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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Cabmkr on October 06, 2011, 04:08:45 am
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What is it with these Vintage bikes, I can't be the only guy with a shop/shed and bins full of bikes and parts, as it stands right now i have 9 bikes/projects and Im still checking the classified add sites to "see whats there"! I think i can only find room far antoher 2 or 3 bikes at the most!!
Chris
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Your perfectly normal......it's the blokes with just 1 bike that are the freaks.....buy, buy, buy. ;D
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;D
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Collecting, in it's various forms, is an addiction and as such the cost of treatment, including purchases of useless junk, can be claimed against both Medibank and your tax return ;D.
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its ok mate i have these pills that chill you out and when you have to talk to non bike people then when you want to get fired up again drink a heaps of organic expresso (its better for you apparently) , ps do you want a dt250 75/76 model a bloke gave it to me the other day rough but nearly all there missing magy and cover , motor turns over, cost 2 cartons you take away , thanks
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See, you dont need therapy......just like minded friends....I think we should name and shame all 1 bike owners.
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Bought 2 postie bikes the other day. :o
Why?
Lots of money now that I've quit smoking ;D
Put them under the house with the rest of them.
Addicted?
Na.
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My new golden rule is now no more than 5 bikes to be owned at one time and you cant buy a new one until you finish your current project.
I've been collecting bikes since 92 there is little I haven't owned or bought and sold over those years and at times I didn't even know how many bikes I owned.
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well until recently i was (true confessions) a one bike guy. so not as addicted as some. and now only with two, the whole-bike collection addiction is still not huge. but the addiction then manifests in a different way - parts....parts....parts..... i live and breathe for them.....for the nice mr postman to delivery the latest 'hot mod' on one or the other bike....the latest wear and tear-replacement part that of course is a 'must buy'....the constant scouring of ebay for oem and aftermarket parts to suit....the lying in bed at night pondering when to get this, to try that.
its not all aimed at making them the fastest bikes around, but just a plain and simple cargo cult addiction to shiny new things arriving at doorstep. i know now how those papua new guineans felt a hundred years ago when we lobbed up with shiny machetes and billies and buckles and the like......manna from heaven......literally.....and so.....want.....want.....want......
and of course the pure pleasure of looking forward to the weekend to slink off to garage for the magical 'installation ritual'. open the treasure chest that is the toolbox, stanley knife open the plastic packaging in which the treasured object comes lovingly encased, free it up for first look and feel......then gentle but determined insertion in the annointed place on the machine.
am i not wrong in perceiving some break in the clouds at the moment of last wrench turn, the sun's plentiful streaming in, background orchestra unleashing its joyful cacophony......you get the picture.
the addiction comes in all shapes and sizes.
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the constant scouring of ebay for oem and aftermarket parts to suit....the lying in bed at night pondering when to get this, to try that.
I think i have made little impact on my addiction volume but certainly the 'never to be repeated deal' panic is gone. No more getting up at 2.45 AM and sitting with hands trembling and sweating in front of the PC trying to to missing out on that flogged out 79 CR250 kick start lever. Seems like as more parts are available these days my need for a fix is not as strong....
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ADDICTION ??? What do you mean ??? i thought it was normal, does,nt everyone have a shed full of old bikes? and if not why have'nt they? ;D
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ADDICTION ??? What do you mean ??? i thought it was normal, does,nt everyone have a shed full of old bikes? and if not why have'nt they? ;D
Actually nothing more dull and depressing than walking into a shed and all it has is nothing or a few garden tools. Like sitting in a theater without the movie. Plus I am always hopeful my whole life that everytime I go into a strangers shed that they just happen to have a forgotten bike collection.
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I know what you mean its like being a kid in a lolly shop :) HHHHMMMM MOTORBIKES :) :D ;D must get more motorbikes, mustgetmorem/c Hey has anyone got a shed full of old dirt bikes that they want to donate :D
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I went into a blokes shed the other day and was dumbfounded to find that he only had one bike one car and one set of tools. Oh the misery :'(
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Would you really like to know how any bikes that l have owned and sold., its very scary. :o
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I went into a blokes shed the other day and was dumbfounded to find that he only had one bike one car and one set of tools. Oh the misery :'(
He probably still had his original wife as well
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Hey Firko, betcha the guy was wearing a jumper with the leather sleeves and his heart was only just beating.
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Would you really like to know how any bikes that l have owned and sold., its very scary. :o
Hell yeah but let us be the judge of scary ..... what was your best deal and worst deal.
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I went into a blokes shed the other day and was dumbfounded to find that he only had one bike one car and one set of tools. Oh the misery :'(
That's not a bloke's shed - it's his wife's shed.
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your right pete probably no beer fridge either
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Actually compared to a lot of the guys here I really have not been a 'trader', the quest for the perfect motorcycle, endless buying and selling.
I would describe myself more as a black hole, they disappear into the shed and never come out.
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the pure pleasure of looking forward to the weekend to slink off to garage for the magical 'installation ritual'. open the treasure chest that is the toolbox, stanley knife open the plastic packaging in which the treasured object comes lovingly encased, free it up for first look and feel......then gentle but determined insertion in the annointed place on the machine.
AHHHH :)Brings back to me that unown excitement of xmas morning and even the disappointment of not getting what you asked for >:(
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An Addiction no . A empty shed now thats a sign of a person with no life , emotion , poor sorry fools . He who dies with the most toys wins. 23 at the moment . but its the Parts in shelves ,boxes , all stashed in corners , THE JOY OF IT JUST BUYING ALL THAT STUFF , the stuff I couldn't afford as an aprentice in the 70s .
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I went into a blokes shed the other day and was dumbfounded to find that he only had one bike one car and one set of tools. Oh the misery :'(
What ? Fkn bulls hit Firko. How the hell would you ever meet a bloke like that ?
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Walshy only has one vmx bike ::) even Slawesy has two and he can't use a ring spanner without losing an eyeball
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An Addiction no . A empty shed now thats a sign of a person with no life , emotion , poor sorry fools . He who dies with the most toys wins. 23 at the moment . but its the Parts in shelves ,boxes , all stashed in corners , THE JOY OF IT JUST BUYING ALL THAT STUFF , the stuff I couldn't afford as an aprentice in the 70s .
Thankfully I get away with it as my girls dont like dolls, They rather get dirty, play video games, ATV, help me work on bikes, stuff like that
I can justify all my rides because of the different uses and the face that the kids will grow into them, at least thats my story, if they can start them they can ride them, The TT500 was for street and trail, XS650 will be a proper street tracker, Hodaka cuz its cool and freindly, the TY's good for putting around or exploring new trails, the 78 IT for trail riding, the 76 IT cuz its first year, and the YZ250 for trail and vintage racing......
I usually bring the bike home and strip it down (takes up less space and helps it not look like to many bikes), then months later start bring it out piece by piece and start the rebuild. I have to admit sometimes it taked me a while to remeber where i stashed the parts though.
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I don.t collect bikes, just parts they all fit together to make a bike.Well that's what the wife thinks!
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I can justify all my rides because of the different uses and the face that the kids will grow into them,
Yep I can control myself, first sign of addiction ;)..... I can also justify every bike purchase I have made, but given how few actually run one of the justifications is not going to be cheap transport.
But some of my justifications include, Ducatis in case i want to go fast on the road, Harley's to ensure I go slow on the road, pre 74 bikes because they have alloy tanks, KX250 because I had no green bikes, see perfect logic.
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I went into a blokes shed the other day and was dumbfounded to find that he only had one bike one car and one set of tools. Oh the misery
What ? Fkn bulls hit Firko. How the hell would you ever meet a bloke like that ?
He's a good bloke but he doesn't have the keeper mentality, he's a minimalist by nature and action. I paid for his subscription to VMX every year as a Christmas gift but when I asked him where he kept them he told me that he chucked 'em out when he'd finished reading them, just like an old newspaper! Naturally he doesn't get a subscription for Christmas from me any more!
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I paid for his subscription to VMX every year as a Christmas gift but when I asked him where he kept them he told me that he chucked 'em out when he'd finished reading them,
Sacrelidge .... desecration of the holy versus as they are known in our house. Mine live in the top of my bedside table where they are always within easy reach and disguise the gentlemans literature further down in the draw. :P
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I can't top my late o'l man who boasted 110 motorcycles and 80 odd cars had passed through his hands by the time I was about 8 years old.
Cars were his main thing going back through his early days Fronte Ford through o.h.cam Morris minors through Lancia Lambdas, Auburns, and everything in between.
Two of his sons [1 me] and three grandsons followed on with the petrol-head tradition.
However my shed shows me up as a person with probably the problem of too many possible courses.
My slider has the prominent spot, plus the RT1,plus a Honda 250 XL thats waiting to be moved on.
Then there is the partially restored Pianola, plus I think 5x super8 projectors, 1x standard8, 5 x16mm projectors, 1 x16mm camera, 3xsuper8, camera, 1 VHS camera,
various anamorphic and other lenses.
Moving on to car parts, they range from g/box parts for early '50s Wolseleys to god knows what else 'cos I forget.
Then comes my three tool boxes. My problem could be the worst! Cheers pancho
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Nearly forgot my Cons. grade 4 certificate and violin, plus full set of VMX mags and full set of OBA!
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Actually that was grade 6 not that it matters now 'cos I forget how to make anything but screeeech.
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It's a sickness. I just bought an old Massey Fergasun tractor to slash the paddock. My beautiful and tolerant partner has already warned me not to start filling the yard up with old tractors after catching me in the tractor section of ebay. I just went for a three day adventure ride through the country and found myself tractor spotting.
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It's a sickness. I just bought an old Massey Fergasun tractor to slash the paddock. My beautiful and tolerant partner has already warned me not to start filling the yard up with old tractors after catching me in the tractor section of ebay. I just went for a three day adventure ride through the country and found myself tractor spotting.
Mate of mine has 52 of them. ::)
All sorts .