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Will You Sell some coins and buy a Harley this Spring?

ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I've had two over the decades and keep wondering if it's "time" again. I hold one disc of metal in my hand and go "vroom vroom". Maybe a nice very simple and stock Sportster....not new, but not old either >>>>>>>>>>Ever have those thoughts???
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    ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am considering selling some coins to buy high end Hobie Fishing Kayak for the spring fishing season in La Jolla.

    Whatever makes you happy.

    I bought my first fishing kayak by selling coins and that was one of the best decisions I have every made because of the fun and health benefits.

    Also eating Halibut, White Sea Bass, and Lobsters that I catch is another great benefit.
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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, I'm still trying to get the old Lady to buy me one, we've been together 33 years
    and I think I'm wearing her downimage Persistance pays they say.

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    kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
    Already done that once...bought a VROD Muscle when when they first came out image
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There's never a bad time for two wheels.

    I have to admit Harley's scare me. But they sure are shiny. And at idle they make fun "potato, potato, potato" sounds.
    Lance.
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    WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    Only if you hate your neighbors and want people to know you're coming from 2 miles away.
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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,642 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No.
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    bosco5041bosco5041 Posts: 1,303 ✭
    No, I've had cycles all my life and sold my last one 3 years ago and will probably never own another one.They are sure fun but at my age a spill would do me in. I love watching them go by on the highway though.
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    chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    not until they come equipped with a cage and roll bar
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,503 ✭✭✭✭
    Even if won the lottery, I wouldn't buy a harley.

    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



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    1tommy1tommy Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My first Harley image Than it turned into a Drag Bikeimage But I still collect coins.............imageEnjoy image
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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,642 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No, I've had cycles all my life and sold my last one 3 years ago and will probably never own another one.They are sure fun but at my age a spill would do me in. I love watching them go by on the highway though. >>



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    Crazy4CoinsCrazy4Coins Posts: 1,922 ✭✭✭
    Actually, I've had thoughts about selling my Harley and buying a fews coins.

    It's in MS69+ condition too.
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,678 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No - my golf buddy is into that but not me.

    Would rather have some cash for 100LL AvGas and another flight to Alaska! image
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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    well sort of, afew years ago I sold some coins to buy this. image A couple of extra wheels over a Harley but way fun.
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A '71 LeMans, coinbuf? Nice!

    Here's me on one of my bikes. Talk about fun!
    Lance.

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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks Lance yes she is a 400 4-speed 71' LeMans, I'd perfer a 70'GTO but that would have been alot more coins. image
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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ...I customized a '78 Dresser to an FLHS before they became popular. Black with oxblood red paint. Nice heavy bike a delight at 35 mph. I do miss it but I'd go lighter now. Just a basic black sporty. Hmmmmmm what should I sell?
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    SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,598 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I sold some coinage in 2010 to help get this... the license plate for the first car (Lunar Rover 001) driven on another world. The license plate is somewhere between a half dollar and a dollar in size, and made out of aluminum about the same thickness as a beer can.

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    notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i>A '71 LeMans, coinbuf? Nice!

    Here's me on one of my bikes. Talk about fun!
    Lance.

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    Nice. Riding that bike like it was designed to perform.

    I used to commute on a BMW R1100RS, in fact I hauled hundreds of thousands of $ worth of coins to the bank and various locations in the saddlebags. I had a Yamaha R1 that I enjoyed blasting up and down Mt Palomar on.

    Then a lady ran a red light and took the front wheel off my BMW. Didn't ride much for a month and the knot between my shoulderblades went away. I've tried riding several times since then and every time I do I feel the knot coming back.

    So to answer the OP question, I would definitely find the money somewhere to buy a bike if it didn't make my back sore. At least once a day I stop to look at a nice bike and wish.

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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Only if you hate your neighbors and want people to know you're coming from 2 miles away. >>



    And if you live in my neighborhood, expect a lot of flats.

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    silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nope

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    RaufusRaufus Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No, I've had cycles all my life and sold my last one 3 years ago and will probably never own another one.They are sure fun but at my age a spill would do me in. I love watching them go by on the highway though. >>



    I hear you. I rode for 16 years until I got wiped out. I do miss it though. They are such a blast.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,584 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sounds like someone is having a midlife crisis.imageimage

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm a little strange. I prefer riding asses here.

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's just like me... forgetting to drop off the message on my first post image

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    crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    I have almost gotten a bike numerous times but it always comes down to knowing my own limitations. After owning a half dozen performance cars before a wife and kids ruined my youth and freedom, I acknowledge that my need-for-speed would end up with more dire consequences on a bike. Some of my greatest hits (tickets) in cars were "128 in a construction zone limited 55although at 2am", "115 in a country 50" and "liable speed (roughly translated from German) for getting in multi-car an accident in excess of 160KMPH". When the say no speed limits on parts of the Autobahn they mean they are deregulated and if you exceed the recommended limit you are liable for what ever happens even if someone else is also at fault, my accident ended up my 3 different people at fault even though it was one clunker that spun out and took out 3 other cars.

    Ya, I would die on a bike.
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    bigjpstbigjpst Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have actually been considering the opposite. Selling my Harley to buy more coins. For the past couple years the dust has been getting a lot thicker on the bike than the coins.
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    WestySteveWestySteve Posts: 567 ✭✭✭
    I'm considering selling some numismatic stuff (coins or currency) to fund the restoration of my old VW beetle. It's hard when you have lots of hobbies but only so much $$$$.
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had motorcycles continuously from age 13 to 38 (the year my first child was born)

    Haven't been on one since, though I still think about it occasionally, I'm more likely to sell some coins and buy some more concrete, sod, and trees this spring

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    CocoinutCocoinut Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Ever have those thoughts??? >>



    Never. Especially after seeing someone get killed while riding one, and having a friend badly injured in another accident.

    Jim
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    daOnlyBGdaOnlyBG Posts: 1,060 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Ever have those thoughts??? >>



    Never. Especially after seeing someone get killed while riding one, and having a friend badly injured in another accident.

    Jim >>



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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,584 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm a little strange. I prefer riding asses here. >>

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Quit looking at me that way, Perry. image

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    AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Would rather have some cash for 100LL AvGas and another flight to Alaska!

    Now you`re talking Lakesammman!

    Skyman great piece!

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    millenniummillennium Posts: 3,305
    I have collected coins since 1962' I bought a Harley in 2005.....I sold it in 2009. Now I'm back to the coins......I raced motocross when I was younger, and never could get used to the cement with the street bikes ......and the idiots in their steel cages that inhabit it.
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    kimber45ACPkimber45ACP Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭
    I did it last fall.
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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, but I would consider pimping out my boyfriend for a few toner'simage



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    markinsdmarkinsd Posts: 116 ✭✭✭
    I bought a Harley a couple of springs ago.. I always rode sport bikes until this bike. My wife loves riding on the bike so that's a bonus. My other hobby is restoring my 1966 VW Squareback. I am getting close to finishing. You can see the back of my Squareback in the picture.

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    adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    i had a 1970 fastback in college and that little unassuming car was awesmoe.

    earlier than that my parents had a notchback. but something was wrong with it electrically. they sold it, indicating to the buyer all of the problems, but the buyer was totally into the notchback. i think that notchback killed that dude as he died not long after. not because it crashed; because it would not run right.
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    magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭
    That is lovely Skyman! I also sold off some stuff around the holidays to ease the cost of the Mauretania turbine blade I showed here. Makes me much happier - and I can hold it w/o plastic! ;D

    Eric
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    nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd stay away from the bikes though I'm sure they're lots of fun!
    Seen too much stuff working in a hospital...

    I have sold coins to help pay for restoration of a classic Olds convertable we've got going though...
    Sure is a fun ride when Summer hits!
    I did HATE selling the coins though!!! My wife would have it no other way though in paying for the car fun........

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    ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭
    NO!!!!!

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    jhdflajhdfla Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭
    No, not a harley.

    I've considered selling a few coins to go on pilgrimage to Dharamashala India to further my understanding of the Vajrayāna school of Buddhism. who know, if he's still alive I might even run into Don Taxay image
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    renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "...before a wife and kids ruined my youth and freedom..."
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    CarsonCityGoldCarsonCityGold Posts: 1,856 ✭
    No, I've got a Harley and a Honda and a few coins.
    Here's a couple of shots from a photo shoot we did with the Honda.
    Thought you might like.

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In all honesty,
    Coins are simple
    Toys are expensive
    Investments are stressful
    Bikes are dangerous.
    My prayers were answered when my youngest daughter sold her crotch rocket, and now she's pregnant with my first grandson.
    Amen.

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,086 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No, but I would consider pimping out my boyfriend for a few toner'simage >>



    OMG, the poor man. You give him my sympathy. image

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    mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 7,074 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I won the lottery,I would buy the Childs 1804 dollar and a really nice Indian to get me to coin shows across the nation.image

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