Cars VS Bikes (general interest)

**pyrocam** · 18th August 2005, 20:13

Alot of us absolutley love bikes, alot of us love cages too.
at december 19 2004 I couldnt give a crap about anything with an engine (unless it was something I built)

but on a whim I bought a motorbike for $2000 (my loan has just reached the point where im actually paying of the bike itself not the interest) the little RGV150 that heaps of people have seen on the rides. its crap its small its useless for long rides.

but I wonder how many of us (the KB community) drool over bike pics like I do now. I seem to have developed this sudden emotional fantasy over bikes that I never knew or thought I would have about these loverly 2 wheeled mechanical machines.

as of Dec 19 2004 I wouldnt have touched the shit or bought a mag or even glanced differently if I saw a bike down the road. NOW, even I am flirting with something nice I'll stop talking and stare at a biker going down the road with awe. I buy bikey mags and I sit on these forums all day.

(ps I bought my bike on Dec 20)

**Smorg** · 18th August 2005, 20:19

haha i feel strangely connected with you....................
Dont worry mate same thing has happened to me over the last year of owning my first bike you just cant get enough

**zadok** · 18th August 2005, 20:20

Have bike and car for praticality. Love looking at bike pics. Only by bike mags, not cars.

**k14** · 18th August 2005, 20:22

Only reason I have a cage (van) is to transport bikes around, if i didn't race I'd have a road bike and thats it, so cheap to run.

**Storm** · 18th August 2005, 20:22

Yeah, I know exactly how you feel. However I've always been that way. Oh well, worse addictions to have, I reckon

**scumdog** · 18th August 2005, 20:30

Can't stand 'ordinary bikes/cars (or women, hence C.B.)'

I love all 'different' types of wheels.

That's why we have the Sporty 1200 'S', the XN85, the '62 Fairlane, the '55 F100, the 105E Anglia, the '62 Mistral etc, etc,

I love all non-standard people and wheels eh!!

**eliot-ness** · 18th August 2005, 20:40

I still do all that stuff after 50yrs. (apart from flirting) buy all the mags, annoy the hell out of any biker who parks within a hundred yards, Bike salesmen run for cover when they see me coming. There's no cure for it. You'll have to get a GF who feels the same or there's no future for the relationship. Your mates at work will be bored to tears with your enthusiasm. Neighbours will be pissed off at the noise when your mates arrive, park on the lawn and don't leave till late at night, and you'll never get the grease from under your fingernails. The size of the bike doesn't matter. If it's got two wheels and a WOF it's a bike, enjoy it and start planning for the next one.

**Motu** · 18th August 2005, 20:55

I'm with Scumdog - I'll walk right past the bikes you drool over and go over every inch of some 150cc scooter from Slovinkia...if it's out of the square,I'm in!

I work on cars for a living,they bore me shitless - but I know everything about them,I don't see the same things you do.....I drive a dozen different cars a day,the cars that give you an orgasm give me a yawn....the cars you laugh at make me laugh out loud with the thrill.

Cars and bikes are intertwined with me,it's mechanical knowledge....and I use it for bikes as my passion,for cars to make a living.

**ZorsT** · 18th August 2005, 21:09

I'm thinking of selling my cage....
The only good thing i see about it is how i can sleep in it after getting boozed...

**scumdog** · 18th August 2005, 21:21

Originally Posted by GoodAndSuchLike

I'm thinking of selling my cage....
The only good thing i see about it is how i can sleep in it after getting boozed...

You obviously don't have the right kind of cage, be assertive, we can have both bikes AND cages bikes eh?

**myvice** · 18th August 2005, 21:25

Like Motu, I have to work on cars every day, nice cars too, but I wouldn’t own one unless I had to!
Unlike Motu I will do anything not to work on bikes... I'll give mine an oil change and the other easy bits but anything else and I don’t want to know.
I love riding, but get me to pick up a spanner after hours? Na!
Cars are for work, but bikes are for fun and I don’t want the lines blurred!

**onearmedbandit** · 18th August 2005, 21:29

Cars and bikes are cool, I can appreciate any form of motor-driven vehicle.

**Hitcher** · 18th August 2005, 21:29

Yay! Tick all the boxes...

**scumdog** · 18th August 2005, 21:29

Originally Posted by myvice

Like Motu, I have to work on cars every day, nice cars too, but I wouldn’t own one unless I had to!
Unlike Motu I will do anything not to work on bikes... I'll give mine an oil change and the other easy bits but anything else and I don’t want to know.
I love riding, but get me to pick up a spanner after hours? Na!
Cars are for work, but bikes are for fun and I don’t want the lines blurred!

You obviously have never had the RIGHT kind of cages/bikes!
Get the right type of either and you can have fun, don't believe all this shit about 'bikes' vs 'cages', the right one is FUN-FUN-FUN.

I love them both, - BUT it has to be 'fun' types of wheels eh?