It's been a sad state for Lady Night (my nighthawk 750) the past year. I honestly haven't spent much time with her. Then I brought her over to Sam's place and thought I'd get to sprucing her up and then start riding again. But that never happened. I just looked at her every time I went outside and felt bad that I wasn't paying her any attention.
Then my plan was to clean her up and sell her. Hell, I wasn't getting any use out of her, so someone else should. So I finally decided I would post it to Craigslist. First attempt was foiled due to my system crashes. A few days later I was like, I am finally going to do this so I can check it off my GTD project list. Honestly, I just wanted the project closed. The recurring reminder took up valuable head space that I could be using for something else.
So I posted it yesterday and then promptly left the house for an appointment. Several hours later, when I returned to my computer the messages were pouring in. Wow, I really didn't expect to get such a response. I had plans for the night, and so pushed off everyone until tomorrow (today). But one guy wanted to drive up and look at it, even though I wasn't here. I was like, OK. Fine.
I got a late start to the evening and was walking out just as he was arriving. And after conversing and talking about the bike, he bought it, then and there. Just like that.
It was gone in 6 hours. And had been on my project list for more than a year. It just goes to show me, that with a little effort, a project that has been put off for a year, can be completed in a relative instant.
The honda nighthawk 750's a fine cycle. My first three-digit cc bike was an early '80s 400 hawk that I bought used for a couple hundred bucks off a guy in glassell park back in '91. Loved that old thing, broke my heart to sell it but times were lean and the child support was due. Couple years later I was gonna graduate to a 750 nighty but went bigger with a kawi 1000 GSR. Loved her too (up until our last ride that ended abruptly against the side of some ass pulling a u-turn from the curb in front of me doing 40) but wish I'd gone with the 750 instead. Spruce enough for the city but comfy and powerful enough for the open road. No surprise that it sold so quick. Congrats on the closure.
Posted by: Will Campbell | December 14, 2006 at 12:47 PM
Just goes to show that Craiglist is an amazing thing.
Posted by: Stan | December 14, 2006 at 01:14 PM