"Bikeless" Blues

[Zed]

After being without my sickle for over two weeks now I'm well and truly convinced that being "bikeless" sucks the kumara BIG TIME!

I suppose driving the cage has been beneficial because of the cold temperatures we've had, and coincidentally it has been school holidays so the traffic has been lighter - yeah right?? Still takes me over an hour to get home from work on our beloved AK motorway system!

The shop tells me that I should have my two wheels back mid next week, so I guess my time of sorrow will end then. :crybaby:

Question: How do you handle being bikeless when it's against your will? :brick:


Zed

[White trash]

You post threads expressing your anger at every little pissant thing said behind your back. Then you get offers from great people offering to help with extracting revenge on said shit heads.

Great ol' life aint it? :whistle:

[riffer]

Question: How do you handle being bikeless when it's against your will? :brick:


Zed
You should try FOUR weeks without a bike.

At this rate my wife will be kicking me out of the house again. :sweatdrop

I need to get back on it for ALL of our sanities.

[Zed]

You post threads expressing your anger at every little pissant thing said behind your back. Then you get offers from great people offering to help with extracting revenge on said shit heads.

Great ol' life aint it? :whistle:
Hmmm...I'm confused by that comment? Come again Trashman? :blink:

[Firefight]

After being without my sickle for over two weeks now I'm well and truly convinced that being "bikeless" sucks the kumara BIG TIME!

I suppose driving the cage has been beneficial because of the cold temperatures we've had, and coincidentally it has been school holidays so the traffic has been lighter - yeah right?? Still takes me over an hour to get home from work on our beloved AK motorway system!

The shop tells me that I should have my two wheels back mid next week, so I guess my time of sorrow will end then. :crybaby:

Question: How do you handle being bikeless when it's against your will? :brick:


Zed


Your welcome to take my bike out for a ride half a day this weekend, you will just have to lower your self to drive a car out my way.

F/F :rolleyes:

[MikeL]

Question: How do you handle being bikeless when it's against your will? :brick:


My solution was to test ride as many bikes as I could without feeling guilty or embarrassed. Since my threshhold for both guilt and embarrassment is quite high, it worked quite well.

Then, having bought another bike, the next step was to rationalize keeping the first one, so that never again would I suffer withdrawal symptoms. No problem...

So now it would have to be extremely bad luck for me to be completely bikeless.

[toads]

I sort of sympathise with you Zed, I can only ride my bike on fridays and not at all during the school holidays as I have young kids at home then, but as for coping with the bikeless blues, well I look at each day as whetting my appetite for when I can get on and go for a blat. It giving you perspective think of it like that :sunny:

[Two Smoker]

Well i am well practiced in the art of "having no bike" as mine is constantly getting repaired etc.... I think the only thing keeping me sane is the fact that i ride a beast of a CT110 nearly everyday.... and also the fact that im going to enjoy getting back on my bike...... YES I GET MINE TOMORROW MUAHAHAHAHA..... :devil2: LOOK OUT TS IS BACK ON THE ROAD BEING A MOBILE CHICANE........

[James Deuce]

Try ten years. The involuntary twitching has almost stopped.

[Zed]

Your welcome to take my bike out for a ride half a day this weekend, you will just have to lower your self to drive a car out my way.

F/F :rolleyes:
:weep: Don't tempt me F/F!...great of you to make the offer but I'll pass thanks.

I'll endure to the end. Will have to shut the door to my spare room so I don't see all my gear sitting there!


Zed

[Ms Piggy]

I just kept living through other peoples riding stories & there was lots of moaning & groaning as well. :mellow:

[Kwaka-Kid]

yep - ive had those feelings before zed - problem is it was when i was on holiday for 2 weeks some years back, all i wanted to do was get back home and ride to work even! (woulda been on an old crappy bike too, i just loved commuting even!)

Trick is just buy a whole load of old bikes etc! then as one dies/gets crashed u jump on the next :D ive always had a father to fall back on and steal a bike off etc :D (even if it is an old lump)

[Motoracer]

Trick is just buy a whole load of old bikes etc! then as one dies/gets crashed u jump on the next :D ive always had a father to fall back on and steal a bike off etc :D (even if it is an old lump)

Yep, that's always a good Idea. We've (me and my bro) had about 4-7 bikes in the garrage most of the time. At the moment, we are on 4 + a rolling frame.

[loosebruce]

Suck indeed, i feel for you man, i was without my mobile compresser for a good part of 6 months when it dropped a valve, apparently the first TLS to drop a valve anyone else out there had that problem?? But hang tight man, i'd like to put a shout out to the boys at welly motorcycles and of course WT for helping get back on my bike, BIG UPS :niceone:
Life without bikes is not worth living, hence why i'm ticked up to eyeballs and above just to have a bike and every cent i earn goes to the bike.

[dhunt]

You should try FOUR weeks without a bike.

At this rate my wife will be kicking me out of the house again. :sweatdrop

I need to get back on it for ALL of our sanities.
Try about 7 1/2 weeks. Good thing I bought another bike before I got out of plaster :) It makes you really apreciate riding a bike after being off for so long.

[merv]

Like KK says you just gotta have more than one bike.

[wkid_one]

Welcome to the club - I finally gave in though - now I just need to get through the op and I am away again!

[Posh Tourer :P]

My solution was to test ride as many bikes as I could without feeling guilty or embarrassed. Since my threshhold for both guilt and embarrassment is quite high, it worked quite well.

Then, having bought another bike, the next step was to rationalize keeping the first one, so that never again would I suffer withdrawal symptoms. No problem...

So now it would have to be extremely bad luck for me to be completely bikeless.

Sounds like a perfect solution.... Now, with a two year holiday coming up in Europe, I wonder how many bikes I can test ride in that time? There's gotta be a lot of bike shops out there so plenty of opportunities for repeat tests of the same model without looking suspicious...

[Zed]

Try ten years. The involuntary twitching has almost stopped.
In the past I've had spells of 2-3 years off bikes not a problem...but currently I am really enjoying my riding and being without my machine for even one week has been really rough! The hardest times are when I'm sitting in peak hour traffic and watch the sportsbikes filter past, and also on the weekends when you guys are out there lapping up the countryside while I can only imagine how much fun you're having. :weep:

Btw, I don't want your sympathies! I reckon we all must go through this eventually.

[Zed]

Sounds like a perfect solution.... Now, with a two year holiday coming up in Europe, I wonder how many bikes I can test ride in that time? There's gotta be a lot of bike shops out there so plenty of opportunities for repeat tests of the same model without looking suspicious...
I'm not sure if Mike was being too serious, but personally I will only test ride a bike when I am preparing to buy - test riding for any other reason would be a breach of my conscience! Besides, a 20-30 minute test of an unfamiliar bike could never replace the special union that I have with my own pride and joy. I am desperate only to ride MY bike and no one elses. :spudwhat:

[James Deuce]

In the past I've had spells of 2-3 years off bikes not a problem...but currently I am really enjoying my riding and being without my machine for even one week has been really rough! The hardest times are when I'm sitting in peak hour traffic and watch the sportsbikes filter past, and also on the weekends when you guys are out there lapping up the countryside while I can only imagine how much fun you're having. :weep:

Btw, I don't want your sympathies! I reckon we all must go through this eventually.

Oh come on - a burden shared is a burden halved :)

We don't mind :)

[FROSTY]

its the worst feelin in the world when ya baby is damaged cos of your domb act.
poor lil mella yella is in a million pieces right now due to a real bad overrev on my part.

[bluninja]

Well other than swinging my leg over my RSVR in storage I've not ridden since I left NZ in Feb.

I've just started a paying job doing a 6 week rollout of windows 2000 and have no home of my own, so I guess it will have to stay that way for a while longer....and then it will be getting on for the english winter. :argh:

I guess I'm just treading water so hard I don't have time to mope about the bike.

[Zed]

After being without my sickle for over two weeks now I'm well and truly convinced that being "bikeless" sucks the kumara BIG TIME!

I suppose driving the cage has been beneficial because of the cold temperatures we've had, and coincidentally it has been school holidays so the traffic has been lighter - yeah right?? Still takes me over an hour to get home from work on our beloved AK motorway system!

The shop tells me that I should have my two wheels back mid next week, so I guess my time of sorrow will end then. :crybaby:

Question: How do you handle being bikeless when it's against your will? :brick:


Zed
Just now got off the phone with the bike shop and all the parts arrived in yesterday afternoon from Japan! (took approx. 2 weeks)
Should have my wheels back by this weekend - yee haa!!! :banana:

God (not the gods) is smiling upon me!

[NordieBoy]

Two bikes (well 3 actually) and two computers (well more than that really :whistle: )

If one stops for any reason I still need to keep going.

[Zed]

...Trick is just buy a whole load of old bikes etc! then as one dies/gets crashed u jump on the next :D ...
Nah, I can't justify having more than one working bike in the garage let alone having the storage space and the money to register and maintain multiple machines...all "just in case" of emergency. The exception to this rule would be to become a collector of bikes, but that's not for me - yet!

On reflection I'm starting to think that being off the bike for two weeks has been somewhat beneficial to me?? :blink:

[Two Smoker]

Now your getting you bike back this weekend are you going to be at Puke on Saturday?????

[jrandom]

Just now got off the phone with the bike shop and all the parts arrived in yesterday afternoon from Japan! (took approx. 2 weeks)

Your bike was still rideable, though, wasn't it?

A few crashes ago I did a full insurance claim on the FXR to get it looking minty fresh again. Parts took six weeks to arrive ex Japan, so after the first few days of carpooling my way to work and general misery I called the shop and asked if I could just pick the bike up and use it until the parts arrived. They were fine with that.

Of course, if the accident rendered your bike unWOFable without the replacement parts, that'd be a different matter. But I would have asked the shop if I could've had it back in the meantime, otherwise.

[Zed]

Your bike was still rideable, though, wasn't it?

A few crashes ago I did a full insurance claim on the FXR to get it looking minty fresh again. Parts took six weeks to arrive ex Japan, so after the first few days of carpooling my way to work and general misery I called the shop and asked if I could just pick the bike up and use it until the parts arrived. They were fine with that.

Of course, if the accident rendered your bike unWOFable without the replacement parts, that'd be a different matter. But I would have asked the shop if I could've had it back in the meantime, otherwise.
The shop gave me the option of riding it until parts arrived but I declined because the front indicator & fairing mount were damaged beyond repair. Also, because I contacted insurance immediately I felt it best to leave it in the shop just in case the unthinkable happened.

Ps. Car/bike troubles have always been a major pet hate of mine! :argh:

[Zed]

Now your getting you bike back this weekend are you going to be at Puke on Saturday?????
Lol, not this weekend TS. :niceone:

[Coldkiwi]

being bikeless does suck when you're not just using it for the commute. I very rarely spend any time sitting in traffic while driving a car but when I see the bikes going past it just makes me want to get back to mine and get some lane splitting therapy!

glad to hear you're getting it sussed this w/e zed.

...and equally sorry to hear that your RSVR is still cooped up Blu! you've gotta go for a ride before the snow hits, even if its hosing down with rain. You'll go berko otherwise!

[Zed]

...glad to hear you're getting it sussed this w/e zed...
Tks CK, if I do get it back tomorrow I'm thinking of heading down to Puke to looksee & maybe meet up with FF for a ride, weather permitting...u keen?

[magnum]

always someone worse than you.havent ridden mine for 2months :crybaby: ,not moaning though as was self inflicted broken arm,only a week or 2 to go till i get the all clear :) :scooter: :) :scooter: :)

[Zed]

Just got a call from the bike shop and good news - my machine is ready for collection!! :2thumbsup

"On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again" do do do... :whistle:

May see some of you greasers at the track or on the open road tomorrow weather permitting.

[James Deuce]

Just got a call from the bike shop and good news - my machine is ready for collection!! :2thumbsup

"On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again" do do do... :whistle:

May see some of you greasers at the track or on the open road tomorrow weather permitting.
Sweeet! Have fun this weekend

[Cajun]

Just got a call from the bike shop and good news - my machine is ready for collection!! :2thumbsup

"On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again" do do do... :whistle:

May see some of you greasers at the track or on the open road tomorrow weather permitting.
Good on ya Zed glad ya got ya girl back, now don't treat her so rough this time okay
hahahah

Take it easy dude

[Zed]

Good on ya Zed glad ya got ya girl back, now don't treat her so rough this time okay
hahahah

Take it easy dude
Hmmm, I was taking it easy - that was the problem!! :sneaky2:

Harden up I say...take that corner with aggression next time. :yes:

[FROSTY]

jeys you guys --im hangin out for a ride -and no bike to do it on.--arggggg

[dangerous]

i was without my mobile compresser for a good part of 6 months when it dropped a valve, apparently the first TLS to drop a valve anyone else out there had that problem?

Well funny that you should say that cos all I ever here from people is how bad the VTR cam chains are :whistle:
A mate of mine sold his 02 TL as it was time for something new. The only probs that he had was a oil leak that wouldent go away, the shop kept telling him that the cases were over full of oil :argh:
A week after he sold it the bike destroyed itself in a big way, all to do with the leak (I'd have to sak him what went wrong as I cant remember)

Now the other TL that I know of that did the same thing, well it is actually a Cagiva Navagater which has the TL motor in it (std).
Its funny how these things happen yet its not mentioned much....exepct for the bloody Honda cam chains :brick:

[Aucker]

Just got a call from the bike shop and good news - my machine is ready for collection!! :2thumbsup

"On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again" do do do... :whistle:

May see some of you greasers at the track or on the open road tomorrow weather permitting.
no more bikeless blues for you then. glad your getting it back! :Punk:

[Skyryder]

I'm not sure if Mike was being too serious, but personally I will only test ride a bike when I am preparing to buy - test riding for any other reason would be a breach of my conscience! Besides, a 20-30 minute test of an unfamiliar bike could never replace the special union that I have with my own pride and joy. :spudwhat:

The man was just trying to give you a little joy with your loss and you can not help but go all moral. So you want a special union with your own pride and joy. Take up thy (hot) rod and flog it.

Skyryder

[riffer]

Well I've got my bike running again but I've spent all of the spare money we had in doing so, and don't have any more for the petrol to get to work, not to mention the indicator and mirror I still need for it, and the month's insurance premium.

Hurry up payday!

On the bloody train for another week....:argh:

[Sensei]

1 week. Bike still in shop . Fucked clutch , weeping head gasket from ride last Saturday $600 ride bugger .First time in 20 years with out a bike not good . Looked at taking my son hotted up Z50 for a spin today but a skateboard did the job nicely Sensei :sweatdrop

[Zed]

Well I've got my bike running again but I've spent all of the spare money we had in doing so, and don't have any more for the petrol to get to work, not to mention the indicator and mirror I still need for it, and the month's insurance premium.

Hurry up payday!

On the bloody train for another week....:argh:
What's your main reason for not claiming insurance for your bin celtic? Sure sounds like you've spent much time and funds sorting it all out. :spudguita

[riffer]

What's your main reason for not claiming insurance for your bin celtic? Sure sounds like you've spent much time and funds sorting it all out. :spudguita

Third party fire and theft insurance, Zed.

A fair bit of time, and about $900 in total, and the bike still looks pretty tatty at the moment.

Goes all right though, and thats the main point.

Oh well, with three kids and one on the way, and one income, paying huge amounts of child support, and family court lawyer bills, coupled with a nasty big power bill this month, it's been a real challenge to even get this far in four weeks. Still don't know how I came up with $900, but trademe's been a real help.

Still got to sell a few more things this week to pay for the mirrors, indicators, insurance and pay for my watch to be fixed ($260!).

Won't be falling of in a hurry again, that's for sure :whistle:

[riffer]

BTW Zed, nice spudguitar smiley. Didn't know we had that one...

How did you know I play guitar?

Or are all motorcyclists either IT geeks or musicians, or both? :D

[Firefight]

BTW Zed, nice spudguitar smiley. Didn't know we had that one...

How did you know I play guitar?

Or all motorcyclists either IT geeks or musicians, or both? :D


If you ment computer geek, you got that bit right, <_< glad your bikes back and running.I almost feel guilty sulking cause my bike will be off the road for a few days while I get the radiator fixed.

F/F

[Zed]

Third party fire and theft insurance, Zed.

A fair bit of time, and about $900 in total, and the bike still looks pretty tatty at the moment.

Goes all right though, and thats the main point.

Oh well, with three kids and one on the way, and one income, paying huge amounts of child support, and family court lawyer bills, coupled with a nasty big power bill this month, it's been a real challenge to even get this far in four weeks. Still don't know how I came up with $900, but trademe's been a real help.

Still got to sell a few more things this week to pay for the mirrors, indicators, insurance and pay for my watch to be fixed ($260!).

Won't be falling of in a hurry again, that's for sure :whistle:
There are pros & cons to 3rd Party insurance. You have a number of pressures on you at present celtic...hope it all works out.


Zed

[jrandom]

Or are all motorcyclists either IT geeks or musicians, or both? :D

Both here, if you count my job as 'IT geek'. Which it isn't, really, but I *am* writing software a lot of the time.

And I've never been paid to play music. So I'm not sure if I count as a 'musician'. I don't even own a piano at the moment.

[Zed]

Both here, if you count my job as 'IT geek'. Which it isn't, really, but I *am* writing software a lot of the time.

And I've never been paid to play music. So I'm not sure if I count as a 'musician'. I don't even own a piano at the moment.
Pure coincidence! I'm involved in IT and music too. :whistle: I'm sure there's a bunch of things we bikers have in common...and a whole lot we don't!

[moko]

I'm involved in IT and music too. :whistle: [color=navy]

We know that Zed,you`re constantly logged on and blowing your own trumpet :blink:

[merv]

If you ment computer geek, you got that bit right, <_< glad your bikes back and running.I almost feel guilty sulking cause my bike will be off the road for a few days while I get the radiator fixed.

F/F

What happened to the radiator - stone through it or something?

[Firefight]

What happened to the radiator - stone through it or something?


Yes Merv, was out saturday with some of the boys, having a nice blat down 22, got back nearly home, stopped to wait for rear guard, and found a stone had hit one of the vanes causing a pin hole leak, rode home and pulled it out that night, hope its fixed within the next few days so I can go to manfield to support the KBers this saturday.

F/F

[bluninja]

being bikeless does suck when you're not just using it for the commute. I very rarely spend any time sitting in traffic while driving a car but when I see the bikes going past it just makes me want to get back to mine and get some lane splitting therapy!

glad to hear you're getting it sussed this w/e zed.

...and equally sorry to hear that your RSVR is still cooped up Blu! you've gotta go for a ride before the snow hits, even if its hosing down with rain. You'll go berko otherwise!

CK, things are looking up....conned my way into 2nd level PC support and W2K rollout for a few months...may even get my own home (complete with garage!) in a few weeks.....maybe time to get the bike registered for the road.

[vifferman]

Or are all motorcyclists either IT geeks or musicians, or both? :DMust be. I play guitar too, and work for a software house. Haven't done any programming for a while (apart from web stuff), and I'm starting to miss that.

Oh yeah - by the way - I'm back. Had to suffer 8 days holidaying in Queenstown (skiing, luging, helicoptering, skimobiling, that sort of thing).
It's a tough life, but someone's gotta do it, I guess....:laugh:

[Firefight]

Must be. I play guitar too, and work for a software house. Haven't done any programming for a while (apart from web stuff), and I'm starting to miss that.

Oh yeah - by the way - I'm back. Had to suffer 8 days holidaying in Queenstown (skiing, luging, helicoptering, skimobiling, that sort of thing).
It's a tough life, but someone's gotta do it, I guess....:laugh:


welcome back. :sunny:

F/F

[riffer]

I've played guitar since I was 6 (nearly 32 years) and I've played in numerous bands over the years as either rhythm or lead guitarist.

My weapons of choice:

1988 Gibson Les Paul Custom (white)

mid-80's era JCM800 1959 Marshall Head (both inputs bridged, Soltek 12AX7 input tubes and matched EL34 output tubes)

mid-80s era 1960A Marshall Angled Cabinet with Celestion G20 speakers

Boss GT-3 effects unit (a real beast of a unit)

All of my equipment I've owned since new.

:rockon: :banana: :banana: :banana: