The Thrill Has Gone!

Sorry to hear that your hardtail doesn't live up to your memories. I can't think of anything I did 30 or 40 years ago that I enjoy as much today - except a good steak or lobster, and I couldn't afford them back then. Maybe you could trailer it to the places that you want to ride, and enjoy those locations while enduring the smart-ass comments from others. Or, if you really want to get rid of it, maybe post pictures on the various forums to see if anyone is interested. Good luck with your choices.

 

Keep her for those A roads and buy a modern Triumph for the rest it's only money if you get in trouble sell the new one on bikes hold money pretty well

 

Omg yes
I’m 45 years away from riding and my new Speedmaster is good for 1000 km a day no worries get it

 

It's a tricky one Dick, think hard about your emotional attachment to bike and late mate, once it's gone will you want it back, is it worth more to you than you'll get for it?

 

Thirty years scrubs from memory all suspension shortcomings just as ruthlessly as it destroys the elasticity of your ar*e.

 

Yeas, hard tails can be a pain in the @r$e. And those advancing years don't help.