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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 11:52 AM
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Pay off the bike or put towards mods?

I'm on the fence here...what would you do?
 
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 11:54 AM
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If its on an interest free Loan, Mods, if your paying interest your loosing Mod money monthly. My 2 cents
 
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The smarter idea would be to pay the bike off, but mods would be so much more fun!
 
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 11:58 AM
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Pay off bike. Less debt=more cash for mods down the road. Just my 2 cents..
 
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Pay it off would be my choice. Mods can come later. Just put your self on a budget for mod money. When next winter comes you can do mods during the down time.
 
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I think I'll go with paying it off and finally calling the bike my own! Glad the first to respond were all reasonable folks.

I thought for sure there would be some MODsters that might make a case for splurging.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 12:23 PM
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Pay it off and keep making "payments" and use that money in the winter
 
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This is exactly why most Americans can't get out of debt, and why our housing market crashed.

I can't believe this was an actual question.
 
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Use the refund as a down payment on a new bike and trade in the old.
 
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My gut tells me you should pay off the bike. But on the other hand, our president says that $17,000,000,000,000 in debt is not a problem so I'm not really sure.
 
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