Decisions decisions...

Been thinking about selling my sweetheart, but for good reasons... I think?

Problem:
I don't have much time to ride anymore mostly due to the fact that I have a three year old and another one on the way. Any quick blast I get on the weekend is just that, a quick blast! I can't commute on my bike anymore because I have to drop off and pickup my son from daycare every weekday. I hate to say it, but I have gotten to the point were I go out to the garage start up the Superduke just to see if it will in fact start up!

Solution:
Sell my Superduke and buy another supermoto for myself and a 50cc for the boy. a motard is great for a quick blast and I can take it easy with the little guy on the weekends. I don't think my broke body can handle super tight trails anymore anyways.

Question:
What do you all think?

...I know I know. Both would be ideal.

Its a passing phase. Give yourself an uppercut and carry on regardless.

Tough choice, for sure. I know it would hurt like hell to get rid of mine, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. All depends on the type of riding you expect to do, and how much riding, of course. Before getting my SD, my previous ride was a Yamaha WR250X. It was an awesome bike for zipping around town. And with a set of dirt wheels, I could hit the trails every weekend. But now I live downtown in a very big city, and as much as I love the SD, I admit that it's outrageous overkill in the, where the old 250X would be ideal. I find myself making excuses to get out of the city on the weekend but it's often very difficult because I have a family, too.

Riding with the boy sounds like it would be great...I say go for it. The joy from that will make up for the pain of selling the SD.




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Sell it. Play Daddy for a spell. Take to the dirt if Juniors find it fun. Once they are in High School they won't have anything to do with you, your babysitting job is done. This should be just about the time the 1790 ExtraSuperSuperDuke is making it into the states and is said to deliver far more everything that we ride for. Go play with the horses and help Momma out.
I myself had little time for anything but career, dirt, work around the house, bonding with the boy, to much care if there was a bike in the garage I didnt have time for.
Speaking of which, my Boy will be home from your neck of the woods(Santa Cruz) in a couple of hours. I havent seen him since the SBK round at Laguna Seca.
I had one you have two, just think how much further that bike is going to be from starting.

Put the bike in storage and break the glass "when the time is right" once again,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I went through this when my kinds were younger. Sold my bike after I realised that it had sat in the garage with a flat tyre for a year. I played daddy for a while but the pull ended up being too strong. Once they had hit double digits and became more independent it freed up a lot more time. Probably better things you can do with the cash at this point in your life, if so sell it. You will always get another chance later on.

Most of the older forum members would have been there done this. had bikes when younger, then do the marriage, kids, job thing, then back to bikes when they get to their forties or fifties.

My advice would be, if you can afford it, keep the bike. Raising a family is a stressful job. As important as it is to be there for your family, you still need down time, you time, call it what you will. Don't give up being you.

That short little early morning blast can revitalize your whole outlook just when you wondering what it would be like to jump off a bridge.

I use to have a nice 71 Cutlass Supreme. It was a money pit and left me stranded everywhere. I sold it to buy my wife a new car back in the day. Now the new car has been replaced by another new car. Neither of the new cars have personallity like my old girl did. There just people movers. My Cutlass had character. Even though she was a bitch of an old lady she still turned heads and was a good ride. The relationship was completely dysfunctional. Oh...how I miss her.

The Superduke sometimes feels like it just doesn't fit my lifestyle anymore. I have been neglecting her. When I get the chance to saddle up and hit the twisties life itself is revitalized. Not just for me, but for her too. Twist the throttle, raise the front and unleash the demons! Fight fire with fire until there's nothing left but a smoking rear tyre and beat down sweaty pilot with a shit eating grin ear to ear. Ain't nothing about it right, but it is in every way! She's the perfect whip that sets me straight. She's completely dysfunctional and so right for me. It's my duty to not leave her stranded.

The Superduke is what makes Dad, Daddy!

...besides my wife won't let me sell it. she doesn't want me to have any regrets. That works for me. No regrets, The sexy beast stays.

Thought I throw these up. She had a heart of gold!

Sorry it's a photo of a photo.

My son is loving his little giant too! I thought about getting him a 50cc a few times. However I'm just going to upgrade his balance bike to a bmx push bike. Free to run, quiet and its exercise to wear them out

The thought of selling may just be a phase, It has gone through my mind a couple of times. But I need to have something fun in the garage so I can escape on the occasion. Had a quick v8 car before the bike.