I've made an unhappy decision

[JuST Peter]

It's been a difficult time, but have made the decision to sell my ST1300 as I have lost too much riding confidence, and have found the older I get the heavier the bike has become.
And arthritis hasn't helped either.
https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/2004-honda-st1300-abs/sse-ad-17264968/?utm_campaign=ad-approved&utm_source=notification-center&utm_medium=email

[Jdbiker]

Sorry to hear, that day will come for all of us sometime 😢. Have you considered something lighter?
Cheers.

[ruSTynutz]

That's a shame... 

Best of luck with the sale! 

[Dragonstaff]

That is a nice looking bike, and it is a shame you can't enjoy it any more.

Where did the highway pegs come from, or they home made?

[Shiney]

Sorry to hear this mate
Remember you can still join in even if your driving a car

Good luck on the sale

[JuST Peter]

Sorry to hear, that day will come for all of us sometime 😢. Have you considered something lighter?
Cheers.

That was a consideration but I still would have had to negotiate city traffic. While I can ride ok on the open road, I would have had to watch the other 5 drivers - ones on either side, front and back, AND the idiot playing on their phone or day dreaming coming towards me 😱

[JuST Peter]

That is a nice looking bike, and it is a shame you can't enjoy it any more.

Where did the highway pegs come from, or they home made?

Yep, made by a mate as I couldn’t afford MCL types

[JuST Peter]

Remember you can still join in even if your driving a car

Aha! They can’t get rid of me that easily Dave 😉 I’ll still be there wherever you and Carrol are 😄

[Biggles]

Good solid bike fully farkled at a fair price for its age and kms.  Hope someone appreciates all that and snaps it up.  Serious graze on top box, but I've had one fixed and repainted for $150.  No doubt more than that now.

[JuST Peter]

Good solid bike fully farkled at a fair price for its age and kms.  Hope someone appreciates all that and snaps it up.  Serious graze on top box, but I've had one fixed and repainted for $150.  No doubt more than that now.

Thanks for the kind appraisal Bill. In regards to the scratch, I'd approached several professionals - match n' scratch businesses, who seemed to want to either shunt me off to someone else or quote an unrealistic amount, to the point I decided I'd leave it as it is.

[Williamson]

Yes, a nice, overall tidy unit (apart from the top box scrape), reasonably priced (although that's subjective).  Good luck with the sale.

To me, it seems that it's a buyers' market out there (rather than sellers').  I've had one of my ST1300's (2011, 58,000km) on the market for a coupla months now.  Many, many 'phone calls, messages and inspections, but the these stats don't really count, the only one that does is the sold stat, and I only want one of those. 

Price has gone from $11,000 to $8,500, I'll take it off the market for a while.

[STroppy]

It's been a difficult time, but have made the decision to sell my ST1300 as I have lost too much riding confidence, and have found the older I get the heavier the bike has become.
And arthritis hasn't helped either.
https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/2004-honda-st1300-abs/sse-ad-17264968/?utm_campaign=ad-approved&utm_source=notification-center&utm_medium=email

Hi Peter, sorry to hear that, but can sympathise with you as I am considering the same but am got to do one last Border Run first. We can always string along to meets in our cars!

[JuST Peter]

That we can Terry  and that's what I plan to do

[Diesel]

Sorry to hear it mate.

There' a lot about getting older that is not in brochure unfortunately.

It has been wonderful catching up with you over the years.

Don't forget the option of driving out to the closer RTEs and you still have many friends out there.

Cheers, Diesel

[JuST Peter]

Thanks Dave. The not-so-closer ones can also be on the cards too

[JuST Peter]

SOLD!
A younger man from Qld has bought it sight unseen because his dad has one, and paid my asking price too .
It gets picked up by a carrier next week

[Wild Rose]

Well done Peter Congratulations on the sale
Hope you still hang around OzSTOC
 

[JuST Peter]

I have too many acquaintances to just let go Leo, yourself included

[Wild Rose]

I have too many acquaintances to just let go Leo, yourself included