Do you love your bike ??

[eddyace595]

I only ask as I was in Barmouth on Sunday (popped down for some chips)
and there was a nice clean and shiny 2017 Bmw R1200gs parked up on the harbour
front.I clocked the owner sitting across the road .He was decked out in the full
monty BMW twat gear ..fair play ,each to their own. He was gazing lovingly
at his bike ,in fact I dont think that he took his eyes off it all the time that I was there.
I dont think that he even noticed the Harbour,the sea,the mountains at all.
Got me thinking ,is it possible to have feelings for a lifeless bunch of plastic metal and rubber?
I mean ,I understand that these are popular and capable bikes ,but I would never call them
things of beauty.Maybe when I grow up a bit more I will understand...

 

[Me!]

No but I do admire the ability of the human race to create such a (personal interpretation) work of art with such capability of both death and glory....

 

[ScottyUK]

Some people really do love their vehicles

https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/13/man-...-to-stop-having-sex-with-car-exhaust-8035343/

 

[noobie]

I like that for my size and needs, I always end up coming back to a blackbird and probably will again soon. I don't knock one off over it, but from time to time, they do put a smile on me mush.

 

[Pow-Lo]

I spend many an hour in the garage bashing one out whilst drooling over my Panzers. I don’t wear BMW gear though, I’ve always preferred Dainese when it comes to most apparel (boots and gloves aside).

 

[Cougar377]

I spend many an hour in the garage bashing one out whilst drooling over my Panzers. I don’t wear BMW gear though, I’ve always preferred Dainese when it comes to most apparel (boots and gloves aside).

I can imagine AB doing exactly the same, but to his 4 wheeled panzer.

 

[Cougar377]

I only ask as I was in Barmouth on Sunday (popped down for some chips)
and there was a nice clean and shiny 2017 Bmw R1200gs parked up on the harbour
front.I clocked the owner sitting across the road .He was decked out in the full
monty BMW twat gear ..fair play ,each to their own. He was gazing lovingly
at his bike ,in fact I dont think that he took his eyes off it all the time that I was there.
I dont think that he even noticed the Harbour,the sea,the mountains at all.
Got me thinking ,is it possible to have feelings for a lifeless bunch of plastic metal and rubber?
I mean ,I understand that these are popular and capable bikes ,but I would never call them
things of beauty.Maybe when I grow up a bit more I will understand...

Possibly he had just got divorced and was fulfilling a lifelong desire (that had always been thwarted by the now ex-wife) to own a bike.

 

[slim63]

I am not sure about in love but people including myself can get obsessed by a particular bike

 

[Jaws]

I reckon he had just bought it, and was working out what goodies he was gonna bolt on it..
I often do something similar... Dunno how long I sat ( apparently in reverie ) beside various bikes and cars I have owned working out detail and final look before getting busy with gas axe and spanners

 

[slim63]

I reckon he had just bought it, and was working out what goodies he was gonna bolt on it..
I often do something similar... Dunno how long I sat ( apparently in reverie ) beside various bikes and cars I have owned working out detail and final look before getting busy with gas axe and spanners

Yup I usually park it at the top of the garden & sit a distance away with a brew & a smoke working out what I can chop off or add to make it more to my liking , I have been known to lose a couple of hours that way before the spanners & grinder come out !

 

[andyBeaker]

I only ask as I was in Barmouth on Sunday (popped down for some chips)
and there was a nice clean and shiny 2017 Bmw R1200gs parked up on the harbour
front.I clocked the owner sitting across the road .He was decked out in the full
monty BMW twat gear ..fair play ,each to their own. He was gazing lovingly
at his bike ,in fact I dont think that he took his eyes off it all the time that I was there.
I dont think that he even noticed the Harbour,the sea,the mountains at all.
Got me thinking ,is it possible to have feelings for a lifeless bunch of plastic metal and rubber?
I mean ,I understand that these are popular and capable bikes ,but I would never call them
things of beauty.Maybe when I grow up a bit more I will understand...

I reckon he was probably sitting there thinking a number of different things at once;

- why didn't I buy a car?
- I cannot believe how much I just paid for this pile of crap
- why is that bloke who arrived on a Blackbird staring at me?

 

[Cougar377]

I reckon he was probably sitting there thinking a number of different things at once;

- why didn't I buy a car?
- I cannot believe how much I just paid for this pile of crap
- why is that bloke who arrived on a Blackbird staring at me?

I wonder if he would trade it for this...?

 

[andyBeaker]

I wonder if he would trade it for this...?

What... a blank space?

 

[Cougar377]

What... a blank space?

The Beemer, you pleb....!

 

[andyBeaker]

The Beemer, you pleb....!

Me a pleb?

It was you that left your post with a gaping omission!!

 

[Cougar377]

Me a pleb?

It was you that left your post with a gaping omission!!

Wrong peanut brain.

THE EVIDENCE

You put:

I reckon he was probably sitting there thinking a number of different things at once;

- why didn't I buy a car?
- I cannot believe how much I just paid for this pile of crap
- why is that bloke who arrived on a Blackbird staring at me?

Implying that the last 3 lines of your post were the aforementioned individuals thoughts.
So I added a 4th one...

I wonder if he would trade it for this...?

THE CONCLUSION

You are indeed a peanut brain.

Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.

 

[andyBeaker]

Wrong peanut brain.

THE EVIDENCE

You put:

I reckon he was probably sitting there thinking a number of different things at once;

- why didn't I buy a car?
- I cannot believe how much I just paid for this pile of crap
- why is that bloke who arrived on a Blackbird staring at me?

Implying that the last 3 lines of your post were the aforementioned individuals thoughts.
So I added a 4th one...

I wonder if he would trade it for this...?

THE CONCLUSION

You are indeed a peanut brain.

Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.

 

[Me!]

I bet you were a complete twat to work with.

 

[Cougar377]

One nil, one nil, one nil, one nil...

Consider yourself taunted a second time.

 

[Minkey]

kids play nicely