This is happening with depressing regularity. The Sierra foothills are infested with Harleys on the weekends. Everyone is spit and polish, like so many lemmings heading to the great ape hangers in the sky. Once in a great while I'll see a Hayabusa. And more times than I like the bikes are a mess.
Bald tires, scrapped up panels, dirt, dirt and more dirt. The rear fender has been eliminated and the replacement parts look like they are held together with gaffer tape. Funky stickers half peeled off dominate the fairing sides. The wheels are black with grime and brake dust. I don't get it -- one of the iconic bikes of the 21st Century treated like a third-owner '86 Honda motocrosser.
On Sunday, I saw a blue -- I think it was, but it was so dirty I could not say for sure -- and silver mid-2000 Gen I up in Plymouth at my favorite breakfast place, The Dead Fly Cafe. The tires were more than shot, the back tire was clearly showing the inner cording. The whole bike looked like it had sat out in the driveway since it was new -- and a driveway next to a cement factory...
My Harley riding friends say to me that Japanese bikes have no resale value and they all look like crap after a few years. Don't know its value, but mine looks pretty much like the day I bought it in 2007.
Seriously, why do so many riders let their beautiful Hayabusas go to the dogs?
Rant light off,
Tq
Sacramento
Bald tires, scrapped up panels, dirt, dirt and more dirt. The rear fender has been eliminated and the replacement parts look like they are held together with gaffer tape. Funky stickers half peeled off dominate the fairing sides. The wheels are black with grime and brake dust. I don't get it -- one of the iconic bikes of the 21st Century treated like a third-owner '86 Honda motocrosser.
On Sunday, I saw a blue -- I think it was, but it was so dirty I could not say for sure -- and silver mid-2000 Gen I up in Plymouth at my favorite breakfast place, The Dead Fly Cafe. The tires were more than shot, the back tire was clearly showing the inner cording. The whole bike looked like it had sat out in the driveway since it was new -- and a driveway next to a cement factory...
My Harley riding friends say to me that Japanese bikes have no resale value and they all look like crap after a few years. Don't know its value, but mine looks pretty much like the day I bought it in 2007.
Seriously, why do so many riders let their beautiful Hayabusas go to the dogs?
Rant light off,
Tq
Sacramento
uke:
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