"Bikeless" Blues

**merv** · 14th July 2004, 19:07

Like KK says you just gotta have more than one bike.

**wkid_one** · 14th July 2004, 19:50

Welcome to the club - I finally gave in though - now I just need to get through the op and I am away again!

**Posh Tourer :P** · 14th July 2004, 21:36

Originally Posted by MikeL

My solution was to test ride as many bikes as I could without feeling guilty or embarrassed. Since my threshhold for both guilt and embarrassment is quite high, it worked quite well.

Then, having bought another bike, the next step was to rationalize keeping the first one, so that never again would I suffer withdrawal symptoms. No problem...

So now it would have to be extremely bad luck for me to be completely bikeless.

Sounds like a perfect solution.... Now, with a two year holiday coming up in Europe, I wonder how many bikes I can test ride in that time? There's gotta be a lot of bike shops out there so plenty of opportunities for repeat tests of the same model without looking suspicious...

**Zed** · 14th July 2004, 21:49

Originally Posted by Jim2

Try ten years. The involuntary twitching has almost stopped.

In the past I've had spells of 2-3 years off bikes not a problem...but currently I am really enjoying my riding and being without my machine for even one week has been really rough! The hardest times are when I'm sitting in peak hour traffic and watch the sportsbikes filter past, and also on the weekends when you guys are out there lapping up the countryside while I can only imagine how much fun you're having.

Btw, I don't want your sympathies! I reckon we all must go through this eventually.

**Zed** · 14th July 2004, 21:59

Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P

Sounds like a perfect solution.... Now, with a two year holiday coming up in Europe, I wonder how many bikes I can test ride in that time? There's gotta be a lot of bike shops out there so plenty of opportunities for repeat tests of the same model without looking suspicious...

I'm not sure if Mike was being too serious, but personally I will only test ride a bike when I am preparing to buy - test riding for any other reason would be a breach of my conscience! Besides, a 20-30 minute test of an unfamiliar bike could never replace the special union that I have with my own pride and joy. I am desperate only to ride MY bike and no one elses. :spudwhat:

**James Deuce** · 14th July 2004, 23:02

Originally Posted by Zed

In the past I've had spells of 2-3 years off bikes not a problem...but currently I am really enjoying my riding and being without my machine for even one week has been really rough! The hardest times are when I'm sitting in peak hour traffic and watch the sportsbikes filter past, and also on the weekends when you guys are out there lapping up the countryside while I can only imagine how much fun you're having.

Btw, I don't want your sympathies! I reckon we all must go through this eventually.

Oh come on - a burden shared is a burden halved

We don't mind

**FROSTY:Me** · 14th July 2004, 23:58

its the worst feelin in the world when ya baby is damaged cos of your domb act.
poor lil mella yella is in a million pieces right now due to a real bad overrev on my part.

**bluninja** · 15th July 2004, 07:47

Well other than swinging my leg over my RSVR in storage I've not ridden since I left NZ in Feb.

I've just started a paying job doing a 6 week rollout of windows 2000 and have no home of my own, so I guess it will have to stay that way for a while longer....and then it will be getting on for the english winter.

I guess I'm just treading water so hard I don't have time to mope about the bike.

**Zed** · 15th July 2004, 09:19

Originally Posted by Zed

After being without my sickle for over two weeks now I'm well and truly convinced that being "bikeless" sucks the kumara BIG TIME!

I suppose driving the cage has been beneficial because of the cold temperatures we've had, and coincidentally it has been school holidays so the traffic has been lighter - yeah right?? Still takes me over an hour to get home from work on our beloved AK motorway system!

The shop tells me that I should have my two wheels back mid next week, so I guess my time of sorrow will end then.

Question: How do you handle being bikeless when it's against your will?

Zed

Just now got off the phone with the bike shop and all the parts arrived in yesterday afternoon from Japan! (took approx. 2 weeks)
Should have my wheels back by this weekend - yee haa!!!

God (not the gods) is smiling upon me!

**NordieBoy** · 15th July 2004, 09:21

Two bikes (well 3 actually) and two computers (well more than that really

)

If one stops for any reason I still need to keep going.

**Zed** · 15th July 2004, 09:59

Originally Posted by Kwaka-Kid

...Trick is just buy a whole load of old bikes etc! then as one dies/gets crashed u jump on the next

...

Nah, I can't justify having more than one working bike in the garage let alone having the storage space and the money to register and maintain multiple machines...all "just in case" of emergency. The exception to this rule would be to become a collector of bikes, but that's not for me - yet!

On reflection I'm starting to think that being off the bike for two weeks has been somewhat beneficial to me??

**Two Smoker** · 15th July 2004, 14:15

Now your getting you bike back this weekend are you going to be at Puke on Saturday?????

**jrandom** · 15th July 2004, 14:31

Originally Posted by Zed

Just now got off the phone with the bike shop and all the parts arrived in yesterday afternoon from Japan! (took approx. 2 weeks)

Your bike was still rideable, though, wasn't it?

A few crashes ago I did a full insurance claim on the FXR to get it looking minty fresh again. Parts took six weeks to arrive ex Japan, so after the first few days of carpooling my way to work and general misery I called the shop and asked if I could just pick the bike up and use it until the parts arrived. They were fine with that.

Of course, if the accident rendered your bike unWOFable without the replacement parts, that'd be a different matter. But I would have asked the shop if I could've had it back in the meantime, otherwise.

**Zed** · 15th July 2004, 14:47

Originally Posted by jrandom

Your bike was still rideable, though, wasn't it?

A few crashes ago I did a full insurance claim on the FXR to get it looking minty fresh again. Parts took six weeks to arrive ex Japan, so after the first few days of carpooling my way to work and general misery I called the shop and asked if I could just pick the bike up and use it until the parts arrived. They were fine with that.

Of course, if the accident rendered your bike unWOFable without the replacement parts, that'd be a different matter. But I would have asked the shop if I could've had it back in the meantime, otherwise.

The shop gave me the option of riding it until parts arrived but I declined because the front indicator & fairing mount were damaged beyond repair. Also, because I contacted insurance immediately I felt it best to leave it in the shop just in case the unthinkable happened.

Ps. Car/bike troubles have always been a major pet hate of mine!