addiction is a terrible thing. you know you should not do it, but you can’t resist. you try therapy, but you find yourself at the dealer’s again & again. and before you even notice you’re doing it all over.
and it feels so good.
well, after the 400 was stolen i needed a new drug: a 2005 model ktm 450 exc.
i had been looking at a 2003 model 450 (cheap but a bit outdated), a 2004 model 400 (would have been ok, but the price was not right), and finally i just happened to drive by a ktm dealer and coincidentally there was this 450 in the showroom … the price seemed good. i got a little discount, too, and there is a kit with all sorts of useful things like hand & engine protectors and stuff.
it took me 15 minutes to decide and buy it. and i only feel a tiny little bit guilty.
sadly i never rode the bike much; i just could not get the infrastructure in place – the trailer, the tracks, the course … but at least i got a good price fro it when i sold it, before we left for australia. i was only allowed to take one bike, and that was always going to be the aprilia, for financial reasons.
also, by the time the 250f had come out, and that would fit my riding abilities a lot better than the 450.