Get your story straight...calling these bikes money pits is not being detrimental? I'd rather ride a couple of hundred miles of back country road on a bike that I love than 600 or 800 on a cookie cutter at an unsafe speed on a concrete interstate just so I could call myself a "serious rider" I ride what I ride because I love it...love the bike...and love that when it is parked in a sea of Harleys- it's real easy to find (usually by the crowd of Harley guys draped all over it). I'll let you get back to your New Bro's on the Harley forum cause I don't think anyone here wants to hear you crying in your beer. jmo
Picture of my spare Gerald