found a 750SS in northern Illinois,restored it loved it,then shortly after got cancer and died...his slimy crud friends bought a park bench and had it installed in a city park near Blue Mound Wisconsin as a memorial.A friend and I rode up took a picture on the bench and to this day I wonder if it was the same bike...
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About twenty-seven years ago I sold a stunning 1975 Triumph T-160 Trident and as the tail light was hitting the horizon I regretted it, there was no real good reason to let it go... Within a few years I started looking for another.
Found one about two years ago. This one stays.
Best,
Rob
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The one that got away from me would have been my first bike if you don't count the briggs and straton powered mini bike of my childhood. It was 1979 and the bike was a 78 Lemans leftover priced at $3200.00. Wish I had it now,but on the other hand seeing how it would have been my first bike i'd probably would have been dead long ago. Fortunately at the time I was smart enough to have that exact thought. Settled for a 78 T-3 leftover for $2800.00.
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Vincent Comet
It was a basket case but if i had it now I would spend the time and money to fix it up.
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About twenty-seven years ago I sold a stunning 1975 Triumph T-160 Trident and as the tail light was hitting the horizon I regretted it, there was no real good reason to let it go... Within a few years I started looking for another.
Found one about two years ago. This one stays.
Best,
Rob
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That looks like the one in my garage except for the seat which seems to have a lot more padding in yours.
My getaway was the Norton 850 Commando I passed on for $700 back in 1982. Then again there was the old Bonnie, and the SR500. Miss both of them.
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35 bikes over the past 55 years.
Second biggest regret would be '84 RZ350 with Toomey pipes.
But number one regret for sure would be my Monza.... Bub mufflers, Dyna coils and ignition, custom made Works Performance shocks (I lived about a mile from them), 32mm Mikuni flat-slides, powder-coated wheels (blue). Bought it from Sonny Angel in 1986. Rode it for 20 years. Sold it because "I needed the money". What a mistake!!!
Of course the guy I sold it to did not honor his promise to offer me first refusal if he decided to sell it. Supposedly it ended up in or around Albequerqee NM.
If anyone knows where it is I will buy it back. Easy to recognize because of the mods.
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That looks like the one in my garage except for the seat which seems to have a lot more padding in yours.
My getaway was the Norton 850 Commando I passed on for $700 back in 1982. Then again there was the old Bonnie, and the SR500. Miss both of them.
The seat on the T-160 is a replacement that the previous (original) owner had put on it. I have the original as well.
Ya mean a Norton like this...? The 850 MkI is here for a mechanical clean up, belongs to a riding buddy here. It looks great in this photo however, the engine has small leaks and some other little issues.
Not to make you really regret it but this things runs so friggin' good, just a beast, great power.
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Hmmn,
'72 Honda 750 and '74 Kaw 900. Only because I could retire on those bikes today!
'75 Laverda 3C with handmade Cico faring. Again, because of the $$...AND it was red, :evil:
'71 Laverda 750SF. Geat bike, great brakes, had 3 major accidents on it and wife wanted it gone. So.
72 Guzzi 850GT. Strongest running loop I ever had. Took from Germany to Italy/Switzerland twice. Bone stock. Really wish I had that one back.
'80 Husky CR250 - 2 stroke crosser. lovely!
'78 Honda CR 250, Red Bomber. Great dirtbike and now really worth some $$$.
STILL HAVE: 72 Eldo bought in 1988. 72 N. Falcone. 69 LAverda 750SFC Replica. So, not so bad.
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Out of the following owned between 1986-2003:
78 KZ1000Z1-R
85 GPz900R Ninja
89 FZR400
90 ZX-7
92 851
95 Sport 1100
93 FZR1000
86 Le Mans 1000
99 ZRX1100
98 VFR800 x 2
00 ZX-12R
03 VFR800
91 VFR750
Out of this highly accomplished group, the '95 Sport 1100 was the only one that really burned a mark on my heart, despite having output shaft and drive box main seals go on road trips and generally being a PITA. I sold the world's fastest, most high-tech, twin to buy it, too. After I had remade the Sport in my image, it made it into Greg Field's book "Moto Guzzi Big Twins":
(https://i.ibb.co/L8Q7GDf/1995-Sport1100.jpg) (https://ibb.co/L8Q7GDf)
I was burned out on bikes between 03-16, but wanted another Sport 1100 with which to rejoin the sport. Couldn't find one, so I bought another 98 VFR800, the best overall bike I ever owned. But, as soon as a mint, local, Sport 1100 came up, it was game over for dull perfection. The Sport is now up to my standards, having had all potential failure items addressed, and much more, besides:
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I'll never sell it for as long as I ride.
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A Rickman Metisse with Bultaco center port power. Bought it from a local racer with Cemoto connections in 1972 or 73. Dad cleaned out the shed while I was out of town working, thought it was junk...oh well. Rarely sell anything now.
Best,
Peter
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Only 1............ NEVER should have sold it. I bought it to replace my XS1100, but a buddy fell in love with it and I sold it to him. It wasn't a great bike, but was unique and definitely scratched an itch. I've kept the others I truly love, and will never part with my XS11 or GRiSO, even after they are just display pieces in my garage and I cant ride anymore.
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At least I kept my XS1100.
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The '60 BMW R60 and the 1974 Norton Commando Interstate. Both departed during big life changes...a baby and a big move. I should have found a way to keep them.
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I almost instantly regretted buying my airhead, drunkenly bid high on ebay and won.... never again. when its good it is fun. It is never good.
currently, i am watching a good looking Mark III waltz on by cos i cannot sell my stinking airhead.
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Brian Reynolds red Ducati GT.
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I often have seller's remorse... So many regrets... So many bad decisions... I should have kept them all!
I regret selling my Ducati ST2 the most.
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I almost bought an American centennial 1976 Triumph Bonneville.It had a subdued red white and blue color scheme. I can’t seem to find a photo of it anywhere.
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The good? In some ways polar opposites. Most of all '77 LeMans, sold 2 years ago. RG500 Suzuki. Sold many years ago. No one should die that young. Worth serious $$ today.
The only bad bike I owned? Bought new. Contrary to every other opinion; The worst piece o' crap ever on 2 wheels, right out of the crate. R3~
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I've had sooooo many motorcycles over the years. Many were UJM's but there were a lot funky ones too. CX500 Turbo, multiple Interceptors of different displacements, a Bridgestone GTR, a few Triumphs, a Norton Interstate, some CZ and Bultaco dirtbikes, a half dozen Guzzi's, an RD400 and a RZ350, two Ducati's and at least a dozen dualsports.
The only one I've ever truly regretted selling was.....every TW200. I've had 4. I don't know why I keep selling the ones I buy because I immediately regret it and start looking for another. On the surface a TW200 is about the least appealing motorcycle ever made but I just love riding them.
Now...if you asked me what one motorcycle I regret not buying...that would be the brand new 96(?) 1100 Sport I test rode at AJ Cycle in MA on a whim. It was the first Guzzi I'd ever ridden. The intake honk made me think something was broken. It was really uncomfortable and felt heavy. Every time I looked down at the speedo during the test ride it was going at least 20mph faster than I thought it was. It was beautiful and ugly. I don't know why I didn't buy it. I still want one 22 years later.
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I almost bought an American centennial 1976 Triumph Bonneville.It had a subdued red white and blue color scheme. I can’t seem to find a photo of it anywhere.
There was a '77 Silver Jubilee (QE II's 25th anniversary), and a '81 Royal Wedding commemorative model, and an '02 Triumph "Centennial Commemorative" model to celebrate Triumph's 100 years ... but I was buying and drooling and keeping up with all the Triumphs back then, and I honestly don't think there was a Triumph "American Centennial" model made by Triumph. Maybe a local dealer did one up? There was a lot of "Bicentennial Fever" back then....
If someone's got a pic, I'll be ecstatic to learn something new ...
Lannis
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I almost instantly regretted buying my airhead, drunkenly bid high on ebay and won.... never again. when its good it is fun. It is never good.
currently, i am watching a good looking Mark III waltz on by cos i cannot sell my stinking airhead.
Details? What year? Where? How much?
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Sorry I believe it was for the bicentennial and not sure about all the details. I’m trying to contact someone who remembers the bike.
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There’s a few Nortons on this list. Mine was a ‘71 Commando Roadster. Bought it new and kept it for 15 years. Great to ride, look at and listen to, but a pain to maintain.
If not in perfect tune, the kickstarter would wear out my knee joint. Every nut and bolt vibrated loose weekly, and I had to stop every 50 miles to find a rock to screw the exhaust flange back in. With no dealers, no parts and no mechanical aptitude, it was hard to rationalize keeping it.
But it read my mind in the corners, and it hurt my heart when I left it behind to take a new job in the urban wasteland.
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There are bikes that I miss but without them leaving the fold I couldn't have my Griso and my Griso is the one that will never get away...
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The title sounds like a new Taylor Swift song 🤣
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These are great reading!
Thanks and keep them coming.
Haha yogidozer, I don’t think I can name a single Taylor Swift song.... :huh:
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Details? What year? Where? How much?
1976/77 R100s - Brisbane Australia - ummm it needs the brakes sorted and has a minor electrical issue. it owes me well in advance of 12k. i'm guessing its worth around 8k AUD
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I don't regret the bikes I have sold except for the Laverda Jota. An 81 model that had won the club concourse and was built on a good day. Stupidly sold to chase my Austrian girlfriend around Europe a long time ago. I still have dreams I'm riding that bike but it would probably cripple me now. I'm friends with the girl though and we keep in touch regularly. I regret some of the scooters I have sold however.
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Beautiful 1975 Suzuki 750 Water Buffalo. I had no money, wanted it REAL bad.
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1997 900ss/sp. Had suspension sorted and flat slides. Wish i still had her...
(https://i.ibb.co/bF4YMDw/900SS-SP.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bF4YMDw)
jpv7:
Please elaborate. Why the regret over selling this Ducati?
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LeMans 850, over a few hundred bucks
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Regrets...I have a few.
'65 YA6
'69 CB350
'72 CB450
'73 CB450
'75 Z1
'78 CT70
'78 Super Glide
'80 Low Rider
'83 Aspencade
'85 Aspencade
'85 650 Nighthawk