Losing the love - do you sell up?

[jimo746]

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Hang onto one bike, sell the rest and put the funds to good use on a classic car , it sounds like you'll get more enjoyment going that route.

 

[dyna-ti]

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I can tell you this though The classic car market pricing makes RB look positively cheap. Are you sure thats such a good idea

 

[FluffyChicken]

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What car?

 

[al]

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What car?

That's the important question.

I sold my collection some years ago as I lost the love through a back injury and other things. I would say don't get rid of everything as I promise you you will come back to retro bikes after you have your retro/classic car or cars. I now have both and I'm happy but very poor....

Whatever you choose to do remember to enjoy what you have and get as much pleasure as you can from it... they are built to drive/drive not just look at.



al.

 

[firedfromthecircus]

Classic cars suck up a whole lot more money and time than retro bikes! And I would also argue that they are not as much fun, though they maybe have a bit more in the pride of ownership stakes if you get my meaning.

I have done cars, and motorbikes. Cars went a few years back, the last motorbike was only sold a few months ago, and I am not missing them at all. If you have lost the love, get rid. But as we are talking bikes, keep your favourite, and what spares may be (sensibly) required for it and punt the rest. Don't worry about the time spent building etc. That is the hobby. You enjoyed it at the time but it's gone now. Just sell for what you can get and be happy to move on. But I wouldn't advise cars!

 

[Titiritero]

If you don't feel the love, get rid

keep something simple, effective and fun around for if the urge ever strikes. I'm totally over collecting.

100% agreed. Collection love always wears out, no matter what object (also classic cars!).

Keep one bike, your favourite, the one you would usually ride, even if it is not the most valuable (all the better, since you want to get cash to finance other projects) and get rid of all the others.

 

[brocklanders023]

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Exactly, I've spent months in hours building some of these and I used to enjoy riding them, but since the little human came along 12 months ago I've not really given the 'other kids' a second thought. I even had to dust them off in the bike room last weekend such is lack of use :cry:

Exactly the same with me. My boy doesn't like retro bikes at the moment, he likes Abney and Teal.

I spent loads on retro Tamiya R/C buggies before the bikes but sold them all in the end.

If I'm honest I don't think I'll get my retro bike bug back properly again due to the remaining bikes I'm interested in either being too rare, too expensive or both. The projects I've got on don't inspire me enough to find the time to finish them and my only fully built old bike sits at the back of the garage in favor of modern stuff (that doesn't get ridden either!). In some ways it's a vicious circle as due to lack of interest I won't commit the money required to get/build a bike that would get the juices flowing so I'm stuck with stuff I can't really be bothered to spend time on. :facepalm:

It doesn't help that my friends that used to come on here do not anymore so they are not bothered about retro. Part of the fun was all of us having projects on the go and going as a group to retro rides. Due to family commitments for all of us we wouldn't have the time even if we wanted to.

Luckily I no longer have much money invested in old bikes so I'm not tempted to sell up to pay for something else. The only threat to the bikes I've got if that they take up space in the garage.

If I were you I'd be looking to scratch the itch. Nothing stopping you coming back to the fold at a later date.

 

[keny]

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Never!

I keep saying I'll sell one or two, and I know some friends who want to buy bikes from me. Thing is though, I get an attachment to them as I build them up and get them working well, so I can't do it. If I just bought a bike from Evans, I wouldn't feel so bothered about it.


Mike

Exactly, I've spent months in hours building some of these and I used to enjoy riding them, but since the little human came along 12 months ago I've not really given the 'other kids' a second thought. I even had to dust them off in the bike room last weekend such is lack of use :cry:

I would question it like this, has your love for the bikes got lost, or is the current life just taking all your time and the fact you dont have time to ride them makes you just depressing?

Ok, we all change during our life, intrests move from one to a other and frankly you cant have all stuff you got whit you all your life. For me it seem to go in circles things are intressting, and even I dont fel intressted in one thing for years, the intress came back.

However I would sure advise to not get rid off all, keep one, the one that toutch your heart the most. You dont want to wake up when you have time again after 15-20 years and reget you let all go, as then you might not get back a alike.

Just my 2cent..........

 

[legrandefromage]

Sold loads, noticed RB ebbing away but couldnt drop it completely - even if I'm the last one here posting to myself (which it feels like half the time!)

I'm also forcing myself out for 20 minutes or so now the evenings are lighter, just to get my lardy arse out and about. That has already led to a few projects coming my way with the potential for more. I've kept myself on the straight and narrow by knocking out a few projects and selling them as cheap as possible so somebody else can enjoy them if you/ I/ that bloke over there, yes, him, cant get on with them.

So, by all means sell up but as above, keep one for shits & giggles and it might re-stoke the fires later in the summer.

 

[Silvergoat]

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Understandable, but it's a sad when the magic and love has gone out of our lives. I guess the cosmic energy and momentum from the early years of Retrobike has burnt out leaving just the faint glowing embers in the cold dark depths of space.

Someone on here, a short while back, posted a link to Hans Rey's bike and personal memorabilia collection. I ended up watching loads of "No Way" clips. After that, I couldn't wait to get riding again. Gem-like moments like this reaffirm the spark is still there to be rekindled. Hopefully.

I intend to keep riding whilst I'm still physically fit and capable of it. The day that I can't is the day that I'm officially old. I'm currently stocking up on the essential parts to give me up to another potential ten years of riding and then to be able to leave the 'clunker' in a well maintained condition to pass on to someone else, may be, or just hang it on the wall as the last tangible thing from my youth.