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the old lady is officially upset

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#1 ·
i recently just had the enginer covers on the thrux powder coated black.
i should be receiving my TPUSA Power Pack with black dominators this week.
now i have to get the headers ceramic coated black to match.

is there anything special that i need to know about getting them coated?
is there a way to match up the coatings perfectly?

next on the list are:
black rizoma mirrors
black rizoma front brake cylinder
FEK
black pazzo levers

she wants a ring.....i want a black bike.

j_
 
#2 ·
Give it a break, get her the ring, then get back to work with the minor bits you still need. You've done the big stuff.

I'm not a believer in "rings" myself, they never did anything for me, but the ladies like them.

And don't tell her that it's just a ring and doesn't mean anything. You might as well not get it if you're going to do that. This is the voice of experience speaking.
 
#5 ·
Yea get her the ring and maybe some roses .Then the next time you want something big for your bike talk about how bad you wish you had it ,that all your buddys have one .walk around and keep saying that for a few days if she loves ya she will say why dont you just buy the thing.Oh allways say yes dear no mater what she ask ( you can let it go in one ear and out the other lol).
 
#6 ·
This guy has no idea about how to obtain the PASS to hang with the Boys!

Dude - get her the ring! She will be so busy showing it off to all her friends that you will be right back in the batters box with your Mistress. I'm gonna guess your young, somewhere in your early 20's. Well take it from me and remember this quote from my Grandfather for the rest of your life and you will be fine, "If she is happy, you will be happy. If she is unhappy, everyone will be unhappy!" Don't forget this one, make it your Mantra! :D
 
#8 ·
Thumbs up Sweat! Some women just don't understand. Ceramic coating is easy, take them off and have it done. I did however remove the crossover pipe and welded up the hole before I sent them off. Mine cost $90.00 including the adapter pipes. And about that ring remember, CZ looks like a diamond!
 
#12 ·
if you love the bike more than her, then tell her to shut up and go sit in the corner

if you want her to stick around for when you need her, then don't neglect or abuse her.

me? I'd take care of her and see that her needs were met, cause in the end it's who loves you and not who you love...that doesn't come cheap or easy...you choose to love...and you can't buy it.

when you're an old man and your diapers need changed, I wouldn't expect much from painted metal.

if you're bickering about trinkets, you're not ready to love yet.
 
#16 ·
hedge I hread the same words from my Grandfather.One other thing he told me that was so true .When i was dateing my x wife I told him shes so nice she dont want a thing never cost me a dime. He said bull son I have been getting (------) for 40 years now and its all cost me one way or the other .LOL he was so right
 
#20 ·
I know how lucky I am

I feel sorta sorry for those of you that have the idea it's bike or woman. MLW has been with me for 37+years. Practically drug me to the Triumph dealer and made me buy my Bonneville. She loves to ride pillion (I won't use the term B**ch, When refering to her). While we are riding, she is a good and trusting passenger. She doesn't hang on to me when we ride, she cuddles, rubbing me in all the "good places". Now she is planning, as soon as time permits, on getting her motorcycle licence. God I'll miss her there behind me when riding together but she'll be more involved in a pastime she knows I love and she has come to love.

She doesn't ask for "bling" sooooo, I'd be a heel if I didn't get her some every once in a while (and I do). I do consider my self the luckiest man alive to have her as my life and riding partner.:hearts::InLove4:
 
#21 · (Edited)
I met my wife while riding a motorcycle. Still the same wife and always had a motorcycle. It has been 34 years,...........

There are things you only have to do once, and there are things you want to again and again and again,...You know,.... Buy the ring! Women love them. It doesn't matter what you think,...It doesn't matter what the guy's think.

Buy it!

P.S. And on the day she gets it,...Tonight For Sure!!
 
#22 ·
i can't believe you guys. once he sacrifices parts for a ring, he's setting a precedence for the rest of his relationship/life that she can tell him when he can buy bikes and/or parts.

she shouldn't be asking for that anyway. it's supposed to be a surprise.

most of you might scoff, but this has worked well for me. when i first started dating my girl, i half-jokingly told her, "if you try and tell me to give up bikes, i'll throw you away like a parking ticket."

we had a laugh, but then i gave her the crazy eye.

she has seen my arm torn out of the socket from racing MX, she has seen my foot broken in half (MX), and she has yet to try and take my hobbies away.

don't be so quick to please others. you're only shorting yourself.
 
#23 · (Edited)
working relationships

i can't believe you guys. once he sacrifices parts for a ring, he's setting a precedence for the rest of his relationship/life that she can tell him when he can buy bikes and/or parts.

It's not about sacrifice, It's about caring, it's about equality. . If some one with a wife, girlfriend, just thinks of self, one day he'll come back from a ride and find himself alone with just his bike.

A long lasting happy relationship between to people is a finely tuned balancing act. Some bling for the partner, some bling for the bike (or other hobby). In other words, both partnes of the relationship give some of their lives/dreams for the other.

If the truth were known, I'd bet a dollar to a donut that your significant other has gotten enough "surprises" from you to keep her satisfied/happy.:suspicious:
 
#25 ·
I don't give advice since I'm a confirmed bachelor. However Relatives have made up for me being single. As an observation on a group ride a couple of weeks ago. There were six guys at the table. Of the six guys, two of them started riding after they got divorced. i don't know if that's significant or not. Hmmm. Mebbe a reason to set up a poll??:suspicious:
 
#26 ·
Just to clarify, "Is this an engagement ring? If it is, you are not sacrificing anything, just rearranging a timetable. You will likely only be doing this once. If, unfortunately, you do not get married, you get the ring back. You will buy parts for your bike indefinitely.

Is she worth the commitment? The decision is yours.
 
#30 ·
If, unfortunately, you do not get married, you get the ring back.
And which planet do you live on? I've never known a woman to give up a diamond unless it was pried from her cold, dead hand.

My ex kept hers, sold the gold and had the stone remounted in another ring.

If you love her and are going to get married, get her the ring. The bike will wait. Get a diamond with a small flaw.. It will be cheaper and she will never know unless she gets it appraised or has a jeweler's loop. ;)

To quote an ad out of the movie Crazy People, "Diamonds... She'll pretty much have to." :D
 
#27 ·
Fair's fair

I want a new bike - DR 650 - but I have two already.
My wife plays piano, and one she had was no longer capable.

So instead of the bike - which is still "on order" - I bought her a new piano and lessons with a good teacher. the piano was a suprise - she didn't ask, but she sure appreciated it, and plays it 2 hours every day.

When I get my bike she won't complain, and she encourages me to go for rides.

Give and take goes a long way.

However, she didn't ask for the piano, and she doesn't stop me from playing with my bikes. It was a pleasure for me to give her the piano.

With the right person there's real respect and appreciation in the relationship.
 
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