Good bye Vstrom

[Water Warrior 2]

Sold the Vstrom 3 hours ago. Got my asking price and all is well. Threw in some riding gear I don't need and it just sweeetened the deal. Do I miss the bike............no. At least not yet. I think my time has come to hang up my boots and drive 4 wheels again full time.
My riding career has been pretty good overall. Never crashed or got hit on the street. Dirt riding doesn't count of course, falling is a fact of life off-road.
Don't panic, I'm not leaving the forum just yet. I feel there is still a little wisdom and experience to share with forum members and all the newbies in the wings.

[JWR]

You do what you got to do.

As long as you are happy, that is all that counts.

Later, who knows.

:)

[northsidegz]

Congratulations on the sale!

Glad to hear you'll still be around. Your helpful comments are always fun to read.

[blaine]

Congts on the sale W.W. Glad to see your sticking around!!
:) :2tup:

[bpdchief]

WOW the end of an era... Parting is such sweet sorrow and all that other crap. :itsokay:

I give it a year and you'll be telling us about the sweet new bike in the garage. Glad you got your full price...had we lived closer I might have bought it myself :)

Stick around and share your vast wisdom as there are now and will continue to be those who would benefit from the GWN way of thinking :retard: :ghey: :drool:

Just promise to warn us before you go so we can get email, phone number or something to keep in touch.

[Rookie Rider]

Kinda sad to hear, but you know what you feel. Thanks for staying here, you taught me quite a few things, and i laughed as i learned, youre a funny guy. Thank you for that.

[Water Warrior 2]

Stick around and share your vast wisdom as there are now and will continue to be those who would benefit from the GWN way of thinking :retard: :ghey: :drool:


:lol: :lol: Actually I live a bit north of there. The Vancouver area is the San Francisco of the north.

As for another bike, who knows.

[Maggie]

If I recall, you kind of stopped riding a while ago, but you're still here. With or without a bike, you ARE a huge part of this community and very much valued and respected. So, congratulations on moving in the direction you need to move as far as the bike goes and, as long as you stay here, I am good. (Or I'll get a posse and hunt you down!) :neener:

[PimpS]

WW, your bike is gone, but you are not! Let it stay that way, you're way too experienced to let us go!

[PimpS]

I hope many of us could say that, what you had when selling our bikes...

[mole2]

Congrats, WW, but don't even think of leaving. We don't need you going the way of Saris. lol We need your knowledge around here. :)

[Water Warrior 2]

Thank you to all of you. The GZ forum is my favorite because of the folks here. I am still very interested in bikes and lurk on many forums just for general knowledge and hints about riding and wrenching.
This is what lead me to owning a Vstrom for 7 years. Everyone spent time riding and needed very few time outs for wrenching. And the GZ shares some of it's traits. It may be an older simpler design but it is a rider's bike. Few factory warts to plague the owner.
The fellow who bought the Vstrom said a certain model of BMW had a 4 hour teardown just to replace a headlight bulb. A GZ is 5 minutes anytime or anywhere. That is the kind of knowledge to consider when buying a bike. Comparing a GZ and a BMW is kinda weird at best but it hits the wallet big time for a BMW owner. How many GZ owners would pay 4 hours shop time for a headlight bulb change? The answer is 2 times. The first time and the last time.
Back to the start of this reply. The members are great and come from a long line of different bike ownership, both big and small displacements. Some folks only have a GZ while others have a garage full of bikes and the GZ is the errand runner of the bunch. It can also be a somewhat slower touring bike(Lynda proved that)if you ride it with it's capabilities in mind.
It's now 3:00 A.M. almost time for some sleep. Night all.

[jonathan180iq]

Heck man, just hang around for the camaraderie. Spent most of your time in the future making jokes and busting people's balls. I'd say you've earned it ;)

Glad you're satisfied with the sale. I always have a sense of loss after I let one go. Right now if the first time I have been without a bike for a period of more than a couple of weeks and I haven't really felt the internal desire to replace it. It's strange. But other things in life sometimes take precedent.

[alantf]

Have you got an old stool in the garage, so that when the urge overtakes you, you can sit astride it and twist the right wrist whilst going "vroom, vroom"? :roll:

[Water Warrior 2]

Have you got an old stool in the garage, so that when the urge overtakes you, you can sit astride it and twist the right wrist whilst going "vroom, vroom"? :roll:
Don't need a stool. We still have Lynda's M-50 parked downstairs. I can make real Vroom Vroom sounds. Wanna buy it?? You pay for the delivery/shipping of course. :lol: :lol:

[Way]

Holy moly, I missed all this! O_o

It's good that you're sticking around though. Maybe things will work out to the riding side again, who knows? In the meantime I'm sure the forum will keep you occupied. :poke2: