The Bonneville is now getting towards five years old and has worn out a few bits and bobs. As a result I've trawled E-bay and bought a pair of silencers, a new coil and a complete front brake system (only wanted the pins, but cheaper to buy the lot). Trawling through today I see another pair of silencers for a tenner and a pair of shocks for the same. These are all 1000-mile items that people have taken off bikes and replaced with aftermarket versions that are supposed to be better.
To me then there are two levels of bike out there. There are the spenders whose bikes have the sports exhaust, IKON Shocks, King and Queen seat and so on, and the tight wads like myself running near standard bikes on other peoples cast off's.
As a mean Yorkshireman I just can't bring myself to spend £160 on new shocks when I could have something like forty years worth off e-bay. Am I just tight and lacking understanding of finer points, or are there a lot of people with more money than sense and not enough patience to even wear out one set before replacing? Think I might claim to be green, a sort of biking Womble
BTW, I do have the K&Q seat. There is one of those on E-bay sat at over £100, while someone was selling the standard one for £15. My standard one is on the shelf in the garage for the day when the bike might get traded to a dealer. If it won't fit the new bike I'm better off with the £100 than some dealer who won't add a tenner on the trade in. I guess the guy selling for £15 must lack space on a shelf?
Andy
