Selling your first bike...

[rob_scott92]

How did you feel?

After putting "The beast" on ebay last night, its given me a little sad feeling inside Not quite sure why to be honest, i know keeping it is unrealistic as i have my new bike and its been sat out there for about a month untouched anyway. But still, i've learnt quite a bit on this bike and its taken me on 100+ mile trips no problem. I suppose i'll miss the suprised feeling when it actually gets me somewhere safely

So how did you feel selling your first bike then?

Rob
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First bike: 1982 Suzuki Gs 125 'The beast MK1' > 1988 Honda Cb 350's' FOR SPORT! (Good ol' oil burner!) > 2001 Suzuki Sv 650 's' Made it out of the 80's! > 1997 Honda Cbr 600f :p

[Dazbo666]

Almost felt like I'd lost one of the family. Really sad to see it go, but it was unrealistic to keep it any longer. It was in quite a sad state at the time too, because it was a partially finished rebuild.

Plus the fact that the GPZ would have been jealous when pride of place in the garage was taken by the new bike LOL
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1st bike (Sept'06 - May'10) : 1991 GPZ500S / Current bike (since Nov 2009) : 2003 Suzuki Bandit 600N
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[Teflon-Mike]

[chris-red]

It's still in the Garden I couldn't do it.
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[N cee thirty]

well couldn't wait to get rid of it,but now i'm kind of missing it
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[rob_scott92]

[Alexio]

I ran my first Chinese bike in to the ground and the engine exploded!!

I didn't really care.

My CG? That I shall never sell I plan to also run this bike in to the ground and am currently trying my very hardest. It keeps just taking on the thousands of miles seemingly with no problem though
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will never give up his CG. I look at my fuel gauge more as a progress bar than a fuel gauge.
G: With my GSXR I do often effectively use it as a scooter with a clutch in town.
ms51ves3: why does it need 500 miles? Are you teaching it how to be a piston?

[rob_scott92]

[Alex A]

Treated my first bike (XR125) as a tool for getting about and not all that much more.

Had no hesitation or qualms selling it - it was small, slow, unstable (compared to what came later), uncomfortable on long journeys at 'speed', and a little neglected when it came to TLC.

It was never a shed, but because of ignorance and indifference I never took much pride in it as I have with some subsequent bikes.
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Current: Ducati Panigale R / Ducati Streetfighter S / Suzuki GSX-R1000 L5

[waffles]

I felt a little sad, it was a quirky thing that got me mobile on two wheels. Bless its little mechanical foibles! I think I will be sad to see the XT go when I pass my test but I took cash out of my savings to buy the TT and that needs to be replaced sharpish.
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Theory test - 19/8/09, CBT - 11/10/09, MOD 1 - 16/8/10, MOD 2 - 27/10/10
Past rides Yamaha XT125X, Triumph TT600, Honda XR250
Current rides Suzuki GSXR 600, Honda MSX125

[rob1701d]

just sold my 96 honda CG on ebay last week. the buyer came and picked it up on friday afternoon. watching him leave with my beloved CG was heart breaking, me and my wife stood in the the car park as we watched it disapeared round the corner, never to be seen again.

the wad of £20s in my hand did little to ease the pain, that bike was my very first bike. i had passed my test on it, spent weekends repairing it, had my first spill on it, in fact everything ive ever done on a bike was done for the first time on that CG.
"i should had taken more pictures" i said to my wife as the bike left with the strange man and his daughter who bought it, she hugged me and told me i would be alright, but i wasnt, I was upset for the rest off the day..

that was last friday..
today is monday and today i couldnt give a shit
today im having to much fun looking for a new bigger bike

[Alexio]

[Digitalize]

Im dreading have to sell mine.

She's slow, terrible on fuel, and not the most reliable bike in the world, but i love her, and she tries her best to keep up with the 125's
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[rob_scott92]

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