[Brando]

I'll jump right in.

I've got an 86 Honda Shadow VT700 that I posted up for sale. I've dropped the price by $100/wk now for the last 3 weeks, currently listed for $1700. My friend and I did a near-complete resto on this thing. New paint, shiny bits, lots of electrical fixed, yadda yadda, there's no way we'll get back what we put into it.

I've had one serious party come check out the bike. The lowest I had planned to go was $1500. I can sympathize with this guy, college student, low income, etc. The MOST he can pay is $1350. I'm not getting any serious offers from anyone else and the usual "I'm in Europe can my agent come pick it up and give you a cashier's check for $15,000?" requests have been piling up...

I don't want this bike, despite the hard work I've put into it. I want something smaller, faster and lighter (if possible). I will probably get only $200 if I try to use it as a trade in, even then I'll still be paying someone to take it off my hands. If it weren't for the fact that this bike needs a new plate and reg, I'd probably be on it like a fat kid on cake. But still - I don't want this bike.

So, what should I do? Trade it and buy something newer? Sell it to this kid and take my $1350 as a down payment on a new bike? STFU and ride it?