Mawsley

Who pays four grand down on a bike prior to collection?

That’s the thing I’m looking forward to.

Guess how well that very comment went down when the wife said it...

It's fine mate, but thank you very much for the offer. There's other reasons and stuff why it's better this way...just means I have a lot of time to kick my heels. If it was in the garage I'd only be tempted to go ride it, and she's right - i shouldn't be riding while my intestines are only being held in my body by a line of glue.

Pfft. They aren't interested.

Not that soon. Told the soonest they can get it to me is the 6th - and I run out of patience waiting for toast. Passed it by the boss and was told in no uncertain terms I can't ride down next week. Have asked the dealer if they take wives in p/x for machines. You know where you are with a bike and they never tell you to do things you don't want to do.

By design.

Good morning buntyfunsters, and it is a good morning as it's all go for my bike swap.

Even if that does sound like you hang around in sunglasses and a trench coat

I’m in bed still. This is mainly to avoid the wife who it turns out has somehow managed to damage the door and frame of my Jeep. I’d like to sort out a cheap, quick and easy fix. Her in a barrel over a waterfall sounds the ticket.

Never seen The Offspring, really want to - but I'm mainly jealous because you saw Kylie. Tonight we went ot see 10cc. Not sure what my expectations were - but they were seriously surpassed. Absolute professionals.

Deposit paid. Woot!

Given what has been done I'm reckoning it probably has...but we'll meet up regardless

And there’s the reply I’ve been waiting for, confirmation bias at its best. Top marks, Ian, you’ve just been the spark to make the bike swap real. I knew the older engines had more soul! Email despatched! Conversely, I’m holding you legally responsible if I do not find my life filled with daily joy as a result of this choice - like a McDonald’s customer who blames the company for them being fat.

Yellow headlights are not only legal but the height of cool and everyone should have them. Yes, you don’t see as well, but neither do you blind someone going in the other direction so they plough through an hedge into a confused cow. Plus, when you get off you can nonchalantly chuck a Gaulloise into you fat face and impress chicks as if you were a 15yr old French type. Everyone should have yellow lights. Fact.

I haven’t. My idea of mechanics is to sit in a dealership cafe pondering over whether to eat a lot of cake or all of the cake while someone who knows what end of a spanner to hold does black magic to my machine. I could teach myself spannering, but life is short.

I took a standard XJ900S proper green laning once. Its more amazing what a bike can do when a complete moron is riding it.

Morning people. Apparently going to a football match isn’t a celebration because I have to accompany her to see 10cc tonight and she doesn’t want me to do that drunk. I don’t think she understands that I don’t share her passion for “People in Love”…or how I will absolutely need to be off my face to suffer it live. She didn’t come to watch bands at Revellion punk fest, I don’t see why I should have to do this. Do we have lawyers on the forum? Can one confirm that being forced to watch 10cc sober is basically domestic abuse?

12 months warranty, full service. The older one has had loads of work, it was obviously a passion project and done really well imo. Looks mint. I think it's more the engines I'm thinking of. I know the older one will potatopotato better, I know the newer one will be smoother - but as big tours no longer happen I don't think the smoothness will bother me - I did Europe on my old 2008 FLHTCU a few times. I was 50/50. Ran through my thoughts with the wife and I'm now pretty 70/30 for the 2014 one. Unless an HD expert pops up before long to scream at me not to, I think the decision is almost made and I'm ready to be an owner of agricultural machinery again.

She's banned me from drinking at any time except for "celebrations". Tomorrow, I plan on "celebrating" going to the football for the first time since leaving hospital.

I have a conundrum. Heart: Been offered a straight swap on a 10yr old dyna Street Bob with 11K on the clock. Thing is, it's absolutely tricked out to the tits with farkles & paintjob & has a 107 piston & cam kit - it's awesomely lovely. Head: Been offered a better trade-in value on a '19 Street Bob with half the mileage at half the age. It's Black. None more black. Not really farkled, but it has a Stage 1 done. Genuinely don't know which way to go. Heart wants the lovely thing, head says get one with fewer miles and newer/bigger engine. I need Harley people's opinions and insight. Please.

Sauron is rising.

Cheers man. I need someone who can cook better than my wife. Last night was some oven heated vegetarian puff pastry thing with potatoes and bullet peas. It’s like she is being passive aggressive with food and forcing me to endure NHS-style cuisine until I’m back to being able to cook all our meals again. So, seriously, if you can do a lunch and supper shift every day for the next seven weeks that’ll be golden. Needless to say, if you don’t know your way around a spice cupboard and don’t know what seasoning is then forget it. I probably don’t want a Harley. The medication will wear off. I’ve just got to sit it out…although while I was on morphine last week I bought £1500’s worth of 2nd hand camera lenses. When I get better the wife is going to put me back in hospital.

We have a dish washer - although she prefers to be called Sue.