Me_groovy's pro tip of the day (May 2026)

Say goodbye when you should.

I sold my Tracer 900 today. Bought it in 2015 when everyone kept getting fed up of my bike being broken.

After several years and adventures, I stopped using it 2 years ago when I got my speed triple, but it sat languishing in the back of the garage, doing nothing but taking up space.

Flogged it yesterday to a guy who’s going to export it to Albania. Should’ve done it 2 years ago.

Every single part on that bike was rusted, scuffed or broken. It’s a weird feeling, I never really gelled or fell in love with the bike, but made a lot of memories on it. Didn’t feel sad to let it go like I usually do.






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Whoop! congrats.

making way for a track bike!

That’s good advice for relationships that have run their course as well. A few of mine became way too rusty.

In both cases, no amount of WD40 would fix it

Did someone say track bike?

My speed triple is a great track bike for me. Don’t need anything more slippery or focussed than that.