Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.

[Katman]

Had the pleasure of having Jantar stay on Friday night (first time we've met).

The discussion moved onto my bike and the fact that Jantar had also owned a wire wheel Katana about 20 years ago.

Well, upon consulting the ownership papers, turns out he owned my wire wheel Katana about 20 years ago.

[Trumpess]

Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction

Nah ... its just an incredibly small world tis all.

[fliplid]

Nah ... its just an incredibly small world tis all.

Or there's only so many folk with poor taste in bikes? (Kidding!)

[AllanB]

Ah shit - it's a sinking feeling finding out that your pride and joy was thrashed before you got it! :whistle:


Ha ha, kidding aside - that's some freaky stuff there!


I remember straining my jeans over the wire wheel Katana when they arrived in NZ, all new and gleaming. 120hp was the quoted figure if I remember correctly.

[kiwifruit]

hard case!

[R6_kid]

Did he tell you about how hard he thrashed it before you found out it was the same bike?

[Gubb]

Bet it didn't look as good when Jantar had it. That bike is meticulous.

[DMNTD]

Those wheelie pictures posted sure were impressive eh! :dodge:

[SixPackBack]

..........holy shit!....right up there with finding out your best mate fucked your wife, questionably worse in fact!

[Okey Dokey]

What a cool coincidence. Synchronicity...

[Insanity_rules]

Whoa, thats kinda like a dejavu or something.

[FJRider]

..........holy shit!....right up there with finding out your best mate fucked your wife, questionably worse in fact!

Even worse if he still fancies his chances on "just one more ride"... :laugh:

[FJRider]

Bet it didn't look as good when Jantar had it. That bike is meticulous.

I bet you don't know Jantar...:msn-wink:

[Kickaha]

Not quite the same but not long after I first met Yow Ling he was in at work and saw a business card with my last name on it and asked if I used to have a RZ500, well no I didn't, but as it turned out he had bought a RZ500 that used to be my brothers back in the nineties

[paturoa]

..........holy shit!....right up there with finding out your best mate fucked your wife, questionably worse in fact!

Is that before you married her or after? ... questionably worse in fact.

[Beemer]

My husband sold his Triumph 2500 S last week and when looking at the ownership papers (he's had it for nearly 20 years) he noticed one of the previous owners lived just around the corner from where we live now!

And when buying our Corvette we discovered who owned it before the couple we bought it off - and I used to work with the guy's partner at Police National HQ about 13 years ago!

'tis a very small world!

And someone on this forum's boyfriend owns my old RG 150.

[vifferman]

A couple of years ago, I was talking to a girl I worked with, and mentioned I used to live in Rotorua.
"So did I!" she said.
We went through suburb ("So did I!"), street ("So did I!"), house number ("OMG! So did I!"). Turned out the bedroom she slept in was the same one too...

:blank:
Her parents bought our house from the people my mother sold it to.

Haven't had any other strange coincidences. A guy who used to be on KB ended up with my VFR750 after I wrecked it - he bought it at auction. Not so strange, given the smallness of the biking world. It was actually quite interesting. I wanted to buy the wreck, but my wife said, "You're not cluttering up my garage for months with bike bits!"
Turned out it cost him less than $2500 to get it all tidied up (including the cost of the wreck), whereas the insurance company costed it at $6800.

[Subike]

I met a rather nice young lady at a party,
she was from Canada, over here on her OE.
Born in Canada, to parents both born in Canada.
Safe?
You would think.
We struck up a conversation that lead to family history.
Her Great Grandfather was my Great Grandfathers brother!!!!!
Her great grandfather emigrated to Canada
My great grandfather emigrated to New Zealand.

Too close for comfort that one,

[Trumpess]

I met a rather nice young lady at a party,
she was from Canada, over here on her OE.
Born in Canada, to parents both born in Canada.
Safe?
You would think.
We struck up a conversation that lead to family history.
Her Great Grandfather was my Great Grandfathers brother!!!!!
Her great grandfather emigrated to Canada
My great grandfather emigrated to New Zealand.

Too close for comfort that one,



Now THAT is spinny!
Farken excellent!! :2thumbsup

[Str8 Jacket]

And someone on this forum's boyfriend owns my old RG 150.

Koba owns it. I blow it up.