In the book "Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance" the Author Robert Pirsig talks about value or how to define value and comes up with
A ... Classical Value ... all practical ,functional
B ... Romantic Value ... all glitz and glamour
this is generalizing I know as some things are different degrees of Romantic / Classical value .
Let's say you pull up in a plain little white Hyundai sedan and someone pulls in next to you in a 57 Chev with a blower hanging out the bonnet. People will crowd around the owner of the Chev and make a big fuss while the owner of the Hyundai cringes off and when I say people I mean mainly women and that's ok if that's what you want but what about their kids dripping ice cream and sticky fingers on the windows ... such is the price of fame .
The point I'm trying to make I guess is that maybe ... just maybe some of us get to a point in life when we just don't care anymore if what we ride / drive gets the attention of every Tom Dick and Harry.
Moto Guzzi I'd like to own one , a 1970 Ambassador would do just nicely thanks. I don't particularly like Italian bikes but the Guzzi's I do like , I love the note the exhaust puts out . I own a Honda and a BMW and figure when I get my Motor Guzzi I'll have one of all the enemy during WW II .
