Conundrum time.
Out here in the flatlands in familiar surrounds I do love K8ii, can ride all day and pull up fine. you’d have more of a chance convincing me to give up me jewels before the 625 cc of thumperness.
But in the hills, little to no experience, get stuck 1/2 way up and I have all sorts of trouble restarting.
Last ride I did was with menace and the tamworths 2 yrs ago, first walk of shame after attempting to restart a few times drained me more than all the other riding that weekend. Worst of it was holding up those that can ride.
Problem here is in finances. I bought K8ii when had some money. Now cannot look at traiding on new or even newer second hand. Have no idea what she is worth to try and sell at.
The bike range I’d be looking at would be around the 3-4k range at best at a guess. Then have to add suspension work to that. So would make bike budget at the 2-3k mark which means looking at older than 2001 bikes, K8ii is 01 or bikes with posably more km/hrs on it than K8ii, or go outside my comfort zone on brand preference… or something a bit rougher than used to. But that means work and or extra $$ in bringing it up to standard.
Time and working on a bike is no issue at all, except the gearbox!! Never had one apart with the prospect of it needing to go back together. Except for an old TF 100 suzi that jammed in gear many yrs ago, took it to tafe but bits soon got misplaced dooming it to die in icu.
I refuse at this stage to give up on riding or buying a Chinese mobile land mine!
Chapter 1 of the novel over. :blush: :pinch:
