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hey bob,
i've stood in those shoes many times. some may think as much as i sell/trade that i don't get an attachment to any of them, but believe me, i do. i put a lot of effort into making my bikes unique, as i did with my custom cars, and when you see all that hard work and sweat going out the driveway, it can't help but hurt a little. i always tell lillian it's just a hunk of metal, but deep down i know it's a hunk of metal i'm going to miss. but, it helps knowing it's going to give another a lot of enjoyment too.
one of the vehicles i became most attached was when i lived in branson was an old pickup. i was in springfield mo. one day and saw this 1950 ford pickup sitting at a muffler shop. stopped to look and it was an original (almost) pickup with only 22k miles. it looked brand new, and this was around 1973! it had the old ford flathead v8 with dual carbs, and offenhauser heads, dual exhaust that sounded awesome, and he had added a set of chrome reverse wheels. asked the owner if he'd sell it and bottom line, i took a "new" pickup home that day. before i left springfield, stopped at another shop in the truck and the guy there knew it and asked what i was doing in it. told him i bought it and he just looked at me. think he thought i'd stolen it. he told me that guy would never sell that truck. guess i was just there when he decided he would. it became "old blue" and i absolutely loved that truck. i had it probably longer than any of my old cars. sad part is years (probably 20) later, i drove to carthage mo. to a friend that deals in old cars and there was my truck. but, "old blue" was in serious need of restoration. over the years, i guess somebody owned it that just didn't love and care for it like i did. my first thoughts were to buy it and restore it, but later decided to just keep the memories of it from years back. i often wonder if somebody did restore the truck.
bud