Losing your soulmate...

[Gremlin]

I guess some of you have been through it before, so know how I feel... the rest of you, no doubt you will in time.

The relationship has been a short one in the grand scale of things... we only met in early October, but we hit it off straight away. Almost inseparable from the beginning, it felt so different to previous relationships and yet so perfect.

We tackled things together I had never done before, yet I usually found myself wondering why I had never done it before. She exposed me to a whole new world... and I loved it! I guess looking back, it all happened so fast, it couldn't keep on going forever, or at least, thats what the cynic in me says when reflecting on it all.

We hit a rough patch just over a month ago, and had a forced separation. Surprisingly, I was rather unemotional about it all, convinced it would all blow over, and we would be back together in a matter of weeks (if not days). Days have passed into weeks, weeks now into a month.

Last night, I hit a rough patch, missing her like crazy. I went through hundreds of pictures of us, on trips, getaways and other outings. Carefully looking at all her beautiful features, trying to remember what they were like in real life... the pictures never capture all the beauty, as much as you try.

I keep thinking I must be going insane, its hardly like me to get all emotional and reflect on the past... but then I think that it wasn't like any previous relationship I had had. It's often only when you no longer have it, that you realise what you have really lost.

After a little communication in the last week (nothing had been said for weeks), it looks like we might get back together in the next 1-2 weeks... I can barely contain myself, but keep thinking I need to take it easy with little steps.

The parts should be arriving from Austria this week, maybe the next, short time to put her back together, and the KTM 990 SM will be back in my hands and we'll be together again. Having averaged 1000km a week since I bought her, this last month has been very lonely...

Eobe has even been off on a school camp the first 3 days of this weeks, so I've only had my thoughts to keep me company... and this post has gone a long way to calming the voice within...

[Jaxi]

Oh Dear, that almost had me....

Must be a KTM thing, my husband has the 950 SE, and I'm almost jealous of the attention it gets sometimes...

[LBD]

Aw hell mate...I was developing a tear there till I got to the bits about the parts arriving....Then I stared conjoring some goulish lady Frankenstein images (1950's black n white with Boris Karloff n all ....Austria and all that.

Then the bubble bust with KTM....you B^%&$

I only get to see my girl for 2 weeks, twice a year so phewey to your sob story....

But well done, you had me going for a bit

[RocKai]

LoL, almost sounds like an Oscar Winner until it hit the rough patch lol. Nice write up anyway

[Mrs Busa Pete]

Riding that sluty honda wouldn't of done your relationship any good. You where only on a break you hadn't seperated.

Try sending it flowers.

[sinfull]

I almost stopped reading, thinking nooooooo gremlin not you tooo ! But you'd writen it so well i couldn't drag myself away, it was like a mills and boon !

[davebullet]

Moderators!!!! .... Tissues! - Where are the tissues!

[Duke girl]

You ever thought about writing a love story and having it published?. Sure would keep the tissue companys in business.

[86GSXR]

That was so beautiful

[Swoop]

...convinced it would all blow over, and we would be back together in a matter of weeks (if not days). Days have passed into weeks, weeks now into a month.

Only a month???

You are obviously not having AMPS repair your bike...

[PrincessBandit]

I hope you take things gently now, and woo her back to see whether she really wants you back or is just after your rough riding....

[Crisis management]

I understand Gremlin, I had to leave the 990 outside last night (trail bike in bits all over the garage floor) so I rushed out at first light and gave her a hug and a pat.

It's not called orange crush for nothing!

[LittleJohn]

Only a month???

You are obviously not having AMPS repair your bike...

AMPS couldn't even fix my bike, even though it was them that put in the new clutch, and then adjusted and re-adjusted it several times..... still didn't work. Took one trip to spectrum, 30 minutes later away she went.

Great story gremlin, I even felt sorry for you at the start

[Slyer]

I'm such a sucker.
I'm blaming this on early morning gullibility.
But well written.

[Conquiztador]

Each and everyone you spend time with will forever be etched in to your memory. To carry a candle for a old relationship is nothing to be ashamed for.

Sure, some of them might only have been yours for a very short time, you might even have borrowed her temporarily from her rightful owner. But they all leave a lasting impression that will change you forever.

The long sleek lines, the purring when you get her going, how she warms up under your touch, her temperament that can at times take you by surprise, the feel of becoming one, knowing that together you can conquer anything, the admiring looks from the other guys wishing she was theirs, the filling her up and knowing that it will keep her going for a few hours until she demands more and it is once again time to dip the nozzle in to her, the small noises of delight she makes in your hands, the lack of complaints when you push her to new hights or wake her up at 3am for a ride, her ability to teach you things you never knew was possible, the feeling of total satisfaction when you know she is only yours.

Each time one leaves your life it is like a part of you has been brutally ripped of. But strangley soon another one will fill the void. And as you have learnt more about what you are really on the look for, the next one will be even more special.

And the girls wonder why we spend so much time in the garage...