paul, you've got the right idea! together, with your fleet of motorcyles and my fleet of older, unattractive cars, we can rule this town with a lead foot! i guess the trick with keeping an old item (bike, car, amp, guitar) is that you don't recoup anything towards the new(er) item. if you can swing it, do it.

i myself went riding yesterday- on my mountain bike. i think it was the first time in two years that i rode it, and it felt good. course, from now on i'll be wearing a helmet... you never know when a steep trail will get muddy.