Losing your soulmate...

[Gremlin]

I guess some of you have been through it before, so know how I feel... the rest of you, no doubt you will in time.

The relationship has been a short one in the grand scale of things... we only met in early October, but we hit it off straight away. Almost inseparable from the beginning, it felt so different to previous relationships and yet so perfect.

We tackled things together I had never done before, yet I usually found myself wondering why I had never done it before. She exposed me to a whole new world... and I loved it! I guess looking back, it all happened so fast, it couldn't keep on going forever, or at least, thats what the cynic in me says when reflecting on it all. :(

We hit a rough patch just over a month ago, and had a forced separation. Surprisingly, I was rather unemotional about it all, convinced it would all blow over, and we would be back together in a matter of weeks (if not days). Days have passed into weeks, weeks now into a month. :weep:

Last night, I hit a rough patch, missing her like crazy. I went through hundreds of pictures of us, on trips, getaways and other outings. Carefully looking at all her beautiful features, trying to remember what they were like in real life... the pictures never capture all the beauty, as much as you try.

I keep thinking I must be going insane, its hardly like me to get all emotional and reflect on the past... but then I think that it wasn't like any previous relationship I had had. It's often only when you no longer have it, that you realise what you have really lost.

After a little communication in the last week (nothing had been said for weeks), it looks like we might get back together in the next 1-2 weeks... I can barely contain myself, but keep thinking I need to take it easy with little steps.

The parts should be arriving from Austria this week, maybe the next, short time to put her back together, and the KTM 990 SM will be back in my hands and we'll be together again. Having averaged 1000km a week since I bought her, this last month has been very lonely...

Eobe has even been off on a school camp the first 3 days of this weeks, so I've only had my thoughts to keep me company... and this post has gone a long way to calming the voice within... :banana:

[Jaxi]

Oh Dear, that almost had me....:doh:

Must be a KTM thing, my husband has the 950 SE, and I'm almost jealous of the attention it gets sometimes...

[LBD]

Aw hell mate...I was developing a tear there :weep:till I got to the bits about the parts arriving....Then I stared conjoring some goulish lady Frankenstein images (1950's black n white with Boris Karloff n all:eek5: ....Austria and all that.

Then the bubble bust with KTM....you B^%&$

I only get to see my girl for 2 weeks, twice a year so phewey to your sob story....

But well done, you had me going for a bit:clap::clap::clap:

[RocKai]

LoL, almost sounds like an Oscar Winner until it hit the rough patch lol. Nice write up anyway :clap:

[Mrs Busa Pete]

Riding that sluty honda wouldn't of done your relationship any good. You where only on a break you hadn't seperated.

Try sending it flowers.

[sinfull]

I almost stopped reading, thinking nooooooo gremlin not you tooo ! But you'd writen it so well i couldn't drag myself away, it was like a mills and boon !

[davebullet]

Moderators!!!! .... Tissues! - Where are the tissues! :cry:

[Duke girl]

You ever thought about writing a love story and having it published?. Sure would keep the tissue companys in business.

[86GSXR]

That was so beautiful :weep: :laugh:

[Swoop]

...convinced it would all blow over, and we would be back together in a matter of weeks (if not days). Days have passed into weeks, weeks now into a month. :weep:
Only a month???

You are obviously not having AMPS repair your bike...<_<

[PrincessBandit]

I hope you take things gently now, and woo her back to see whether she really wants you back or is just after your rough riding....;)

[Crisis management]

I understand Gremlin, I had to leave the 990 outside last night (trail bike in bits all over the garage floor) so I rushed out at first light and gave her a hug and a pat.

It's not called orange crush for nothing!

[LittleJohn]

Only a month???

You are obviously not having AMPS repair your bike...<_<

AMPS couldn't even fix my bike, even though it was them that put in the new clutch, and then adjusted and re-adjusted it several times..... still didn't work. Took one trip to spectrum, 30 minutes later away she went.

Great story gremlin, I even felt sorry for you at the start :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Slyer]

I'm such a sucker.
I'm blaming this on early morning gullibility.
But well written.

[Conquiztador]

Each and everyone you spend time with will forever be etched in to your memory. To carry a candle for a old relationship is nothing to be ashamed for.

Sure, some of them might only have been yours for a very short time, you might even have borrowed her temporarily from her rightful owner. But they all leave a lasting impression that will change you forever.

The long sleek lines, the purring when you get her going, how she warms up under your touch, her temperament that can at times take you by surprise, the feel of becoming one, knowing that together you can conquer anything, the admiring looks from the other guys wishing she was theirs, the filling her up and knowing that it will keep her going for a few hours until she demands more and it is once again time to dip the nozzle in to her, the small noises of delight she makes in your hands, the lack of complaints when you push her to new hights or wake her up at 3am for a ride, her ability to teach you things you never knew was possible, the feeling of total satisfaction when you know she is only yours.

Each time one leaves your life it is like a part of you has been brutally ripped of. But strangley soon another one will fill the void. And as you have learnt more about what you are really on the look for, the next one will be even more special.

And the girls wonder why we spend so much time in the garage...

[Trudes]

Awwwww poor Gremlin, wanna hug, tough shit you get one anyway :hug:
ummmmm, I have some advice, while the cat's (or the KTM) is away the mice will play... maybe you should ride something else while you still can!!!:laugh:

[Anarkist]

I hope when you get her back you give it to her full force in every hole and remind her why she should have never left you in the first place. :2thumbsup

[Mystic13]

I almost stopped reading, thinking nooooooo gremlin not you tooo ! But you'd writen it so well i couldn't drag myself away, it was like a mills and boon !

You've read Mills & Boon. I've seen them lying around but never been tempted to open the cover. This would be your feminine side would it? lol.

[Gremlin]

You are obviously not having AMPS repair your bike...<_<
No, bought from them, since they would take a trade, but didn't trust them with the servicing. Bike lives at (just about literally for the last month) Triple X Motorcycles, the only other KTM dealer in Auckland. They rock!


You ever thought about writing a love story and having it published?. Sure would keep the tissue companys in business.
hehehehe, call it the orange crush taking effect. I failed poetry at school, descriptive writing was never my forte.


Awwwww poor Gremlin, wanna hug, tough shit you get one anyway :hug:
ummmmm, I have some advice, while the cat's (or the KTM) is away the mice will play... maybe you should ride something else while you still can!!!:laugh:
I've ridden other stuff... my KTM is my one and only :love: Boss even gave me a stern warning that the fleet is dwindling, so don't be silly on the Hornet :whistle:

[Burtha]

Damn that was funny - classic - well done!
:2thumbsup

[TOTO]

You have a gift Gremlin. You been hiding it well, till now.

I say you re-write Alice in wonderland or the Wizzard of Oz. It will sound much more intereting with the heroes riding a KTM every now and then...


Well done :clap:

[GSXR Trace]

I got sucked in! I was starting to feel sorry for you! AND then saw you were getting parts! can't believe i was starting to feel sorry for YOU!

And the rest of you... stop encouraging him!

[oldrider]

I guess some of you have been through it before, so know how I feel... the rest of you, no doubt you will in time.

The relationship has been a short one in the grand scale of things... we only met in early October, but we hit it off straight away. Almost inseparable from the beginning, it felt so different to previous relationships and yet so perfect.

We tackled things together I had never done before, yet I usually found myself wondering why I had never done it before. She exposed me to a whole new world... and I loved it! I guess looking back, it all happened so fast, it couldn't keep on going forever, or at least, thats what the cynic in me says when reflecting on it all. :(

We hit a rough patch just over a month ago, and had a forced separation. Surprisingly, I was rather unemotional about it all, convinced it would all blow over, and we would be back together in a matter of weeks (if not days). Days have passed into weeks, weeks now into a month. :weep:

Last night, I hit a rough patch, missing her like crazy. I went through hundreds of pictures of us, on trips, getaways and other outings. Carefully looking at all her beautiful features, trying to remember what they were like in real life... the pictures never capture all the beauty, as much as you try.

I keep thinking I must be going insane, its hardly like me to get all emotional and reflect on the past... but then I think that it wasn't like any previous relationship I had had. It's often only when you no longer have it, that you realise what you have really lost.

After a little communication in the last week (nothing had been said for weeks), it looks like we might get back together in the next 1-2 weeks... I can barely contain myself, but keep thinking I need to take it easy with little steps.

The parts should be arriving from Austria this week, maybe the next, short time to put her back together, and the KTM 990 SM will be back in my hands and we'll be together again. Having averaged 1000km a week since I bought her, this last month has been very lonely...

Eobe has even been off on a school camp the first 3 days of this weeks, so I've only had my thoughts to keep me company... and this post has gone a long way to calming the voice within... :banana:

Shit a brick, if you feel like that over a KTM it's just as well you didn't upgrade to a Triumph! :shit:

Man would you be a mess now if you had! :crybaby:

Stay with the lowly KTM and you will get over them more easily. :wari: John.

[coffeejunkie]

I love it!!! That was bloody awsum, I now know my man is not the only one who gets that attached to his toys, He misses his old mistress (TL1000S), I see him looking throught his albums and sighing, lol

[wetdog]

Glad you are almost over your 'rough patch'

You had me going for a bit I must admit :laugh:

[MyGSXF]

I hear your pain Gremlin.

My beloved & I have been separated now for 3 months.. & the longing to be entwined as one, is almost unbearable :weep:

Our love has been a long one, with many journeys shared in blissful rapture. The rough patches smoothed over with devotion & patience.

She has been within my grasp this whole time.. sitting naked exposed & vulnerable.. but I have been unable to help her.. overwhelmed by other constraints.. with the frustration of not being able to do something to help.. eating away at me like a disease.

She is my heart & soul.. my passion, my reason for being.. she fills me up like nothing else on earth.. & a part of me, deep in my core, has been slowly dying with our separation

The long dark tunnel we have been stuck in.. is finally showing us the light.. for my love undergoes surgery today.. as we speak.. now! I can hardly believe it.. The preliminary diagnoses showed that her injuries may not be a serious as we first thought.. I am elated.. but still treading lightly.. & anxious.. waiting for the phone call..

The thought of being able to join & be a whole again is surreal.. looking at our photos as we once were.. makes my heart skip.. knowing it may happen.. in the next couple of days

I await your return.. my beloved :love:

[Beemer]

I almost stopped reading, thinking nooooooo gremlin not you tooo ! But you'd writen it so well i couldn't drag myself away, it was like a mills and boon !

Same here, I was thinking "oh no, not ANOTHER sad bloke telling us his personal problems, like we want to know?"

Very well written! Hope you and your loved one will be back together again soon!

[Mystic13]

Okay... let me just check this. So some of you have this sort of ... (small cough)... relationship with your bike and think it's ahhhhmmm... okay?!. Wasn't there a doco on 60 Minutes or something like that a while ago about car (bike) love.

[madbikeboy]

Okay... let me just check this. So some of you have this sort of ... (small cough)... relationship with your bike and think it's ahhhhmmm... okay?!. Wasn't there a doco on 60 Minutes or something like that a while ago about car (bike) love.

WRT to your x-rated pic above - it's a GSXR1000 thing. You can only begin to understand when you're with one. It's a rollercoaster of a ride, a brutal bitch mistress who, while thrilling you, is literally sucking your money and your sanity. It's the coke addiction without the 12 step programme for wellness.

[Swoop]

...but didn't trust them with the servicing.
Interesting. Any reason in particular? Bad experience in the past?

I will pass your comments onto the owner of a bike, that has sat with them since before christmas...

[Monolith NZ]

hahaha :laugh:

You had me, nice one.

[SPman]

You bastard!

Had me thinking "Oh shit, not another one............"

[EatOrBeEaten]

I go away for three days, and come back to this?

Sad is me.

[Gremlin]

I got sucked in! I was starting to feel sorry for you! AND then saw you were getting parts! can't believe i was starting to feel sorry for YOU!
I'm sensing a small chip... nothing to do with your own bike is it? :shifty:

Shit a brick, if you feel like that over a KTM it's just as well you didn't upgrade to a Triumph! :shit:
Evidently you haven't ridden a KTM... I've ridden a Triumph... Very very nice engine... umm... My mummy taught me that if I haven't anything nice to say, I shouldn't say anything at all. :oi-grr:


Okay... let me just check this. So some of you have this sort of ... (small cough)... relationship with your bike and think it's ahhhhmmm... okay?!.
Well, thats a Suzuki... I have taste, and standards. Any squid can get a gsxr (as they do :dodge:)

Interesting. Any reason in particular? Bad experience in the past?
I've heard stories, and I felt sales was lacking in enthusiasm as well. I use sales as a metric for a company (suppliers included). If sales can't be bothered, then sure as hell, support/service is gonna be worse. Their head KTM mechanic also left shortly after I bought, and I know he trained their juniors up using my bike, when it had an ecu error, so a tad alarming.

Then couple that with the outstanding service I have had from Triple X, which is <10km from home, <5km from work... total no brainer.

MyGSXF: Great to see someone else thinking alone the same lines :2thumbsup

[Gremlin]

I go away for three days, and come back to this?

Sad is me.
busted... ummm... but .... I was ronery... sooo ronery

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[98tls]

:doh:Great thread,thought id met my soulmate awhile back but sadly the dog just couldnt take to her.:rolleyes:

[EatOrBeEaten]

I can't compete :(

*sigh*

[SARGE]

Yea .. Spooky and i have been apart for over a year now .. Getting her back early next month.

[Big Dave]

HTFU - it's only a motorcycle.

[gijoe1313]

I'm rather chuffed at the elegance and resonance of Gremlin's writing! :yes: Elegaic in structure with motes harkening to Milton and Wordsworth ... ahh paradise lost indeedy.

The sentimentality and anome comes through most poignantly, poised with passion and with a deaf touch, sublimely caresses ones senses till the crux of realisation.

Bravura! Encore! :clap:

[DMNTD]

You could always upgrade to my Superduke R...for sale at a very reasonable price...but there's no way I'd part with my KTM toaster :cool:

[Big Dave]

I'm rather chuffed at the elegance and resonance of Gremlin's writing!

Put the red pen down and move away from the desk.

Tis good aye.

[McJim]

She cheated on you here......:devil2:

[EatOrBeEaten]

:o See! She's no good for you!

(sexy bitch though, I would)

[gijoe1313]

It's amazing how the barrel frame of a Scotsman makes a Katoom look like a normal bike! :rofl:

[Gremlin]

I can't compete :(
You don't have to... there's an eobe sized hole right here: > <

HTFU - it's only a motorcycle.
You have obviously not ridden one (ok, I think you have ridden an sm, but it was stock... you haven't been smacked upside the head by a modified one). I'd take your buell away, and all your test bikes... then we'll see how long you last. Ok, so I'm able to ride a hornet, but we're talking about you here :laugh:

You could always upgrade to my Superduke R...for sale at a very reasonable price...but there's no way I'd part with my KTM toaster :cool:
upgrade? pah, fun it be, but it can't behave for even 1% of the time... I think mine can. The toaster would definitely add value to a dmntd-ridden bike :bleh: Not to mention the SM wheelies at 10-15kph, and its happy going bush

She cheated on you here......:devil2:
Thats ok... you couldn't give her the true riding she really needed... thats why she stayed with me... and your ducati fell apart in a sulk :eek:

[Big Dave]

Jack Nicholson: You can't handle the test bikes.

[Gremlin]

pah, I sent a KTM down the road, I'm sure I can send anything down the road...

giz a go mister! :baby:

[scumdog]

Pfft!

If it had been a Harley I would have understood but a KTM???:bleh::laugh:

[CookMySock]

Moderators!!!! .... Tissues! - Where are the tissues! :cry:Us dirty sluts have used all the tissues, sorry. oh oh oh oh OHHHH!!!

Steve

[DarkLord]

Funny how a bike almost becomes a member of the family, isn't it?

I was an inconsolable mess when my first baby left me through a bit of a seperation. She went off on her own, leaving me able to do nothing but watch her speed towards her own destruction.

I knew she was gone for good. A new friend entered my life shortly afterwards, whom I struggled to connect with and adapt to, but as time continued on I was well and truly won over, and we are still together to this day, inseperable, however I know how to treat my friend now so that the same will not happen again.

Hope your parts arrive soon.

[oldrider]

Evidently you haven't ridden a KTM... I've ridden a Triumph... Very very nice engine... umm... My mummy taught me that if I haven't anything nice to say, I shouldn't say anything at all. :oi-grr:

No I haven't and you are right about the engine!

Say hello to your mother, she sounds a nice lady. :2thumbsup Cheers, John.

[Sharry]

Good god mate you nearly got me there as well:lol:

I know what ya mean though, I have only one friend who will let me wash her rear end, sit on her daily and and extract bodily fluids from her underbelly.
Tis a sad time when we have to entrust another to care for our best friend.

She doesn't mind how far we travel or how late we are out. And she doesn't get back at me when I admire the exhust pipe of another:love:

But if the Katoom is your soulmate then what is the black magic??

And eobe please don't go away again:laugh:

[Devil]

pah, I sent a KTM down the road, I'm sure I can send anything down the road...


You have already haven't you?

You're an abusive partner!

Wifebeater! :Police:

[Gremlin]

If it had been a Harley I would have understood but a KTM???:bleh::laugh:
While the words reliablility and performance may seem made up to you... they really do exist, and so fantastic to have! ;)


But if the Katoom is your soulmate then what is the black magic??

And eobe please don't go away again:laugh:
Black magic? I assume you are referring to the work hack? :) I'm sure eobe understands... :sweatdrop

You have already haven't you?

You're an abusive partner!
You try riding it long distance... you'll walk away with a better walk than a cowboy :bleh: Its abused me plenty back

[Sharry]

Black magic? I assume you are referring to the work hack? :)
I'm sure eobe understands... :sweatdrop

I sure am referring to that beautifull black stallion that is standing in for the mighty katoom. It must have a place in your massive heart?


I want to make sure eobe does not leave you on your own again with your Mills and Boons thoughts:laugh:

[Mrs Busa Pete]

p Each time one leaves your life it is like a part of you has been brutally ripped of. But strangley soon another one will fill the void. And as you have learnt more about what you are really on the look for, the next one will be even more special.

And the girls wonder why we spend so much time in the garage...


So what happens when she leaves and a chick then moves in on her. Does she become a lesbian or does she just change sex. Ow what a quandrie

[McJim]

It's amazing how the barrel frame of a Scotsman makes a Katoom look like a normal bike! :rofl:

Aha - gijoe1313 likens McJim to a barrel....remind you of a dialogue between a pot and kettle perchance? :rofl:

[keithbuckby]

my baby is out of action for a week or two, missing her heaps! I have to talk to my wife!!!!!!! lol

[gijoe1313]

Aha - gijoe1313 likens McJim to a barrel....remind you of a dialogue between a pot and kettle perchance? :rofl:

I'm a wee chinaman compared to the beastie likes of you, ye canny scotsman! Gremlin and you consumed vast amounts of cowhide to make your leathers ... as for that poor Duchess of yours, I dinnae know ow' she kin take it! :msn-wink:

[skidMark]

A KTM isn't a soulmate.... a ducati desmosedici rr on the other hand...:drool:

[Gremlin]

A KTM isn't a soulmate.... a ducati desmosedici rr on the other hand...:drool:
... costs a shitload of money, zero chance of owning it, you can't ride gravel/dirt roads and straight away blow away some sportsbikes...

sorry... your point again? I own my dream bike... :2thumbsup

[skidMark]

... costs a shitload of money, zero chance of owning it, you can't ride gravel/dirt roads and straight away blow away some sportsbikes...

sorry... your point again? I own my dream bike... :2thumbsup

meh...

the katana on gravel roads...230kg mate.... now thats a handful even on dual purpose tyres :dodge::buggerd:

[Brownbikerbabe]

I was about to grab a hanky but until I saw the dancing banana at the bottom....uuuuhhhh.....very well done sir...:laugh:

[Gremlin]

Well, I better not start another thread about her coming back... the crowd might turn violent... :laugh:

I got the call today, she was prepared to get back together with me. I needed a lift to collect her, and eobe obliged. I know some people pillion on 250s, but blimey, it can't be much fun. Acceleration was the same as a van... and I was trying :laugh: But enough of 250s, back to my love :love:

Setting eyes on her, it took all my self control not to jump up and down and babble like a little kid. Plastic was flashed at the guys, the keys to her heart were handed over. I tried to take it easy, but neither of us really want that. I could feel whole planets colliding and evaporating as we set off together, but despite the long separation, we gelled immediately... Thoughts of the cheating on her, and her being shop-bound were forgotten... we had a lot of time to catch up on.

We did a couple of errands together... she was happy to be back with me, and kept wanting to show off... so typical.

She is currently a matter of metres away, having had a hug and kiss goodnight.

The real bugger is that I'm marshalling this Saturday, so some catch up rides of 1000km+ will have to wait until next weekend perhaps... Still need to source some better rubber for her protection :ride:

[gijoe1313]

So, how long before it goes back to the shop again? Working on your current rate of attritional deviation and madcap tomfoolery shenanigan curve, I reckon by the end of this week ... :whistle:

Good to hear that your Katoom o'doom is back in your greasy, grubby mitts again - now have you hooked up all the gear to see if it's all tickety-boo?

[EatOrBeEaten]

ROFL, you were very high-pitched and bouncy at the workshop, it was like a class of Year 9 on a Friday afternoon (only with 990cc's of mischief). :D :niceone:

Was lovely to see you reunited at long last, I felt no ill-will towards you both as you're obviously so well suited to each other. Watching you roar off into the twilight brought a single tear to my eye, it was like one of those documentaries when they release the kiwi back into the wild....

[gijoe1313]

Of course, this is all too good to be true and thus must be an April Fools gag! :msn-wink:

[Gremlin]

Of course, this is all too good to be true and thus must be an April Fools gag! :msn-wink:
:stoogie: You think? I wouldn't do that to myself... I think I'll ride it today instead of the work hack... must try to accelerate slowly away from the line... I'm finding it very hard to learn :innocent: