Got on my first ever mbike 4 y ago at the midlife crisis age of 47. Infact I wanted a big scooter as i saw a pile of piaggio x9s in Paris with leather cowlings and lots of switches (can you see where this is going)....
I had already seen the goldwing light parade in blackpool (im in uk) and decided that motorbikes were for nutters (thats my mother talking) and goldwings for rich nutters...and illuminated goldwings well....
but you know midlife crises, they change you. I got my bike ticket and bought a sensible bike - a honda deauville. its taken two of us across spain - and i think riding is fun (even if i dont scrape the pegs on the corners or scare the chickens)
The thing is, i looked at a GL1500 yesterday fully loaded coupleof holes in the leatther (did the pillion smoke!!) and 42k on clock - for a shade under £5k -quite expensive but from a dealer. D*mn I wanted it. But its so goddam big!
The 125shadow i started with felt huge when i got it. The deauville the same- both shrunk away with use. Im half thinking i should get a pan first... but i want a goldwing (turns out I just didnt realise) but keep the dv for work...
Talk me out of it guys! Thoughts?
I had already seen the goldwing light parade in blackpool (im in uk) and decided that motorbikes were for nutters (thats my mother talking) and goldwings for rich nutters...and illuminated goldwings well....
but you know midlife crises, they change you. I got my bike ticket and bought a sensible bike - a honda deauville. its taken two of us across spain - and i think riding is fun (even if i dont scrape the pegs on the corners or scare the chickens)
The thing is, i looked at a GL1500 yesterday fully loaded coupleof holes in the leatther (did the pillion smoke!!) and 42k on clock - for a shade under £5k -quite expensive but from a dealer. D*mn I wanted it. But its so goddam big!
The 125shadow i started with felt huge when i got it. The deauville the same- both shrunk away with use. Im half thinking i should get a pan first... but i want a goldwing (turns out I just didnt realise) but keep the dv for work...
Talk me out of it guys! Thoughts?