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Queesha, Paula, & Gina-
my kinda women!

1. Find the closest Burlington Northern railroad track and walk along it.

2. Keep an eye open for an old rusty rail spike.

3. Take said spike home and place it under your bed.

4. The next time you wake up in the morning and think about:
a. selling your bike to finance marriage
b. getting married because you're "in love",
c. getting married due to your "biological clock",
d. getting married because it's time to settle down,

5. Reach under the bed and place said spike in your hand.

6. Jam it into the side of your head as far as it will go

I would certainly look at other ways of reducing the cost of the wedding rather than sell my bike. Does your intended go on the back of the bike? Does she even like bikes?

I was lucky with M, she enjoys the bike, even though she does winge every so often, but isnt that what woman do

You will be sorry if you sell.Got married in 79.wife loved my 76 bonny.we rode hard.bought new home on 5 acres.sold bonny.life sucked for 26 years.wife kept saying we need another bike.bought new 05 BA.life is good now.flushed viagra down toilet.go without food,clothes,cars,firewood,and roof over head before you sell scooter.what a difference 2 decades makes.forgot what it was like on old 66 okc to tulsa in s curves a 100mph.man,life is good.

Selling the bike is probably the last thing thing she would want you to do.
She loves you,the bike is part of what makes you.......you.
Don't sell the bike cut back on your plans some more and promise to always support each other to be, whoever you need to be.

Don't sell the bike.
Otherwise you will end up a harley wannebe spending zillions of dollars for another bike in about 20 years, play acting that you are a "Biker", and calling everyone "Bro"! <LOL>
Seriously...How many guys do you know that sold their bikes, and regretted it until they got another one.... or even worse, never got another bike.

Both of you need to sit down and think..WHO is she doing all this stuff for? For her? for you? to impress other people who really won't care?
I got married in a military chapel,had a reception at a friends' house. Ummm... of course at that time I was in Hawaii, flew my parents in from the mainland,very small wedding.

What difference will all this stuff make in 5 or 10 years from now? Will all those guests at the expensive reception really care next year how much money you spent?
How about a nice cake and punch reception in the church hall after the wedding, and that's it. Maybe a fancy dinner at a posh restaurant for the wedding party afterwards.
Basic principle.....KISS...
Keep it simple, Stupid... <BG>

A different view.... one of my friends bought herself a used RV... she lives in it and travels. she also bought a trailer to take her bike with her. While she likes to ride, she is not a biker, but what I would call a "casual rider".

She was worrying about getting the bike on and off the trailer by herself... and posed the question to me..."Do I want to be defined by my bike?"
Which I think meant.... is having and riding a bike important enough for me to keep it?
So my question to you is.... how do you want to be defined?
In any case, Good luck!
the idea for the property sounds good, but that's another thread...
Mary

I had my 02 America before I married my second wife and I would not consider selling it to help with the wedding expense's....might lose it if we get divorced...haha
Did I say that?

I gotta sympathise with ya, Mike. Twenty years ago, I sold my beloved 37 chevy streed rod, that I had totally gone over. God, I loved that car. but family circumstances came first, and I sold it so that I could move out of a deterioating trailer park and move onto a beautiful 12 acre country wooded spot. The car paid for the septic system. (ouch) Still, I have seen a number of shows that adress this very thing ($$$ and weddings) and selling the bike should be low priority. EVERYBODY has a story to tell about selling a bike to pay for something, nobody is happy with that decision afterwards. A fancy wedding is not worth squat in your memory in a very short amount of time. Keep the bike, pare down the wedding. One more thing, your future intended is not for selling, sounds like a good woman. One last thing, CONGRATALATIONS!

If you are willing to sell your bike I have to assume that you might be getting tired of it. You said that there were other sources of cash, so if selling your bike comes to your mind then maybe that is really what you want to do. By posting here you knew what responses you would receive sort of a way to reaffirm your desire to keep the bike. Sell your car. or your fiance's car. I personally think that you will probably sell it most people eventually fine a compelling reason to do so. Too bad.

Has been an interesting thread to read for sure.

I think you should absolutely sell the bike. She doesn't see you as a biker and neither do you or the subject would never have been born.

A bike is the heart of a biker. Its like asking him or her to stop breathing so much and to smile less.

How to ask somebody you truly love to do that, I have not a clue. How to let somebody you truly love do that is an even better question.

Yep, has definitely been an interseting read.

Now, I never said SHE wanted me to sell it, she is against it 100%. I never said I was GOING to sell it, was just trying to get an idea of what the folks here thought would be a good asking price (Oh, and BTW Dwight, my fiancee' is worth a LOT more than you offered).
Satxron, you are 100% correct- I am NOT a "Biker". After 22 years on two wheels I think I'm past that particular moniker, PLUS I don't like the Village People / Gay Pirate intonation that is inherent with that label :-)

Thanks again for all the responses. The encouragement against selling the Speedy, for the most part, has been meaningful and appreciated. My other cash raising ideas have started gathering positive results and hopefully will continue to do so. I've a garage and several closets full of stuff I've been holding on to for 'no apparent reason' and have been listing them on Craigslist and E-Bay with great results.

I typed it badly. I was mostly reacting to the others not you. You clearly stated she has not asked you to sell the bike and you are thinking on it. I think you should. The interesting read was the first post had nothing to do with should you but then the next several told you not to do it. They then drew you into that conversation.

If you were a hard core "I can't live without a bike" person then you should not. You are not so you should.

Whatever you do, have a happy wedding. You know what your bike is worth to you so a price is up to you.