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Originally Posted by TreeDimensional  I had one just like that, I sold it to a collector. Now I know you are suffering from late-middle-age-crazy... the worst bike Yamaha ever made... The valve train in mine made enough noise to wake the dead. Even after it was rebuilt, I was ashamed to be seen on it. |
Oh I don't know, the wife is pretty used to my excesses by now. And she does love to ride:
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But I will admit that she wants me to get "A Bad Ass Harley" as she puts it, but I am resisting. The SR500 is, as you mentioned, a collectors item and I drove 1200 miles and paid about $1000 more for mine than it cost brand new.
When the stator failed I drove another 1200 miles to get another one as a parts bike, and this Sunday, if the price holds on eBay, I'll be picking up a third one. Could have bought that Harley I guess, but I just like the Thumper aspect of the thing.
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