The wife's gonna kill me :)

Just do what my mates do with their £10,000 Harleys: leave it in the garage saying you're looking after it for NTON because HE hasn't told HIS wife about it yet, but you're allowed to ride it.

One day these girls are all going to get their heads together.
 
Fuel tank and keys next week, apart from those, it seems all the bits are there. 35k mls on the clock, last tax disc is 2005. It's been buried at the back of a workshop since '05, when the last owner busted a stud removing the manifold.....and since moved to NZ.

V :)
 
Is rhe rest of it gonna cost you another beer? Or the chaser from the first one?


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It'll be worth sharing a few beers around next week when I've got the tank and keys. If my luck holds for the rest, not much at all in bits that can't be picked up from fleabay. Figuring on a full brake service. Replace all seals. Exhaust needs welding up, recover seat, replace handlebars that are some naff weird gold finish, but first, there's at least a weeks work in cleaning off 10 years of neglect.

V :)
 
Cant wait for the finished project to be on the road ,but just cant get that image of you in your ripped levis and leather chaps and your little leather cap out of my mind, oh hell there goes that music again da da de da de da,,,,,,,,,,
 
Counterforce. Willya get outta my damn wardrobe ! That rig's only for Village People karaoke nights.

It WILL be having a camera fit, RFID, ? or at least wireless keyless ignition. I'm toying with the idea of using a detachable android samsung as instrument cluster, twatnav, phone, music, etc. ('cept in bright sunlight, it'll be sh!t, and random reboots could be 'embarrasing')

V
 
I remember when those little Radians when they came out. It was designed to compete with the Honda Nighthawks...good little bikes in their own right. I like the Yammy too. :) I have a 76 Kawasaki KZ 900 in my garage I need to finish assembling. Riding weather has been here for a couple months and I'm still driving a cage. :(
 
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View attachment 6154View attachment 6155Welll...there was some space in the mancave...and I got it for a beer :). Yamaha Radian YX600. '89?
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Youre too old.
And its two wheels short of enough sense.
I thought you were beginning to act your age after the 924 episode.
If its a mid life crisis ; just get a young mistress.
They both have the potential to get you killed whilst riding them.
Its a case of traction or attraction to my mind.
 
It's MY mid (Late) -life crisis and I intend to make the most of it. Few years back, I had a client that worked for the Environment Agency. Hitting mid 40's, he dumped the missus, the mortgage, the job lurking in Oxfordshires ditches looking for fly-tippers, and found himself a nubile a 20yr old,

Last heard of, he and the the 20yr old nymphette were working with some eco outfit, counting turtles in the Seychelles. The bike / Porsche, is a little less drastic, but at least I can still get a beer in my local pub. (Assuming I leave the wheels behind, which is a bit frustrating, as half the reason for having said bike / Porsche, is the thought of posing with it parked outside the pub.)

I've researched websites / forums, where a bloke of certain age, dressed in black leather, can show off playing with his latest toys. There's some VERY strange people out there. OJ has offered me some of his old contacts, but apparently rubber Ronnie has a bigger collection of toys and I might feel out of place.

V :)
 
So I'm sitting down quietly, working on the modest list of what needs doing to the thing, (only about 6 pages so far), the list of odds and sods that need sourcing, and the watch list on fleabay growing inexorably...when 'the management' gets the hump and pointedly reminds me that I have as yet to redecorate the kitchen AND the bedroom, which have both been the subject of considerable planning (also known as 'thinking about it').

Any suggestions as to how I can convince 'the management', that fiddling about (plotting the schedule of works) with a piece of classic Japanese engineering is actually both a meditation technique, leaving higher brain functions to meticulously plan interior decor, AND a money saving exercise in keeping me out of the pub ?

V
 
Visioneer said:
So I'm sitting down quietly, working on the modest list of what needs doing to the thing, (only about 6 pages so far), the list of odds and sods that need sourcing, and the watch list on fleabay growing inexorably...when 'the management' gets the hump and pointedly reminds me that I have as yet to redecorate the kitchen AND the bedroom, which have both been the subject of considerable planning (also known as 'thinking about it').

Any suggestions as to how I can convince 'the management', that fiddling about (plotting the schedule of works) with a piece of classic Japanese engineering is actually both a meditation technique, leaving higher brain functions to meticulously plan interior decor, AND a money saving exercise in keeping me out of the pub ?

V
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Just tell her that once its rebuilt, it would be worth some serious money, enough to pay for professionals to decorate and do all the stuff in the house. If she's like any other woman, she will shut up and accept that. But of course when it comes to having the fully running bike, you just can't part with it because its an emotional attachment now :)
 
Visioneer said:
Any suggestions as to how I can convince 'the management', that fiddling about (plotting the schedule of works) with a piece of classic Japanese engineering is actually both a meditation technique, leaving higher brain functions to meticulously plan interior decor, AND a money saving exercise in keeping me out of the pub ?

V
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I can not tell you a way to convince a women but I can tell you how to distract her. Put all her stuff up for sale, list it all as "Make Me An Offer", "Fire Sale" under her name and cell number and her work number. List everything, dishes, car, her clothing, jewlery, pets, computer... Leave nothing out, the idea is to get all walks of life calling her at all hours.

This should give you enough time to go out any find the same bike, bring it home and switch the VIN plates, chop the old bike and box it up for spare parts.
 
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