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Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater Wed, 06 Apr 2011
Race-ready CL175 for sale... sold!
I have compiled a pretty respectable page listing all the work and parts that have gone into my CL175: Race-ready CL175 for sale - $1500 If you're interested, drop me a line at ian *at* dangerpants *dot* com (or the traditional reaper *at* obairlann, which is harder to spell). Please pass this on to anyone you know who needs to be racing, this is a truly excellent deal on a built-up and proven race bike. Update: The bike has been sold, thanks to all of you who contacted me! Posted at 23:44 permanent link category: /motorcycle I ended up talking with a few friends about this whole racing thing. The concensus was that there wasn't really a concensus. Some thought I should keep doing it, some thought I should take a break, some thought I should give it up and move on with my life. However, throughout the discussions, it became clearer to me that I had already made the decision. In the way that you flip a coin just to judge your reaction to the "decision" it suggests, the various arguments only served to gel things. I've decided that, although it was fun in its way, racing isn't for me. I knew this, in a way, going in. It was something I wanted to work on. Well, I tried, and I hardly feel like 3 years is a dilettante-level committment. I tried, and it didn't work. I gave it a good try. But ultimately, I just don't have the drive, disregard for my own safety, and distance from my own competitiveness to allow me to be happy with racing. It's a pity, in a way, but much more importantly, in the days since I consciously accepted the decision, I completely ceased thinking about it. If it were truly a troubling decision that I was unhappy with, it's all I would have been thinking about. So, in a very practical way, it passes the smell test. This is a decision which, for me, doesn't smell at all.
 Closely related to this decision: I happen to have a very reliable 1972 Honda CL175, fully race-prepped and very reliable, for sale. I'm asking $1500, and am slowly working on putting together a sale page, but for now, surf over to the bike's page and take a look at what's there. That's where I'll post the sale announcement too, as well as here, and on a few select forums. I'm definitely selling to a racer, as it would be a waste to turn this bike back into a street bike. Posted at 16:14 permanent link category: /motorcycle Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater Written by Ian Johnston. Software is Blosxom. Questions? Please mail me at reaper at obairlann dot net. |