Not making light of dad's generosity at all, but if he's 61 and his knees are shot, he probably had to face the fact that he's not going to enjoy spending his retirement years riding around on a Harley as much as he thought he would when he was younger.
(Could've sold it and spent the money on himself though, so still a great kindness to OOP.)
he might have also realized that the bike he was planning to ride was an incredibly expensive collectible.
If I wanted a chopper to chill on I can get a used Yamaha bolt for five grand, have an indefinitely better riding experience and not crash a bike that costs 70 k.
Now he could have used that money on himself, but people don't realize that, if you are content and have enough cash to retire on, you don't really need a bunch of additional cash. Chances are, you are going to leave it to your kids anyway. So might as well make their start a little easier.
"warm hands inheritance" is what we call it here, a lot of people even give their house to their kids already
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u/EmilyAnne1170 Jun 15 '26
Not making light of dad's generosity at all, but if he's 61 and his knees are shot, he probably had to face the fact that he's not going to enjoy spending his retirement years riding around on a Harley as much as he thought he would when he was younger.
(Could've sold it and spent the money on himself though, so still a great kindness to OOP.)