As much as I couldn't believe back in February of 2008 that I actually owned that bike - the only bike I've always dreamt of - I can't believe I lost it. Six months after I bought it, I finally took it out to the track, and after that, I knew right then that it was really the only bike I needed to have. I had immediately put my then track bike up for sale. I was the guy that always had at least two bikes in his garage, but here I was more than willing and wanting to just have the Aprilia.
It really sucks to have lost it. It's not even just losing any 2000 Aprilia RSV Mille, it was losing that 2000 Aprilia RSV Mille. That bike and having lost it is a large reason I never went out and bought another one to replace it. It sounds cheesy writing it about a motorcycle, but that one really couldn't be replaced.
Mostly when I think about the bike, I wonder terribly what it would be like to ride it now a year and many trackdays and improvements as a rider later...
It's usually better to leave things to the imagination, but a part of me feels very strongly that if reality now meant having the bike still, it would be better than what I could possibly imagine.
