Stories
Stories from the garage
Kids these days will never know the Hess station
How we accidentally lived through the last great motorcycle boom — when a GSX-R 600 cost eight grand, credit was free, and the Hess station across from Shepherd's was the center of the universe.
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Nobody was buying Aprilias in 2004
The dealer had two RSV Milles sitting on the floor for six months. He practically begged me to take one. I did. Best financial decision I ever made on two wheels — and I didn't even know it yet.
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The first track day will humble you
I thought I was fast. I had been riding for years. I knew every road around Tampa. I was not fast. I found this out on lap three, when a guy on a stock SV 650 went around me like I was a cone.
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The day I realized you could just buy one
A neighbor's ZX-7R explained the whole hobby before I had the words for it. The revelation wasn't that motorcycles existed. It was that normal people could actually own the cool ones.
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Why weird bikes matter
The bikes that scared buyers off, sold poorly, or got laughed at in period are usually the ones worth understanding later. Weird bikes age into clarity.
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Auction Watch isn't about hammer prices
Anyone can repost a result after the bidding stops. The useful part is understanding why a bike is crossing the block now, who is likely to notice it, and where the estimate sits relative to reality.
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The under-five-grand window is closing
There are still real motorcycles left under five grand, but the easy wins are thinning out. The good cheap bikes now require either speed, knowledge, or a tolerance for slightly suspect Facebook photography.
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