Wife or the bike? [Archive] - Kiwi Biker forums

oneofsix

4th July 2012, 08:19

If you were given the dreaded task of choosing between your wife/husband/partner or your beloved bike, which would you choose and why?

Thought you were just about to embark on a southern tour sans wife. Doesn't that answer you question :killingme

I think the Mrs might win, just. But who knows until it happens.
Loved the story on TV1's Sunday of the guy given the choice between the girl friend and the Triumph, he chose the triumph, 20 or something years later he is partnered with her sister and the bike lives in the kitchen. :2thumbsup

5150

4th July 2012, 08:21

Thought you were just about to embark on a southern tour sans wife. Doesn't that answer you question :killingme

Well, if she reads this thread i might have a stop put on my southern adventure :innocent:

GTRMAN

4th July 2012, 08:23

Hard question, with lack of due attention both are capable of killing you.....

Tigadee

4th July 2012, 10:31

I think the first verse of this classic song says it all...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4mU8ZqMZPU

"Its a freedom loving lifestyle I adore
She's waiting for me behind my garage door
She's all dressed up and she's ready to roll
Never talks back always begging for more..."

duckonin

4th July 2012, 10:39

I wear my own 'pants', so i shall make my own decisions if I own a bike or not.:rolleyes:

oneofsix

4th July 2012, 10:40

I wear my own 'pants', so i shall make my own decisions if I own a bike or not.:rolleyes:

Location: in a tent.
I guess you already made the choice then :lol:

Rhys

4th July 2012, 10:44

It's always nice the trade in the old model for a new one, the one with firmer shocks and better curves

xen

4th July 2012, 10:53

Bike of course. But I guess the question is why does she want you to stop? Spending too much time on the bike?

duckonin

4th July 2012, 11:08

Location: in a tent.
I guess you already made the choice then :lol:

Yep 'tent' no rates to pay. More money for bike rally's.:cool:

Newbi

4th July 2012, 11:24

Definately husband, it's just a bike after all.

5150

4th July 2012, 11:30

it's just a bike after all.

:gob: wash your mouth out this instant young lady :spanking:

nallac

4th July 2012, 11:39

Why should you have to choose, if they loved you they wouldn't make you choose......and all that crap..

I'm a bitter twisted crunt after my last split......

I'd take the bike anyway.....

Maha

4th July 2012, 12:16

The bike would most certainy go....no doubt at all.
At the top of my 'All Time Favorite Things To Have Around Me' list...is my wife.

george formby

4th July 2012, 12:23

The bike would most certainy go....no doubt at all.
At the top of my 'All Time Favorite Things To Have Around Me' list...is my wife.

Awwwww.

Me too, er, not Mom, Jas.

Any hoo, it's easier to find a good bike than a good woman.

f2dz

4th July 2012, 12:31

it's easier to find a good bike than a good woman.

Couldn't agree more.

I choose bike.

nallac

4th July 2012, 12:36

Any hoo, it's easier to find a good bike than a good woman.

Hell yeah ain't that the truth..........

Str8 Jacket

4th July 2012, 12:38

Any hoo, it's easier to find a good bike than a good woman.

Same can be said about men! ;)

I'm lucky though! :)

Maha

4th July 2012, 12:40

Hell yeah ain't that the truth..........

I find/buy a good bike every three years or so....took me 20+ years to locate Anne, no GPS back then...:(

nallac

4th July 2012, 13:17

I find/buy a good bike every three years or so....took me 20+ years to locate Anne, no GPS back then...:(
Must spread rep.......

There are some Lucky people out there.....

george formby

4th July 2012, 13:23

I find/buy a good bike every three years or so....took me 20+ years to locate Anne, no GPS back then...:(

Girl Positioning System?

I like.

oneofsix

4th July 2012, 13:24

Girl Positioning System?

I like.

+1 but wouldn't it be a propositioning system, after all we are talking wife not mistress

Edbear

4th July 2012, 13:27

Do I want to sleep with a naked bike or a naked wife..? :rolleyes:

No contest really.

george formby

4th July 2012, 13:28

+1 but wouldn't it be a propositioning system, after all we are talking wife not mistress

Oops your right, getting ahead of myself.

BurningPlastic

4th July 2012, 14:18

Don't have to choose! She's buying me another bike!

george formby

4th July 2012, 14:20

Don't have to choose! She's buying me another bike!

I was recently asked what I wanted for my birthday but I don't think Dinky toys make KTM SMT's so I guess it will be socks & curry.:(

skippa1

4th July 2012, 14:24

you could combine em :banana:

Gremlin

4th July 2012, 14:45

Easy for me... I'm single, so any potential girlfriend has to understand bikes are important to me... Just another item in the list for finding a match... :cool:

george formby

4th July 2012, 14:58

you could combine em :banana:

You can get ape hangers for the whole Easy rider experience.:rolleyes:

Laava

4th July 2012, 16:04

It's always nice the trade in the old model for a new one, the one with firmer shocks and better curves

I don't mind a bit of front end wobble, if you know what I mean!

Nothing comes between me and my wife esp when she is on the back of my bike!

Oblivion

4th July 2012, 17:14

Easy for me... I'm single, so any potential girlfriend has to understand bikes are important to me... Just another item in the list for finding a match... :cool:

Sorry but the computer ran out of bandwidth after the first few hundred pages. Otherwise I would have added it to the list. :killingme

tigertim20

4th July 2012, 17:27

If you were given the dreaded task of choosing between your wife/husband/partner or your beloved bike, which would you choose and why?

Id chose the bike.
people who think they are going to make ultimatums are not welcome in my life and can fuck right off. I am who I am, biking is a big part of me, accept it or hit the road.

Subike

4th July 2012, 18:15

Have to be the bike, no contest.
Both wives arrived after the bikes
Both wives tried to make me sell the bike
both wives are now trying to change some other fella
I still have a bike
I win
twice

Stylo

4th July 2012, 18:29

If you were given the dreaded task of choosing between your wife/husband/partner or your beloved bike, which would you choose and why?

Asked the same question to my wife around 10 years ago if I could bring my new MX Bike into the house ...she said 'you make the call but it's gonna be Bike in the house and I'm gone or, leave it out and I'll stay '

It was'nt the perfect marriage ...

She was gone about 2 weeks later

Pic enclosed ....

nodrog

4th July 2012, 18:35

I prefer tits and vaginas over headlights and sooty exhaust pipes, so Id keep my Missus.

But having met some of your guys wives, I understand where you are coming from.

whowhatwhere

4th July 2012, 18:47

Wife suggested I get a bike. Win.

onearmedbandit

4th July 2012, 18:57

Would never allow myself to be in that position. Any girl in my life will know how important biking is to me.

Big Dave

4th July 2012, 19:05

Tsk. Kids today.

If you would even consider it a choice - you picked the wrong partner.

Or did you swear a solemn oath to the vehicle?

Howie

4th July 2012, 19:40

Reasons Why My Bike is Better Than a Woman

1. My bike never complains that I don't take it out as often as it would like.
2. My bike doesn't mind if I take my friend's bike for a ride.
3. My bike is always ready for action.
4. If something is wrong with my bike, it will give me some type of clue.
5. While my bike does require some amount of maintenance, it's not nearly as much maintenance as a wife requires.
6. I don't need to continually try to impress my bike.
7. My bike doesn't mind when I suggest getting some new parts to make it sportier.
8. My bike doesn't ever make me watch American Idol or Dancing With Washed-Up Has-Beens.
9. My bike has 64 nipples. (That is the actual term for the little pieces that secure the spokes to the rim. What were YOU thinking of? Shame on you.)
10. In 15 years my bike will still weigh the same as it does today.
11. My bike doesn't try on six sets of tires in front of the mirror before we go out.
12. My bike doesn't argue with me when I say it's beautiful.
13. My bike doesn't expect me to throw a tickertape parade for it down Main Street on it's birthday, Valentine's Day, Christmas, our anniversary, New Year's, Arbor Day, Yom Kippur, Thursdays, each day of Lent, etc.
14. It's wheels may sometimes be "out of true", but my bike has never lied to me.
15. My bike never has a headache.
16. My bike likes to roll around in the mud.
17. Although I've spent more money on my bike than I care to admit and it has still broken down and left me stranded many miles from home on more than one occasion, my bike is still more reliable and faithful than any girl.

Guess it'd be bike then, but it's not a choice i need to make..

hellokitty

4th July 2012, 19:50

I would never ask a man to choose me or anything - I would hope he would have enough sense to keep me happy and have his toys too. I would also expect him to let me play with his toys.
He cannot play with my toys ;)
I have 2 bikes and apparently I have no need for 2 road bikes... that was said once and once only. Husband has 2 bikes, 1 road and 1 racing, that is different (yeah no rego is all I can see there)

Asked the same question to my wife around 10 years ago if I could bring my new MX Bike into the house ...she said 'you make the call but it's gonna be Bike in the house and I'm gone or, leave it out and I'll stay '

It was'nt the perfect marriage ...

She was gone about 2 weeks later

Pic enclosed ....

I want my bikes in the lounge, but apparently that is a silly idea...

Wife suggested I get a bike. Win.

I bought my husband a bike...

5150

4th July 2012, 19:51

16. My bike likes to roll around in the mud.

Typical of KLR :lol:

Gone Burger

4th July 2012, 19:53

Im with Gremlin on this one.... easy option being single - any future partner will know from day one that bikes will always be in my life, and I'll always have one. They don't like it? They don't get a second date.

hellokitty

4th July 2012, 19:56

Big Dave

4th July 2012, 19:57

Im with Gremlin.

Does JRandom know?

jrandom

4th July 2012, 20:04

Does JRandom know?

Gremlin and I don't really talk about what we do outside of our time together.

Gone Burger

4th July 2012, 20:04

Does JRandom know?

Of course he does, he knows everything about me and what is best for me. Shame that Gremlin doesn't know yet. How to spring that one on him?!

Gone Burger

4th July 2012, 20:07

Hi Dan! :wavey:

jrandom

4th July 2012, 20:08

Shame that Gremlin doesn't know yet. How to spring that one on him?!

Just let it lie, Katiepie.

Conquiztador

4th July 2012, 20:08

If I was to sell my bikes it would have to be my decision and not as a result of some ultimatum.

I can not be changed by someone else's wishes or demands.

But I have had that ultimatum presented to me. I told her she could stay, so I packed a shoulder bag and left. 3 years of gear we had gathered became hers.

The ones after that have not demanded I choose. But if any of them had I would have made the same decision.

On reflecting I would say I am a crappy partner/husband as I tend to take females in my life for granted. It might come from the way I treat my bikes, as they are always there waiting for me no matter how long I have been away. And they are happy to share me with other bikes.

jrandom

4th July 2012, 20:11

Hi Dan! :wavey:

<img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/16aadcj.jpg"/>

tigertim20

4th July 2012, 20:33

Asked the same question to my wife

.
theres your problem. you asked. tell her, end of.
Wifey let me put both the bikes inside. have pics somewhere I think, used to be able to fit them both in the sliding door, CBR600 beside the bed, and the TZR at the foot of the bed, still had enough room to walk around the bed.

I prefer tits and vaginas over headlights and sooty exhaust pipes, so Id keep my Missus.

But having met some of your guys wives, I understand where you are coming from.
lmao!

Wife suggested I get a bike. Win.

mine bought me one. Ultimatums dont work. fond someone who understands, or better yet, shares your passion.

Oakie

4th July 2012, 20:47

Mrs Oakie has always supported any bike buying decision I've made. She even sold her last bike so I could use the proceeds to help buy the Bandit. She won't ask me to make that decision but if someone else told me to choose it would be bye bye Bandit (because I know Mrs Oakie would tell me to buy another).

Gremlin

4th July 2012, 21:46

Gremlin and I don't really talk about what we do outside of our time together.

Of course he does, he knows everything about me and what is best for me. Shame that Gremlin doesn't know yet. How to spring that one on him?!
So who am I with again? :wacko: More importantly, am I giving or taking? :thud:

Really, to me, that's the thing about dating. Figuring out whether you're compatible...

hayd3n

4th July 2012, 22:37

bike:cool::cool::cool:

Tigadee

4th July 2012, 23:15

I bought my husband a bike...

I'll bet a lot of the biker wives are now mad at you! :laugh: Talk about setting the bar!

SPman

5th July 2012, 00:55

I chose the bike...to go.
The missus went later.

next time around, I knew better.......the bike stayed.

this time....toucha the missus's bikes, she breaka your face (or other parts if she's feeling meaner)

All keepers this time - win/win situation.

GrayWolf

5th July 2012, 01:46

was a rider when I got married, was still riding at the end after 20yrs, she pillioned.... new partner, I introduced to pillion, she now has her own ride.... win win I guess.... but if the ultimatum was given? BIKE

munster

5th July 2012, 07:07

What's this choosing business?

21 years last April and I've never been asked to chose between her or anything?

Today she making use of a voucher I gave her for Mother's Day and is getting her Basic Handling Skills, along with our 17 year old daughter who I'm paying for as her birthday present.

Oldest son isn't interested in bikes, but I'll have me two girls on the road with me soon and looking forward to it.

caspernz

5th July 2012, 19:32

This is a funny subject... When my wife met me I had a bike, went thru a period without one and then when I wanted to buy a bike again she was briefly resistant.

With a straight face I said: "Well babe, I'm buying this bike. Whether the money for it comes out of the joint account or the divorce settlement...is your choice."

She understood, and it's not been an issue beyond that point. :niceone:

joan of arc

5th July 2012, 19:53

Paul in NZ

6th July 2012, 07:36

The answer is - it depends....

A partnership is just that. I would sell any bike in a flash if my family was enduring some kind of hardship, I'd need to because we would all be suffering. BUT if it was just for some kind of foolishness then I'd think that we would be in all sorts of other trouble already and selling the bike would be pointless.

I sold a rare and wonderful bike to help fund Vickis engagement ring. It was without a doubt the best investment I ever made and I have never ever regretted it. Yes - we were very broke for a long time and I was muchly diminished in the type of motorcycle I had. BUT I got paid back in spades.

Remember it is supposed to be an equal partnership. For a while I pretended to like gardening and Vicki pretended to like motorcycles. Not I'm a fair to middling gardener and Vicki is a hell of a good pillion.

tristania

6th July 2012, 07:44

Bike. It's outlasted all of my relationships ;)

Maha

6th July 2012, 07:52

Should never have to be a choice. If partner/spouse wants to ride then each enjoys the company and the riding. If they don't, then each enjoys the solitude and peace. Those who ask us to choose do not want either, they want to control

''If partner/spouse wants to ride then each enjoys the company and the riding. If they don't, then each enjoys the solitude and peace''
We have the best of both worlds made possible by owning a bike each.

''Those who ask us to choose do not want either, they want to control''
If my wife was addicted to gambling and I wanted her to stop, thats not control, thats a marriage saving request.

5150

6th July 2012, 08:23

A while back I sold my bike to help my wife get her NZ residency and help fund her studies. It hurt, but now that she has got a good job and is NZ Citizen she was the one who told me that I needed to buy another bike. Small sacrafice for a good outcome

Jantar

6th July 2012, 08:32

My first wife gave me that ultimatum 3 months after we were married, when I was looking at a new bike. Her comment was "If you bring a bike home, I'm leaving." I kept my side of the bargain and brought home the new bike. It took her 17 years to keep her side of the bargain before we split up.

Eddieb

6th July 2012, 09:54

If you were given the dreaded task of choosing between your wife/husband/partner or your beloved bike, which would you choose and why?

Your wife.

You ride a Honda Hornet but your wife is hot :devil2: :not:

5150

6th July 2012, 10:19

Your wife.

You ride a Honda Hornet but your wife is hot :devil2: :not:

Would you like to borrow her? ........ I ment the Hornet ;)

SMOKEU

6th July 2012, 10:42

Bikes before bitches.

joan of arc

6th July 2012, 11:07

''If partner/spouse wants to ride then each enjoys the company and the riding. If they don't, then each enjoys the solitude and peace''
We have the best of both worlds made possible by owning a bike each.

''Those who ask us to choose do not want either, they want to control''
If my wife was addicted to gambling and I wanted her to stop, thats not control, thats a marriage saving request.

Oh for fucks sake, there is a big difference between asking someone to give up gambling which has the potential to ruin their life and that of all of those around them and demanding that a rider choose between their beloved bike and a partner.

duckonin

6th July 2012, 11:11

Maha

6th July 2012, 11:13

Oh for fucks sake, there is a big difference between asking someone to give up gambling which has the potential to ruin their life and that of all of those around them and demanding that a rider choose between their beloved bike and a partner.

You totally missed the analogy Einstein...and where has the word demand been mentioned?...
Replace gambling with say...Marathon running...

If my wife was addicted to Marathon Running and I wanted her to stop, thats not control, thats a marriage saving request....is that better?

or....If my wife was addicted to Bungy jumpimg and I wanted her to stop, thats not control, thats a marriage saving request.... clearer yet?

Tigadee

6th July 2012, 17:01

Tsk. Kids today.
Or did you swear a solemn oath to the vehicle?

100 years ago, women wouldn't say "Either the horse goes or I do..."

Big Dave

6th July 2012, 17:14

"Either ... goes or I do..."

You left out the bit about wrong partner.
If a spouse would say that today - then stupid hubby for marrying her!
Successful relationships are about sharing and compromise - not ultimatums.

FWIW My mrs has bought me one bike and shared the paperwork on another.

theseekerfinds

6th July 2012, 17:36

My partner came into our relationship first followed by the bike I owned previously, she has always maintained she would never ask me to give up the bike, she just draws the line at more than one of them at this point in time, and the bike is definitely not allowed in the house, and I can live with those rules at the moment.. we are about to purchase our first home (which incidentally has a sleepout which she has said the bike can live in :2thumbsup ) and I suggested that if she promised to let me get a bike as soon as practicable that I would give up the bike to help towards our deposit, she refused saying "you would be unbearable to be around and besides sometimes I just wish you would piss off on your bike anyway, so we would both be losing out if you sell it!"
she doesn't get on the bike with me, she isn't a fan of them, but she watches bike racing with me, she watches bike movies like Fastest and Closer to the Edge etc, she appreciates just how important they are to me and as such she sees the bike as being part of the relationship for the long haul like my drawers full of favourite t-shirts and my dusty cd collection.. I have found someone who understands what a bike means to me on more than a transportation level, and she doesn't even get jealous of the time I spend with my bike or tell me to hurry back, she only asks that I return when I say I am going to.. she's really big on punctuality and doing what you say you will (both difficult lessons for me to learn apparantly:rolleyes:)

I do sometimes wonder though, does my bike get jealous of her and would she ask me to choose between her and the missus?
:rockon:

nodrog

6th July 2012, 17:43

.... "you would be unbearable to be around and besides sometimes I just wish you would piss off on your bike anyway........"

I think thats just so she can tap the neighbour in the empty sleepout.

theseekerfinds

6th July 2012, 17:46

I think thats just so she can tap the neighbour in the empty sleepout.

I'd better set that security camera up quick smart then

rachprice

6th July 2012, 17:52

its just a machine, a tool to race/have fun on

you can always buy another

theseekerfinds

6th July 2012, 17:53

its just a machine, a tool to race/have fun on

you can always buy another

which one you referring to??

nodrog

6th July 2012, 17:54

its just a machine, a tool to race/have fun on

you can always buy another

I wouldnt call Pete a machine, but I would call him a tool. :lol:

rachprice

6th July 2012, 17:58

which one you referring to??

haha

I pity the person that has feels they have (or wants) to buy a partner

theseekerfinds

6th July 2012, 18:00

haha

I pity the person that has feels they have (or wants) to buy a partner

I used to work on the mines in Aussie and plenty of fellas out those ways paid for wives to come over from the Phillipines etc, it's not that uncommon.. and plenty of them rode Harleys so somewhere along the way a choice was gonna be made one way or the other

george formby

6th July 2012, 18:01

100 years ago, women wouldn't say "Either the horse goes or I do..."

Cobblers. i bet that has been said a few times, I mean those big soulful brown eyes, the smell of hay & leather, a teasing flick of the tail... Bound to cause jealousy innit?

rachprice

6th July 2012, 18:14

I used to work on the mines in Aussie and plenty of fellas out those ways paid for wives to come over from the Phillipines etc, it's not that uncommon.. and plenty of them rode Harleys so somewhere along the way a choice was gonna be made one way or the other

I know it does, seen it plenty, I still pity them

tigertim20

6th July 2012, 18:28

bike:cool::cool::cool:

haha, and she nearly learnt that the hard way!:eek:

george formby

6th July 2012, 18:31

I used to work on the mines in Aussie

Something wrong with that statement me thinks.:whistle:

dino3310

6th July 2012, 19:33

Bike :shutup:

hellokitty

6th July 2012, 22:09

hmmmmm so what if your husband/wife says that you have too many bikes? Apparently 1 is enough :rolleyes:
Do you sell it or keep it? Do you go without other stuff to keep both bikes, just cos you can't decide between the two?

nzspokes

6th July 2012, 22:12

My wife said I couldnt have a motorbike. She said there were lots of things I couldnt do. :(

Im single now.......:cool:

ducatilover

7th July 2012, 00:23

Tigadee

7th July 2012, 00:25

Successful relationships are about sharing and compromise - not ultimatums.

Hear! Hear! I'll drink to that! :drinknsin

Conquiztador

7th July 2012, 08:51

You totally missed the analogy Einstein...and where has the word demand been mentioned?...
Replace gambling with say...Marathon running...

If my wife was addicted to Marathon Running and I wanted her to stop, thats not control, thats a marriage saving request....is that better?

or....If my wife was addicted to Bungy jumpimg and I wanted her to stop, thats not control, thats a marriage saving request.... clearer yet?

The initial statement from you including gambling might have been a poorly chosen comparison, as gambling has so many attached negatives to it. I can see that marathon running and bungy jumping could cause rifts in a marriage if they were taken to the extreme. (Wifie/hubby always away, costly, hanging out with like minded people). So yes, you could swap biking for them and have the same result. But I recon same applies: When someone comes in to your life and you have a interest/hobby/sport that you are passionate about, they would be silly to expect that they could get you to stop doing what you love. And so, when we ride bikes, for someone to come in to our lives and request that we give it up otherwise they would leave, is about control and the wish to change us.

I expect that many of us have been down that road: We have been considered a "good catch" with some flaws. The person coming in to our life had a clear picture of who they wanted and as we were close to it, they settled for us. But the plan was always to change the bits of us that were "not right" so that we became their ideal partner. Then it comes down to how much we value who we are and how strong we are. If we never really knew where we fitted and our personal happiness was poor, then I suspect that following the wishes (demands...) of a stronger partner might be the easiest option. But we would never become truly happy in our self by allowing someone else to decide what we do and who we are. So sooner or later this relationship will fail anyhow (And I include living all your life unhappy in a relationship as a failure too)

I conclude this with saying: If there is a ultimatum that he/she has given you stating that you can either pick him/her or the bike, then if you dispose of the bike you are not only giving away your ride but a part of your self. And sooner or later you will want this back. My recommendation is do it sooner. Actually, if you picked the bike first up you would have solved a problem with this relationship that will never otherwise go away. (This does not apply to situations where we, as intelligent beings, for financial reasons sell the bike to help the current situation we are in. As in this case, when finances again allow, we will get another one).

Soapbox kicked in to corner.