The wife says I'm sad... see pictures.

[ceebie13]

Just thought I'd be different and upload some pics of the CB "sans les roues".
I have been accused of being anal by Mrs CB but I must admit that I do tend to spend hours in the garage just looking at it, tinkering, cleaning, polishing and generally worshipping it. Am I alone in my adoration or do you fellow KBers find yourselves doing the same? I have even been known to talk to it!
Does anyone know a good shrink? In actual fact when these pics were taken I was caught thinking about having the wheels painted...half an hour later, I had set the wheels in motion! (sorry, crap pun).

[98tls]

:banana: more power to ya mate.....SOME of the fairer sex just have no idea eh..............maybe the Anal comment was a hint....ya never know...try it and see....whats the worst could happen...........you would end up beddin down with the bike.....no worrys

[Insanity_rules]

Nah, your just a bike fan. I do much the same, look at an idea and carry it out all in the same day.

[The Stranger]

You're a sick man!
Go have sex for gods sake.

[thehollowmen]

jebus that's a clean bike
rep for that.

[Clivoris]

Mate. I'm a good shrink and I have to say that the prognosis isn't good. This affliction is likely to follow you to the grave. On the way it will interfere with relationships, influence your decisions about the social circles you move in, probably cause physical and financial pain and may even see you taking time of work to feed the need. In cases where the afflicted is sufficiently motivated it might be possible to develop a treatment involving aversion therapy, addressing the underlying cognitive distortions maintaining the affliction and resolving the chidhood history that probably led to the initial vulnerability. As you might guess, this isn't easy work and can take considerable time. Research into the effectiveness of such treatment is non-existant but it would be my guess that it might be easier to work with P-heads.
Best thing you can probably do is find yourself a support group made up of the similarly afflicted and make sure that you have understanding whanau and friends. Most importantly! Do not go through extended periods of non-use without the appropriate medical support. Medications and distractions will be required to ease inevitable withdrawal symptoms.

[limbimtimwim]

Nah mate, perfectly normal. I have one in the kitchen just to LOOK at.

Edit: They make good tables too

[ceebie13]

You're a sick man!
Go have sex for gods sake.

Sex? What's that?

[SARGE]

i took the seat off the FJ a few months ago to have it reupholstered and give the under seat area a tidy-up

4 months later..


the seat still has a rip in it but the Weisco big bore kit, cams and worked heads make up for it ...just got 1000 k on the bottom end and all is good :banana:


( hope i dont have to tighten the chain anytime soon....)

[ceebie13]

jebus that's a clean bike
rep for that.

Thats cos all I do is look at it and polish it.

[SARGE]

my god ...


do you have a maid that cleans up your garage too ??????

[ceebie13]

[QUOTE=limbimtimwim;783508]Nah mate, perfectly normal. I have one in the kitchen just to LOOK at.



If I thought I could get away with that I would! I particularly like the subtle
use of reflected light from the up-swivelled mirrors. :-)

[oldrider]

Just thought I'd be different and upload some pics of the CB "sans les roues".
I have been accused of being anal by Mrs CB but I must admit that I do tend to spend hours in the garage just looking at it, tinkering, cleaning, polishing and generally worshipping it. Am I alone in my adoration or do you fellow KBers find yourselves doing the same? I have even been known to talk to it!
Does anyone know a good shrink? In actual fact when these pics were taken I was caught thinking about having the wheels painted...half an hour later, I had set the wheels in motion! (sorry, crap pun).

Shit man don't grow out of that!
I'm 67 this month, had this bike nearly three years, it's only a 650 and I still do that!
We just came home from town and have already given it a little brush and cuddle! :hug: Eccentric? weird! Who f**kin cares. :lol: Cheers John.

PS: My bike told me a joke the other day! Punch line was,"my riding"! (lol)

[ceebie13]

my god ...


do you have a maid that cleans up your garage too ??????

Nah mate, it's all to do with Feng Shui and minimalist use of space and proportion, not to mention the relationship and energy between objects in the garage. Note the considered position of the WD40 can for example.

[marty]

i'd have either one of these in the dining room if i could - just in plain red though...

[SARGE]

Nah mate, it's all to do with Feng Shui and minimalist use of space and proportion, not to mention the relationship and energy between objects in the garage. Note the considered position of the WD40 can for example.



ahhhhhhhh.. Feng shui mate .. Feng Shui


i got Feng - Shit - everywhere ..

[98tls]

Shit man don't grow out of that!
I'm 67 this month, had this bike nearly three years, it's only a 650 and I still do that!
We just came home from town and have already given it a little brush and cuddle! :hug: Eccentric? weird! Who f**kin cares. :lol: Cheers John. John....shit you seem so normal when your down here.........:cool:

[98tls]

NO....but i did notice the absence of a DB can..........

[Swoop]

It's a Honda. When you have the best, it deserves the best!:cool:

[ceebie13]

[QUOTE=Clivoris;783498]Mate. I'm a good shrink and I have to say that the prognosis isn't good....QUOTE]

I know...I know... that's what worries me. I'm nearly 2 score years and 15 and I've been biking since I was 16! And I still can't shrug off this addiction. Even during the "baby years" (when I was bikeless for some five years) I had dreadful withdrawal symptoms. Maybe I should take up knitting. Willy warmers are easy to make apparently.

[ceebie13]

NO....but i did notice the absence of a DB can..........

Thats cos at the time, Mrs CB was just getting me a second G&T.

[98tls]

Thats cos at the time, Mrs CB was just getting me a second G&T. Forgiven then........:cool: nice lookin bike

[Kyle]

If the doorways in our house were wider id park my bikes in my bedroom i reckon. Im not sure if i talk to my bike, to me its definatly made of steel and plastic etc, i know it cant hear me. However i do talk to myself about my bikes, when im alone. And i spend hours in the garage looking at them, polishing and tinkering. Id say that is fairly normal for a true motor bike fan. Im guility of giving it a pat on the seat as i walk past, or maybe a rub, and sometimes after a few beers ive been known to give it a big hug, but never when anyone else is watching, they might think im nuts. (after all, if it cant hear me, it surely cant feel me either) right now one of my bikes is in race mode and down at work, im getting withdrawls, so i have a picture of it on my desktop, that helps. :2thumbsup

[Maha]

I shed a tear when i left my Yamaha with it's new owner......:crybaby:
It's totally ok to have 'MAN' feelings........:cool:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31293&d=1146634242

[ceebie13]

Forgiven then........:cool: nice lookin bike

Cheers mate... Its only a week old, hence its cleanliness - not to mention my infatuation!

[boomer]

wooah, nice and clean. and like sarge said.. that gargre is far too clean and tidy.. in fact i need to have a chat with the mrs, cos the house aint that tidy OR clean

[98tls]

Cheers mate... Its only a week old, hence its cleanliness - not to mention my infatuation! I would imagine it will look just as good in a year or 2...i have a good mate with a pretty new bandit and he fusses over it big time...was with him today and noticed scratches/marks etc.....i guess it just comes with riding but the worst looking ones were where the paint was peeling off cooling fins which is a shame......

[gamgee]

not to mention my infatuation!

edit/ thought you said something else.... :banana:

[Kyle]

"you have given out to much reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later"
bugger, all on this one thread too, and i wasnt finshed giving it out!!

"Feng Shui" was worth some, and

"i got Feng - Shit - everywhere" was worth some too, im still laughing at that one, reminds me of my garage.

execllent thread ceebie13.

[ceebie13]

[QUOTE=maha man;783578]I shed a tear when i left my Yamaha with it's new owner......:crybaby:
It's totally ok to have 'MAN' feelings........:cool:

Ahh... blesss.... a Thundercat. A great bike! My ex had one back in Blighty.
Yeah, sentimentality creeps in so easily. But then again when you buy a new bike, the excitement of picking up the keys on the day tends to make you just walk away from the old one. Then you look at your pictures and have fond memories. Oh god, has anyone got a hanky??

[MattRSK]

I love the first picture. It's like "hmmm what can I do next!!"

[SARGE]

"i got Feng - Shit - everywhere" was worth some too, im still laughing at that one, reminds me of my garage.

execllent thread ceebie13.



no worries man .. i dont post for rep.. it just happens and it aint like you can redeem it for KB t-shirts or anything ..



bringing laughter into the world is its own reward...:hug:

[Maha]

Ahh... blesss.... a Thundercat. A great bike! My ex had one back in Blighty.
Yeah, sentimentality creeps in so easily. But then again when you buy a new bike, the excitement of picking up the keys on the day tends to make you just walk away from the old one. Then you look at your pictures and have fond memories. Oh god, has anyone got a hanky??

That Thundercat is now in Wellington, if you see it around?, please tell her Maha says hello.........:bye:

[98tls]

[QUOTE Oh god, has anyone got a hanky??[/QUOTE] you basterd..........you tried the Anal thing..........didnt ya.......

[SuperDave]

Thats cos all I do is look at it and polish it.

Get out and ride the damn thing, it's more fun than looking at it.

[jafar]

can't see the problem myself, seem quite normal behaviour:2thumbsup

[ceebie13]

[QUOTE Oh god, has anyone got a hanky?? you basterd..........you tried the Anal thing..........didnt ya.......[/QUOTE]

Shit man...How did you know!!! The hanky was because it made my eyes water... otherwise I'd have used "Wet Ones"

[Wellyman]

Fucken very nice and veery clean beast dude. I wish I had that much time and bike polish to do something like that to my CRF.
WM

+rep

[ceebie13]

Fucken very nice and veery clean beast dude. I wish I had that much time and bike polish to do something like that to my CRF.
WM

+rep

Cheers mate... time? Well thats the trouble with workin' for yourself from home...it's too easy to decide that polishing the beast (ooh er!!) is more fun than working. By the way, excuse my ignorance but whats all this "+rep" malarky?

[phoenixgtr]

I only wish I had a garage. It gets cold sitting outside with my bike. The rain's a bit of a bitch too

[ceebie13]

I only wish I had a garage. It gets cold sitting outside with my bike. The rain's a bit of a bitch too

Get one of those outdoor patio heaters mate and brolly. Your bike will thank you for it too.

[phoenixgtr]

Get one of those outdoor patio heaters mate and brolly. Your bike will thank you for it too.

Good idea mate :2thumbsup

[Str8 Jacket]

Good idea mate :2thumbsup

Reckon the missus will think so? :p

[sAsLEX]

I have been accused of being anal .

for anal see http://mototekcom.nationprotect.net/forums/showthread.php?t=897&page=1&pp=15

[ceebie13]

for anal see http://mototekcom.nationprotect.net/forums/showthread.php?t=897&page=1&pp=15

Ah... see what you mean. Makes me look a tad pathetic dunnit? :-)

[35tickets]

I know the feeling about cleaning your bike ceebie...my ZZR11 got stripped down to rolling frame and engine and it took me 7 hours to clean everything and put it back on.

Then i pissed the missus off by going and getting it all dirty on a trip to Napier from whangas straight after i finished putting it back together.

Like I said to her "You didn't expect me to put it back in its glass case again did you??!"

Keep up the good work mate; good to see one else pedantic about keeping the beast nice

[Pwalo]

I spend half an hour a day on the GS. It's still not as clean as that there CB but I know how you feel. I use the 'beast' every day, but I can't bear to see it dirty.

I'm not obsessive, really I'm not.

[slowpoke]

Your wife is right.....

[Disco Dan]

...yeah i know the feeling :cool:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=43888&stc=1&d=1160784040

...but, but, it will get wet outside! :baby:


:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Disco Dan]

If the doorways in our house were wider id park my bikes in my bedroom i reckon. Im not sure if i talk to my bike, to me its definatly made of steel and plastic etc, i know it cant hear me. However i do talk to myself about my bikes, when im alone. And i spend hours in the garage looking at them, polishing and tinkering. Id say that is fairly normal for a true motor bike fan. Im guility of giving it a pat on the seat as i walk past, or maybe a rub, and sometimes after a few beers ive been known to give it a big hug, but never when anyone else is watching, they might think im nuts. (after all, if it cant hear me, it surely cant feel me either) right now one of my bikes is in race mode and down at work, im getting withdrawls, so i have a picture of it on my desktop, that helps. :2thumbsup

...when i rand up for insurance, the dude asked me where it was kept.. ..i told him i park it at the end of my bed with the alarm on!!! ...he actually cracked up laughing!!!! ..sad part though is it's kinda true! ahem.. :cool:

[metric]

for anal see http://mototekcom.nationprotect.net/forums/showthread.php?t=897&page=1&pp=15

that bike looks amazing....

[scumdog]

Been for a ride, off to do some polishing etc.

I wonder why our Autosol bill is larger than our tooth-paste one??:weird: :wait:

Never mind, the matte-black finish on the T-Sport will help in cutting down THAT cost.:laugh:

[mooks]

As a woman, a motorcycle fanatic and a psychologist - mate - go with it.

All perfectly normal actions. Nothing at all wrong with what you have described.
I have just spent 3 hours cleaning my two ..... same kind of worship.:niceone:

[scumdog]

As a woman, a motorcycle fanatic and a psychologist - mate - go with it.

All perfectly normal actions. Nothing at all wrong with what you have described.
I have just spent 3 hours cleaning my two ..... same kind of worship.:niceone:

Good therapy eh? Cleanses the soul and helps to keep the demons at bay.

[Mental Trousers]

Sicko. Try riding the thing!!! :nya:

[ceebie13]

Sicko. Try riding the thing!!! :nya:

Not sure who this quote was aimed at, but good god MT, I couldn't possibly ride it... it might rain and then it will get dirty again!

[terbang]

Nobody really understands me apart from my Bikes..!

[Grinner]

As a woman, a motorcycle fanatic and a psychologist - mate - go with it.

All perfectly normal actions. Nothing at all wrong with what you have described.
I have just spent 3 hours cleaning my two ..... same kind of worship.:niceone:

What a waste. That could have been three hours riding time.

[R6_kid]

where can i get one of those centre stand things?

heres a pic for the guy that wanted the 999 in his living room... i personally like it better than the XEROX paint job, but i wouldnt complain if i had either!

[ceebie13]

where can i get one of those centre stand things?

heres a pic for the guy that wanted the 999 in his living room... i personally like it better than the XEROX paint job, but i wouldnt complain if i had either!

If you mean the Abba paddock stand that my CB is on... then you could try
emailing this guy

steve.lebillon@xtra.co.nz

I brought my stand in from the UK when I emigrated here. When I bought the CB, I needed new bobbins to locate on the swing arm pivots. Steve was the man. He's based in Nelson I think. I think he's the NZ rep for all things Abba (no Swedish jokes please guys!). Good luck.

STOP PRESS: Yep, it's defo the right bloke. Check out the website
www.abbastands.co.uk/contact.asp#wwc

[GR81]

i dont sit there looking at mine... i ride it~!