About a year ago I decided I was going to sell my 400, having ridden it about 3500 miles after restoring. I didn't list it until recently when I had time to detail and photograph it. I wanted to use bring a trailer, but I was worried about their demand for a no reserve auction, and I've seen a couple 400's go for too little recently on there. So I listed it locally with a high price I thought was fair.
I enjoy riding the 400 but I always had a conflicted feeling of wanting to baby it, but also didn't like the idea of it sitting unused in the garage. I also suddenly felt stressed owning 5, 6 or 7 bikes at a time and began downsizing that number. This year I've sold my CL350 and replaced it with an XR650. I've now sold the 400, leaving me with two 750's, the K0 and my chopper. Friends are pressuring me to sell the 750 chopper and build a big twin harley... which I may do after sitting on a couple of their bikes. I am simply too tall to be riding small uncomfortable bikes and I never realized it until I sat on something that fit me better... I could only make the 750 chopper comfortable if I were to put ugly forward controls on it. And having seen my reflection while riding in a storefront window, I look absolutely huge on this frame.
Anyways, back to the original story I was meaning to tell, I found a buyer locally who had bought a 400 new back in the day. He said it was the same year and color as well. After he sold the bike at some point he never got another motorcycle until now. So with a 30 or so year break in between, he will have only ridden 2 bikes in his entire life, that original 400 and mine. Pretty cool story in my opinion. So now he gets to have an almost new 400 again, and he'll likely ride it less than 200 miles a year. He can baby it let it sit in the garage and be admired.
