It sucks that you were in a spot where you even had to make that decision. Doing the right thing is more important when it costs you something. Hope your decision pans to be the right one, especially with a new one on the way.
If you do go to work for a competing manufacturer though you will have to be a bit dishonest with yourself and your customers to sell something.
Ted's internal monolog:
"OK Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Honda are the best in the world and Suzuki sucks!"
"Alright I will say this a thousand more times and write it on the chalk board until I believe it, it worked with the whole 'Bush lied' deal so it will work for me"
Ted's sales dialog:
"This new ZX-14 is the coolest thing since sliced bread and Suzuki will never have anything that can touch it, Oh yeah and I 'used' to own a Hayabusa and even it didn't have these neat Ferrari scoops on the side of it, what a POS it was"
Ted falls apart:
"OK, OK I cannot tell a lie, I love Suzuki's, they are the best in the world and will ruin the ZX-14 with the new Hayabusa before it even has a chance at any glory, I didn't sell my Busa but will to buy a new model so I can spank the POS you are about to buy because I sold out"
"Come on, I have a baby to feed, the bike isn't that bad"
"Oh and I was in the Army where I learned how to kill people who aggrevate me, so will this be cash or charge?"
So you see how the whole thing could come full circle and you become a wholy dishonest person just because you are trying to be an honest person, feed your kid and have some integrity. The road to hell is paved with good intentions so the lesson here is not to forget who the best is, SUZUKI!
