Re: For Sale ‘96 GPZ 1100

[dominatr37]

Nice, Charles. One of the things I really like about the GPZ is the low seat height. Everything else I have is taller. Ralph L Angelo JrAuthor of Cool Stuff Http://tinyurl.com/ralphsamazon2
-------- Original message --------From: Charles Scappaticci <scapco at ecentral.com> Date: 6/29/24  9:08 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: Ralph <DOMINATR37 at optonline.net> Subject: Re: For Sale ‘96 GPZ 1100 I admit to also having thought about letting the old Geeper go to someoneelse who would ride it more than I do.  I'm just not riding it much thesedays, actually, not riding much at all since I bought my Corvette.  Thatsaid, I took it out not long ago so I could move things around in my "notbig enough" garage.  Having three bikes, toolboxes, trash cans, and a carin a one car garage is a bit tight, but we make it work.Since it's not being ridden much, I've had thoughts about making thatgarage a bit more usable, so I took it out to get to my Ducati.  It didn'ttake much of a ride to bring the old feelings back about this bike.  At73,000 miles, 27+ years of ownership and numerous rides and adventures, itstill feels tight, comfortable and fun to ride.  It's also one I cancomfortably flat foot at a traffic light as I wasn't blessed with long legsat birth.  Mine also has a salvage title, courtesy of a purple 70 DodgeDart Swinger back about 20 years ago, so the selling value is far less thanwhat it's worth to me.  I won't mention the basement full of spare parts Ihave in the basement, nearly enough to build another, sans engine andframe.  I also have a lifelong friend who has lusted after it for a longtime and I'd probably give it to him rather than get insulted at its value,like Ralph did.So, it will likely stay in the garage with my old Vulcan 1600 and I'll endup letting my Ducati Multistrada go.  It's a wonderful, fast and fun biketo ride, but a little too tall and not one I would ever trust to ride toAlaska as I did more than once on the GPZ.  When I retire in three moreyears (no thanks to my ex) I want to ride to Alaska again, except fromNorth Carolina instead of Denver, I'll look at a smaller touring bike forthat trip.  When I'm too old to comfortably ride, I'll go get a CanAm orjust enjoy having the top off of my Corvette, I hope that day never comes,but it probably will.  Meanwhile, I am planning to ride the GPZ to Daytonafor bike week next spring, which would add three more states to my 24visited so far.  Time to ride!Ride safe!Charles S.On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 6:18 PM Christopher Bowen <c_p_bowen at yahoo.com>wrote:> Appropriate response, Ralph!> -Chris>> > On Jun 28, 2024, at 11:29 AM, dominatr37 <dominatr37 at optonline.net>> wrote:> >> > I told the guy 'Don't insult me.' that was on Facebook marketplace. I> rode it last night and it's still great. I've been riding it the last few> weeks again. Ralph L Angelo JrAuthor of Cool Stuff> Http://tinyurl.com/ralphsamazon2>>______________________________________________________________________GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION:This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at lists.micapeak.comhttps://lists.micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlistYou subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited allmail that you receive from this list. Therefore, ANY mail that youreceive from this list is, by definition, NOT Spam, and if you reportit as such, you are violating the lists.micapeak.com terms of service.To unsubscribe, you may send email to gpzlist-unsubscribe at lists.micapeak.com______________________________________________________________________YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS:Unsubscribe or choose new options athttps://lists.micapeak.com/mailman/options/gpzlist/dominatr37%40optonline.netYou are subscribed at the email address DOMINATR37 at optonline.net______________________________________________________________________