Agent Orange
The b0y ninja
I bought my first bike when I was 18, my 93 ZX-7 as pictured in my avatar. Got out of riding for several years and got back into it and bought 2000 R1, 03 R6, 05 SV 650s, an old beater 87 250. Sold all that and got out of riding again. When the pandemic hit, I decided to swear off BART and started commuting in by car. I thought, 'well what about when traffic comes back, maybe I should look into getting another bike?'. I was really, really close on pulling the trigger for a Ninja 400 until I ran into a few dealers who wanted way too much for what they were asking for. Then I thought long and hard if the money I was spending would be worth the ROI.
And the answer was a flat no. Theres a huge cost in keeping a motorcycle. For one thing, all my gear was really old or missing. So I'd have to get new gear. Then there's the cost of insurance and maintenance. And then I thought about all the close calls I've had in my car with uber drivers. Now that I have mortgage, do I really want to risk getting creamed to end up at a hospital an no longer be able to go hiking with my friends, do indoor rock climbing, do jiu jitsu? And the answer was a flat out fuck no. So its a matter of cost / reward ratio. Its just not there for me anymore.
And the answer was a flat no. Theres a huge cost in keeping a motorcycle. For one thing, all my gear was really old or missing. So I'd have to get new gear. Then there's the cost of insurance and maintenance. And then I thought about all the close calls I've had in my car with uber drivers. Now that I have mortgage, do I really want to risk getting creamed to end up at a hospital an no longer be able to go hiking with my friends, do indoor rock climbing, do jiu jitsu? And the answer was a flat out fuck no. So its a matter of cost / reward ratio. Its just not there for me anymore.