One day my supervisor, who has since retired, asked my if I was interested in buying his Honda CX500. This was the one that had opposing cylinders, like a BMW. I had seen him ride it in to work and knew it to be a running bike. I asked him how much?
"I want 50 bucks for it."
My checkbook appeared instantly. I took possession of the bike a few days later, then rode it on weekends for a few months.
After a short time I knew I didn't want to keep it, in part because it was actually such a small bike, and in part because of my possibly over-developed sense of self preservation. I put it up for sale, and possible trade.
I had numerous trade offers on it...one being a Browning High Power which was a decent pistol but not one I knew much about, so I passed. A few days later a guy offered up a nice Colt Python, and he became the ownder of a Honda CX500.
How did I do??
