Hi everybody. I first registered here five weeks ago when I was looking at a used 2007 Honda ST 1300 for sale close to me. I took it for a test ride and liked it but said to myself I need to sell my old motorcycle before I buy this new one.
Well, the owner called me a couple days ago and said he'd dramatically reduced the price and we talked about trade offers for sports equipment along with some cash... and we made the deal yesterday!
So now I have this motorcycle, the first sport touring bike I've ever owned.
My 1996 Honda Shadow 1100 was a good "first street bike" for me to learn on, to transition from dirt bikes / enduros to real motorcycles made for the road
I've had it 3 years, put 12,000 miles on it, and used it in 10 states all across the Southeast.
In 2023 I bought a friend's Harley Sportster 883 because he needed to sell it when he was moving out of state across the country (giving up motorcycles, at least for a few years). His bike ran fine and I bought it at a time when my bike was disassembled in my garage trying to track down a fuel leak.
I rode the Sportster for 3 months, nearly 2000 more miles, and I liked it --but not as much as I like my Shadow so I sold the Harley in the fall of last year.
Pics of my new ride:
(PS: I do not have an owners manual or shop manual for it. I do not know anything about how to operate this bike's features or service it, other than what I've been able to figure out on the fly and having some brief 10 minutes worth of instruction from the seller. I'm going to have to tap into the knowledge bank here and learn a lot over the next months.)
Well, the owner called me a couple days ago and said he'd dramatically reduced the price and we talked about trade offers for sports equipment along with some cash... and we made the deal yesterday!
So now I have this motorcycle, the first sport touring bike I've ever owned.
My 1996 Honda Shadow 1100 was a good "first street bike" for me to learn on, to transition from dirt bikes / enduros to real motorcycles made for the road
I've had it 3 years, put 12,000 miles on it, and used it in 10 states all across the Southeast.
In 2023 I bought a friend's Harley Sportster 883 because he needed to sell it when he was moving out of state across the country (giving up motorcycles, at least for a few years). His bike ran fine and I bought it at a time when my bike was disassembled in my garage trying to track down a fuel leak.
I rode the Sportster for 3 months, nearly 2000 more miles, and I liked it --but not as much as I like my Shadow so I sold the Harley in the fall of last year.
Pics of my new ride:
(PS: I do not have an owners manual or shop manual for it. I do not know anything about how to operate this bike's features or service it, other than what I've been able to figure out on the fly and having some brief 10 minutes worth of instruction from the seller. I'm going to have to tap into the knowledge bank here and learn a lot over the next months.)
