mark43 wrote:
have one problem i like to have the latest and greatest stuff.
I understand completely. I used to feel the same way.
What I found out, and finally accepted, is if you keep waiting for the lastest and greatest, all you will get is disappointed. Because it won't long be the latest and greatest.
Take the 2012 ZX14. I like what they did with it. It is NOT revolutionary, it is a mere puff of engineering wind that they probably didn't even need to start new CAD drawings to do.
Six months from now, it will be old news.
And for me to buy a 2012 ZX14, and get it to where I could use it the way I want to ride, I'd have to spend another $12,000 to $15,000 in parts and untold hours, all over again.
Or I could just buy a 2012 Concours 14 ABS and spend $2,000 extra on it, and be ahead of the game.
If I was still worried about the latest and greatest, I'd keep my ZX14 one more season and wait for the 2013 Concours 14 (?) which may be quite different from the 2012.
But then, I'd miss a year with the Concours 14 ABS riding it, going places, having fun. And even a Concours 15 in 2013 wouldn't be all that much more fun or capable.
Naw, I've found the best fun is to pick something less costly than you'd like it be (I really want a K-1600 GTL but its $22,000 plus farkles, tax, and license) and then go have fun with it.
Living the Gypsy Life