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It's been almost 4 years with this beauty. 2006 Hornet 599 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by Bedelia@lemmy.world to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world

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Oh hey there motorcycle friends of Lemmy!

I wanted to share this gorgeous beast and the hilarious story on me getting this bike. 4 years ago a postal truck decided to run over my parked 2005 GS500 and obliterate it 🙃 in the middle of a sunny beautiful day. It was definitely a shitty experience because I had to crawl the bike home with the damage it sustained (speedo cable ripped out, exhaust crushed, bent forks and bars). Luckily the postal service was deemed completely at fault and I got my dream bike paid for entirely by the postal service insurance.

So in a way...thanks postal service for your service in totalling my bike and buying me a new one 🫡

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[–] Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago

That's a nice bike! How does it ride when comparing to GS500?

I have a '99 GS500 and it's awesome! An all-around bike with character and it's been a great teacher to the world of motorcycles (and fixing them). Surely not the most reliable nor comfortable ride but I kinda like that too.

I'm looking to upgrade my license and get a bigger bike at some point, the UJM's definitely call for me still.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Want.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Man, she's beautiful!

And what an origin story lol, I'm glad it all worked out in the end!

[–] brap@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Very nice sir. I had a yellow one a few years back and loved it.