Mods on my Vulcan 500

[alanmcorcoran]

Well sort of but not really. Since I started riding the bike, I only use a car when it's raining or when I have to get something that won't fit in a saddlebag. Sometimes this is frequent, but I've gone weeks without driving a car. So I'm putting a lot less mileage on the car which means less insurance, less services, less tires, less brakes and less mileage (depreciation.) In fact, I traded cars with my daughter last September and gave her the more reliable one since I have alternatives. If you seen those bumper stickers that say "My other car is a piece of shit, too!" well, that would apply to me. My current car is my daughter's old '95 Camry coupe. Neither window goes down, the radio was ripped out of the dash, there are white butterfly decals all over the body and over 200,000 miles on the odometer. No suspension left to speak of and I think I can hear a pinhole in the exhaust manifold. I gotta jiggle the auto tranny handle to get the ignition to catch and the passenger window is yanked out of the door frame, so rain and wind can get in. Moonroof works fine, but I don't dare open it, cause you never know when it won't close anymore. But I hope to hold onto it until the Chevy Volt comes out and I see if I want to pay 40K for a potentially no gas vehicle.

Also, dh, if you have a crotch rocket (like a 1500cc Kawa) MC insurance in California will cost you a lot more than a KIA. It's damn cheap on the Geezer though.