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My RC390 has been sitting in storage since last June, and it is not cheap to store. I'm about to head back to New England for the summer.
I originally bought it to commute to work on and occasionally bring to the track. Proof is in the pudding and I have yet to bring it to a track day out here (and probably won't). I also don't know if I'll really ever be going back into the office.
My friend was moving out of Boston and after a few beers I purchased his Vespa (considering 3 of my friends crashed it while I borrowed it - 2 at Loudon - I was pretty entitled to purchase it). He got it for free, I paid practically nothing, and it is an LX150 and pretty dang sweet. I plan to bring that out here to SF commute. Its currently sitting in Danvers at my dads.
Now I'm left with a decision to make. Do I lug or ship my RC390 across the country back to New England, where it can stay. Or do I just sell it. Its more or less stock. It has the KTM approved Akra exhaust. A trick KTM front wheel lock. Little things like mirror deletes (for lane splitting), tidy tail, and maybe some other small stuff. I also have a power commander, pre-programed wideband sensor, and a race air filter brand new which I never installed.
I imagine in COVID world, I can attract top dollar. It is pretty mint.
That said, it is pretty dang mint and would make a fun little track bike back east. A place I'll likely be during the summer and back and forth to quite a bit indefinitely.
But, my heart will always be with 600s and if I truly made a return to track days it would be on an R6. But I own this thing, it was cheap, why not have a rain/second bike? Is the RC390 at risk of being massively outdated/replaced? It could also be a fun little "occasional race program." I'd love to do it out here at all these cool tracks, but I just don't have the infrastructure to store/maintain at that level.
What would you do?
My real concern is the hassle of getting it back east. I really don't want to pull a trailer the entire way. If I put on a hitch rack, I won't be able to open the rear doors of the van without taking the motorcycle off. That is a major problem.
I tried to entice my brother to drive our golf wagon back, but he wasn't interested and I don't trust him to tow a trailer or handle a potential mishap. Anyone interested driving our golf wagon and towing a Uhaul trailer with the moto back to New England for a reasonable fee? Not willing to go the craigslist route.
Motorcycle shipping just seems to expensive to be worth it. Also...I really don't want the headache of non-stop phone calls and emails that comes along with any sort of bidding ship site.
Selling it and buying another one back east seems like a reasonable way to to do it. I just have a feeling if I sell this one, I will not buy another. Maybe that is just the right move at this point.
Posting here for some accountability, so I actually do something instead of just paying to store it.