[hondafan]

Wondering why you havnt heard of me in a while? I moved. And so here i am.

[Robo]

Wait just a minute! You were gone??? No way!

Quote for the day: Remember, no matter where you go, there you are. And if you weren't there, then you'd be somewhere else!

[ev]

you are a philosopher, Robo
how about
everybody is a foreigner, almost everywhere

another 3+ weeks of inlaw invasion
not sure I can survive without mayor mental damage

[ev]

I moved. And so here i am.

still in southern Oklahoma?
still with your folks?
tell us more

[hondafan]

yup still in OK and still with parents, we just moved to a bigger and better house. (with a H.U.G.E garage). looks like well need it cause my dad applied for credit on the CRF450R. if we get it i will let you know. plus we wont have to trade a bike in this time.

[crfsonly]

congrats on the new house...and HUGE garage. do let us know if your dad gets the crf450r.

[hondafan]

ok i'll do it.

[ev]

...applied for credit on the CRF450R...

Fan, you will not take this personal,
just another one of those clashes ...

why would someone buy a toy on credit
a toy he could total any minute
a toy that loses 1/3 of it's official value the moment you use it the 1st time
in DP I talked to a guy who wanted to sell his 450R
but nobody would pay the amount he still owed on the bike

[wade]

I am in the auto business and I see it everyday. I am also guilty of it. There are a lot of reasons for putting a toy on credit, rates are so low now and the interest they use is "simple interest" which means there is no pre-payment penalty if you want to pay it off early. With rates in the 2's and 3's why not use someone elses money and pay it off later. I noticed in a previous photo that you posted that you have a pretty nice truck, did you pay cash for it or did you finance. If you did pay cash...great, you are in a better financial situation then I am. If you financed it then there is no difference then financing a "toy". You can wreck a vehicle just as easy as a bike but it is a heck of a lot more expensive to fix, and cars and trucks (especially domestic cars and trucks) have much worse depreciation then a bike would have. You can actually check bike and atv re-sale values on NADA.com or Edmunds.com. Finally why not finance...after all living beyond your means is the American way...Driving in style, living in debt.

[ev]

If you did pay cash... If you financed it then there is no difference then financing a "toy" :

paid cash

is your toy comprehensive insured?
my truck is

only vehicle I ever financed was a van for my shop and that was not a financial but tax-political decission
sorry the way I was braught up
so as long as it is OK with you guys I'll keep asking strange questions

[wade-o]

Ok guys let's not get worked up over trivial stuff like if you paid cash for your bikes or if you financed them through AHFC. We all have a common bond in the bikes we ride and the sport we love. Besides we are the three biggest posters on this forum, if we argue all the time it could turn the newer members away, and we all want this place to get as big as it can. Oh yea and I was talking about ev's truck..he posted a picture of his bikes one time and his truck was there and it looked nice.

[wade]

ev the forums wouldn't be the same without you, you bring color and excitment to the same old boring topics.

[ev]

you bring color ...

thank you, Wade
wait till I have my new pants
then ...
you can talk about colour

[hondafan]

no way man we wont put a bike on a credit card. we dont even have a credit card. What i mean by applying for credit is going to honda.com and seeing if we can get financed AKA to see if Honda will give us credit for a new bike. and they did and we are getting it next month, simple as that. actually the nicest people on the planet AKA Durant Cycle told us to come and get the bike now. but we want to wait a bit.


P.S. even if we did put it on credit you shouldnt ask me why or brag about how many vehicles youve put on credit, should you?

P.S.S. There is no picture of my truck on this website.

[ev]

no way man we wont put a bike on a credit card.... even if we did put it on credit you shouldnt ask me why or brag about how many vehicles youve put on credit, should you?

please read word by word
then think
read again
think again
before you talk back

nobody here talked about credit cards
nobody here asked YOU if or how many whatsoevers YOU did finance
I dared asking a general question about something I did not understand