What makes a bike sexy?

[OfficerImpersonator]

Travel to Europe. Then YOU can be the guy with the accent.

Oh how I aspire to be the ugly American!

Wait - that statement might already apply to me...

 

[tessler]

Doug, whatcha hidin' back there, behind you? (not your k75, I hope?)

 

[Threeteas]

along the journey

I've just been reading a book about travelling around the UK, retracing an earlier journey of 1926. The writer mentions that travel is a fantasy before you start the journey and only becomes reality as you journey, Sometimes that reality doesn't match the fantasy.

I'll venture that riding a bike, or buying a bike is the same. It's the expectation, the fantasy if you will, that makes for sexiness. The journey itself is sensuous, or should be. Every ride must stimulate some senses even if only to survive.

Anybody buy that?

 

[Rob Nye]

Rob,

My "matronly" ride has 27,XXX trouble-free miles on her. Not a final drive failure to be had.

How 'bout yours?

I'm not sure I get your point. I mean there comes a point when you know the old lady is bying her last new shoes but that don't mean she is ready to dance.

We're talking sexy here as in hot, nubile and well appointed, not "I wanna date my mom sexy".

 

[OfficerImpersonator]

Doug, whatcha hidin' back there, behind you? (not your k75, I hope?)

The photo was taken by the prior owner of the RT just before I rode her off into the sunset. The other bike is his Kawasaki Ninja ZX12.

 

[JK]

Santa Suit

I think lamble and JK find each other sexy.

Only thing missing is the white beard and sack of kid toys.

J.K.

P.S. This ride has 122 reindeer, when it's dashin' and blitzen.

 

[OfficerImpersonator]

I'm not sure I get your point. I mean there comes a point when you know the old lady is bying her last new shoes but that don't mean she is ready to dance.

We're talking sexy here as in hot, nubile and well appointed, not "I wanna date my mom sexy".

I'm not sure I get your point. Mine dances every time I ask her to. Yours seems to occasionally require the motorcycle-equivalent of the "little blue pill" to perform when asked.

Aside from the 40cc difference and the way the plastic was molded, our bikes are virtually identical - except of course that my bike doesn't cause an electromagnetic disturbance as it travels down the road.

Do you enjoy having the FCC track your movements vis a vis the electronic devices liberally attached to your steed?

 

[OfficerImpersonator]

Only thing missing is the white beard and sack of kid toys.

J.K.

P.S. This ride has 122 reindeer, when it's dashin' and blitzen.

Speaking of Santa Claus, what in God's name are you wearing?

Ronald McDonald just called - he wants his suit and bike back.

 

[testinglogin]

Speaking of Santa Claus, what in God's name are you wearing?

Ronald McDonald just called - he wants his suit and bike back.

Thanks, now everyone in my office thinks I'm crazy for laughing for "no reason".

I thought it might have been Michael Jackson's outfit from "thriller":

BTW: I like the safety sneakers.

 

[BUBBAZANETTI]

BTW: I like the safety sneakers.

you're the type of guy that gives me dirty looks when i ride around the rally in shorts and vans, huh?

 

[tessler]

Thanks, now everyone in my office thinks I'm crazy for laughing for "no reason".

I thought it might have been Michael Jackson's outfit from "thriller":

BTW: I like the safety sneakers.

Josh, you're killing me.

 

[JK]

Speaking of Santa Claus, what in God's name are you wearing?

Ronald McDonald just called - he wants his suit and bike back.

There's a reason why He calls 'em "Happy Meals." Picked up the 10 year old BMW leather Santa Suit, last month, from the MOA Flea Market. In pristine condition, it makes those frosty morning jaunts toasty, when riding year round.

J.K.

P.S. Just illustrating function over fashion. Looked a lot better on the bride, when she was wearing white stockings and 4" pumps. Naughty or nice, it's time to get those chimneys cleaned. You never know when Santa might be coming to town....

 

[testinglogin]

you're the type of guy that gives me dirty looks when i ride around the rally in shorts and vans, huh?

Probably.

I rode around the '06 rally for about 2 minutes with shorts on. It terrified me so much I've never done it again. Heck, I even participated in field events with my AST jacket on and a helmet. Yeah, I'm a nerd.

 

[Mongo]

Speaking of Santa Claus, what in God's name are you wearing?

Ronald McDonald just called - he wants his suit and bike back.

Thanks now I have to clean up my keyboard!

 

[OfficerImpersonator]

Thanks, now everyone in my office thinks I'm crazy for laughing for "no reason".

I thought it might have been Michael Jackson's outfit from "thriller":

BTW: I like the safety sneakers.

Now I know for sure what ISN'T sexy, even if it does involve a R-bike. A R-bike can only overcome so much heinousness.

 

[BUBBAZANETTI]

Probably.

I rode around the '06 rally for about 2 minutes with shorts on. It terrified me so much I've never done it again. Heck, I even participated in field events with my AST jacket on and a helmet. Yeah, I'm a nerd.

crashing in grass during the slow race is a constant threat to your knees

 

[JK]

Now I know for sure what ISN'T sexy, even if it does involve a R-bike. A R-bike can only overcome so much heinousness.

Hey D-va -

How about a posting a picture of your snout? Ditto, wife and kids. Maybe then we can better appreciate your definition of heinousness.

Now back to trough, my little piggy..., mush!

J.K.

P.S. Here's another pumpkin suit, we have in the family.

 

[Threeteas]

By all that's holy...

It's become obvious what sexy isn't and it's certainly not a giant psycho-delic (sic) raspberry on a banana.
I had to check that I'd not been enhaling new paint without realising it.

 

[testinglogin]

Oh how I aspire to be the ugly American!

Wait - that statement might already apply to me...

All you need is some stickers and whistle - you can look just like our Belgian friend, here. He even has the fancy flip-up helmet, and this was taken back in '03. Probably the first BMW motorcycle I recall ever seeing, coincidentally.

 

[JK]

Top Hat

It's become obvious what sexy isn't and it's certainly not a giant psycho-delic (sic) raspberry on a banana.
I had to check that I'd not been enhaling new paint without realising it.

Sorry Lambie -

Here, take another whiff....., of fresh air.


J.K.

P.S. Cat in the hat....., "and I thank you, for a real good time!"