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RE: Van asked me to have a word with you fine gentlemen. - Obliviontoad - 01-25-2018
My wife has nicknamed my 2013 "Precious", due to the amount of time and money spent on it. The anthropomorphism aside, I haven't named or referred to it in any way other then "my bike". My Subaru WRX however, I call Stitch, due to its talent for misbehavior and getting me into trouble.
RE: Van asked me to have a word with you fine gentlemen. - Guth_imp - 01-25-2018
(01-25-2018, 02:53 PM)Ulvetanna_imp Wrote:Well, you'll get 'round to it.(01-25-2018, 11:49 AM)VLJ_imp Wrote: I'm not retired, Ulvetanna. I still have to go to work. I'm at work all day today, tomorrow, and Saturday. I'll be able to ride her the few minutes it takes to get to work, but that's nothing. I won't be able to go do another real ride until Sunday.Well, you'll get 'round to it.
How's that now? I've spent plenty of time gettin' 'round. But I've got a ways to go 'til I'm retired.
Enjoy your ride come Sunday VLJ.
RE: Van asked me to have a word with you fine gentlemen. - Cormanus - 01-25-2018
(01-25-2018, 02:00 PM)VLJ_imp Wrote: Can I at least get away with referring to her as "plush"?
Be careful ...
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RE: Van asked me to have a word with you fine gentlemen. - VLJ_imp - 01-26-2018
Just had my first official Codger Experience with the new CB1100, only ten minutes after parking her somewhere for the first time...
Sitting at my desk at work, looking out the window, I noticed one of our courier drivers slowly walking around my bike. He knelt and peered beneath the engine before sitting up and looking between the headers. Coming to his feet, he grinned at me through the window. He pointed at me, then at the bike. "Is this yours?" being his obvious question, since he could see my Arai helmet sitting on my desk.
I nodded yes, and he gave me another grin, and a big thumbs up.
RE: Van asked me to have a word with you fine gentlemen. - Ulvetanna_imp - 01-26-2018
(01-25-2018, 03:46 PM)Guth_imp Wrote:Well, you'll get 'round to it.(01-25-2018, 02:53 PM)Ulvetanna_imp Wrote:Well, you'll get 'round to it.(01-25-2018, 11:49 AM)VLJ_imp Wrote: I'm not retired, Ulvetanna. I still have to go to work. I'm at work all day today, tomorrow, and Saturday. I'll be able to ride her the few minutes it takes to get to work, but that's nothing. I won't be able to go do another real ride until Sunday.Well, you'll get 'round to it.
How's that now? I've spent plenty of time gettin' 'round. But I've got a ways to go 'til I'm retired.
Enjoy your ride come Sunday VLJ.
How's that now? I've spent plenty of time gettin' 'round. But I've got a ways to go 'til I'm retired. That's temporary, you'll get "unround" eventually. This is beginning to sound like the runaround.
RE: Van asked me to have a word with you fine gentlemen. - the Ferret - 01-26-2018
(01-26-2018, 04:19 AM)VLJ_imp Wrote: Just had my first official Codger Experience with the new CB1100, only ten minutes after parking her somewhere for the first time...
Sitting at my desk at work, looking out the window, I noticed one of our courier drivers slowly walking around my bike. He knelt and peered beneath the engine before sitting up and looking between the headers. Coming to his feet, he grinned at me through the window. He pointed at me, then at the bike. "Is this yours?" being his obvious question, since he could see my Arai helmet sitting on my desk.
I nodded yes, and he gave me another grin, and a big thumbs up.
Get used to it. It's going to happen a lot.
RE: Van asked me to have a word with you fine gentlemen. - VLJ_imp - 01-26-2018
mickey, you should have seen the way my coworkers absolutely flipped out when they saw this thing in person. Some of these guys, I've never seen them show the least bit of enthusiasm over anything, ever.
This bike had them climbing on it like a jungle gym, touching each surface, vroooom-vrooooming the throttle with the motor not even fired up, and ooh-ing and aah-ing over every little detail. Then it was Story Time, apparently, with each guy talking about his coolest experiences as a youth, and two of the older guys swearing they could now throw away their little blue pills.
Those two also both said they want a CB1100, badly.
RE: Van asked me to have a word with you fine gentlemen. - Ulvetanna_imp - 01-26-2018
(01-26-2018, 09:36 AM)VLJ_imp Wrote: mickey, you should have seen the way my coworkers absolutely flipped out when they saw this thing in person. Some of these guys, I've never seen them show the least bit of enthusiasm over anything, ever.I did not like that attention. Aarrgghh. I never had a bike like that back in the day so don't share any nostalgia and have no tales to tell. My first full-sized street bike had a radiator.
This bike had them climbing on it like a jungle gym, touching each surface, vroooom-vrooooming the throttle with the motor not even fired up, and ooh-ing and aah-ing over every little detail. Then it was Story Time, apparently, with each guy talking about his coolest experiences as a youth, and two of the older guys swearing they could now throw away their little blue pills.
Those two also both said they want a CB1100, badly.
But the CB1100 has a way of being all things to at least some people, and perhaps, prithee, it can be some things to all people. Providing the people actually see it. Power to the people, man.
I believe it was the notable C. G. Jung who indicated the symbolism involved with objects of lust. Or was that Jaco Pastorius?
RE: Van asked me to have a word with you fine gentlemen. - emptysea - 01-26-2018
(01-26-2018, 09:36 AM)VLJ_imp Wrote: mickey, you should have seen the way my coworkers absolutely flipped out when they saw this thing in person. Some of these guys, I've never seen them show the least bit of enthusiasm over anything, ever.
This bike had them climbing on it like a jungle gym, touching each surface, vroooom-vrooooming the throttle with the motor not even fired up, and ooh-ing and aah-ing over every little detail. Then it was Story Time, apparently, with each guy talking about his coolest experiences as a youth, and two of the older guys swearing they could now throw away their little blue pills.
Those two also both said they want a CB1100, badly.
My theory is that your co-workers were just super-excited that you made up your mind.
RE: Van asked me to have a word with you fine gentlemen. - VLJ_imp - 01-26-2018
Nope, none of those guys had any idea that I was even in the market for another bike. I save that stuff for you guys.