can a ZX10R do this?

why would he?

When I bought my (completely non-street-legal) RGV250 from Paul
Charmichael I did so because he was asking (IIRC) £300 for it, and I
had more than that in cash in my wallet at the time I saw his post.
I've spent (way, way, way) more than that on a night out - what the
**** is there to justify?

IMO, anything that costs less than around a grand is a medium-term
disposable item[1].

[1] i.e. what do 4 x tyres for a 1/2 decent car cost, for example?

 

could you please stop spoiling arguments with facts?

FWIW, the Kumho ECSTA STP 225/45 ZR18s I have on the RX around about
the same price as that.

 

darsy took a blunt brush and painted...

I think we've got different terms of "justify".

I consider "justify to myself" to be the same as "I like it, I want it".

So I'd have to ask; why the hell does anyone buy something they don't like?
[1]

Or are you thinking "there has to be a logical, sensible, reason for me to
buy this item"? Which is a load of crap in any sense as far as I'm concerned,
impulse buying makes me happy.



[1] I like the colour I'm going to paint the kitchen walls. I like the fact a
new boiler will keep me warm and give me loads-a hot water, I like whatever
brand of tyres I'd choose as they'll give me plenty of grip in the car, etc,
etc.

 

Champ took a blunt brush and painted...

T1-R or 888?

Everyone I know who has/had the 888s says they generate a heck of a lot of
road noise.

 

maybe. By "justify" I guess I mean "balance which of the things I want
to buy against each other and buy the ones I want most". Unless, was
mentioned, it's only a few hundred quid in which case "**** it, I'll
buy it and if I don't like it, so fucking what".

Oh, for that sort of thing, it's too keep someone else happy.

 

Nope. It was an impulse buy. Much like my car. And the car before that.
And the ZXR400 I bought in 2001. And, well, most things, really. Life's
too short to think much before buying.

 

for cheap shit yeah. As has been noticed, for stuff that costs more
than a few grand, I used to be quite anal about thinking about it too
much. I've stopped all that OCDP crap now. Probably why I've got a
ZX12R, and a Tiger before that.

that's not quite the same. Apparently, you'll just take anything with
a vague amount of *hutzpah* as long as she's warm, thin and willing
let you **** her ragged. Oh, and you seem to favor skinny small-
breasted brunettes with boys' names (just an observation, nothing
meant by it).

It might (read: almost certainly) amaze you to know that my attitude
is perhaps the opposite - I wait for them to come after me. And yes,
despite all odds, it happens, sometimes all too frequently/
simultaneously[1]. (no, no, really, and some of you met E. once or
twice, who chased me down rather vigorously rather than the other way
around)

[1] admission of the week: once shagged a girl I thought was 21, but
was really only at most 16[2] whilst at the same time in theory being
the "boyfriend"[2b] (for the first time[3a][3b]) of the girl who was
later to become my future-now-ex-wife[4]
[2] I've mentioned this before, I'm sure - she was the "buxom
barmaid" (way, way out of my league in theory in terms of looks[3c])
in my local (which is why we'd assumed she was at least, 18), who I
was dared to ask out by my mate Brendan, and it was a close call to
decide which of the two of us was more surprised when she said yes. We
agreed to meet in one of the local ("in theory" "over 21" nightclubs
(I was 18, just about)) and it went OK, we "dated" (remember "in
theory" I already had a girlfriend[6]) for a while, having the odd
drink, seeing movies, I even met her parents; a few weeks later I was
"surprised" in QUB's Student Union to see her in a Catholic
schoolgirls uniform as part of a group being shown round the uni. I
say "at most 16, as apparently she was still doing O-levels")[5]
[2b] Embarrassing situations: queuing in Boots with a good-looking
bird, with basket containing a few packets of condoms and a roll of
35mm film, only to find that the person eventually serving you at the
end of the queue is your in theory "actual" girlfriend.
[3a] I had two "Lisa"s at the same time, one of which I dumped upon
discovering she was a) 13 years older than me and b) had a husband on
remand for a manslaughter charge.
[3b] I "went out" with her/ broke up with her at least 3 times before
we got married. And hey, that worked too! ;-)
[3c] so was my then-yet-to-be-future-ex-wife[4]
[4] need a Douglas-Adams-ish tense for that one.
[5] yes, of course I pried her away from her teacher and class mates,
got her drunk, took her back to my shitty Burma Street bedsit and
fucked her, with her still wearing her school uniform.
[6] reading this back, I appear to have been a bit of a **** in my
late teens.

 

And a terabyte folder full of spreadsheets used to justify the
decisions.

 

hah - you think I'm bad? You should see A.'s folder of "decision"
"making"[1] spreadsheets.

[1] for someone who's job title is along the lines of "Supreme Godlike/
Super-villain (Total-Influencing Multi-Billion-Pound-budget-holding
Program Manager) of "All the Important things that matter to anyone of
any consequence above the absolute minimum level of "senior galactic
overlord""" it's quite surprising she can never decide what to eat in
a restaurant.

 

I'm losing count of the number of comedy gigs she "might" come to.

 

<fx:looks in wallet at receipt for curry house at just shy of £700>

*nods*

 

But I bet she never wants chips, but always wants "just one or two" of
yours, eh?

IF YOU WANT CHIPS, FUCKING ORDER THEM!

<fx:deep breath>

 

Murgh Mirchi Masala and a bottle of wine at the Emperor, eh?

Pricey.

 

Food from someone else's plate has no calories. Everyone knows that.

 

heh no. Benares.

 

hey, been to the Coq d'Argent at Bank? It's great.

you're paying.

 

I think I've mentioned this before, but generally speaking, in the mid
term, I find it easier to order whatever she says she wants but that
"I'll think I'll try this instead", and then we can swap when she
doesn't like the "this instead".

 

DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON THIS SUBJECT.

REALLY.


PLEASE.

 

Do you have any particular feelings on the matter?