Gather round, I have a story to tell!!

[Solly]

To put you all in the picture, I am Amazons better half [she'll argue this point]...aaaaanyway.....
Not too long ago [5 - 7 yrs] I decided to buy my first bike, a 1986 Virago 750, it was my very first bike and Amazon did NOT!!!! want me to get it...I ignored her & got it anyway a couple of years later the ole girl seized [not through lack of love or attention I might add], this only steeled my resolve to get something new...BRAND NEW!!!!.
This saddened and angered Amazon to the point that it would be, Quote "OVER MY DEAD BODY" unquote, would I be buying anything, let alone new!!!!!!:angry:

A wise man once told me "water will always wear away rock" and so I kept poring on the water until my rock was nothing but a grain of sand....I got my way....a Bully C90 was in my stable within 3 days!!!!!

Amazon was still yet to be convinced of the "thing" I had about bikes and rallys and stuff....you all know what I'm talking about

It was not until one beautiful sunny weekend almost 9 months ago that on the Saturday I took her on the Bully to a little cafe in Outram and then on the Sunday we repeated this again out at Carys Bay where, while waiting for our lunch to be served outside, enjoying the sun and the dream view of the bay, two bikes pulled up and from under the helmets appeared a husband & wife combo.

This was the defining moment when she under stood what I'd been trying to tell her for years about the "bikes, rallys & stuff".

She now has, not only bought a Virago 250 [to learn on] but now has a Bully C50 [BRAND NEW!!!].....little did I know back then that I had lit a fire under her ass big enough to persuade her not only to part with some $$ for her 250 but to part with even bigger $$$$$$ for the Bully.......my work is done:Punk:.....or is it????

I'm stoking the next fire as we speak:innocent:

[Zuki Bandit]

Classic! I've been planting the seed lately about upgrading the moment I get my full. I think I will use that rock and water technique you mentioned.
Good stuff!!!

[shafty]

Good effort Solly :2thumbsup:2thumbsup

[sinfull]

Nice work mate !! It's a great feeling aye ?
Didn't take much persuading with HRH , think she'd only been on the back of the triple a half doz times, when she said that she wished she was able to ride, partly deaf i may be, stupid i aint, so wham, a learners bike turned up in her Xmas stocking !
Made the mistake of mentioning she liked the look of racing leathers the other day hehehe, might not be a cruiser she gets next !

[martybabe]

Good good, enjoyed that thanks. Twas a dream of mine to get my lady riding her own scoot but sadly it aint gonna hapen.

Enjoy yourselves out there. :niceone:

[Solly]

Classic! I've been planting the seed lately about upgrading the moment I get my full. I think I will use that rock and water technique you mentioned.
Good stuff!!!

Forget the rock in this case......keep watering the seed:msn-wink:

[Solly]

Nice work mate !! It's a great feeling aye ?
Didn't take much persuading with HRH , think she'd only been on the back of the triple a half doz times, when she said that she wished she was able to ride, partly deaf i may be, stupid i aint, so wham, a learners bike turned up in her Xmas stocking !
Made the mistake of mentioning she liked the look of racing leathers the other day hehehe, might not be a cruiser she gets next !

As we say down this way....Good on ya mate!!

[zalforce1]

To put you all in the picture, I am Amazons better half [she'll argue this point]...aaaaanyway.....
Not too long ago [5 - 7 yrs] I decided to buy my first bike, a 1986 Virago 750, it was my very first bike and Amazon did NOT!!!! want me to get it...I ignored her & got it anyway a couple of years later the ole girl seized [not through lack of love or attention I might add], this only steeled my resolve to get something new...BRAND NEW!!!!.
This saddened and angered Amazon to the point that it would be, Quote "OVER MY DEAD BODY" unquote, would I be buying anything, let alone new!!!!!!:angry:

A wise man once told me "water will always wear away rock" and so I kept poring on the water until my rock was nothing but a grain of sand....I got my way....a Bully C90 was in my stable within 3 days!!!!!

Amazon was still yet to be convinced of the "thing" I had about bikes and rallys and stuff....you all know what I'm talking about

It was not until one beautiful sunny weekend almost 9 months ago that on the Saturday I took her on the Bully to a little cafe in Outram and then on the Sunday we repeated this again out at Carys Bay where, while waiting for our lunch to be served outside, enjoying the sun and the dream view of the bay, two bikes pulled up and from under the helmets appeared a husband & wife combo.

This was the defining moment when she under stood what I'd been trying to tell her for years about the "bikes, rallys & stuff".

She now has, not only bought a Virago 250 [to learn on] but now has a Bully C50 [BRAND NEW!!!].....little did I know back then that I had lit a fire under her ass big enough to persuade her not only to part with some $$ for her 250 but to part with even bigger $$$$$$ for the Bully.......my work is done:Punk:.....or is it????

I'm stoking the next fire as we speak:innocent:

hehehe wicked story mate. its amazing seeing ppl who themselves think they wud never even sit on a two wheeler all of a sudden seriously consider it. I was the first in my family to ever contemplate getting a motorbike, and after getting one only a few months later my sister has a scooter and my 63 year old dad wants to learn to ride!!! imagine!

[<Rhino>]

My wife's from Outram. One of the smallest places around, but hell, shite loads of people know where it is!

[Griffin]

My wife's from Outram. One of the smallest places around, but hell, shite loads of people know where it is!

Dude... Outram ... ??? ... the moral of the story is keep quietly pluggin... That bigger bike is in your future :drool:

[CookMySock]

haha, woohoo! well done that man!

I did the same thing myself this year, and she's grinning like a dinner plate and taken to it like a duck to water.

Was a tough job though, but worth it.

Steve

[sels1]

Good story.
My better half will only come out if there is a cafe and lots of sunshine, but thats an advance on the " I'm never going on the back of that thing!" we started out with.
Dont think she will ever get her own one....

[sinfull]

my 63 year old dad wants to learn to ride!!! imagine! Scary ! Prolly has some deap dark biker history and will scare ya with his ability !


My wife's from Outram. One of the smallest places around, but hell, shite loads of people know where it is!

Ummmmmm Must be somewhere near Taupo surely !


Had to chuckle at the water/rock bit solly lol where was your resolve when it came to Amazon buying two bikes ? I know I know ya really wanted this, but ya gotta put up some sort of a fight (rock salt perhaps) to have leverage there for when it comes to yr next upgrade !

[phantom]

After a couple of years all I've managed is to get Sarah on the back for a ride around the block but she has said maybe a scooter would be fun

[madbikeboy]

Evil Ex and I used to argue about the bike thing alot, so in the end I caved to logic. When I delivered the final separation agreement to her new abode, I turned up on my shiny new Gixer Thou. :)

MadBikeBabe doesn't like the scoot, although the only part she likes when she has been on it is the bit where the throttle gets opened a little. But she's totally supportive of riding -and in fact, when I'm getting grippy, she throws me the keys and tells me to fuck off and ride.

It's a hard road to find the perfect woman... :2thumbsup

[MSTRS]

I'm stoking the next fire as we speak:innocent:

At 6.40pm? You devil, you! :niceone:

[fire eyes]

lol ... WAY TO GO AMAZON! hehehe gal after my own heart .. the woman is always right Solly!

[<Rhino>]

Dude... Outram ... ??? ... the moral of the story is keep quietly pluggin... That bigger bike is in your future :drool:

Its gonna take a while for the water to crack my Moraki Boulder......shit i hope she dosn't read this.. :shit:

[bezajel]

It only took a few rides on the back of WasPhantom's 'bike before I was hooked on the feeling, then a bunch of courage on my part to go for the licence and buy the 'bike... (getting the basic handling paid for was an incentive!) Will be great when we can get out there together! :yes:

[Solly]

lol ... WAY TO GO AMAZON! hehehe gal after my own heart .. the woman is always right Solly!

If it wasn't for women, us blokes would go around thinking we're right all the time:rolleyes:

[Solly]

haha, woohoo! well done that man!

I did the same thing myself this year, and she's grinning like a dinner plate and taken to it like a duck to water.

Was a tough job though, but worth it.

Steve

Well done back at ya:clap: but be careful calling the missus a "duck":bleh:

[awayatc]

Its gonna take a while for the water to crack my Moraki Boulder......shit i hope she dosn't read this.. :shit:


Explained it real clearly to mine when she mistakingly thought the subject was up for discussion....
Am not asking you....Am telling you I get one today...

Water....rock....?
water under the bridge...
She seems to have gotten over it....

[Solly]

Explained it real clearly to mine when she mistakingly thought the subject was up for discussion....
Am not asking you....Am telling you I get one today...

Water....rock....?
water under the bridge...
She seems to have gotten over it....

Careful!!...Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

[awayatc]

Careful!!...Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

nothing a bit of throttle doesn't fix......

[NighthawkNZ]

A wise man once told me "water will always wear away rock" and so I kept poring on the water until my rock was nothing but a grain of sand....I got my way....a Bully C90 was in my stable within 3 days!!!

I did the same thing with Xaria... :clap:

[hayd3n]

same here with chri5tina

[ynot slow]

Man I remember when I bought my bike,over my dead body will I get on for a ride!After the odd 25-30km pillion,then out to the mighty Whanga pub return(180km)she enjoys it when fine weather lol.So much she has slowly bought her own gear.

Went looking on Monday for bikes,suggested a neat XR250 for her to learn(and give me an excuse to buy an off road bike)but she said nah,might change though.
She then liked the VFR800(new),CBR100Blackbird 06 model,even an ST4Ducati,dear say the house should be sold prior to buying hehe.

[CookMySock]

Am not asking you....Am telling you I get one today...woah I would not have succeeded with that approach. :shutup:

Softly softly approach here, with lotsa very pretty bikes dangled in front of nose..

VERY pretty bikes...

DB

[martybabe]

I don't want to come over all manly here, the sad truth is I'm henpecked to f#ck, but when I met the bride it really was a case of love me love my bike, biking was and is part of me.

Fair play to the beauty, she has never tried to talk me out of it, in fact when I occasionally think of hanging up my helmet for good, she won't hear of it, reckons I'm some kinda major miserable bastard without bikes in my life. :no: :laugh:

[Rollestonchick]

Awesome AMAZON and Solly:woohoo:

[Imbray]

I had to get my own licence & bike, the water thing didn't work for me, even after years of water (ok nagging:Pokey:) he still wouldn't let me on the back of the bike. Said if I got on the back he'd never get me off, my brother had been telling tales on me from our childhood:nono: with our little bikes, dad still dosen't know how his forks got bent on the farm bike:whistle:

[happykamper]

By the time I've got my full licence I may feel confident enough to take a pillion, also by then the missus may have come round to the idea of going for a ride. "You'll never get me on that damn thing!"

Drip, drip, erode, erode...

[awayatc]

Me I am glad to get my misses OFF my back.....

Beats me why anybody wants theirs on it....,
next thing you gonna get an intercom as well...

I don't get it..

[Solly]

Me I am glad to get my misses OFF my back.....

Beats me why anybody wants theirs on it....,
next thing you gonna get an intercom as well...

I don't get it..

.....I guess it's your choice.....when I'm away I prefer not to have sex by myself:confused:

[awayatc]

.....I guess it's your choice.....when I'm away I prefer not to have sex by myself:confused:

On the bike?....
get a room....

:scooter:

[woodybee]

It's a hard road to find the perfect woman Quote, then yeah shall look no further... :2thumbsup:.....Ahem, you are reading the words from a perfect woman, and I can provide references for those who want proof. I was at my happiest, when I was over in the Isle of Man last year, living on a diet of burgers ad chips, smelling the smell that comes from watching a winy 250cc race by you, looking at bikes, talking bikes, getting very drunk with my very special best mate IDB and his friends .

God I nearly popped with shear happiness, is it posible to internally combust when your ultra happy as I nearly did then, and I feel the same when I am riding along, listening to rock on m MP3 player, bounding my feet in time with the tunes on the footpegs or having delightful and educational conversations at bike rallies!!!!!

So that's it roll up roll up, one perfect woman signing off:wari:

er Woodybee

[awayatc]

So that's it roll up roll up, one perfect woman signing off




Extraordinary.....
What are the odds of finding another one .....?

Off to a haystack,.... finding needles there is easy in comparison.....

:scooter:

[MarkH]

So that's it roll up roll up, one perfect woman signing off

So tempting: woman - perfect - biker . . . Queenstown :doh:

Oh well - It's a hard road to find the perfect woman.

I'll have to keep looking.