Triumphrat

Mancha · 04-27-2006

I knew that Carpy had won a couple of honors at a customization show recently. I didn't really appreciate the importance of that, however, until I went to Barnes and Noble today. Grabbing three motorcycle magazines to read whilst sipping my coffee, I discovered pics of his black cafe in two of them. Uh oh - has the cafe "arrived"?

(Image lifted from Carpy's site: here.)

6449 · 04-28-2006

Hhahaha!! I do the same thing while my daughter runs the malls spending my money. Strait to the book store, then coffee shop, then the food court to read up on the magazines and look at all of the MILF's.!!

Mancha · 04-28-2006

Barnes & Noble story (no Triumph content):

I have two kids, aged 4 and 1. The four-year-old (Sebastian) and I always go to the book store, where we hang out in the kid's section and I alternate between reading motorcycle magazines and whatever book Sebastian brings. So there I am about two months ago, sitting on the floor with a stack of magazines next to me. Sebastian is off somewhere creating his own stack. This frumpy lady is sort of staring at me and I look up once or twice, and finally look straight at her. She says: "What are you doing here?" I look a little bewildered and sort of look around to make sure she's really talking to me - yup. Seeing that I require some clarification, she adds "What are you doing HERE, in the kid's section?!"

I respond "Um, I have a kid..."

She shoots back "It doesn't seem like it".

Just then I'm realizing that, in fact, Sebastian's been gone for a while, and I start to look around for him, hoping he'll come running up at this exact moment shouting "Daddy" and throwing another book in my lap, and make this frumpy lady look like a complete idiot. Alas, he doesn't materialize and the frumpy lady shakes her head in dusgust and stalks off.

I'm left there looking down at myself, wondering what it is about me that made her think I was a pedophile--jeans, Chuck Taylors, I could use a shave, but it's not TOO bad--what the?!

Sebastian finally returns and I'm reading him a story when the frump returns. I look up at her in triumph (hey, there IS some Triumph content), and she says "I'm really sorry...I hope you understand...concerned parent...". I'm not sure I felt much better---she came off sounding as if I'd switched in her estimation from being a pervert to a deficient parent.

That was the most fun I've had at B&N.

Sorry. Back to our regularly-scheduled forum content.

cafe666 · 04-28-2006

So my son, who just turned 7 is at the bookstore with me. I'm sitting reading some bike rag. He's got his books he's checking out, then he asks me. Can I go get something else. I say, sure, why not. So I'm still reading when he comes over sits down just the exact way I'm sitting. And starts thumbing through an Easy Rider :hammer: :-D :razz: Lets just say I had to take it from him, but not for the bikes. :-D

Mancha · 04-28-2006

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So I'm still reading when he comes over sits down just the exact way I'm sitting. And starts thumbing through an Easy Rider :hammer: :-D :razz: Lets just say I had to take it from him, but not for the bikes. :-D

I suppose I should have been a little more understanding of frumpy lady. Last time I was at B&N I found a book about photographing nudes (all of whom were female and very young) discarded in the middle of one of the aisles in the kid's section. Never found an issue of Easy Rider though. Those magazines are usually wrapped in plastic.

Spyder94 · 04-29-2006

Very cool CB-750 CAFE!!!!

JDHart · 04-29-2006

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On 2006-04-28 04:32, kingmoham wrote:
and look at all of the MILF's.!!

lol, almost rolled out of my chair! I thought I was the only one that did that....hehehehe

Oh and Carpy does some great work. Good to see him start getting the recognition he(and cafe racers) deserve.

JD

RaceDweeb · 04-30-2006

That bike was featured in Cycle World recently (excuse me if this has been stated already).

markbvt · 04-30-2006

This my favorite Carpy bike. I first saw it when it was being auctioned on eBay. I want one just like it.

--mark