The Ultimate Payoff

In the previous post we learned that Ace has paid off his bike. It's now, financially, all his; no ties to the bank. What a great feeling. He thought that the taste of that would be much sweeter once the transaction was done, but as we found out it wasn't, it was just business as usual. Well today was much different. Today he hopped on his hawg and went for a ride. As the miles passed by and he rolled over the hot summer asphalt it began to sink in that his pride and joy, his hawg was all his; bought and paid for. Ace felt a wave of joyous pride rise up in him as he looked down at the bike and felt it's power under his seat. It was similar to the day that he rode it off the showroom floor of the dealership. He thought about how it was the same bike and the same rider, but now it felt different, better. He seemed to sit a little differently in the saddle, a little more comfortable. It is the ultimate payoff for hanging in there and making the monthly payment. It is the ultimate payoff for working year after year at his job that he dislikes so much. It is the ultimate payoff of owning his Harley outright; that it's equity is now all his. He rode on with a new confidence, with a feeling that from now on, when he's riding his Harley he is truly free.