However, when do you EVER buy a bike with your head, rather than your heart

Proof of this is a shed full of old nails that were 'a good idea at the time'

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If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough.

Tell me about it - I still have my 4 speed Sportster buried in my garage, last time I rode it was when we moved into our current house 10 years ago ...

... and I've added to it since then.

And if I managed to trace any of my old bikes they would probably join them.