Holy Cow it's a small world!

So what many people don't realize is that I'm a sentimental kinda guy. I was recently looking at photo's of my first motorbike wondering what it's been up to these days. I really hope it's treating it's new owner well. I kinda miss my first bike - a 1984 Honda Shadow 500. Not that I would trade back for it, but it does hold a lot of emotional value for me. I have lots of good memories on that bike and of course when I think about it, I'm taken back to when I first bought it.

This is where I have to divert a bit.

I was recently at a bbq with my girlfriend and I was introduced to a ton of new people. I was feeling a bit out of place, when she introduced to some folks I had met previously. Immediately I was relieved to see Darryl and his wife again, since now I'd have someone familiar to talk to. Rhonda and I had arrived at the party on the back of my new Vstar 1100 and naturally the conversation wandered around to bikes. It turns out that a few people that were there, actually ride bikes too, so the topic was quite lively. In any case, Darryl was lamenting how he had wanted to purchase a late 80's 1100 Virago but ended up picking up a shadow instead. When he described this bike, my jaw practically dropped (which I'm sure it did in fact). His little 1984 Honda Shadow 500 was the very same bike that I had bought from him back in 1998/99. I was talking to the previous owner of my first bike without even realizing it! It was awesome! I didn't realize that a new friend introduced to me by my girlfriend Rhonda, was in fact the guy I bought my first bike from. He bought his bike for 2500, I bought it from him for 2500 and I sold it for 2500. What a great little bike! Talk about coming full circle.

All those memories of buying my first bike just came flooding back. I remember my friend Barry coming with me to take a look at it. I remember Darryl (the previous owner) talking about the 1 or 2 imperfections on it. I also remember seeing that it was in showroom condition and I remember how badly I wanted this bike. Barry took it for a ride, gave it the thumbs up, I paid the 2500 bucks cash and then Barry and I took it back to his place. We then proceeded to take it apart - tune it up - and put it all back together again. We spent the day going over that bike and I really learned a lot by doing that. It was a really good first time buying experience for me. I will always remember that day fondly.

Anyway, that is my "Holy Cow It's a Small World" story. If you don't believe in Karma, then what the heck was that!!?? :) More on Karma another day. I hope your experiences with Karma are as good as mine have been.