My mother always told me not to fall in love with objects. I think there are a few exceptions…
Length of Ownership: Since November 2019 – Present Most Liked: Adaptable cruise control
Most hated: Those expensive wheels that I keep on hitting potholes with….
Length of Ownership: September 20, 2020 – June 25, 2021 Most liked: heated hand grips and comfy seat
Most hated: I couldn’t buy a BMW R850 GS
Length of ownership: May 10, 2020 – October 8, 2020
Purchase Location: Longmont, Colorado
Most Liked: The fat-ass tires that are literally indestructible. This bike wants to go face first into the curb…
Most Hated: This bike was the best girlfriend I could ever ask for. But I dumped her….
Length of Ownership: April 26, 2020 – May 5, 2020
Purchase Location: Denver, Colorado
Most Liked: Nothing, that bike was a POS
Most Hated: Everything, I sold it within two weeks of buying… and made a profit
Length of ownership: February 4, 2020 to Present
Purchase location: Boulder, Colorado
Most Liked: The seats that fold down flat and the 247 HP Engine
Most hated: The super slow transmission and the coolant leak.
Length of ownership: July 13, 2019 to November 29, 2019
Purchase location: Melbourne, Australia
Most liked: Drinking some beer and going for a midnight ride
Most hated: What is not to like about a bicycle!!
Length of ownership: January 2, 2018 to 2018 to February 7, 2019
Purchase location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Most Liked: Riding through the Ha Giang Loop in Northern Vietnam. This bike was ridden from Hanoi all the way down to Ho Chi Manh City
Most hated: Not the most reliable bike in the world…
Length of Ownership: Spring 2017 to Spring 2019
Location of Ownership: Glastonbury, Connecticut
Most liked: Shifting into 2nd gear and hearing that metallic BMW exhaust sing. Always having the cover down even when you shouldn’t
Most hated: The odometer… tried to fix hundreds of times without success.
Length of Ownership: Spring 2017 to Summer 2018
Location of Ownership: Glastonbury, CT
Most Liked: Putting the kayaks and canoes on top and going for an adventure.
Most hated: That car was a POS
Length of ownership: Summer 2013 to Spring 2017
Location of ownership: Bolton, Connecticut
Most Liked: The raw power of the 3.0 liter 6 cylinder and the metallic sound on the exhaust
Most Hated: The black leather interior
Since that Honda Win was such a memorable experience, here are some more pictures of that bike:
Here are some of the things I have rented in the last few years:
Three Chiricos 