{"id":13826,"date":"2026-11-12T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T18:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=13826"},"modified":"2026-11-11T16:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T23:46:57","slug":"well-another-bike-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/well-another-bike-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, Another Bike Or Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nMe and my V-Strom.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Inertia can be a powerful thing.<\/p>\n

You know how I’ve been looking hard at buying a Yamaha Tracer. Back in July I wrote about how I definitely wanted a bigger bike<\/a> than my 650cc V-Strom. I’ve been looking at the Tracer for two years now and I’m very interested.<\/p>\n

So why haven’t I bought one?<\/p>\n

Just for reference, I bought my 1999 Kawasaki Concours after waffling on that for three years. I worked a block down from Vickery Motorsports and I frequently would walk over there on my lunch break and look at whatever Concours they had on the floor. I wanted that bike but actually buying it was not an easy decision to reach. Finally, on my birthday that year, I went in and pulled the trigger. A birthday present for myself. Then I rode that bike for 25 years.<\/p>\n

This time around is no easier. I concluded I definitely<\/em> wanted a bigger bike after doing a five-day Utah trip<\/a> with the RMMRC<\/a> where the guys in front routinely went extremely fast. I could keep up but my little 650 was working hard. The Tracer is 900cc. That extra 250cc would make a lot of difference.<\/p>\n

Since then, however, I’ve been riding the V a lot and really enjoying it. The big thing is that I don’t generally go those speeds. At slower speeds I find myself remarking that I don’t need anything more than what this little bike can give. So how often do I do these group rides where we really blast? Do I really need another bike? I like my V-Strom.<\/p>\n

This kind of thinking does not motivate you to go out and spend umpty-thousand dollars. I know plenty of guys who move from bike to bike about as fast as I go through a pair of jeans. I am not one of them. I had my first bike, my 1980 Honda CB750 Custom, for 35 years. I had the Concours for 25. I have had the V-Strom now for 13 years.<\/p>\n

At first I figured I would at least wait until fall when any shop that still had a 2026 Tracer on hand would be more than ready to make me a good deal. Well, it’s November. I’m still on the dime.<\/p>\n

What’s it going to be, Ken? Heck, I sure don’t know.<\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

Good vibes and motorcycles will get you anywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inertia can be a powerful thing. You know how I’ve been looking hard at buying a Yamaha Tracer. Back in July I wrote about how I definitely wanted a bigger bike than my 650cc V-Strom. I’ve been looking at the Tracer for two years now and I’m very interested. So why haven’t I bought one? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[327,460,349,439,818,517,308,518,626],"tags":[1638,1594,1331],"class_list":["post-13826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dual-sport-bikes","category-honda-motorcycles","category-kawasaki","category-motorcycle-clubs","category-rocky-mountain-motorcycle-riders-club","category-suzuki-motorcycles","category-triumph","category-v-strom","category-yamaha-motorcycles","tag-purchasing-a-new-motorcycle","tag-yamaha-tracer-9","tag-yamaha-tracer-900"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13829,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13826\/revisions\/13829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}