OK, so I've succumbed to the temptation. Here's my first non-audio post to this thread with something I just bought.
That's my younger son Brian, 27, with his first motorcycle that I always promised I'd buy him. The black one in front, a near mint condition 100% stock 1981 Kawasaki KZ550 LTD, just over 11K miles on it. What's unusual is that behind him is his second bike that also showed up on the same truck, delivered by a long-time friend of mine. It's got 14,693 miles on it, a 2012 Triumph Bonneville SE.
My friend had called me a couple days before he was to deliver the KZ550 to finalize the time and mentioned then that he'd just picked up another bike and "should I put it on the truck?" Hell yeah, especially at the "package price" he gave me. As it turns out, unbeknownst to me the Bonneville SE is "my dream bike", said son. Back on 4/1/2011 when I bought my Triumph Tiger 800 ABS he gave me a ride down in his car so I could ride it home. While I was handling the paperwork, he sat on every bike in the showroom and settled on THAT bike, and in THAT color as fitting him and his taste best. I had no input on that and he never told me about it. Until it showed up at my house.
He has the Kwacker for now, and will until he passes the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Basic Rider Course (in MA passing the course gets you your M/C license) and shows he's competent. Then he sell the KZ550 and buy the Triumph from me. Cool. I always wanted to ride with him. He put over 30,000 miles on my bike as a passenger from the time he was 8 until about 11-1/2 when he got too big. Now he can pilot his own ride!
