Gather round, I have a story to tell!!

[Solly]

To put you all in the picture, I am Amazons better half [she'll argue this point]...aaaaanyway.....
Not too long ago [5 - 7 yrs] I decided to buy my first bike, a 1986 Virago 750, it was my very first bike and Amazon did NOT!!!! want me to get it...I ignored her & got it anyway a couple of years later the ole girl seized [not through lack of love or attention I might add], this only steeled my resolve to get something new...BRAND NEW!!!!.
This saddened and angered Amazon to the point that it would be, Quote "OVER MY DEAD BODY" unquote, would I be buying anything, let alone new!!!!!!

A wise man once told me "water will always wear away rock" and so I kept poring on the water until my rock was nothing but a grain of sand....I got my way....a Bully C90 was in my stable within 3 days!!!!!

Amazon was still yet to be convinced of the "thing" I had about bikes and rallys and stuff....you all know what I'm talking about

It was not until one beautiful sunny weekend almost 9 months ago that on the Saturday I took her on the Bully to a little cafe in Outram and then on the Sunday we repeated this again out at Carys Bay where, while waiting for our lunch to be served outside, enjoying the sun and the dream view of the bay, two bikes pulled up and from under the helmets appeared a husband & wife combo.

This was the defining moment when she under stood what I'd been trying to tell her for years about the "bikes, rallys & stuff".

She now has, not only bought a Virago 250 [to learn on] but now has a Bully C50 [BRAND NEW!!!].....little did I know back then that I had lit a fire under her ass big enough to persuade her not only to part with some $$ for her 250 but to part with even bigger $$$$$$ for the Bully.......my work is done.....or is it????

I'm stoking the next fire as we speak

[Zuki Bandit]

Classic! I've been planting the seed lately about upgrading the moment I get my full. I think I will use that rock and water technique you mentioned.
Good stuff!!!

[shafty]

Good effort Solly

[sinfull]

Nice work mate !! It's a great feeling aye ?
Didn't take much persuading with HRH , think she'd only been on the back of the triple a half doz times, when she said that she wished she was able to ride, partly deaf i may be, stupid i aint, so wham, a learners bike turned up in her Xmas stocking !
Made the mistake of mentioning she liked the look of racing leathers the other day hehehe, might not be a cruiser she gets next !

[martybabe]

Good good, enjoyed that thanks. Twas a dream of mine to get my lady riding her own scoot but sadly it aint gonna hapen.

Enjoy yourselves out there.

[Solly]

Classic! I've been planting the seed lately about upgrading the moment I get my full. I think I will use that rock and water technique you mentioned.
Good stuff!!!

Forget the rock in this case......keep watering the seed

[Solly]

Nice work mate !! It's a great feeling aye ?
Didn't take much persuading with HRH , think she'd only been on the back of the triple a half doz times, when she said that she wished she was able to ride, partly deaf i may be, stupid i aint, so wham, a learners bike turned up in her Xmas stocking !
Made the mistake of mentioning she liked the look of racing leathers the other day hehehe, might not be a cruiser she gets next !

As we say down this way....Good on ya mate!!

[zalforce1]

To put you all in the picture, I am Amazons better half [she'll argue this point]...aaaaanyway.....
Not too long ago [5 - 7 yrs] I decided to buy my first bike, a 1986 Virago 750, it was my very first bike and Amazon did NOT!!!! want me to get it...I ignored her & got it anyway a couple of years later the ole girl seized [not through lack of love or attention I might add], this only steeled my resolve to get something new...BRAND NEW!!!!.
This saddened and angered Amazon to the point that it would be, Quote "OVER MY DEAD BODY" unquote, would I be buying anything, let alone new!!!!!!

A wise man once told me "water will always wear away rock" and so I kept poring on the water until my rock was nothing but a grain of sand....I got my way....a Bully C90 was in my stable within 3 days!!!!!

Amazon was still yet to be convinced of the "thing" I had about bikes and rallys and stuff....you all know what I'm talking about

It was not until one beautiful sunny weekend almost 9 months ago that on the Saturday I took her on the Bully to a little cafe in Outram and then on the Sunday we repeated this again out at Carys Bay where, while waiting for our lunch to be served outside, enjoying the sun and the dream view of the bay, two bikes pulled up and from under the helmets appeared a husband & wife combo.

This was the defining moment when she under stood what I'd been trying to tell her for years about the "bikes, rallys & stuff".

She now has, not only bought a Virago 250 [to learn on] but now has a Bully C50 [BRAND NEW!!!].....little did I know back then that I had lit a fire under her ass big enough to persuade her not only to part with some $$ for her 250 but to part with even bigger $$$$$$ for the Bully.......my work is done.....or is it????

I'm stoking the next fire as we speak

hehehe wicked story mate. its amazing seeing ppl who themselves think they wud never even sit on a two wheeler all of a sudden seriously consider it. I was the first in my family to ever contemplate getting a motorbike, and after getting one only a few months later my sister has a scooter and my 63 year old dad wants to learn to ride!!! imagine!

[<Rhino>]

My wife's from Outram. One of the smallest places around, but hell, shite loads of people know where it is!

[Griffin]

My wife's from Outram. One of the smallest places around, but hell, shite loads of people know where it is!

Dude... Outram ... ??? ... the moral of the story is keep quietly pluggin... That bigger bike is in your future

[CookMySock]

haha, woohoo! well done that man!

I did the same thing myself this year, and she's grinning like a dinner plate and taken to it like a duck to water.

Was a tough job though, but worth it.

Steve

[sels1]

Good story.
My better half will only come out if there is a cafe and lots of sunshine, but thats an advance on the " I'm never going on the back of that thing!" we started out with.
Dont think she will ever get her own one....

[sinfull]

my 63 year old dad wants to learn to ride!!! imagine!

Scary ! Prolly has some deap dark biker history and will scare ya with his ability !

My wife's from Outram. One of the smallest places around, but hell, shite loads of people know where it is!

Ummmmmm Must be somewhere near Taupo surely !


Had to chuckle at the water/rock bit solly lol where was your resolve when it came to Amazon buying two bikes ? I know I know ya really wanted this, but ya gotta put up some sort of a fight (rock salt perhaps) to have leverage there for when it comes to yr next upgrade !

[phantom]

After a couple of years all I've managed is to get Sarah on the back for a ride around the block but she has said maybe a scooter would be fun

[madbikeboy]

Evil Ex and I used to argue about the bike thing alot, so in the end I caved to logic. When I delivered the final separation agreement to her new abode, I turned up on my shiny new Gixer Thou.

MadBikeBabe doesn't like the scoot, although the only part she likes when she has been on it is the bit where the throttle gets opened a little. But she's totally supportive of riding -and in fact, when I'm getting grippy, she throws me the keys and tells me to fuck off and ride.

It's a hard road to find the perfect woman...