Whoah I got that close.... to giving up biking!

woofboxer · Post by **woofboxer** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:01 pm

About two years I was working away from home, it was winter and I didn't really have time to ride the S. I just got out of the habit of riding and the bike stayed in the garage. I came really close to flogging it a couple of times and the only thing that put me off was the rubbish 2nd hand values the £2.5k I was going to get wasn't really going to alter my life that much! Then this summer I started working in Central London. I'm biking to work and loving it...I've even started going out on it on my days off again. I called in on Vines at Guildford this weekend for a coffee. As you know BMW have launched a whole new range of bikes in the last couple of years. I looked at them all for a while then I thought "Nah thanks I'm really happy with what I've got" (that nice black T reg R1100S out in the car park).

So guys the moral of this tale is; if you're in a boring relationship, don't give up, you can rekindle that spark of excitement between you and soon every time feels like the first time...baby.

winger · Post by **winger** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:05 pm

Interesting story,in 37 years of bikeing(legally) i've never been,had thought,those kind of thoughts even for one milli second, i share bikeing with my wife,friends,there wifes,and nowhere days even their children!!!,it's an absolute addiction,Stafford Classic bike show,NEC,Valencia,christ i wish it was summer i'd be doing less!!!.

julian · Post by **julian** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:24 pm

Good man with a black T reg - the Gentelmen's choice

Where abouts in W.London are you. Tripe & myself are in Acton (Chiswick off-piste!).

JK

woofboxer · Post by **woofboxer** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:43 am

Staines and no Ali G jokes ta!

tripe · Post by **tripe** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:50 am

thought about trading in my S a few times this summer, trade in values were definitely a downer so spent a bit on it instead. After new suspension, tyres and lennies it was like having a new bike. Four days riding the lovely roads of Normandy made me realise that after a modest three years of owning my s and riding it everyday that it is a great bike and that it still has so much to offer.
I just wish I could find more time to ride it

SJ power filter arrived via a friend last night, looking forward to seeing what the difference will be ....again

Tripe

woofboxer · Post by **woofboxer** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:29 am

Sorry to be naive' but what are lennies?

RoLoo · Post by **RoLoo** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:56 pm

Lennie's Induct

cc mac · Post by **cc mac** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:46 pm

Black T reg, hear hear, future classic.

old rocker · Post by **old rocker** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:07 pm

Hi cc.
How your black beauty getting on with the gearbox? Still in Colwyn bay bike shop?

Dave.