Free bike??

Tmall · 09-12-2009, 11:24 AM

We didn't win! Our odds were down to one in sixty, and then some dude won it. Good for him and all, but I wouldn't mind having another bike in the stable.

Captain Morgan · 09-12-2009, 11:42 AM

It happens. I was at a Corvette event back in '03 and some dude had been trying to win a car at this event for years. He was wearing a t-shirt that said, "this year it's my turn." He won the car.

'73 H1 Triple · 09-12-2009, 06:16 PM

Last year I pulled $2K out of my money market to purchase my ZR1100. February I was doing my taxes and needed the purchase date to see if i had to pay capital gains tax.

Turns out the value tanked by 60%

So by removing the money to purchase the cycle in May of '08, I kept the loss to a minimum and basically the motorcycle was free

Jeff

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09-12-2009, 11:24 AM	#1
Tmall Aspiring Rapper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, NS Moto: '12 CB1000R Posts: 3,569	We didn't win! Our odds were down to one in sixty, and then some dude won it. Good for him and all, but I wouldn't mind having another bike in the stable.

09-12-2009, 11:42 AM	#2
Captain Morgan Let's do another U-turn Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Moto: 2009 V-Strom Posts: 3,816	It happens. I was at a Corvette event back in '03 and some dude had been trying to win a car at this event for years. He was wearing a t-shirt that said, "this year it's my turn." He won the car.

09-12-2009, 06:16 PM	#3
'73 H1 Triple restorer of the original Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zionsville,PA Moto: '93 ZR1100 &'73 Kawasaki H1 500 Posts: 1,331	Last year I pulled $2K out of my money market to purchase my ZR1100. February I was doing my taxes and needed the purchase date to see if i had to pay capital gains tax. Turns out the value tanked by 60% So by removing the money to purchase the cycle in May of '08, I kept the loss to a minimum and basically the motorcycle was free Jeff