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My wife wants a bike
« on: May 06, 2018, 06:27:25 PM »
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2018, 05:27:16 PM »
I went for safety on this one- although injuries may follow the reveal.
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2018, 06:35:27 PM »
What a dangerous choice of answers.  interesting but dangerous
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2018, 09:11:55 AM »
A divorce may be cheaper and less painful than getting your testicles reattached  :grin
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2018, 05:44:10 PM »
Well the new arrival is due here on  5-7-18 ,   2005 1300 VSTAR
once more  Mr and Mrs Kent  have some fun on the road together again :|||| :Whipped |-i
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2018, 05:50:47 PM »
You have upgraded to a V configured 1300 at least  :crazy
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2018, 05:56:16 PM »
Not me ,im still spell bound by the ST , Debbie chose for here ride the  Yamaha
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2018, 06:02:28 PM »
Oh my giddy goodness. May you not get CC envy any time soon  :-(((
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2018, 08:29:31 PM »
Well the new arrival is due here on  5-7-18 ,   2005 1300 VSTAR
once more  Mr and Mrs Kent  have some fun on the road together again :|||| :Whipped |-i

She gets a bike 10 years younger and 200cc bigger.  :eek
Cause enough for you to get the ST1300.  Just tell her it's important that they match when you're out riding together.
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2018, 08:48:24 PM »
10yrs younger and 200cc bigger and in my eyes i still have  the better bike.
I have told her that the Yamie cant sleep in the garage with the ST .
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2018, 10:51:26 PM »
10yrs younger and 200cc bigger and in my eyes i still have  the better bike.
I have told her that the Yamie cant sleep in the garage with the ST .

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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2018, 05:19:15 PM »
A divorce may be cheaper and less painful than getting your testicles reattached  :grin

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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2018, 08:00:40 PM »
Haha yeah mate they come in handy , what else could you bet with .
She is still trying to worm her bike into the garage when it arrives . The big Honda hates cruisers  :angry-old-man-smiley-emoticonhahaha
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2018, 10:34:31 PM »
Haha yeah mate they come in handy , what else could you bet with .
She is still trying to worm her bike into the garage when it arrives . The big Honda hates cruisers  :angry-old-man-smiley-emoticonhahaha

And rightly so!  Stay strong- offer to buy her a tarp for her birthday.    :thumbs
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2018, 11:29:39 AM »
 >:()

I actually rode the 800cc Boulevarde (CL50) one day and genuinely thought that, after I let
out the clutch, that it had a handbrake. True. The engine really would not pull the skin of a
rice custard. Comfy up to 80pkh and then it was ridiculous having to try  to hold on whilst the
wind had other ideas.
Tell her in my 44 years of riding and owning 30 motorcycles, the CL50 Boulevarde has the award for being
the most disappointing bike that I have ever ridden.
I settled for a Yamaha MT-01, and um oh yeah! Loved it but still sold it in the end.
Kmart sell decent vacuum cleaners these days for under $100.
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Honey...is that coffee ready or what ??

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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #15 on: July 05, 2018, 11:34:58 AM »
What I don't understand about the little emotivs (?) that you can choose from to include in your post,
is that most are bald but when the one comes up for 'angry old man', he has hair. WTF?
Honey...is that coffee ready or what ??

They modelled his hair off my style.  You wanna fight!?     :rofl
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #16 on: July 05, 2018, 12:01:33 PM »
>:()

I actually rode the 800cc Boulevarde (CL50) one day and genuinely thought that, after I let
out the clutch, that it had a handbrake. True. The engine really would not pull the skin of a
rice custard. Comfy up to 80pkh and then it was ridiculous having to try  to hold on whilst the
wind had other ideas.


Had one of these once, when my then wife and I pooled resources to buy a new bike, rather than getting two (new to us) secondhand bikes.

Had to be cruiser style due to height differences between us, but never found it that good a bike. Sold it a few years later after a rebuild, lost money on that when selling, to buy a second car which was much more exciting to drive.

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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #17 on: July 05, 2018, 12:22:07 PM »
Sold it a few years later after a rebuild, lost money on that when selling, to buy a second car which was much more exciting to drive.

Wow!  A car more exciting than a bike!  That sure damns the bike in question!
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #18 on: July 05, 2018, 04:36:50 PM »
Finally , its parked up or in the garage . After taking the bike for a quicky this morning in all honesty she could not have chosen a better bike for herself. Cant wait to do some rides again with my bestest ever friend . :dred11 :thumb
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #19 on: July 06, 2018, 09:43:17 AM »

She is still trying to worm her bike into the garage when it arrives . The big Honda hates cruisers  :angry-old-man-smiley-emoticonhahaha

Looks like the bike wormed its way in  :crackup
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #20 on: July 06, 2018, 10:30:13 AM »

She is still trying to worm her bike into the garage when it arrives . The big Honda hates cruisers  :angry-old-man-smiley-emoticonhahaha

Looks like the bike wormed its way in  :crackup

It sounds more like he's gone all soft on it.  Like I said- stay strong!!     :OldMan
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #21 on: July 06, 2018, 10:50:16 AM »
An uncomfortable truce is still preferable to all out war Biggles  :whistle
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #22 on: July 06, 2018, 11:15:00 AM »
An uncomfortable truce is still preferable to all out war Biggles  :whistle

Principles, man!  Principles!   :spank

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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #23 on: July 06, 2018, 10:48:53 PM »
Congrats on the new friend for the ST :thumbsup
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Re: My wife wants a bike
« Reply #24 on: July 07, 2018, 02:04:13 AM »
Congrats on the new friend for the ST :thumbsup



Thanks Shiney , in all honesty after riding the xsv she couldnt have picked up a better bike for herself .
The cruiser configuration does nothing for me and find them uncomfortable and awkward to ride as i have always had tourers and sports bikes.
This bike in saying that would suit a less experienced rider , being easy to get on and off , low centre of gravity ,plenty of torque with bling ,,,, an ideal girls bike .
She loves it and is excepting of her lack of experience and wants to slowly bring herself under supervision up to speed on Tassie roads so we can venture over to the big island and do some riding with as many of you guys as possible . Exciting times for the Kents.

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