| To buy, or not to buy, that is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to keep your old Harley,
Or to buy a new and thus end the heart-ache
And the thousand natural shocks that wishing
For a new Twin Cam is heir to?
Tis' a consummation devoutly to be wish'd.
To buy, to break in; to break in, perchance to break down;
Ay, there's the rub;
For in that 1000 mile break in period what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off our proven steed,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long break-in period;
For who would bear the looks and scorn of other drivers while you ride 55,
The truck drivers wrong, the Yamaha rider's contumely,
The pangs of despised schedules, the law's delay,
The insolence of Gold Wingers, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy Suzuki's' takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With an older Harley? but, who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat pushing an older bike,
But that the dread of not having 20/20 foresight,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No biker returns,--puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those maintenance problems we have,
Than fly to others we know not of?
Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution that all HOG riders possess
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of timid thought;
And bike trips of great pith and moment,
With this regard, their planning turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
Morris, Ash, member of the Southeast Tulsa Chapter of HogNews.com, a resource for motorcycle enthusiasts. |
