What are the chances my friend
when you add up all the coincidences
and where do you began
to tell the story of a motorcycles birth
and to track its life until it departs this earth
I guess we should start
where it was made
In a foreign land, almost completely handmade
Japan would create thousands of such bikes
Twenty Six years ago (1983) and all alike
Then a few of these would be shipped
fully equipped to the United States
Shinny and new in wooden crates
And upon arrival sold
...you see fun...translates
Now the story gets interesting
as you will see
From that journey across the sea
one of those bikes eventually was bought by me
An old guy with no claim to fame
with a broken bike, an old refrain
You see back in High School
I bought my first bike
an old broken down dirt type
and within just days it failed to run
I think the seller was having fun
But, I got a bug, that bit me
and just wouldn't go away
and despite the ruggedness of it
I would return again and again
to riding the roads, even in Thailand
But, then Thirty years would pass
and I thinking it would ever last
and my brother one day bought a bike
convincing me to try it dispite
my lack of riding for so many years
I thought he would be killed
..almost brought me to tears
Thinking of the freeway jerks
those with cell phones and girly quirks
Makeup and rouge, hair brushes and creams
Don't they realize their precursors to screams
He talked me into riding that day
and I talked him into selling that bike
and now I've been on three more
with ten's of thousands of miles explored
Then one day I bought this bike
a full dress freeway cruiser not a trike
and began to put on some serious miles
tens of thousands in just four years
I parked my truck in storage, a new frontier
You see, I became a daily rider
one of those you see every single day
riding their bikes dispite stormy weather delays
Then the inevitable happened again
and my electonic dashboard failed, my friend
Now they only made that dash just that year
so long ago, twenty six years
Where would I find another
I tried craigslist and ebay
and discovered four
Wow! Four!
Now ebay is quite the place
where only fools rush to place
their bids... like little kids
and without thought or reason
they do buy, junk, trinkets,
and other such unneeded supply
But, occasionally there is a need
to buy something rare indeed
I had that need, you see
and there were four
But, the prices ranged from hundreds
to thousands and more
For just three of the four
I was discouraged as this bike is old
putting out that kind of money
Well, the truth be told
The bike isn't worth that kind of expense
and perhaps I should, with the bike, dispense
Then just puttering around
I began to browse with a frown
just mindlessly looking at one ad after the other
and suddenly mis-catorigized there was another
An electronic dash, no bids had been placed
There it was, kinda hiding its glowing face
You see another bike just like mine
had made the journey of a lifetime
and this bike just happened to be
on sale....I placed a bid...a tiny fee ($20)
Then for days I watched that space
no other bids would be placed.
Now how is it that I'm the only one
to place a bid, the other three now are gone
So many wanted that dash
I expected it to be lost in last second flash
But, the bidding ended and I was alone
and that dash...had found a new home
The seller must have been surprised
as that dash was worth hundreds more
Yet, she shipped it and included inside
was a note thanking me ...Why thank you Renee.
It arrived and all was as advertised
the dash was complete and all parts inside
It was then that I was taken aback
My God! Would you LOOK AT THAT!
You see, dispite the years, distances and miles
Dispite completely different owner riding styles
Both bikes were ridden almost entirely the same
How could the mileage be....
Only Fifty One miles apart...you see!
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