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Should I point all the other "better" options out to youJaxObsessed wrote: At the moment, I can't think of a better single bike for what I do.
I've struggled over bikes since the day I started riding. At first merely based on looks, since I had no prior knowledge. The more riding I did, the more I whored my friends bikes, the more I realized "what I was missing". On the same token, I realized that there is no "perfect do it all bike". Anyone that says there is, is simply kidding themselves. Every year I sold a bike and bought another since the beginning. The 08 strom for me was "the bike". Again, heavy, but it made me grin every time I swung my leg over it. 16k miles within a years time...call it irony, but the accident I had on the bike left a sour taste in my mouth for the strom. I know it's not the bike, but couldn't get past the "head games". Even though I bought another bike this past weekend to replace my 07 strom (which just sold the other weekend), I can say completely honest..the strom is / was the best bike for me & my needs. I probably would've ran that 08 til the engine went up, instead I ran it in the ground, literally.
Am enjoying the new ride far more then I thought I would've and the competition this round (which I swore I would've ended up with) probably would've gotten me into far too much trouble. I have no self control nor can I resist temptation.
