Gidday To All

[k1w160]

"Discovered" the KB site on the SV1000 site last night and signed right up.

Have been riding for 30 years (even survived a stint as a motorcycle courier in the 80's) and have gone through Harley, BMW plus the big four from Japan.

After badly tearing a calf muscle kick starting my XS650 cafe racer (see pic below), the wife finally said something staggeringly intellegent "for crying out loud - sell that machine and get something new that will start and won't need to be worked on everytime you ride it".

Being the ever compliant husband, I did exactly what she said (probably for the first time in 20 years), and test rode a few bikes - and bought the SV1000S home.

Great to have a kiwi site like this - hope to meet a few of you on the road or at a track day.

Keep it shiny side up.

All the best.

C.U.

[vifferman]

Gidday, an' all that.

Welcome to the KiwiBiker gargre. :wavey:
And congratulations on having a "staggeringly intelligent" wife.

[yungatart]

Come on in.Tis a fine place to hang out(as long as you don't mind the odd nutter!)

[XTC]

Welcome. Hope you also kept that fine yamaha even if it's only to look at as it's soooo pretty....

[Blackbird]

Welcome

May I also compliment you on a fantastic wife who deserves to be spoiled something rotten.

When I got back into biking, my GB400TT cost me a piano for my wife at twice the price, can't remember the quid pro quo for the K100RS and the Blackbird cost an MX5 :no:

She's one in a million!

[vifferman]

Welcome, Blackbird.

Mental age of 5 what?

[Ixion]

Welcome, Blackbird.

Mental age of 5 what?

Keep taking the dried frog pills.

[Blackbird]

Welcome, Blackbird.

Mental age of 5 what?

plus:

Keep taking the dried frog pills - Ixion.

A complete suck-up I may be, but I know what side my bread is buttered on :motu:

[vifferman]

Keep taking the dried frog pills.
I haven't heard of those. Which which witchddoctor do I buy them from?

They must be one of those new-fangled anti-insanity drugs, coz I've not heard of them before now.

Must google them, so I can see if it comes up with multitudinous lawsuits and class actions like the last lots of pills I was given (hope the dungfish in the sewers liked those...)

[Blackbird]

Welcome, Blackbird.

Mental age of 5 what?


P.S It was my wife who said I had a mental age of 5. Probably 5 gerbils.

[riffer]

That XS650 cafe racer looks great ... pity it had to go.

But what a replacement. Good taste getting the SV.

Welcome to the site.

[Artifice]

I haven't heard of those. Which which witchddoctor do I buy them from?

They must be one of those new-fangled anti-insanity drugs, coz I've not heard of them before now.

Must google them, so I can see if it comes up with multitudinous lawsuits and class actions like the last lots of pills I was given (hope the dungfish in the sewers liked those...)

your must not read a lot of Terry Pratchetts' books then VifferMan. they have a halucenogenic affect to make crazy people halucinate they are being sane. the strange thing is they make them actually act sane. in fiction when the unseen university's computer went mental from communicating with the vice chancellor they had to type in "lots of dried frog pills" into the inputerator thingy in order to cure it.

[Ixion]

your must not read a lot of Terry Pratchetts' books then VifferMan. they have a halucenogenic affect to make crazy people halucinate they are being sane. the strange thing is they make them actually act sane. in fiction when the unseen university's computer went mental from communicating with the vice chancellor they had to type in "lots of dried frog pills" into the inputerator thingy in order to cure it.

HEX. It's HEX. Don't annoy it. Was it the Vice Chancellor, or the Bursar. It's the Bursar that depends on regular doses of dried frog pills.

[Matt Bleck]

Gidday mate.

[vifferman]

HEX. It's HEX. Don't annoy it. Was it the Vice Chancellor, or the Bursar. It's the Bursar that depends on regular doses of fried frog pills.
Oh yeah....
Now I remember.
I read that one (#1 son has all of them, including a couple autographed by the TerryP hissself. :yes: )

[Motu]

I hope you really didn't get rid of the XS650,I'm sure you could hide it in the back of the shed somewhere.....I sold my XS1 after having it for 15 yrs last year,when I see bikes like yours I get a bit sad.

[stify]

welcome to the site, nice :ride: ya got there

[k1w160]

Thanks for the messages.

Sorry to disapoint, but the XS had to go, still it was fun when it was running well.

Getting the SV hasn't cost me anything - yet, but there is plenty of talk about a new car, and a trip to the States, mind you she's one heck of a woman and she deserves being spoiled (and no she doesn't have a sister).

Besides - just think what goodies I can pick up for the SV Stateside, exhaust systems cost a lot less over there, and I'm sure I can find a new jacket or something............
C.U.

[MSTRS]

She's one in a million!
Mine was won in a raffle. BUT.....that's just as good you know. Welcome to the new guy.

[yungatart]

Mine was won in a raffle.
He lies! Hes far too Scottish to dole out money on a raffle ticket. Welcome dude.

[Zed]

"Discovered" the KB site on the SV1000 site last night and signed right up.I think the SV1000 website is run by SpankMe who is also Kiwibiker's founder and administrator!


Great to have a kiwi site like this - hope to meet a few of you on the road or at a track day.

Keep it shiny side up.

All the best.

C.U.Welcome to the site, I hope you enjoy your stay. We have rides regularly out of Auckland so feel free to join us anytime. Hope to see you out there! :Punk:


Zed

[Jabez]

Welcome...:)

[skidz]

Welcome, it's good to see you've got a good missus that understands your likeing for two wheels.