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Happy (belated) Birthday!!! Maybe it's time for a belated birthday present, a brand spanking new 955i Daytona, from you to you????

Thanks Doc!

Oh! Oh! Oh! You sure know how to pile on the pressure. How can I now resist?

Tuesday 24 October 2006

OMG! I think it's beginning to happen. While I was at work today I heard this voice on the phone talking to Lings, the Triumph dealers down in Watton. It was arranging to take a 955i Daytona for a test ride tomorrow with a view to buying one. The voice was mine.

What the hell was happening? Mouth was doing the talking. Brain was saying wtf is mouth doing? Brain was saying shut tf up mouth you can't afford to do this. Mouth wasn't listening. Mouth doesn't listen. It's not the function of mouth to listen.

I have no idea what I am going to do. Life has suddenly got exciting again.

The conversation in my head goes like this.

I can't afford it
But I want one...
I don't need so much bike
But I want one...
It won't be so versatile as the SV
But I want one...
It's not that comfortable for a long ride
But I want one...
It's bright yellow
But I want one...
I'm not yet ready to part with the SV
But I want one...

And then I think sensibly and rationally: But I can afford it (it's true, I can); I can use it, I will love it; it is just as comfortable as the SV; I love bright yellow bikes. So OK, I'm not ready to part with the SV. Maybe I should buy the Daytona and keep the SV... Oh NO! That's cranked the crisis up a notch or two.

I think: well you know the SV has been feeling just a bit tame in recent months, I'm not really getting much of a buzz out of it any more. I need to move on.

And then I think: why have I not had this thought before today?

And the big Daytona is such a bargain! £4,600! That's only a little more than I paid for the SV when it was being heavily discouted by Suzuki (they knocked £1,000 off the list price). And this is a much more powerful bike - almost half as powerful again as the SV.

The most impressive reason I can think of for not buying it is that I will have to change my web handle from SV-Wolf to something else. And that's not very impressive.

I'm still wating for the 'cautious' and 'sensible' synapses to light up among my little grey cells. They will. They always do. But at the moment there are some pretty wild nerves firing deep down in my old appetitive brain and pouring loads of crazy-wild neurotransmitters across the gaps. Action Potentials are reinforcing one another into the 'Buy' mode.

So... Which way will the nerve impulses tend...? Will I switch into cautious mode before I buy...?

Stay tuned.

I'll let you know.

How do you put a price tag on fun, adventure, excitement, camaraderie, thrills, (no spills please), satisfaction, joy, comfort, power to spare, yellow, ....(British made)

If you love it, trade in the SV...you don't need 2 bikes...other wise one would have to sleep in your house with you.

blues2cruise wrote:How do you put a price tag on fun, adventure, excitement, camaraderie, thrills, (no spills please), satisfaction, joy, comfort, power to spare, yellow, ....(British made)

Blues. Git yourself over here to the UK. You can come and be my guru. I need someone like you to give me such wise advice when the demons of 'maturity' start whispering in my ear.

blues2cruise wrote:If you love it, trade in the SV...you don't need 2 bikes...other wise one would have to sleep in your house with you.

No, I'm past that stage. My last bike jilted me and I've never got over it. Never again!

It might be helpful to show everyone what you are trusting after....I'm not trying to put the pressure on or anything.....but it might not be there later on.... ....and who knows...maybe it won't have that bothersome rattle/vibration that your SV has.....



You have to admit....yellow is very eye catching.

Oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

(Thank god there is no sound transmission on this blog which would let you hear the exact tone of that exclamation. Y'know, it's that tone that is normally reserved for private moments between two people - but which some strange blokes also emit at the sight of bikes!)

It's nice to know that at 55..............................

Trouble is, I'm now having guilt feelings, like I was about to commit an act of infidelity - an act of infidelity so uninhibited and outrageous that there could never be any future forgiveness. I can't ever see the SV turning the other fairing after this.

Glad to be of help. ...just call it an early Christmas present from you to you.....

and not only that, but didn't you say the SV needed new tires......

Let me know if you need any more motivation?

sv-wolf wrote:.... Trouble is, I'm now having guilt feelings, like I was about to commit an act of infidelity - an act of infidelity so uninhibited and outrageous that there could never be any future forgiveness. I can't ever see the SV turning the other fairing after this.

You should let the 55 and the sv meet up. You never know, they might exchange valve covers, compare tread design... then who knows.....


In a few months...they might produce a little starter bike