Gotta be.

Sat for the last couple weeks and the 4 month old battery is flatlined. Kaput, decrepit, diseased, defunct and deceased.

Front tire is flatter than a freshman...

And it is down about a full quart of oil. Not sure how, she doesn't lose that much unless I screw up and run Actevo in it by mistake (don't use that watery junk in an air cooled bike, can't handle the extra heat). She had a fresh fill of 20W50 conventional a couple months ago. And I've kept it under 80 the whole time...

Let's see, what else have the gremlins been into on her? Oh yeah, both filaments are good, but she has high beam only (must be cold...)   Turn signal detents are GONE, left rear is hooked up, has a good ground and a NEW bulb, doesn't work. Fork gaiters are dissolving. Gas tank ate the cap gasket. Riser cap bolts are maxed out, bars are pinned through the caps, and they still move. Grips are dissolving. Mirror silver is peeling off, you know, the reflective junk on the BACK of the glass.

This is driving me nuts, all I did was threaten to give it a wash and wax (first time since she was new in 1998...). I knew that stinking gremlin bell was an attractant.  

More than once I've threatened to put a deer slug through the engine and push it off the cliff behind the house. To be replaced with an antique Harley, which is now sitting on the patio... Usually does the trick.

Way back when the only Savage forum was out of Germany (1998 is when I joined up) my very first post was about how many problems I was having with this exact same bike. It's cyclical, don't know why. I didn't think the Japanese built Monday morning specials...

That Harley hasn't run in years and I don't have $12K to throw away on it.

But if the right VN1500 Classic comes along... has to be the jet black 99, low miles, with wide whites, studded seats and a Fire and Steel windshield, with Roadhouse 2 into 1 exhaust, fishtail or rocket tip.

I'm firmly stuck in the 30s to the 60s where bikes, cars, trucks are concerned.

Holy cow, WD!...  
Maybe it's time to grab up a neglected 02' off of Craigslist, and retire this ol' trooper to the parts bin...

How many miles are on her?...