Anyone else hoarding stuff for something to do in retirement?

[motion]

I figure when I'm getting to be around 70 years old, and tired of traveling, I'll need a hobby. I still plan on riding and racing bikes, but I'd like something detail-oriented to keep myself sharp. To that end, I've been hoarding motorcycle parts for the past several years. Specifically, OEM and desirable aftermarket parts for rare bikes. I have hundreds of these parts now, and plan on growing my collection while stuff is still affordable. I figure in 20 years, when these parts are unobtainium, I can start cataloging and selling off pieces one by one on Ebay or whatever. Should keep me going for years

Anyone else doing something similar?

[Noah930]

What's this retirement of which you speak?

[porsche4life]

I thought you already were retired?

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Noah930

What's this retirement of which you speak?

Funny.

What I have been doing is research on making the farm profitable: agri tourism, vineyard, growing hops, wedding destination, etc.

So we're spending time going to a number of different places and getting smart on the costs and labor required.

In the mean time I'm growing my second company.

[motion]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

I thought you already were retired?

I guess I meant old and retired

[varmint]

books and motorcycle parts

[stomachmonkey]

Condoms, but I find they have a short shelf life.

Personally if I make 70 I'm going to start smoking again and may even try a small crack or heroin habit.

Figure by that time old age will get me before bad habits.

[bobt4945]

now that is fun, thanks for making my weekend, i can think of a few bad habits that i would to start again since old age is over taking me.

[RF5BPilot]

I thought you were going to say you were hoarding rare parts for the biggest, most radical bike build you could imagine.

[GH85Carrera]

I can always find some sort of project. That is why I drive cars from the 1980s.

[ckelly78z]

I may consider starting up an old hobby (for glaucoma purposes) when I retire.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Condoms.

[porsche4life]

Condoms, but I find they have a short shelf life.



Personally if I make 70 I'm going to start smoking again and may even try a small crack or heroin habit.



Figure by that time old age will get me before bad habits.

Along the lines of your crack and heroin. Why bother with a rubber?

[Baz]

I do have a collection of vintage "collectable" parts but mostly for old Porsches....like 356's 914's and early 911's. What I have isn't a 'garage full' but they do take up about half my second bedroom. Lot's of collector stuff with the parts like decals, tee shirts, badges, etc. - and some of that stuff is ideal for eBay because it's small and thus easy and cheap to ship and they do bring some decent coin if they are collectable enough. I also still have a box left of the NOS Porsche Design sunglasses from the 70's and 80's.

[Jim Richards]

Since I'll have the luxury of free time, I'm going to make daily crank calls to my cable/Internet provider to ***** about the service/rates.

[motion]

Originally Posted by peteremsley

I have a garage full of bike parts too. I just didn't have a plan

What are you hoarding? Italian 2 stroke and "R" bike stuff?

You got it... two stroke stuff with an emphasis on Aprilia, and 125/250 GP parts.

[motion]

In! Do you race in CO? Do you know Tony Baker with MRA?

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Along the lines of your crack and heroin. Why bother with a rubber?

To protect my kids inheritance.

I may be foolish but I ain't stupid.

[herr_oberst]

A quick inventory of the house and garage reveals the following hoards:

• Old ball caps and tee shirts.
• Mismatched nuts and bolts and weird hardware in assorted bins.
• Car magazines from as early as 1986
• Stereo equipment in various states of worth and repair.
• Rems of wood and steel that "might come in handy someday"
• Assorted non-working power tools that are too good to throw away.
• Computer equipment that was obsolete the day I bought it 20 years ago.

You get the idea.

(If my past life is any indication, next time I up and relocate, I'll carefully box up and move all these treasures, and then, years later, in a fit of pique, enjoy a weeklong purge where I fill up the dumpster at work with crap.)

[cmccuist]

I worked for Bechtel in San Francisco in the '80's. I had a buddy who restored, raced, collected '58 to '67 Corvettes. He had about 10 projects going all the time. He was always going through the GM catalog writing down part numbers at work. In those days, GM still carried parts for older Corvettes - trim pieces, brackets, electrical parts, knobs etc.

He started getting "out of stock" replies to his requests and decided he better get ahead of the game. So he started ordering thousands of dollars worth of Corvette parts. His house was filled with parts. All the dressers in the bedrooms were filled with genuine, hard to find (now), GM parts for 60's era Corvettes.

Not to mention that some of his cars were worth a lot of money as well - '63, '67 big block etc.

I guess if you pick the right hobby, it can be profitable as well as a fun time!