So my neighbours hate my bike [Archive]

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 12:22

I just got a call from my landlord. Apparently my neighbours do not appreciate both the sound or smell of my bike . . .
I feel a bit stink really, I came home form the Wairarapa yesterday arvo and I had indulged in 5 or 6 beers so I couldn't take the bike for a ride so I decided to clean it instead. Granted I kept drinking while I was cleaning my bike, so by the time I had finished I was quite "jolly". In my state of "jollyness" (new word) I decided that it would be fun to sit in my driveway revving my bike, partly cause I wanted to see if it was still blowing smoke, but mostly cause I love the sound (and smell)! :devil2: I have to admit I prob sat there for a good 5 mins then rode the bike back into the carport. Yes I know that I was acting like a 16 year old, but I just couldn't help myself!
Anyway back to the problem at hand, my neighbours. I live in a block of 4 flats and apparently all but one tenant rang the landlord and complained. My landlord has given me a warning, but im more worried about living in harmony with my relatively new neighbours.
Im thinking that I may go and have a chat with all of them after work tonite and apologise, but am not sure how they will react as I have never met them.
What happens when you get a warning form your landlord? Is it like three strikes and your out, or what? :mellow:

James Deuce

3rd October 2005, 12:24

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 12:28

Politely request that they direct future "requests" to the originator of the problem.

Or are they scared of someone who gets blown away in a stiff breeze?

Backstabbing bastards don't deserve your concern.

Yea, that seems pretty reasonable, here's hoping that they are reasonable people!
Thanks for making me laugh Jim! :laugh:

ZorsT

3rd October 2005, 12:30

Yes I know that I was acting like a 16 year old, but I just couldn't help myself!
Whats wrong with that?

Smorg

3rd October 2005, 12:32

My neighbours are constantly glaring out thier windows at me no matter what time i get home...............i havnt had any face to face complaints but i make a point of giving everyone i see peaking out their windows a big wave before i give the bike a couple of decent rev's then take off :niceone:

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 12:33

Whats wrong with that?

:crybaby: I don't think my neighbours like 16 yr olds . . . . or motorbikes :whistle:
Oh yeah and im 25, but obviously going on 17 :devil2:

Phurrball

3rd October 2005, 12:35

I just got a call from my landlord. Apparently my neighbours do not appreciate both the sound or smell of my bike . . .

(snip)

What happens when you get a warning form your landlord? Is it like three strikes and your out, or what? :mellow:

Have a look at the clauses in your tenancy - as a general rule it's a good idea to be on good terms with the neighbours. Maybe poke your head in and say 'Hi' and 'sorry'; take 'em some scones you just baked - they'll love you anyway! (unless they're hard hearted or really, REALLY, *hate* bikes!). Landlords have to give you opportunity to remedy any breach of the tenancy agreement anyhow...the Residential Tenancies Act is largely on your side my friend.

(I'm sure my neighbours are not too fond of the Bandit's sweet song when I leave for university around 7am - it may be small, but 'tis rowdy with a sports 'zorst', none of it helped by being in a quiet valley with an echo... :dodge: )

ZorsT

3rd October 2005, 12:36

:crybaby: I don't think my neighbours like 16 yr olds . . . . or motorbikes :whistle:
Oh yeah and im 25, but obviously going on 17 :devil2:
fuck your neighbours.

WINJA

3rd October 2005, 12:36

WildBoarMouse

3rd October 2005, 12:38

Sounds like fun... :) Also sounds like you've got the best idea already. If you haven't already met them, maybe that would help? I wonder if they'd be less likely to complain if they knew you and felt they could approach you comfortably about it? Have you been living there for long? If you've just moved in, would this be a good time to invite them all around for a BBQ??? :) I'm sure that if your neighbours actually knew you they'd be much less likely to complain to the land-lord due to a once-a-month occurrence. Who knows... maybe they don't know each other either. Having that little band of four would certainly help with security if someone's snooping around. just my 2c... the fact that you haven't got your hackles up is a pretty good start!!! hahaha Keep us posted on the outcome! :)

ManDownUnder

3rd October 2005, 12:40

fuck your neighbours.

but only after introducing yourself...

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 12:40

JUST ASSURE HIM THAT IT WAS AN ERROR OF JUDGEMENT AND IT WONT HAPPEN AGAIN , IF YOU GOT MORE THAN ONE COMPLAINT THEN ITS PROLLY VALID , I MANAGE ABOUT 30 UNITS AND HEAR ALL SORTS OF COMPLAINTS , AND THIS AINT THAT BAD . BTW I ALWAYS ROLLED MY BIKE DOWN THE DRIVE WITH THE ENGINE OFF JUST TO TRY AND BE CONSIDERATE AND SET AN EXAMPLE .
IF YOU APOLOGIZE TO THE OTHER TENNANTS AND MEAN IT ID SAY THE LANDLORD WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY

Here's hoping they think i'm being sincere! I leave the house at 6.30 every morning, so I may try the wheeling down the driveway thing, and see if that helps!

ZorsT

3rd October 2005, 12:41

but only after introducing yourself...
I was actually going to put in...

Can I watch?

2much

3rd October 2005, 12:42

Haha, agree with Jim.

Don't sweat it, I own an RX7, when the place I was living in in Papamoa was sold, 3 old ladies from around the neighbourhood asked the real estate agent at the open home if "the young fella with the noisy red car" was moving out. Yet none had approached me and I had always tried to be considerate.... some people aren't happy unless they've got something to complain about....

Lets have a party and give them something to really moan about!!! :drinkup: :headbang:

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 12:43

I was actually going to put in...

Can I watch?

Are you 16? :devil2:

WINJA

3rd October 2005, 12:45

Here's hoping they think i'm being sincere! I leave the house at 6.30 every morning, so I may try the wheeling down the driveway thing, and see if that helps!
TRUST ME ITS IMPORTANT TO GET ON WELL WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS ,WHO DO YOU THINK STEPS IN WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS BEING ROBBED,YOUR BIKE IS BEING STOLEN ,SOME PERV IS LOOKING THRU YOUR WINDOW , ZED IS MOLESTING YOUR CAT , JOHN AND TRISTANK ARE ROOTING ON YOUR LAWN. GOOD NEIGHBOURS ARE BETTER THAN THE POLICE,BUT THATS NOT HARD IS IT

ZorsT

3rd October 2005, 12:45

Are you 16? :devil2:
Sure am.

I was told to go after older woman....

So,

How you doin'?

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 12:50

Sure am.

I was told to go after older woman....

So,

How you doin'?

I was tempted, but then I noticed that your from Nelson, dodgy people from down your ways! :dodge: (pt)

Sniper

3rd October 2005, 12:53

I have the same problem with my neighbour, he came around 3 times and asked me to tell my friends not to park at my place. I told him to grow up and stop complianing as his friends regularly bloke off my driveway.
So he complained to the landlord. I like my landlord, he told him to grow up and piss off.

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 12:53

I MANAGE ABOUT 30 UNITS AND HEAR ALL SORTS OF COMPLAINTS , AND THIS AINT THAT BAD .

Do you know what happens with the whole warning thing Winja? What are my rights and the landlords etc? . . .

Beemer

3rd October 2005, 12:53

Winja's right about having good neighbours - you don't know how lucky you are until that person moves out and you have a mongrel for a neighbour! We had one when we lived in town who made Jake the Muss look like a Jehovah's Witness...

We've got great neighbours now, the kind you know you could call on for help at any time of the day or night. Although we must have done something to annoy the guy next door - his tom cat chased our kitten last night and then peed all over our front door! If he tries it again, I'll run a few volts through it...

Marmoot

3rd October 2005, 12:55

I was going to offer sensible advice.....but then I noticed the bike is KR150 .......I would complain to your landlord as well if I had known his number :whistle:

Seriously, though, I'd go with Winja's advice (doesn't sound like he is normal....but he is sensible).
Go talk, explain and apologize. Promise it would never happen again. Everybody knows "drunk people do bad things". I'm sure your neighbour would understand.
:calm:

Timber020

3rd October 2005, 13:05

A few bottles of wine go a long way, good neighbours are worth almost as much as a good shed. My neighbours are good folk, I know that my bikes or other loud machines have woken them up on a few occations, but a few free jobs done for them have kept them sweet.

phantom

3rd October 2005, 13:07

I love motorbikes but I'd get pissed off with someone next door revving the snot out of there bike while I'm shut inside and not out riding so I reckon a bit of a chat and apology would be the way to go. My partner and I have a part time ( part time my arse ) lanscaping business and most Saturdays have to load up our trailer with ride on lawn mower, spades and shovels and assorted noisy garden parephanalia ( sp ?) at sparrow's fart right outside the neighbours bedroom window. Haven't struck problems yet, we try and keep it quiet but I'm sure they would prefer us to sleep in at the weekend , as would I. :crybaby:

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 13:12

I love motorbikes but I'd get pissed off with someone next door revving the snot out of there bike while I'm shut inside and not out riding so I reckon a bit of a chat and apology would be the way to go.

Yep, I can definately understand WHY they are upset, I hate boyracers for the same reason. Im just feeling a little bummed that they went to the landlord first instead of me - im hardly very scary! :crybaby:

Fart

3rd October 2005, 13:16

fuck your neighbours.

Is she 18yrs old, blond with big tits?

My advice is to make an offer to your landlord to buy your neighbours house. Then kick them out. :done:

Jonty

3rd October 2005, 13:18

Hmm, tough one. I agree with WINJA to a certain extent, but then sucking up and apologising if the neighbours are in fact people you really do not want to associate with may backfire. Remember it is extremely hard to get tenants these days so your your landlord shouldn't be too tough on you, I know our landlord dropped our rent when we threatened to leave.

People these days just need to be a little more tolerant, I would wait until one of them mows their lawn and make the same compliant :devil2: (sounds about the same as your bike :whistle: )

WINJA

3rd October 2005, 13:18

Do you know what happens with the whole warning thing Winja? What are my rights and the landlords etc? . . .
I KNOW IT TAKES LOTS TO KICK SOMEONE OUTA THEIR HOME , EVEN WHEN THEIR TRASHING THE PLACE THEY HAVE RIGHTS , DONT WORRY MOST LANDLORDS LIKE MONEY AND REVING YOUR SHITTER ON THE DRIVE IS AT THE LOWER END OF THE SCALE .
I HAD A TENNANT THREATEN TO KILL ONE OF HIS LADY NEIGHBOURS AND I TRIED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT OUT THEN HE GOT REAL SHITTY AND THREATENED TO KILL ME , SO I HAD HIS CAR TOWED AWAY CAUSE IT WAS INCORECTLY PARKED , HE BOWLED MY DOOR I HAD A FIGHT WITH HIM .SO I GOT THE BALL ROLLING AND IT TOOK ABOUT 6 WEEKS TO GET RID OF HIM .
SAYING THAT A PERFECTLY GOOD TENANT CAN BE KICKED OUT FOR NO REASON AND ONLY 6 WEEKS NOTICE , EVEN LESS NOTICE IF THE LANDLORD SAYS HE HAS FAMILY SHIFTING INTO THE RENTAL

Fart

3rd October 2005, 13:22

I HAD A TENNANT THREATEN TO KILL ONE OF HIS LADY NEIGHBOURS AND I TRIED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT OUT THEN HE GOT REAL SHITTY AND THREATENED TO KILL ME , SO I HAD HIS CAR TOWED AWAY CAUSE IT WAS INCORECTLY PARKED , HE BOWLED MY DOOR I HAD A FIGHT WITH HIM .SO I GOT THE BALL ROLLING AND IT TOOK ABOUT 6 WEEKS TO GET RID OF HIM .

Yeah once had a tenant who threaten to kill me. I just made a call to the cops. Five cop cars turned up. They sprayed his room with a carton full of tear gas and then went in boots and all. Problem solved instantly.

Phurrball

3rd October 2005, 13:25

I KNOW IT TAKES LOTS TO KICK SOMEONE OUTA THEIR HOME , EVEN WHEN THEIR TRASHING THE PLACE THEY HAVE RIGHTS , DONT WORRY MOST LANDLORDS LIKE MONEY AND REVING YOUR SHITTER ON THE DRIVE IS AT THE LOWER END OF THE SCALE .
I HAD A TENNANT THREATEN TO KILL ONE OF HIS LADY NEIGHBOURS AND I TRIED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT OUT THEN HE GOT REAL SHITTY AND THREATENED TO KILL ME , SO I HAD HIS CAR TOWED AWAY CAUSE IT WAS INCORECTLY PARKED , HE BOWLED MY DOOR I HAD A FIGHT WITH HIM .SO I GOT THE BALL ROLLING AND IT TOOK ABOUT 6 WEEKS TO GET RID OF HIM .
SAYING THAT A PERFECTLY GOOD TENANT CAN BE KICKED OUT FOR NO REASON AND ONLY 6 WEEKS NOTICE , EVEN LESS NOTICE IF THE LANDLORD SAYS HE HAS FAMILY SHIFTING INTO THE RENTAL

Like WINJA says the RTA is on your side as a tenant - all the time limits, rules etc are in the Residential Tenancies Act 1986. Like he suggests too, if you're on a periodic tenancy (you most likely are) it is terminable by notice of either party (subject to time limits...).

Have a read through the RTA here:

http://www.dbh.govt.nz/housing/tenancy/RTA/residential.pdf

Marmoot

3rd October 2005, 13:32

RTA sucks.... :mellow:

Jonty

3rd October 2005, 13:34

RTA sucks.... :mellow:

Yup, just like the RMA and ERA :argh:

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 13:41

Thanks everyone for your comments, advice etc. It seems that as I have signed a fix termed agreement for a year that the landlord would have a hard time kicking me out. Although all your suggestions of scones, wine and bbq's have been duly noted I have decided that my neighbours are just gonna have to accept an apology and then build a bridge. I will also make sure not to make the same mistake and maybe if I have to do any "noisy" type of work on my bike then I will go and talk to them all and do it at a time that makes everyone happy. Jesus this is all too much for a bloody Monday! :drinkup:

James Deuce

3rd October 2005, 13:48

TRUST ME ITS IMPORTANT TO GET ON WELL WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS ,WHO DO YOU THINK STEPS IN WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS BEING ROBBED,YOUR BIKE IS BEING STOLEN ,SOME PERV IS LOOKING THRU YOUR WINDOW , ZED IS MOLESTING YOUR CAT , JOHN AND TRISTANK ARE ROOTING ON YOUR LAWN. GOOD NEIGHBOURS ARE BETTER THAN THE POLICE,BUT THATS NOT HARD IS IT

What a crock of shit. That was true in 1954, and even then that ideal is probably just the musings of a generation infected with a hideous nostalgia virus.

Wolf

3rd October 2005, 14:05

Here's hoping they think i'm being sincere! I leave the house at 6.30 every morning, so I may try the wheeling down the driveway thing, and see if that helps!
For a moment I thought you'd written "wheelie-ing down the driveway" and I though, "Yep, show the cowards the contempt they deserve!"

I'd go with introducing yourself, saying "sorry" and politely asking that if they could talk to you next time - if they seem approachable.

Failing that, wait 'til they make too much noise and go and complain direct to them - when they look at you oddly, say "that's what people do when they're not snivelling cowards."

WINJA

3rd October 2005, 14:06

What a crock of shit. That was true in 1954, and even then that ideal is probably just the musings of a generation infected with a hideous nostalgia virus.
ITLL BE A CROCK IF PEOPLE HAVE YOU AS A NEIGHBOUR , IF THEY HAVE ME FOR A NEIGHBOUR ITS TRUE , I ALWAYS LOOK OUT FOR MY NEIGHBOURS , IN AUCKS I USED TO GIVE THE LOCAL OLDIES MY NUMBER SO THAT I CAN HELP THEM IN AN EMERGENCY , AND ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD WATCH MY HOUSE WHEN IM AT WORK, THERES STILL SOME GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE , SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA MAKE THE FIRST MOVE

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 14:12

Failing that, wait 'til they make too much noise and go and complain direct to them - when they look at you oddly, say "that's what people do when they're not snivelling cowards."

Hehe I like that idea. However although I have yet to meet my neighbours I have SEEN them. Believe me all 3 of them find it hard to fit in the seat of their 4wd's so I really wouldn't want to upset them too much. . . . .

Sniper

3rd October 2005, 14:17

Scared they will eat you? Well the fact that they went to the landlord instead of you still proves that they are cowards. Confront them, apologise, tell them it was a lack of judgement and then walk away

Wolf

3rd October 2005, 14:17

Believe me all 3 of them find it hard to fit in the seat of their 4wd's
I advise you don't follow goodandsuchlike's suggestion, then :killingme

SlowHand

3rd October 2005, 14:18

Hope you get this thign sorted Sj, two smokers gota be warmed up in the mornings you know.

I've got a sphincter of a neighbour that whines at everything, even our animals. We live on a farm, so I dont think he can hear my bike in the mornings, if he could, and he complained? I'd take the muffler off and do laps, followed by a pit bike race with about 10-15 ppl, then start up every car, bike, tractor, lawnmower and proceed to rev the left nut off them.

But, if your neighbours are normal people, it would make ur life a lot easier to get on with them

Str8 Jacket

3rd October 2005, 14:20

I advise you don't follow goodandsuchlike's suggestion, then :killingme

Hehe, yeah way too much man for me! But I was being a little "OTT" (but that's cause im a woman). One of my neighbours is a skinny little white guy who has "issues" with paranoia and smokes waaay too much crack. One I havent met and well the "other" one he is the HUUGE one.

Phurrball

3rd October 2005, 14:27

RTA sucks.... :mellow:

Fundamentally...I disagree - The RTA recognises the inequality of position between tenant and landlord, and codifies rights, obligations and procedures in one act.

But when a tenant is being a destructive arse and can't be binned fast enough to prevent serious harm to a landlord's interests...I agree.

madboy

3rd October 2005, 15:41

You bad bad tenant... your bike would have driven me nuts to. But in saying that I probably woulda been outside helping you!

Gotta love people who don't have the balls to complain to your face. I still agree with WINJA though, gotta get on with your neighbours. But I also agree with Jim2, most neighbours see nothing - I don't.

crshbndct

3rd October 2005, 15:49

fuck your neighbours.
but only if theyre hot.

Sniper

3rd October 2005, 16:00

but only if theyre hot.

You know that is the THIRD time I have read that in this thread....... :whocares:

Marmoot

3rd October 2005, 16:18

Fundamentally...I disagree - The RTA recognises the inequality of position between tenant and landlord, and codifies rights, obligations and procedures in one act.

But when a tenant is being a destructive arse and can't be binned fast enough to prevent serious harm to a landlord's interests...I agree.

that's why it sucks... :mellow:

Uncle B

3rd October 2005, 16:24

My neighbours love the sound of my bike........those mad South Africans can't be all bad.

Most things we do in and around our homes/flats etc makes some kind of noise. As long as you don't ring ding ding in the wee small hours they can't complain too much...if they moan at every little sparrow fart noise you make go to the landlord explain your concerns about them being unreasonable, get the landlord on your side and fuck the neighbours.
Lifes too short.....summers on it's way and the highway is calling.

sunhuntin

3rd October 2005, 16:53

my elderly neighbour often comments on how quiet my bike is....a good thing given im often arriving home in the wee hours of the morning, but i think if i were to get my harley riding buddy to show up she wouldnt be overly impressed. more often than not, the only time i see her is when im out polishing after rain :sunny:

Phurrball

3rd October 2005, 17:18

Originally Posted by Phurrball
Fundamentally...I disagree - The RTA recognises the inequality of position between tenant and landlord, and codifies rights, obligations and procedures in one act.

But when a tenant is being a destructive arse and can't be binned fast enough to prevent serious harm to a landlord's interests...I agree.

that's why it sucks... :mellow:

The former or the latter? The flip side of the latter is the (often absentee) slum-lords, especially some of those in student towns like Dunedin, who rent sub-standard housing out at over inflated prices. That makes me furious :mad: . Letting agencies have a lot to answer for too...I read one tenancy agreement with letting agency that contained illegal clauses, and made the RTA sound like a rod for the tenants back! (Said dwelling had a rotted hole in the bathroom floor...)

Jackrat

3rd October 2005, 17:34

JUST ASSURE HIM THAT IT WAS AN ERROR OF JUDGEMENT AND IT WONT HAPPEN AGAIN , IF YOU GOT MORE THAN ONE COMPLAINT THEN ITS PROLLY VALID , I MANAGE ABOUT 30 UNITS AND HEAR ALL SORTS OF COMPLAINTS , AND THIS AINT THAT BAD . BTW I ALWAYS ROLLED MY BIKE DOWN THE DRIVE WITH THE ENGINE OFF JUST TO TRY AND BE CONSIDERATE AND SET AN EXAMPLE .
IF YOU APOLOGIZE TO THE OTHER TENNANTS AND MEAN IT ID SAY THE LANDLORD WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY

WINJA,YOU JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER MATE,FIRST YOU MAKE ME CHOKE ON ME COFFEE,THEN YOU MAKE ME DARN NEAR PEE MESELF LAUGHING,NOW YOUR COMING UP WITH THE MOST SENSIBLE ANSWERS WHILE OTHER PEOPLE I THOUGHT WERE A BIT BRIGHTER MAKE CLOWNS OF THEM SELFS.
RESPECT!!!!! :niceone:

Marmoot

3rd October 2005, 17:42

The former or the latter? The flip side of the latter is the (often absentee) slum-lords, especially some of those in student towns like Dunedin, who rent sub-standard housing out at over inflated prices. That makes me furious :mad: . Letting agencies have a lot to answer for too...I read one tenancy agreement with letting agency that contained illegal clauses, and made the RTA sound like a rod for the tenants back! (Said dwelling had a rotted hole in the bathroom floor...)

the later....
If a tenant makes a damage, landlords should be able to kick them out asap, not 6 weeks after. :mellow:

crash harry

3rd October 2005, 18:29

Is she 18yrs old, blond with big tits?
Or human with a pulse? (OK so it's been a while...)

On topic tho, I'd go with the light apology approach, with a request that they talk to you direct next time instead of ringing the landlord...

I wouldn't bother with gifts as some have suggested - save those for when you run over their cat/dog/mother-in-law/etc. :devil2:

Wolf

3rd October 2005, 18:34

I wouldn't bother with gifts as some have suggested - save those for when you run over their cat/dog/mother-in-law/etc. :devil2:
If she ran over their mother-in-law, they might well give her a gift...

inlinefour

3rd October 2005, 19:19

We get along with everyone except one neighbour who is next to us. The rest are great, but these ones take the cake. They are the typical whinging poms and are quite happy to take a dump on whoever they feel like. Done it to us a few times, which I could live with, but I declined furthur helping them. Thats when the hassles started, they came over at one stage demanding to know who the landlord was. Took great delight in looking them in the eye and telling them that they was allready talking to him, or I could get the misses also. Told them a few things about them that I was pissy with and the relevant statutes/legislation that would help me sort the problem out. They have a snotty little dog which is allowed to yap all day, until the dog control came around. They became real arseholes for a while, until I went over to enquire exactly what there problem is. Dunno if they was intimidated, but the B/S has certianly stopped. :devil2:

WINJA

3rd October 2005, 19:39

jimdaworm

3rd October 2005, 20:10

I always start my bike up and ride halfway down the street and sit there in front of houses that are not my neighbours to warm up my bike :devil2:

aff-man

3rd October 2005, 20:12

Meh i had a guy down the road threaten me saying i was riding to fast... told him to sod off.

Never had a problem with any of my neighbours ever... and i have yet to own a bike that doesn't have an straight through zorst..( excluding current one... for a few months anyway). But yeh i also play drums etc etc and have jams here and we only had one complaint once .... the old lady from next door came and said i was out of time :killingme :killingme :killingme ......

Personally i would write a note explaining the need to warm up the bike so as not to damage the engine etc etc and give it to your neighbours... accompanied by a bottle of wine maybe. If that doesn't fix it. Tell them to sod off.

Ixion

4th October 2005, 03:07

Anyone who dislikes the sound (or smell) of a ringa-a-dinga-ding is certifiably insane. They are old, and old people can't cope with anyone having fun. It is not really your bike that they object to, it is that you are young, sexy, and having fun, all the things they are not. They wish they could be like you , know they cannot because they have irreversably withered, and therefore dislike you for being what they cannot be.

Go see them , apologise, not for making a noise, but expressing regret that your bike, inevitably, because of what it is , will sometimes be noisy. Point out that it does not occasion the slam slam slam of car doors. Tell them that you will do your best to mitigate the effect in future. Then ignore lall that crap and carry on as before, because it does not matter what you do or say, they will still complain

Dafe

4th October 2005, 05:25

Whats your address? Me and V-Twin can come over and show them the definition of loud motorbikes with loud revving!
Even better, We should ride the entire KB crew down your driveway!

Str8 Jacket

4th October 2005, 06:04

Anyone who dislikes the sound (or smell) of a ringa-a-dinga-ding is certifiably insane. They are old, and old people can't cope with anyone having fun. It is not really your bike that they object to, it is that you are young, sexy, and having fun, all the things they are not. They wish they could be like you , know they cannot because they have irreversably withered, and therefore dislike you for being what they cannot be.

:rofl: hehe, unfortunately all my neighbours would be younger than 30 . . .

Talked to the landlord last night, he gave me a verbal warning but said that he wasn't really to upset. No neighbours home last night, will go see them tonight.
Dafe - your an evil man! :devil2:

Uncle B

4th October 2005, 06:56

Whats your address? Me and V-Twin can come over and show them the definition of loud motorbikes with loud revving!
Even better, We should ride the entire KB crew down your driveway!

Now your talking.....strength in numbers

aff-man

4th October 2005, 06:59

Now your talking.....strength in numbers

Hmm bike is not to loud just yet....... but i'll come by.... Was suggested when i got hasseled by the guy up the street that we organise a ride starting from his house.... seeing a whole lot of hooligans will make you look like a saint :2thumbsup

So party at SJ's house. Hahahaha

Str8 Jacket

4th October 2005, 08:29

Now your talking.....strength in numbers

Look here Uncle Bruce . . . . . . :bleh: Behave yourself, your a grown man! :whistle:

yungatart

4th October 2005, 08:37

Our neighbours hate our son's drumkit, electric guitar and his hand drum- we've had no complaints about any of the 6 bikes we currently own tho. We refuse to participate in their small mindedness or live our lives by their rules.I suggest you do the same.

marty

4th October 2005, 08:40

being a night shift worker (and day-time sleeper), i would be fucked off if some dickhead was revving his bike for no good reason. i don't give the TL noise when i come home at 0500am, so i like to think my neighbours have some consideration too - they all know that i work nights. there is a guy out back in a rental (nice 4 bed corporate-type house) that plays the drums and has jam sessions. he was starting up at 10am, with the garge door open. i let it go for a week, then went over one saturday afternoon with some beers, and asked him if he could not fire up the kit til he either sees my bedroom curtains open (looks over his place), or it's after midday. he was cool with that, turns out he asked his shovelhead-riding mate to go a bit quieter up the long driveway too!

Phurrball

4th October 2005, 09:30

the later....
If a tenant makes a damage, landlords should be able to kick them out asap, not 6 weeks after. :mellow:

Yep, we're on the same page here. I'm pretty sure that there is provision for immediate outski if there is threat of violence, but you still have to go to the tribunal...(Even though I'm a good law abiding citizen, and perhaps one day a practitioner, a few large mates *just* for visual impact could be useful in such a situation...:devil2:)

Uncle B

4th October 2005, 11:26

Look here Uncle Bruce . . . . . . :bleh: Behave yourself, your a grown man! :whistle:

Your only as old as the ......errr...umm..... :whistle: :devil2:
I'm just a big kid at heart. :nya:

inlinefour

4th October 2005, 11:55

NEXT TIME GIVE THEM MY NUMBER SAY IM THE LANDLORD AND ILL DO MY DIPLOMATIC BEST FOR YOU , BET I COULD MAKE THEM SHIFT OUT

I'd seriously consider painting your roof, depending on who moved in next. :devil2:

avgas

4th October 2005, 12:00

Now usually i'm suppose to give good advice.
But as an ex-Kerosene Cowboy, in this case im gonna help society.

Buy an arrow exhaust for your bike, and ride it nuts. Rev the crap out of that bike and have fun. Fuck them and there lack of joy in there lives.
As for the smell, what the fuck are they on about - fuckin jerks. Its smells awesome. Better than that sloppy curry crap they suck up a straw through their dentures.
Its attitudes like that, that are removing the lovely 2 strokes from this world.
They should get a life and stop trying to "improve" others.
If they have a problem they should come to you about it - none of this pussy-footing bullshit.