Has anyone felt like this or share similar thoughts?

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  1. y2kc0wb0y

    y2kc0wb0y New Member

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    Last year around this time I purchased a 2004 Asphalt Black VFR with 6400 miles on it. I got it from the original owner that basically didn't get much if anytime to ride her because of balancing his own business and family. Basically the bike was new with 6K miles on it. Perfect.

    Mind you, this is a bike that I've wanted to own since I first saw the single-sided swing arm versions in the Mid-90's dance past me at College. This year was great getting to know my new friend we had about 3K ish miles together before she was stolen. Stolen off my back porch and then PUSHED ridden around the adjoining neighborhood for 2+ months before it ended up crashed in a ditch destroying all the pastics, one headlight, cracking the side cover and both handles.

    Police recovered the bike and I was initially pleased to see her return but my feelings of being raped over and over again cannot leave my head as I attempt to re-build her. I've collected most of the OEM parts to do it but I'm not sure I want to ride it again know that it's not this cherry machine anymore.

    Just wondering for those that have had similar experiences is this something emotionally you recover from or did you just decide to move on and look for another gem to put the thoughts out of your head?
     
  2. TOE CUTTER

    TOE CUTTER Mullet Man

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    I enjoy working on a project bike and they tend to mean more to me when I am riding them but you should jump ship if you are unhappy aboot it.
     
  3. FoothillRyder

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    I'm with TC on this. If you're heart isn't in it, move on. She'll never be 'the same' as she was when you sat on her the first time.

    Besides, what often happens with a stolen bike is the real damage isn't cosmetic - you may find the innards have been trashed, either by abuse or through a deliberate act of sabotage.
     
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    A very interesting situation. First, I am sorry you are having to deal with this. Theft and willfull damage are very difficult for the average law-abiding and honest person to understand and process. Trying to understand why someone would do this is difficult. Some people are just...mean.

    Second, the very real issue of the physical damage is no small task. The amount of time and effort are difficult to accept. It is easy to see it as a drain on your time and resources.

    The silly but accurate expression "It is mind over matter...if you don't mind, it don't matter!" is actually a good way to see the situation. That is, you can get caught up in the practical/physical tasks (fixing it) and the emotional response ("it is not the same anymore...it has been ruined") or you can opt to see both issues from a higher viewpoint. For the pysical repairs, the higher viewpoint would dictate something along the lines of what Toecutter said. By seeing it as a project that will end up as a value-added bike (you FIXED IT...you made it BETTER!) you bypass the frustration. For the emotional response, the higher viewpoint might entail realizing that whatever the thief did could never alter the cool essence that the bike had before. It was and always will be your special bike. In both areas the real task is letting go of the attachment to the thief's actions and the resulting physical and emotional damage.

    This is all just fancy-speak for what FoothillRyder said: if you don't feel the connection anymore let it go and find the next great bike. They ARE out there and the interweb can help you find it.

    I hope the answer pressents itself to you. It is your world; you can see this situation in many ways. Why not take back what is yours?
    Keep us informed, eh?

    (Please send your payment to Dr. Nung. NEXT!)
     
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    I would say don't just do the repairs; take the opportunity to modify the bike in ways that makes her even more you own! If you break her down, add some cool mods that are just what you want, when you build her back up, putting all the new parts on is just part of the reassembly.

    That might help you reconnect.
     
  6. Nungboy

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    Hey, listen to Echo! (He owns a Triumph 675 just like me so I can vouch for his cred! Of course, he has the "R" model so he is especially smart!)
     
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    If your bike, even a Harley got nicked and was gone for any time and you have insurance. Total that sucker. The insurance company will try their assets off to get you to keep the bike. Tell them to stuff it and fuck all that Zen shit too.

    Most dudes that spout that kind of BS have never had the same experience and think it's a great idea talk some shit like The Great Pumpkin.
     
  8. Nungboy

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    Good to see you today, BadBilly!
    You don't think I really MEANT that crap, do you? Lol!
     
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    We Cool! LOL!! Sitting here ripping all I can find of Peggy Lee and Otis Spann. Was directing my comment toward ol Gummy who has some serious brainfarts.

    If we assume what the dude who got his bike nicked says about the length of time it was gone and the condition of same upon return, pouring farkle bucks into a bike that has very likely had the shit kicked out of it ain't real smart.

    Also those bigass pumpkins make lousy pumpkin pie.
     
  10. FoothillRyder

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    +1 on Echo's thought. If you do keep the bike, don't just 'put it back together'. Make it uniquely yours.
     
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    Even though I have never had a bike stolen (knock on wood by-product) I do remember when I did the dumb thing of breaking on gravel with the front tire - down it went. Picked it back up, and after that point I didn't care any more. I beat the snot out of that poor bike for the next year. It was never the same in my book. It had a lot of hard miles on it after that day. I didn't think at any point that I was worried about keeping it pristine any longer. So what, it had been down. It will never be the same. It wasn't hard, the plastic was noogied up a little, bar end, mirror tucked as it should of. Point is, it will never, and can never, be that clean it's never been dropped, knocked over, kicked over bike ever again. I know how you feel. When my 900rr got knocked over, I felt the same way, but I kept thinking I never did it, it wasn't my fault, I was the victim of a hit and run.

    point is, if you are going to think of it as I did with my first bike, but a whole lot worse, get your modifications (if any) off, whatever the insurance won't cover, and go find that anniversary edition that is still new sitting in the crate somewhere. I'm kinda shocked that after 1 month, the insurance company didn't pay it off for you. If it's a salvage title, then it will never be as worth as much as it was. Ever.
     
  12. Metallican525

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    Sucks to hear that that happened to you sir, theives are some of the lowest form of crap on this earth IMO. I think I can empathise with you and your feelings toward your recovered bike, mine is more than a machine to me as well. If you can look past what has been done to her and put the time and effort into her to make her yours and better than before, I have a feeling you'll never own a better bike. If you just patch her up enough to get her on the road again I doubt you'll feel the same about her though. Best of luck to you, hope the thief cracked his worthless skull in the ditch and died shortly afterward.
     
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    Now I wonder if some of the dudes who are telling this guy to stuff some bucks into what may be a real beater are PMing him with $25.00 offers to buy it?
     
  14. FoothillRyder

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    Now Billy, stop puttin' those ideas out there .... :lol:
     
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    Do I hear $25.98?
     
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    If you crashed it yourself would you feel any different about it? I crashed my 07 last year in a decreasing radius turn. It was too early in the morning and I was not ready (my poor excuse) to be riding. Target fixation and that's all she wrote... I had fun trying to find all the parts at a good price to return it back to perfect condition. It's really mine now and I like it even more than before. We have HISTORY together now.
     
  17. FoothillRyder

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    Interesting thought, that. And I think I agree with that concept.
     
  18. Badbilly

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    Lots of difference there in knowing why you crashed and the damage done. The dude with the bike that got nicked only has the cosmetics to evidence what could have happened to his bike.
     
  19. Metallican525

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    Yeah I have to agree, had I wrecked it would be completely different feelings, more of regret and self loathing than hatred for miserable worthless theives.
     
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    Better that than developing a phobia about decreasing radius turns IMO.
     
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