Ownership til the day you depart this mortal coil or anything over a defined period of time?
Discuss....... or don't
Anything over 2000 miles
In my world they're all keepers till I get board of it or I want the next best thing 😂
Something you just click with. I've never got the '6 month ownership' thing. Just seems like you didn't really want it in the first place to me. Shortest ownership I've had is nearly 18mths on a GSXR750 because it was shit and I couldn't make it less shit with parts.
Then again I've only ever had one test ride on a prospective purchase in 30 years of owning bikes.
never used the term myself, as there is always something prettier and shinier out there.
that said the 899 has been in my garage than any other bike i have owned...will be 5 years this june!
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1 of them is a keeper. Maybe 2, depending what day it is.
Quote from: The Wizard of MOz on January 14, 2019, 10:58:10 AM
Quote from: Alzo on January 14, 2019, 06:59:02 AM
Anything over 2000 miles
1000
Or just run in :rofl:
Never had that " keeper " mindset until i bought the Z900RS Cafe.
I reckon that i have found the one that does it for me in my retirement years.. :rofl: :cool:
OK, so here's my slightly warped opinion on it........ a keeper is a bike you keep beyond the point that you buy its replacement
Make sense?
Keeper - One I wouldn't/didn't sell. I usually prefer to write them off than willingly part with it for something as sordid as cash.
It's clearly an item you intend to keep forever. My keepers live forever in my memory...so that qualifies.
Long live the keepers.
For me a keeper is a bike that "theoretically" you could keep "forever". It may not be a perfect bike, it may not tick every single box but it's a bike you just couldn't see yourself parting with, even if you can't explain why. I don't see a keeper as a life long thing, but for me that's largely due to money. If money was no object I'd have a ton of so called keepers, but that would likely be the prettiness factor.
I have seemingly got on so well with the Explorer that I genuinely don't see me changing it any time soon, so for now, it's a keeper.
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1 of them is a keeper. Maybe 2, depending what day it is.
The big bus is deffo a keeper Davie :cool: :cool:
Quote from: Kitb4460 on January 15, 2019, 08:24:23 AM
Quote from: GRUMPY on January 14, 2019, 03:56:30 PM
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1 of them is a keeper. Maybe 2, depending what day it is.
The big bus is deffo a keeper Davy :cool: :cool:
Big Green Bus is a definite keeper. Too much time and money spunked on it to sell. Plus I love it. :cool:
1000 miles, that's the last 3 weeks :laugh:
Quote from: PJ on January 14, 2019, 10:43:26 PM
For me a keeper is a bike that "theoretically" you could keep "forever".
That makes most sense to me. It's rare we're literally able to keep a bike indefinitely, so it comes down to whether you would, or would have kept a bike if you could.
It's difficult though...... I'd have loved to have kept the Ducati 900ss I had, but only because it was as close to a 888 as I could get.
They are all keepers but the timescale varies :rofl: :rofl: (maybe dependant on who you are). For me it's a bike I feel really comfortable on whether it's bimbling about, ragging it around with a group of mates, hammering it on track (been a while) etc etc. For me it's not one specific bike but a genre, the Speed/Street Triples. Have had 2008 Speed 1050, 2103 StreetR 675 and currently Street RS 765 they just suit me.
Of the other bikes I've had the one I kind of regret letting go is the 1985 GPZ900R that I bought for £600 off ebay, it wasn't perfect, wasn't in original colours and when I had finished didn't even have it's original forks and rear wheel (but that actually made it a better bike) but after 3 1/2 years of ownership and enjoyment I got £750 for it. Would be nice to have it in the garage now but it isn't so onwards we go.
For me a keeper would be a bike that you look at and to you just makes sense. One that you love to look at and to ride . you never get bored of it. To you its perfect regardless of newer models having better this or that.
There will alway be something newer faster, better kit, but no matter how many of those come along your "keeper" surpasses them all in the feeling it gives you looking t it and riding it.
Effectively your "keeper" is your wife but in mechanical form with two wheels.
Some find them earlier in life, some after a few models under their belt, some think they want a better model then go back to the one that had the biggest emotional connection to them.
Quote from: Neio79 on January 19, 2019, 11:27:29 AM
For me a keeper would be a bike that you look at and to you just makes sense. One that you love to look at and to ride . you never get bored of it. To you its perfect regardless of newer models having better this or that.
There will alway be something newer faster, better kit, but no matter how many of those come along your "keeper" surpasses them all in the feeling it gives you looking t it and riding it.
Effectively your "keeper" is your wife but in mechanical form with two wheels.
Some find them earlier in life, some after a few models under their belt, some think they want a better model then go back to the one that had the biggest emotional connection to them.
Effectively your "keeper" is your wife but in mechanical form with two wheels. :undecided: :undecided:
But i got divorced..
Quote from: Kitb4460 on January 19, 2019, 03:54:49 PM
Quote from: Neio79 on January 19, 2019, 11:27:29 AM
For me a keeper would be a bike that you look at and to you just makes sense. One that you love to look at and to ride . you never get bored of it. To you its perfect regardless of newer models having better this or that.
There will alway be something newer faster, better kit, but no matter how many of those come along your "keeper" surpasses them all in the feeling it gives you looking t it and riding it.
Effectively your "keeper" is your wife but in mechanical form with two wheels.
Some find them earlier in life, some after a few models under their belt, some think they want a better model then go back to the one that had the biggest emotional connection to them.
Effectively your "keeper" is your wife but in mechanical form with two wheels. :undecided: :undecided:
But i got divorced..
So did I :rofl:
Quote from: Neio79 on January 19, 2019, 05:28:29 PM
Quote from: Kitb4460 on January 19, 2019, 03:54:49 PM
Quote from: Neio79 on January 19, 2019, 11:27:29 AM
For me a keeper would be a bike that you look at and to you just makes sense. One that you love to look at and to ride . you never get bored of it. To you its perfect regardless of newer models having better this or that.
There will alway be something newer faster, better kit, but no matter how many of those come along your "keeper" surpasses them all in the feeling it gives you looking t it and riding it.
Effectively your "keeper" is your wife but in mechanical form with two wheels.
Some find them earlier in life, some after a few models under their belt, some think they want a better model then go back to the one that had the biggest emotional connection to them.
Effectively your "keeper" is your wife but in mechanical form with two wheels. :undecided: :undecided:
But i got divorced..
So did I :rofl:
me too :rofl: :rofl: