New Bike!
Unboxing at the dealership For the first time ever I bought a brand new, as in never been used by anyone, motorcycle. Ever since my first experience of buying a new car at age 19 and watching it depreciate to half its value before I had paid it off, I stuck to waiting for someone else to depreciate their new whatever before I purchased it. If you have read some of my other posts you probably already know I am a cheapskate. Bein as this is January 2025, my new bike a 2023 Royal Enfield Himalayan, is no longer as new as it was when I bought it in July 2023. The Moto Guzzi California Vintage, I bought back in 2015 was a lot heavier than it needed to be. It was also the first cruiser style bike I ever owned, and probably the last. Cruisers bikes do not suit my preferred riding, getting out of town and riding moderately fast for tas long as it takes to empty the gas tank. The barn door handlebar mounted windscreen ddid ...