Since it was my post that started down this path, I will apologize for choosing to ignore the question you asked and choosing to lecture instead.
I understand where you're coming from. My mother left my siblings and I a very nice piece of property to share as a gift. It was somewhat misguided though since nice pieces of property come with healthy property taxes and maintenance issues to go with them. It's become something of an albatross with most of us getting no real benefit from the property and the others not able to afford to pay for it but not wanting to sell it either.
As far as I'm concerned, most of us, maybe even all of us, would have been better off if she'd sold the property and burned through every last penny except funeral expenses.
Anyway I couldn't in good conscience recommend buying a bike that would lead to (in my view) more trouble than happiness based on the background story so I should have just not responded at all. As you've indicated that story isn't the entire story.
Last edited by tjspiel; 11-08-11 at 05:46 PM.