(03-05-2015 09:57 PM)Elipten Wrote: I understand him, and sadly no one has found a way to cheat the devil his due. Just wait or at least keep in touch with son.
I don't understand that a BIT.
Four thousand miles of use? In sealed storage ten years? WHAT pleasure is he getting out of it? He rode it so little; and so long ago...what could it mean to him?
Stuff like that...is just a burden. Sure, it would be fun to ride - IF he is able. In his 80s, he's not likely to be able to start or ride it. And it wouldn't be like he's reliving old times.
I know what a hoarder is, of course; and it's the prerogative of old age to be stubborn. But there comes a time to set aside everything: Baby rattles; kid's toys; the baubles of youth.
I had a set of skis in with some stored-away stuff...high-quality skis. Expensive at the time. And I had a great time with them, too-few years and too long ago.
I won't use them anymore. I'm too old and now the snow is too cold. And part of what skiing was about, the mating-dance of the young...is long behind me.
They're up for sale; for pennies. Get them gone.
Eventually I'll be the same way about my bikes. Frankly, it may be sooner than I want; while showing my BMW R1100RT to a buyer, I managed to...not put the side-stand down all the way, lean it over to put on the not-down stand, and DROP the thing.
No big thang; just a few scuffs. Engine off; and the buyer wasn't put off. He helped me out from under it; and did buy it.
But it's a foreshadowing of what's to come. And WHEN that time comes, I'd rather my toys go on to more life, to bring more joy...than to rot in a dead-air storage warehouse, slowly decomposing.