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Throwing in the towel to your advantage

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OK fellow Voyagers...I'll let those interested search my forum post to glean what info you need in more detail - but HERE IT IS...

they say if it's to good to be true it probably ... well you know the rest. I purchased a beautiful Voyager back in July 2016. Seems like no one in my family is interested, or will get interested in riding (we have always been boating folks). So I am throwing in the towel and it will be TO SOMEONES ADVANTAGE. :-O This bike is for sell and I will post it in classifieds. PLEASE READ SOME OF MY EARLIEST POSTS FOR INFO ON BIKE. Nothing has changed with the condition of the bike, except it has a new battery and clean gas tank.

BUY YOURSELF A LATE CHRISTMAS GIFT or your spouse her own bike!! :LAngel
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PM sent to you Waterwalker.
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Waterwalker wrote:

they say if it's to good to be true it probably ... well you know the rest. I purchased a beautiful Voyager back in July 2016. Seems like no one in my family is interested, or will get interested in riding (we have always been boating folks). So I am throwing in the towel and it will be TO SOMEONES ADVANTAGE. :-O
That's interesting After I bought my 1300 Voyager ,I sold my boat and truck I used to pull it .
Never got used anymore
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Yes, I was hoping we could have some adventures. But my fiance, son don't want nothin' to do with it. AND we are a big "stick together family" -think peanut butter runs in our veins. Heck - even my ex and her husband hang with us as well as my son's in laws. One jet boat in the family has turned to 6 families all having them. Ha, one motorcycle is at a loss.
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PM sent to you .
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Tires aired up - check
Shock air good - check
Trunk packed - check
Keys in ignition - check
Windshield off and wrapped - check
Mirrors L/R in trunk - check
"...we're going for a ride soon! :windy: (without a rider) :cry2:

Stay tuned folks... :-O
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O.K Michael , ......Let's make it official ! , YES my AVA family.....as if you guys had any doubt, after all the PM's that I sent to our AVA member (water walker) ...I bought his bike ! :shock: It is leaving TEXAS and heading here to Toledo......to join the mini "Kawasaki of Toledo" which I fondly refer to as my backyard shop, since my former place of employment (Kawasaki of Toledo) closed it's doors in 1991. ...........Always room for one more in the stable ! .............Tony :-D
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....On a side note ....I would like to say that it has been a pleasure talking to Micheal Lee (water walker) during the transaction of purchasing his Voyager. This is the great kind of folks that you can expect to encounter here on the AVA forum /website. ...................Thank You !.........................Tony :-D
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So,--Tony,which VXII is going to Nashville? :laughing: Or,--are both going?Or maybe the Beast?So many choices,so little time to choose.Anyway congrats on a good buy :woohoo: When do you expect it to show up?
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Yes Loren .... many choices ! I am hoping that Brad will ride the 88' to the rally ...but not sure. As hard as it is to believe for older riders like us, he likely will choose to ride his ZRX 1100 again. He sure do like that bike ! I remember he road that ZX 1400 ninja to the Asheville NC rally......all I got to say about that is......OUCH ! :laughing:
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So the Voyager I bought from our forum member (waterwalker) is heading my way ......as it was loaded up for transport on Saturday ! :woohoo:


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Shut the back door of that trailer and head north ! :gig: Pretty impressive bike haulin' rig ! :thmup:


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Pretty darn envious of that beautiful, sunny blue Texas sky.......The guy drivin the rig , is wearing only a T-shirt while he loads up the bike ! :-(
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Tony,That is quite a big rig to get backed in your driveway :laughing: :corn:,I can give you the address for our company driveway.The rig will fit in there,and since my bike is ready to ride,I can take that job off your hands. :gig: Oh,I can send you my address for the title,also. :rolling:
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Well........Thank you for such a generous offer there Loren ! :lol: ..........When I saw that rig on their website , I called that company and told them that they would knock down every tree limb and telephone wire on my street if they tried to get that rig down to my house on the bottom of our block !
I will receive the bike in the "dollar general" parking lot at the top of our street. The bike goes from the pick-up location to their warehouse..... then it just sits there till a delivery schedule is devised , ........ should get the bike in about 2 weeks . that's ok.....NOT doing any riding this time of year anyway !...........Tony :-D
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Yah,Tony,I figured you would have a suitable unloading spot available :thmup: I think you did good on that transaction :woohoo: With this weather :cold: and the VXII ready to go,I am building a new model railroad layout in my basement,to replace the one I lost in our house fire 20 years ago.Did anyone ever tell you about the word 'procrastination'? :laughing: :rolling:
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The shipping company has a height restriction on the bikes , due to the " double decker " trailer. so..... I had to ask our friend Micheal Lee to remove the windshield from the Voyager XII to fit inside. I just found out that the shipper is moving my new ( to me) bike east of me to York PA. till the delivery schedule is determined.


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Isn't that slightly out of the way? :corn:
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Yeah well , out of my hands at this point......not my call ! I could not go to Texas and bak , missing two days wages,, plus, what,, $250 in gas ? plus a hotel room in the middle ? I'm a patient man. :-D "good things come , to those that wait" :gig:
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Yes,I know,being willing to be patient is often hard,but often is worth it in the end :thmup: I have faith you will have it ready for Nashville,then you will have a decision on what bike to ride,Probably the stamper :laughing: :rolling:
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:gig: :hpdc:
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