Re: For Sale ‘96 GPZ 1100

[William K Denton]

I’m presently out on my fast black ‘96 GPz1100, having lunch at a pleasant spot on Rte 46 in Belvidere NJ (Waters Edge Eatery). 

Bill Denton
Lazarus CycleWorks
Yardley, PA
267-980-7788
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> On Jun 29, 2024, at 9:09 AM, Charles Scappaticci <scapco at ecentral.com> wrote:
> 
> I admit to also having thought about letting the old Geeper go to someone
> else who would ride it more than I do.  I'm just not riding it much these
> days, actually, not riding much at all since I bought my Corvette.  That
> said, I took it out not long ago so I could move things around in my "not
> big enough" garage.  Having three bikes, toolboxes, trash cans, and a car
> in 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 that
> garage a bit more usable, so I took it out to get to my Ducati.  It didn't
> take much of a ride to bring the old feelings back about this bike.  At
> 73,000 miles, 27+ years of ownership and numerous rides and adventures, it
> still feels tight, comfortable and fun to ride.  It's also one I can
> comfortably flat foot at a traffic light as I wasn't blessed with long legs
> at birth.  Mine also has a salvage title, courtesy of a purple 70 Dodge
> Dart Swinger back about 20 years ago, so the selling value is far less than
> what it's worth to me.  I won't mention the basement full of spare parts I
> have in the basement, nearly enough to build another, sans engine and
> frame.  I also have a lifelong friend who has lusted after it for a long
> time 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 end
> up letting my Ducati Multistrada go.  It's a wonderful, fast and fun bike
> to ride, but a little too tall and not one I would ever trust to ride to
> Alaska as I did more than once on the GPZ.  When I retire in three more
> years (no thanks to my ex) I want to ride to Alaska again, except from
> North Carolina instead of Denver, I'll look at a smaller touring bike for
> that trip.  When I'm too old to comfortably ride, I'll go get a CanAm or
> just 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 Daytona
> for bike week next spring, which would add three more states to my 24
> visited 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, dominatr3