Vintage Bikes an Addiction?

[Cabmkr]

     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

[Davey Crocket]

Your perfectly normal......it's the blokes with just 1 bike that are the freaks.....buy, buy, buy.

[Mike52]

 

[mx250]

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 .

[Taka 100]

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

[Davey Crocket]

See, you dont need therapy......just like minded friends....I think we should name and shame all 1 bike owners.

[Mike52]

Bought 2 postie bikes the other day.
Why?
Lots of money now that I've quit smoking
Put them under the house with the rest of them.
Addicted?
Na.

[Slakewell]

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.

[Gerard De Ruyter (Twistandshout)]

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.

[Marc.com]

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....

[shelpi]

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?

[Marc.com]

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?

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.

[shelpi]

I know what you mean its like being a kid in a lolly shop HHHHMMMM MOTORBIKES must get more motorbikes, mustgetmorem/c  Hey has anyone got a shed full of old dirt bikes that they want to donate

[firko]

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 :'(

[albrid-3]

Would you really like to know how any bikes that l have owned and sold., its very scary.