Winning Friends and Influencing People

**manuboy** · 28th September 2005, 14:28

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

'zactly... just give her this URL and stand back n watch her go...

Oh.. Better go back n edit your earlier post...

Cheers

But don't let the better half (being Mrs Vifferman) see this thread, cos i detect a wee crush.... dude, i'd start imagining her with stinky feet, a drinking problem (meaning she doesn't drink Speights eh...), varicose (sp?) veins and pimples all over her back... it's the only way to get rid of a crush i reckon...:spudwave:

Oh yeah, and she rides one of those "things" like ol SD does, so her taste is below par too... watch out, she'll have a handlebar growth next

**vifferman** · 28th September 2005, 14:42

Originally Posted by manuboy

But don't let the better half (being Mrs Vifferman) see this thread, cos i detect a wee crush

Nah.
I'm actually very firmly grounded. Or summat.
I'm under no illusions (or delusions) about my attractiveness to the fairer sex, and well aware that I'm very lucky to have the vifferbabe (and also sometimes a little anxious that she'll suddenly realise what a crap partner I am and fly the coop). Speaking of which, she's not yet aware of the aforementioned farkles. The first is on its way, and is only ~$US210, but the next ones are variously $NZ300 and $NZ1600.

Still, I can always point out that they're considerably cheaper than a 2005 Triumph Sprint ST...

**manuboy** · 28th September 2005, 15:09

Originally Posted by vifferman

Nah..
I'm under no illusions (or delusions) about my attractiveness to the fairer sex, and well aware that I'm very lucky to have the vifferbabe (and also sometimes a little anxious that she'll suddenly realise what a crap partner I am and fly the coop).

Yeah, thats why i keep mine ever so lightly drugged.... well i did, until Dangerous pointed out that they Luv crap partners! Gives 'em something to WINJ about!

Note. This is viffers thread...all correspondence should be PM'd appropriately...

The farkles will just endear you to her all the more. You care so much about her appearance you'll farklearise the bike just so she can look cooler on pillion duty. Man, thats real love....... farkle away!

**Sniper** · 28th September 2005, 15:15

Throw rocks at her and inform her it is New Zealand tradition to throws rocks and insult.

**vifferman** · 28th September 2005, 15:32

Originally Posted by manuboy

The farkles will just endear you to her all the more. You care so much about her appearance you'll farklearise the bike just so she can look cooler on pillion duty. Man, thats real love....... farkle away!

Hadn't thought of that argument.
The first farkle (shifter kit) is to protect our investment. I'm a serial transmission trasher, so this will help stave off expensive gearbox repairs.

The suspension upgrades are "to enhance our touring pleasure", and my next farkling episode after that would naturally be to have the seat customised, for the same reason. But no.
Very strange and bewildering are the workings of the female mind. After seeing Mr Blackbird's Blackbird's custom seat and hearing how comfy it is, you'd think the vifferbabe would say, "We gotta get us one 'o' them!"

But no.

The vifferbabe wants me to replace a perfectly good windscreen blade, because the dark tinted Pyramid DB on the Blackbird "looks so good against the paint" (same colour as the VFR).
"But what about getting the seat customised?" :spudwhat:
"You can buy some new pants. And in any case, I want to stop and look at stuff, not just ride and ride for hours."

Fairy Nuff.
I guess.
Maybe.

**Lou Girardin** · 28th September 2005, 15:38

Originally Posted by vifferman

The suspension upgrades are "to enhance our touring pleasure",
Fairy Nuff.
I guess.
Maybe.

Don't knock it,that's what got me an Ohlins shock.

**vifferman** · 28th September 2005, 15:58

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Don't knock it,that's what got me an Ohlins shock.

Well, normally it'd be an easy one to justify, but we recently bought $8k of new carpet.
And also them females is fickle and prone to changing their minds....

**Lou Girardin** · 28th September 2005, 16:14

Originally Posted by vifferman

Well, normally it'd be an easy one to justify, but we recently bought $8k of new carpet.
And also them females is fickle and prone to changing their minds....

Oh yeah. I'm just glad the new bike went into the budget before we went to the Home Show.

**vifferman** · 28th September 2005, 16:25

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Oh yeah. I'm just glad the new bike went into the budget before we went to the Home Show.

I'm doing OK with this one, seeing it was the vifferbabe's idea to buy it.
Previous bikes were an on-going struggle; the VF500 had me in disgrace for a LONG time after I bought it instead of a new bedroom suite; the VFR750 had me in disgrace for months just because; the VTR1000 was a struggle until I admitted it was an expensive toy to maintain and threatened "to sell the bloody thing".
Buying farkles for 'safety reasons' or to prevent further expenses is always justifiable. Performance improvements?
Nah.
That's one of the reasons I picked the bike with the aftermarket pipe.
I hadn't realised that farkles which beautify were OK; maybe that's because it's our bike and has to look purty.

**Blackbird** · 28th September 2005, 18:08

Hello Mister Vifferperson

You have amused me no end with Management approval of Farkles. My Management is of generous disposition at present as she's off to the UK in a few days to spend untold dollars on London shopping expeditions with her sister. Trouble is, there's nothing I particularly need at present, or WANT come to that.

When I got back onto bikes in 1987, it was a different story though. I had to grovel shamelessly for an awful lot of days before permission was granted. It didn't finish there though, oh dearie me no. Having spent $3700 of family money on a GB400TT, she then went out and "squared" the account by buying a piano which... how shall we put this..... was effing thousands of dollars more than the bike.

Sounds to me like the Vifferbabe is a woman in a million - better take her to McDonalds to show your gratitude.

Geoff

**Storm** · 28th September 2005, 18:49

I stand in awe of your wordly wisdom. Please, O wise one, dispense more so I might learn how to properly deal with my partner

**Blackbird** · 28th September 2005, 19:28

There are two ways to deal with a woman.....

..... both are wrong

**Storm** · 28th September 2005, 19:37

Thank you Kung Fu. Might you teach Grasshopper more?

**Blackbird** · 28th September 2005, 19:46

Yes, obey your fiancee at all times, grovel when necessary (i.e nearly always) and you might make it to 33 years of marraige like me (if she so chooses to put up with you).

Now excuse me, I have dishes to do...

**Bonez** · 28th September 2005, 20:19

Originally Posted by Blackbird

Yes, obey your fiancee at all times, grovel when necessary (i.e nearly always) and you might make it to 33 years of marraige like me (if she so chooses to put up with you).

Now excuse me, I have dishes to do...

What no electrical dishwasher? Mind you I've only been married 11 years. I guess the manual labour has yet to come...............