sort-of ride report - Wintersun

Well if "getting a bike" is read as "getting a road registerable bike"
I think the answer would be yes for most males...

JL
(min. age for a bike licence being 16ish in most states except
mexico...I certainly had a one dimensional mind at 16

 

Is that the ZXR750 or a 250 ?

Given up on the BMW ?

JL
(green wheels - must be kwaka, two intakes in the frame must be zxr -
I know I saw this bike at the BBQ but there were also 47 other bikes
shown at the same time so I can't actually recall what it was)

 

There's some serious and very personal history here that makes Betty
sensitive about some things Peter, and I understand where she is coming
from. I can see that without a knowledge of that history Bety's response
seemed a little over the top. OTOH, Biggus' remark was probably not intended
to trigger Betty, and maybe should have been taken by her in a more
lighthearted manner.

OK Group hug everybody, then we can get back to harsh week.

Theo

 

Huh? You're talking to blokes Betty.

Theo

 

What, like a five year old with a box of pastel crayons?

Theo

 

Nothing wrong with a dead emu, except they smell much worse than a dead roo.

Theo

 

Think a bit bigger.

Once I"ve got the new toy sorted the BM's getting pulled to bits for
one of those 6 month restore projects. I figure I'll have it back on
the road in about 5 years.

You're right about the kwaka, wrong about everything else

It's a new arrival, Glens still got zxr750 bits scattered over Sydney,
he'll do something about them once he stops buying VFR400's, Another
one came home with the Kwaka this week.

The green wheels aren't standard, they're not even close to kawasaki
green, neither are the engine bits that also got painted by the
previous owner. I'll be sorting all of that out, everything but the
wheels will be back to standard black this week, assuming everything
goes to plan, the wheels will have to stay that way until next time I
need tyres.

If all goes to plan, and the parts that are supposed to arrive today
do so, it will be back on the road this weekend, again, assuming I
don't have any issues getting it assembled and rego'd. I'll post some
pics once it's done.

 

well yes, there IS that, I suppose....

betty

 

Sparkly new chain and sprockets installed when I took Gus for his
24000km service last week. The chain was so bloody loose it was
clanking against the centrestand at speeds under 80kmh.... had been
adjusted and adjusted and just couldn't be adjusted any more...

betty

 

Women like to give names to inanimate objects. Like cats and men.

Theo

 

In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:35:57 +1000

No good deed goes unpunished.

Zebee

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:10:47 -0700

I never used to. But somehow the Yellow Devil just needed to be
called that, and ditto The Old Girl.

The Yam is just the Yam though, and the 850T is just "that bike over
there".

Zebee

 

The Triumph is "The Black Pig" in honour of Captain Pugwash.

Guess that makes me Captain Dougwash...

 

Uh oh:

GPX250RII - The Jackal
CX500 - The Terrible Vee
GPX600R - Satan
VT500E - Vicky
GPX250R - Nameless Boy
CT90 - Dad's Bike
CBR1000F - Godzilla
CT90 - Mr Wickham[1]
GPZ900R - Snotty


BTH
[1] Named by Minx, for the bloke in "Pride and Prejudice". Apparently
he was a Bounder and a Cad.

 

My mechanic doesn't understand it either. He and his offsider stir me
mercilessly... *sigh*

betty

 

I guess that makes you a girl.

Theo

 

Come on Betty, blokes just don't understand women. Especially not the
supposed 'caring understanding nice types', and god knows there's no
shortage of them.

Theo

 

Duly noted. You'd better give me my underpants back then.


BTH

 

Nah, they crack me up - I don't mind a bit of stirring...

betty

 

Whoosh!
Hint:- look at the words within the ' ' s and try to make an acronym of the
phrase. And never take any of my posts at face value.

Theo