Advice on selling my bike

[Minto]

Sorry Niel, ive not been around much recently due to spending way too much time working to pay the ever increasing bills. I seem to have missed some goings on. What are you swapping that beautiful old flash for? You fancy a new Goldie?
I do know what you mean about the tinkering, I've got a big old list of stuff to do but very little time, and pretty much no motivation to spend any time on the floor of my very cold garage.

[Joolstacho]

Many 0f us ol' bastards are facing a similar fate. I've spent about 35 years building my RGS pretender starting with just a (very shagged) grasstracker engine. And she's finally finished, -well these things are never REALLY finished are they? There's always another little tweak we can do. But now, I'm afraid that I might never get to ride it on the roads 'in anger'. Yes she hauls up and down the long driveway beautifully. The JVC carb is a revelation after about 4 dismal Amal attempts. The body is failing.
BUT... I'm not going to sell the bastard!!! Even if it's just so I can walk past it in the workshop everyday and feel the love... It's staying put!!!
The older I get, the less important money is. (And I'm very very far from well-off).

[Greybeard]

Sorry Niel, ive not been around much recently due to spending way too much time working to pay the ever increasing bills. I seem to have missed some goings on. What are you swapping that beautiful old flash for? You fancy a new Goldie?
I do know what you mean about the tinkering, I've got a big old list of stuff to do but very little time, and pretty much no motivation to spend any time on the floor of my very cold garage.

Yes Minto, I'm buying a new Legacy model Gold Star. I want a bike that will be easy to live with. The GF has to go because I do not have room for two machines. The money from the old bike will go towards the new bike.

[berger]

GB put the GF on show in the house , if the trouble and strife doesn't like it trade her in 

[Worty]

GB put the GF on show in the house , if the trouble and strife doesn't like it trade her in 

I was gonna say Bergs, if I'd wanted an easy life, I probably should have never married.  Having said that, being married and having old bikes have something going for them both.   Can't fault GB's logic though.

[Worty]

Many 0f us ol' bastards are facing a similar fate. I've spent about 35 years building my RGS pretender starting with just a (very shagged) grasstracker engine. And she's finally finished, -well these things are never REALLY finished are they? There's always another little tweak we can do. But now, I'm afraid that I might never get to ride it on the roads 'in anger'. Yes she hauls up and down the long driveway beautifully. The JVC carb is a revelation after about 4 dismal Amal attempts. The body is failing.
BUT... I'm not going to sell the bastard!!! Even if it's just so I can walk past it in the workshop everyday and feel the love... It's staying put!!!
The older I get, the less important money is. (And I'm very very far from well-off).

Can't fault you either mate!

[Black Sheep]

I can't imagine selling the Flash after 50 years of ownership. It's such a good-handling good-performing reliable bike (first kick starter as well) that the empty space in the shed would just be too much. It's a machine I have full confidence in to get me where I'm going with no hassle or problems. A keeper.

[Worty]

I can't imagine selling the Flash after 50 years of ownership. It's such a good-handling good-performing reliable bike (first kick starter as well) that the empty space in the shed would just be too much. It's a machine I have full confidence in to get me where I'm going with no hassle or problems. A keeper.

I guess you know where your bikes been over the last 50 years, so have full confidence in it!

[Greybeard]

GB put the GF on show in the house , if the trouble and strife doesn't like it trade her in 

I'm pretty sure she's out of guarantee. 😕

[Greybeard]

I'm in the middle of washing Emily for a professional photo shoot tomorrow. She just looks gorgious all wet and sexy.

[Worty]

You have to be some sort of machine, GB, to not fall in love all over again - lovely bike!  Either that or a totally heartless SOAB, I favour the former over the latter, by the way.  Just hard to part with a work of art that's shared your life for so long - or have I oversentimentalised that by a long way?

TBH, I'm now not sure if you're going to trade in the wife for a newer model as well - seems to be what you want.

[Greybeard]

TBH, I'm now not sure if you're going to trade in the wife for a newer model as well - seems to be what you want.

Make me an offer 🤔

[Worty]

TBH, I'm now not sure if you're going to trade in the wife for a newer model as well - seems to be what you want.

Make me an offer 🤔

Bike or wife??

[Greybeard]

Sounds good yeh?
https://youtube.com/shorts/IaquqCcZ0kQ?feature=share

[Greybeard]

TBH, I'm now not sure if you're going to trade in the wife for a newer model as well - seems to be what you want.

Make me an offer 🤔

Bike or wife??

For one of those options I might pay you 🤗