Owners of nice bikes who can't ride

[Highlander]

I regulalry tell people that 4 cylinders is a couple more than really need.

It is all about where YOU are at as a person and a rider.
YOU get the bike YOU like the look / feel of (be that rider postion, and/or performance) at the price YOU are prepared to pay. One that does what YOU want from a bike.
Unles you are a poser, what counts is what YOU think, not what anyone else thinks.

Your money do with it as you please.

I'd LOVE to come riding with you guys, so long as you don't laugh at my chicken strips and ramrod straight back!

-Mate you are welcome to ride with me on the Mini's return for as long as you find our styles compatable (I won't laugh at your chicken strips if you don't laugh at mine).

[marty]

Ok fair enough! I wont laugh about your chicken strips, if you dont laugh about my faffing around finding a flat place to stop, cos my feet dont reach the ground.........and if you laugh about MY chicken strips you will be the one gettting gut punched, trust me........lol

you must know the owner of this then....

[Fatjim]

Well now that all the feel good self righteous back slapping is out of the way I'm gonna have to disagree.


But first I want to put some background down. Until recently I owned a 998s which was ridden by yours truely like the biggest blouse in the dress shop. I'm sure everyone who saw me on it thought "what a waste", and rightly so, it was. It's been sold so I can go back to bing known as the guy with the smallest looking firestorm in NZ.


Anyway, when I take the missus and the kids over to Featherston for a touch of brunch in the family wagon I don't expect to be slowed down by a k7 thou on the Rimutukas. I frankly was embarrassed! Especially when the kids start waving at the guy when we overtake it on the shortest passing lane on the hill!

[Bonez]

Well now that all the feel good self righteous back slapping is out of the way I'm gonna have to disagree.


But first I want to put some background down. Until recently I owned a 998s which was ridden by yours truely like the biggest blouse in the dress shop. I'm sure everyone who saw me on it thought "what a waste", and rightly so, it was. It's been sold so I can go back to bing known as the guy with the smallest looking firestorm in NZ.


Anyway, when I take the missus and the kids over to Featherston for a touch of brunch in the family wagon I don't expect to be slowed down by a k7 thou on the Rimutukas. I frankly was embarrassed! Especially when the kids start waving at the guy when we overtake it on the shortest passing lane on the hill!

Did he/she/it look kawl though? After all that is what really matters when out on a bike right?

Edit- Just a thought. It didn't have pedals did it?

[Trudes]

Anyway, when I take the missus and the kids over to Featherston for a touch of brunch in the family wagon I don't expect to be slowed down by a k7 thou on the Rimutukas. I frankly was embarrassed! Especially when the kids start waving at the guy when we overtake it on the shortest passing lane on the hill!

Ok, so was it me or my hubby?
Edit: sok, I just realised you said thou, so that's ok

[MotoGirl]

I bought it because I absolutely love it, the colour, the look, the sound, the speed – because it puts a huge grin on my face every time I go out and I come back having learnt a little more about what it can do (and more importantly what I can do), and last but definitely not least – because I can.

Me thinks I've found my evil twin

[doc]

if someone wants to spend ludicrous amounts of money

but its not, if that's what you really want. Food is not as necessary as they have you believe.

[MotoGirl]

Do you really have to be able to ride like Rossi to actually deserve to ride the bigger bikes? At what point does your skill coincide with the choice of bike?

There is no correlation between your choice of bike and your skills. This would mean you had to ride a slower/smaller bike when you're having a shit day's riding

[MotoGirl]

... dollars were not the primary consideration in either of my last two purchases. The choices were made because of what I wanted from a bike at the time.

Ditto. My criteria for a replacement bike was a full fairing v-twin, which automatically eliminated anything Japanese. Honda still make the SPs but they're not available in NZ so that didn't leave me many options.

[hospitalfood]

when I think about it I did not ride my CB 350 Four, MVX 250, GSX 400, VF750F, XV 750 or GS 1200 SS to their limits.
I did ride my Honda 90 cc step-through past its limits a few times, and down the road it went.
If I was on a shitter I would not be worrying about chucking it down the road as much, but as I love my nice bike I do not push it, I cannot afford to chuck it down the road, and would not want to if I could.

when passed by better riders on smaller bikes I often compliment them on their skills, and they often compliment me on my ride.
as yet nobody has said I'm not good enough for my bike. must be mixing with good KB'ers I guess.

I think that more time in hospital will stop most people saying things like that anyway.

my reply to someone giving me shit about not having the skills for my bike would have to be " do you like hospital food ?"

[Her_C4]

Me thinks I've found my evil twin

he he he - I KNEW you were out there somewhere ...

but its not, if that's what you really want. Food is not as necessary as they have you believe.

Yes I am sure that I recall telling my children that as I went through an Alfa Romeo phase..... Both boys - they understood ...

[MotoGirl]

my reply to someone giving me shit about not having the skills for my bike would have to be " do you like hospital food ?"

It's funny you say that actually. Cajun and I discussed this earlier today and came to the conclusion that we ride appropriately for the road. I say "appropriately" because we haven't tasted hospital food or asphalt (from the open road).

Unlike some riders, we recognise that there are certain places to go fast, and for us it's not really on the road. I'll let loose up the Kaimais but tend to restrain myself everywhere else - you need to save that sort of crap for the track. Unfortunately, exercising restraint equates to being a "bad rider".

[Bonez]

It's funny you say that actually. Cajun and I discussed this earlier today and came to the conclusion that we ride appropriately for the road. I say "appropriately" because we haven't tasted hospital food or asphalt (from the open road).

Unlike some riders, we recognise that there are certain places to go fast, and for us it's not really on the road. I'll let loose up the Kaimais but tend to restrain myself everywhere else - you need to save that sort of crap for the track. Unfortunately, exercising restraint equates to being a "bad rider".

Some of us choose to ride smaller capacity bikes for that very same reason.

[James Deuce]

Some of us choose ride smaller capacity bikes for that very same reason.

And have just as much Fun(tm) doing it!

[98tls]

Well now that all the feel good self righteous back slapping is out of the way I'm gonna have to disagree.


But first I want to put some background down. Until recently I owned a 998s which was ridden by yours truely like the biggest blouse in the dress shop. I'm sure everyone who saw me on it thought "what a waste", and rightly so, it was. It's been sold so I can go back to bing known as the guy with the smallest looking firestorm in NZ.


Anyway, when I take the missus and the kids over to Featherston for a touch of brunch in the family wagon I don't expect to be slowed down by a k7 thou on the Rimutukas. I frankly was embarrassed! Especially when the kids start waving at the guy when we overtake it on the shortest passing lane on the hill!

Great post,having a sunday arvo/evening bbq here tonight and discussing this thread with a few other bike riding mates,much to the disgust of there better 1/2s,as you say moto girl what you ride has nothing to do with anyone and how much money you spend is the same.After 30 odd bikes and as many years riding them i had reached a point in my riding that no longer required buying the latest and greatest of which over the years i have had many,nothing to do with money,i just spent big dosh on a ute that i could have lived without,more so i settled on an old favourite and got to spending money on and tinkering with in the garage which is a very enjoyable part of motorcycling which seems for many is lost.Some of the people with input to the conversation here ride the latest and greatest and for me anyway provide enjoyable moments in the fact that in some of the good bits i get passed them on a 9 year old bike and because of that on evenings such as this they get the piss taken outta them....so what,harden up.As you say ride what you like,spend what you like,but dont whine when someone goes past you like you were standing still on an old shitter,remember as you say its all about personal choice.In saying this i recently placed an order for my very last new bike........i promised myself i never would but its just one ive got to have.