Or is it? I have just sold my BMW 1200GS and am bikeless. Remarkable lack of depreciation - bought for 9500 in 2013 sold for 7200 today, low tax , low insurance ( <£100) and low MoT. But I am ageing , and at just over 200kg the bike is heavy to handball about. Whats more my concentration / mental alertness on the road isnt what it was when I fisrt took up biking almost 50 years ago so maybe life in a tin can is better. Certainly safer
But giving up is awfully final isnt it? I gave up once before after a helicopter ride into A&E but 6 months later I was looking at parked bikes I bought an Elise as a bike substitute. 18 months later I had a KTM 990. I know that I should give up...............
I am lucky that I can afford a few toys though in total they cost less than a fancy Aero. But bikes are only second to sailing boats in the pecking order, both giving a sense of freedom that simply isnt available in a car. So I wonder what the future holds. Dammit, I gave up smoking many year ago, I am teetotal these days, on a semi permanent diet . where is the fun?
SWMBO is pretty damn sure and it has two wheels.
