What was your first bike?

[redpaso]

... The wife made me sell the RD400 ("you are only allowed one motorbike !").

Paul

So that explains the extrordinary collection you have at work.

When will women understand that if a man can't satisfy his needs at home he has to do it elsewhere :laugh:

I am sure you can get her on a technicality there if you really try. foe example: If you buy a bike that is already in parts it does not count as a motorbike as it is just a box full of parts. When you put it together it is still not a motorbike it is now an assembled box of parts!

How can they argue with that, you did not buy another motorcycle & could at any time potentially pull it apart & return it to the box. It is just a project, a bit like painting the house or building that new fence she wants you to do.

[Paul]

...& could at any time potentially pull it apart & return it to the box. It is just a project, a bit like painting the house or building that new fence she wants you to do.

Good thinking Red. I like the bit about returning it to the box. She likes jigsaws... and I never complain when she buys a new one because she always returns it to the box when she has finished...

The question is, am I brave enough to try it ?

Paul

[Rodney]

The only way to find out is to go ahead and do it. My wife complains every time i go to a swap meet as she wonders what i will return with. Every time she goes and visits her mother i buy something big so far the biggest thing was a 4WD and the smallest a home cinema system. She didn't know i bought the Paso until about a week later when i brought it home, have no room in the garage anymore as have a BSA Bantam plus parts for another, 2 by Suzuki A100 (was for the wife to learn on, then she couldn't complain i was too far infront ) , a gocart leaning up against the wall , and finally the Paso.

Rodney

[fasterdammit]

I've always liked the saying "it's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission" ...

[Paul]

You guys are very brave when you know that your wives won't read this...


Paul

[Rodney]

The wife can't complain too much she comes home with new clothes or shoes every week . At least i only come home with something once every 6 months . I need too get rid of the two suzuki's as i was thinking of buying a 500 pantah for a track bike.

Rodney

[RideFlyDiveSail]

Good stories guys - fond memories eh?

My first: 1883 Suzuki GS 250 (power limit here in Oz) - big, slow and underpowered but held her line and was pretty forgiving. I wore out the pegs, scrapped the exhausts so much it got a hole in it and once even scraped the decorative cover off the crankcase. Man I was mad back then.

Second: I answered an add for an ex drag bike - a 1969 CB750 Four. Running rough the ad said, $500. Worth a look I thought. Broken camshaft it had!! The guy was riding it around believe it or not! Anyway I gave him 500, spent 400 on a top end rebuild and put her back together from the ground up. Close ratio box, twin front disks and a rear disc of a Bol d'Or 900... What a machine. That thing was great fun in straight lines.

Third: After a couple of years I decided some corners might be fun to ride around again. and went in search of something a bit more civil around town as well. I wound up with a GPX750R. For 5 years we had a great time together until the inevitable meeting with an old bloke in a Nissan that just didn't see me coming on the dark and rainy night as he pulled across 3 lanes to turn .

Now: I'm still working on the missus but I have my eye on a loverly ride from Italy (and no, I don't mean the sales girl from across the road!) ....to be continued

Cheers