Well I don’t know if it was a good decision or not but I spent the majority of my cash ($900) on a 1995 Yamaha DT175 enduro motorbike.
I cant tell you how much I loathe spending 4 hours on a chicken bus to buy groceries, a screw, a chip brush, or masking tape.
The bike weighs less than I do and I can easily hoist it onto Splendid’s deck and take it with me through the Pacific or wherever I go. It will be really cool to have transpiration as I travel to take photographs and video on small remote islands. I know the motorcycle doesn’t really fit into my minimalistic philosophy but it is what it is. I’m UBER-DONE with the chicken buses!
I’ll be able to fix up splendid allot quicker now that I can take a nice ride to the ferritera (hardware store) whenever I need to.
I couldn’t finish my paper work at the DMV today as I didn’t have my passport. I need return to Splendid tonight and be back on the 6:30 (4 hour) bus to PC in the am. I paid and extra $40 for the guy to put on a nice (used) trunk on the back of the bike and he threw in a helmet. That in conjunction with my large backpack will allow me to haul lots of stuff (paint, supplies, food, etc…).
I took the bike for a spin and it really has a lot of power and runs smooth. The guy who sold it to me owns a bike shop and also gave me a three month guarantee on everything (Motor/trans/whatever). He just rebuilt the bike and feels confident its all in order. There are a lot of cheaper Chinese bikes around but they seem like real crap. This bike is 16 years old, and I think it will run for another 16 if I take care of it. Parts are available everywhere, they are cheap, and the bike is really simple. My friends tell me the Chinese bikes fall apart after a few years and are useless.
I did manage to buy all the parts for my SCUBA/pneumatic spray paint system and I did get my flip video camera today. I’m shooting video like mad :)
I don’t know if this was the right call or not but I made it today.
Peace, Love, and VAROOM!!!
alex