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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eurofjr" data-source="post: 1470864" data-attributes="member: 624">Thanks to all the suggestions, I've got an Excel spreadsheet up and running as I figure I'll spend the next few months planning out possibilities. @escapfjrtist, that's a good observation. Maybe just rent a trailer and head down to see my Dad and other CO-based family for a bit, then trailer it up to Calgary. I do like the idea of not feeling rushed to get things done and maybe having to leave without a level of certainty. I'll keep working on my spreadsheet and have to mull this one over. You and RossKean both make good points and... they both make sense for different reasons. Damn. Honestly, this would be easy if I wasn't emotionally attached to the bike. Like many, I only knew Radman through the site and wasn't able to link up with him at the only WFO that I attended (Reno). I think he was there anyways. So, when I went to Minneapolis to pick up the bike, we spent several hours chatting about the bike, military life, lots of things. One of my groomsmen, who is HRT, did his first post-Army FBI tour in Minneapolis so I was curious about that aspect too. Basically, once we started talking, we just kept on going. He really seemed like a good dude and he took amazing care of Frank. If he wasn't so knowledgable on bikes, I'd have thought it was highway robbery to buy the bike at the price that he sold it. His workmanship was top notch and, even now in its dirty condition, I'm kind of amazed at how meticulous he was with everything. I definitely don't want to sink a ton money into the bike but I also hate the fact that I never got to ride it like I had my first FJR (an '01 German model that was stolen in Paris). I feel like I owe it to myself to get him back on the road and start putting miles back on. Who knows how I'll feel after the first few days of reality, inspections, and stuff. I kind of feel like this is maybe going to be a tougher decision than I was initially thinking.</blockquote>

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