That sucks. Good luck with your next build and tinkering

 

You got to be $hitting me. Grow a set, man up, and go buy another bike. Do it before the riding season is over so it can be broke in.

 

I feel your pain!

 

He's not whining, those that hate don't get it.

Some people just like to profile on their bikes...

Some people ride and pour soul into their bikes...

Which one are you, really?

 

It's somewhat like dog ownership. People like me love and take care of their dogs, no matter what, until the day they die. When I had to pay twice the rent to keep my dog in a large yard in the country with freedom to roam, I did it. I did it for my dog. Some people would have dumped their dog or gotten rid of it one way or another before moving to another state and being inconvenienced.

As neocontra mentioned, some people don't get it.

My bike isn't a living and breathing being, but it is an extension of myself. It seems unfair that he isn't able to buy it back and keep it.

My bike is insured as a stock bike, that's what it was when I bought the insurance 18 months ago. Since then I've spent more on upgrades than what the bike cost me and is insured for. I'd hate to lose that uncovered cost if something happened and the bike was "totaled". Shouldn't I have first dibs on buying it back? Who has more rights to my bike than I would? Perhaps the bank, but if my payments were current and on time and I fulfilled my obligations, shouldn't I be allowed to keep ownership after paying the "ransom'? I, however, don't know the OP's status concerning on-time payments.

Granted, I pay cash for my toys and would never have a bank loan involved, so I may never face that dilemma, but I'd hate to loose my bike that way. Insurance companies are too happy to total bikes and cars...you'll get whatever they deem is a replacement value, it doesn't matter how much your vehicle is actually worth. That is understandable though, your vehicle is insured based on what value, year or whatever you insured it for, custom upgrades have their own lines to fill out for additional cost. On the other hand, you should be allowed the opportunity to buy it back, since it was not their borrowed money that was used to upgrade it, if in fact it was upgraded.

If the bike was an untouched stock bike with no love or expensive upgrades added, then the bike was never really yours, it belongs to the bank IMHO.

 

find yourself another cool dyna. you can always fix it up the way you had your last bike. If I ever lost my bike that is what I would do. Now you know what parts work great together and its not so much of a guessing game . Good luck.

 

Neither. It's a machine that you ride, clean, work on, and spend too much on. As for comparing it to a dog, wow are you joking? Are you trying to tell me that a bike shows you love? That a bike needs you? That a bike gets excited when you enter the garage? Calling Dr Phil, Calling Dr Phil. The bike was built by man. It's not a godly design.