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I suppose it is a case of you can ride or fiddle. Season upon us to ride. I don't find
riding moderns interesting. Might as well take the car.
 
Richard Tool said:
I hear you Nigel . With two Nortons on the road and one in “ large lumps “ , a Honda GB 500 and ST 1300 and many other hobbies I am task saturated . Still working a little and becoming resentful about that !
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Well I’m obviously younger and poorer… I’m working a LOT !!
 
Fast Eddie said:
Ha!

I’ve got 5 old bangers, that’s more than enough to keep my little old mildly OCD mind occupied thanks!

The ‘moderns’ are a track day bike, a Humpty Dumpty, and the Duck.

I‘ve been many years without any moderns in the shed before now. I think I’m starting to change my outlook on time, ie spannering time vs riding time.
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yep, I agree. that's why I have 2 x Mk 3 Commandos and not them old pre rear disc models. :)
 
Currently between wives here - kind of think I like it this way. GF lives an hour away, we both have successful careers, and we both value our independence. Both of us have been married twice, and have no desire to see if the third time is a charm - don't mess with a good thing.

She is just happy that I have hobbies that don't involve being a manipulative tw*t like her last husband. :)
 
Derek Wilson said:
Currently between wives here - kind of think I like it this way. GF lives an hour away, we both have successful careers, and we both value our independence. Both of us have been married twice, and have no desire to see if the third time is a charm - don't mess with a good thing.

She is just happy that I have hobbies that don't involve being a manipulative tw*t like her last husband. :)
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One and done. Divorce was the best thing that could have happened for me, my boy, and my bike hobby...
 
acadian said:
One and done. Divorce was the best thing that could have happened for me, my boy, and my bike hobby...
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When I hear of someones divorce, I never know whether I should say "I'm sorry", or "Congratulations!"
As for me, the best thing my ex ever did for me, was get rid of me. There are two things nowadays that I will not trade for .... my '63 Atlas and my current wife (angel) .... not necessarily in that order.

Slick
 
My recently divorced buddy claims his divorce equated to a "Get out of Jail Free" card after 28 years. His ex screwed-up big time, with another woman no less.
You can't make this stuff up.
 
You guys seem to have happy marriages. In my first, I always felt guilty if I spent money on motorcycles. That really held me back. Nothing was ever said, but in that marriage nothing was ever said about anything much. My ex once said ' I suppose that one day we will have to buy you a decent motorcycle' - but we never did. These days, I am past it anyway - I go with what I have got, which is almost good enough.
Good communication is essential in marriages. I am now married to a lady who is a bully - she makes me feel secure. If I ever got into a fight, she would be beside me throwing punches.
 
texasSlick said:
When I hear of someones divorce, I never know whether I should say "I'm sorry", or "Congratulations!"
As for me, the best thing my ex ever did for me, was get rid of me. There are two things nowadays that I will not trade for .... my '63 Atlas and my current wife (angel) .... not necessarily in that order.

Slick
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When I separated from my ex, I made sure she was OK, because I don't bear her any malice. I know why she was the way she was. A month later I woke up in my new town house and had a feeling I did not recognise - HAPPINESS.
These days none of my three kids ever speak to me because kids are believers. But I have 5 step grand daughters, 3 of them from my step daughter who is a pain in the bum. I teach those grandies as much as I can - they are growing up to be very smart.
'Hardship builds character' - but I don't need it.
 
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I was once in a pub full of men and women, with my wife. She said 'let's have a competition to see who can walk out of here first, with somebody else ?' I did not take her up on it. She once said ' I am afraid of no man and very few women'. - I love her to bits.
 
My sweetie says buy parts as needed to keep these bikes going, we're only here for a short while, fun is important!
The Vincent is her favourite bike, but the Norton Commando is high on the list too.
She doesn't want me riding the Maico 490 anymore, and she is right about that.
I'll have to cheat on that.

Glen

 
My sweetie just goes for the ride, she understands me to well, leaves me alone when I am up in the shed or doing things whether working on the bikes or doing other things or out riding with the mates to have drinks with the mates, she don't have much say in what I do but she enjoys the things we do together and she can't complain about all the things I had done around the house or for her, yes we have our moments as any normal folks do, but she also know if I had to choose between her or the bikes, her bags would be packed before she knew what hit her and she knows that.
When I purposed to her I laid the rules down straight away about the bikes, my own space and freedom to go at short notice on the bikes or out bush in the 4x4, sometimes we both need that break from everyday life and she understands that, she is a good woman but she drives me nuts sometimes, but I am sure I do the same to her.
All my friends think I am lucky to have such a understanding wife as they could never get away with what I do with their wives, but then I say to them try living with her, but then she has to put up with a lot from me, it just works for us even in bad times, putting up with the good, the bad and all our own bad habits, its all about life and putting trust in each other, and when I do go away she never ask what I be getting up to, just be safe, don't drink to much and never drive when pissed, but she knows I don't do that, well drink driving anyway.

Ashley
 
Back in the day, the bike shop I worked for had a huge storage area in the back. One of our customers rented a corner of this area to store his bikes and hot rod cars. He only kept one bike at the house and would come by the shop to swap them out. One day he rode off on his blue/gray BMW R100RS and came home on a red Sportster. His wife met him at the door. "What's that?" She demanded. "What's what? He replied. I know you left this morning on a blue bike and this one's red." He said " Oh. . .I had it painted." And that was the end of it. She could only destinguish one bike from another by color.
 
I’ve got a good one - never says a word about my hobbies ( and I have many ! ) nor does she complain about the costs . Perhaps it is because she is unaware ( unlikely) or perhaps it is because she realizes how lucky she is to have a guy like me … ( tongue firmly in cheek) . Happily married for over 40 years. For most of my working life I cashed my paycheck on Friday after work , put 20 bucks in my pocket and handed the rest to her and she was and still is better at making it go far than I . For my part I had built us two homes in my spare time while working 40 + hour weeks and all before our first child came along .
Sadly she is a worrier - goes to bed at night afraid that the sun may not rise in the morning. Needless to say she won’t get on a motorcycle - but I’m ok with that. It’s not much fun if it frightens you . I couldn’t ask for a better partner and as a bonus she came with a wonderful family- love all my in laws . Our two daughters are grown and married to great husbands and both are about to give us our first grandchildren , one in May and the other in July .
More girls so another big dollop of Estrogen in a palace already swimming in it ..LOL .
 
I am remarried to a lady I knew 50 years ago and we have now been married for 20 years. I had lost contact with her. I originally met her when we were working doing the same job. We'd had lunch and a few beers together. Back then, I once took her for a ride on the back of a Suzuki Cobra. Over the years, I only ever met three women I felt I would have liked to live with. The other two were married. I found my wife again by telephoning her mother who told me where she was. She was living about 200 Km away from me with her teenage daughter. When I got in contact with her she had another suitor who had a Heritage Harley. She has always wanted me to buy as modern bike because she did not like riding pillion on m RD250LC Yamaha when it was doing 140 KPH. My wife currently has funds, and If I asked her, she would buy me a modern bike. But I have no interest in them.
I always raced old bikes. In the 70s, the Triton I raced against Kawasaki Z900s was from the 1950s. I still did OK. I can probably ride much better than many other guys. But with me winning races was only ever of secondary importance when compared with improving my bike. Both in my job and with motorcycles, my life has been about technical development. I mostly worked in defence manufacturing. Where I worked, the best products which were manufactured were foreigners which were usually smuggled out the gate.

My wife usually tolerates my racing, but I think she worries too much. I am too old and experienced to ever crash these days. She does not want me to race anymore, but I have one more task to complete. I need to make an on-board video at Winton Raceway. So I am currently struggling with the 6 speed gearbox and clutch. I am getting there slowly. My friend is the top historic racer in Victoria. He is now racing in New Zealand, but in a minute he will return and there will be a ride day at Winton.
When I was younger, I never had trouble fixing a motorcycle.
 
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The best days of my life during my first marriage were when I got to go road racing. My only regret is I did not do more of it. So take heed - never worry about actually enjoying your life. When I think about what I did before I divorced and retired, I think I must have been insane. I really treasure the memories of racing at Calder, Mount Gambier, Phillip Island and Winton. It made the pain of a horrible marriage easier to bear.
To anyone who is thinking of getting married , I would say this - if your intended kisses her father, you will probably be OK. In my generation, most of our fathers were ex-servicemen.
 
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