Well, not my wife, but another guy's wife. That's what this guy told me today in the parking lot of a restaurant. His wife thinks ...
Well, not my wife, but another guy's wife. That's what this guy told me today in the parking lot of a restaurant. His wife thinks he'll get killed on a motorcycle.
As my wife and I left a restaurant yesterday, I saw him crouched down behind my Yamaha Road Star, with his head cocked to one side, looking down the lines and curves of the bike.
He asked me if it was the Road Star 1100 or the Road Star 1700. I said, "Well, the 1100 is the V-Star. This is the 1700 Road Star."
"What year is it?" he asked.
"2004" I said.
He went on to tell me how much he wanted a motorcycle, but his wife was against it. She kept saying that he'll get killed on it.
I told him to just go get one. "If you buy one and bring it home, what's she gonna do?" He just kinda nodda and said, "Yeah, but it's not that easy."
He looked to be in his 50s, and told me that he had ridden motorcycles in his teen years, and just itched to get back on again. I suppose that's pretty much like most of us. I told him, "If you don't get one now, you never will."
This guy also said that he wanted something to commute back and forth to work, and something that will take him to Phoenix and back (to Southern California). I told him the V-Star 1100 will definitely do that, but my preference is the Road Star, particularly since that's what I've been riding.
"Yeah, the more I keep looking at bikes, the more my wife complains about it", he went on to say. I told him to just go with what you want. "It's not like you're cheating on her."
"If one day she came home with a $3,000 diamond ring, you'd probably throw a fit too. But you'd probably let her keep it knowing it made her happy."
"Just get the bike."
As my wife and I left a restaurant yesterday, I saw him crouched down behind my Yamaha Road Star, with his head cocked to one side, looking down the lines and curves of the bike.
He asked me if it was the Road Star 1100 or the Road Star 1700. I said, "Well, the 1100 is the V-Star. This is the 1700 Road Star."
"What year is it?" he asked.
"2004" I said.
He went on to tell me how much he wanted a motorcycle, but his wife was against it. She kept saying that he'll get killed on it.
I told him to just go get one. "If you buy one and bring it home, what's she gonna do?" He just kinda nodda and said, "Yeah, but it's not that easy."
He looked to be in his 50s, and told me that he had ridden motorcycles in his teen years, and just itched to get back on again. I suppose that's pretty much like most of us. I told him, "If you don't get one now, you never will."
This guy also said that he wanted something to commute back and forth to work, and something that will take him to Phoenix and back (to Southern California). I told him the V-Star 1100 will definitely do that, but my preference is the Road Star, particularly since that's what I've been riding.
"Yeah, the more I keep looking at bikes, the more my wife complains about it", he went on to say. I told him to just go with what you want. "It's not like you're cheating on her."
"If one day she came home with a $3,000 diamond ring, you'd probably throw a fit too. But you'd probably let her keep it knowing it made her happy."
"Just get the bike."
