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missyburd
07-02-09, 11:51 PM
Well done YC. In the time I've known you you have managed to seemingly convert me from knowing nothing about motorbikes (except that they have 2 wheels) to a can-actually-string-a-decent-conversation-with-a-complete-stranger-about....
BIKES :-D Last night in the pub. Usually YC has to start chatting about bikes but last night twas just little ol' me :smt040
So now not only do I ride pillion, but I actually read bike mags and don't just look at the pictures (have actually purchased one myself before to read an article that actually interested me), I will soon be learning to ride, I drool at every nice bike in the neighbourhood and adore the loud growls of meaty exhausts.
Now this may just seem like another one of my pointless threads but it amuses me that 3 years ago I wouldn't have thought twice about bikes, let alone even contemplate learning to ride one myself and yet here I am raring to vroom off into the sunset!
So thankyou babes :kiss: tis all your fault my family think am a hooligan.... :mrgreen:
OH and I forgot to mention I'd never have met you 'orrible lot - some would say that would be a blessing :-P
Balky001
08-02-09, 12:02 AM
Another string to that bow of yours! And what a fine topic to discuss over a shandy or 2
missyburd
08-02-09, 12:06 AM
And what a fine topic to discuss over a shandy or 2
#cue sharp intake of breath# the cheek! I'll have you know I drink beer I do, I'm not southern :-D
OH and I forgot to mention I'd never have met you 'orrible lot - some would say that would be a blessing :-P
Aye, a blessing for us! YC, she's right, you're to blame!! :smt019
missyburd
08-02-09, 12:19 AM
Aye, a blessing for us! YC, she's right, you're to blame!! :smt019
you took it the way I hoped ya would :cool:
DarrenSV650S
08-02-09, 12:24 AM
You thanked Chris but I think you really meant to thank the org too didn't you ;)
I've learnt a lot from this place
missyburd
08-02-09, 12:26 AM
You thanked Chris but I think you really meant to thank the org too didn't you ;)
I've learnt a lot from this place
Me too, some of it does go in to my amazement. I don't need to thank the org, that goes without saying ;)
dizzyblonde
08-02-09, 10:19 AM
right....I need an oil change next time your up.....its the next step you know..heheheehehhehe
Only kidding, now hurry up and get that CBT done!
Dave20046
08-02-09, 11:45 AM
haha good for you miss yc :thumbsup: Hope you get riding soon. There's definitely a serious lack of women with an interest in motorbikes in this world.
I know exactly where you're coming from!
10 years ago when I first knew Mr Lou, he'd look at a bike and go 'that's ABC250, that's XXY700' and I wondered how he remembered all these letters and numbers, rather than names.
But now I can often beat him to the type of bike that whizzes past. And last night was chatting with a chap who'd just taken a rocket 3 for a test ride, and I was about to talk about cruisers!
Tis a good feeling. Now Miss YC, you need to do a mechanics course as well as the CBT, as I can now service the bike and car, which is even better!
Dave20046
08-02-09, 12:50 PM
You thanked Chris but I think you really meant to thank the org too didn't you ;)
I've learnt a lot from this place
I've learnt a lot from this place but a lot of it directly from yc!
missyburd
08-02-09, 12:59 PM
Tis a good feeling. Now Miss YC, you need to do a mechanics course as well as the CBT, as I can now service the bike and car, which is even better!
but a lot of it directly from yc!
There's your answer Lou :D I have spent so many hours in that cold garage with him just watching and asking questions, admittedly most answers go in one ear and out the other but I figure eventually stuff will sink in :rolleyes: :)
But now I can often beat him to the type of bike that whizzes past.
I could never beat him (oo-er) in the identification game but I know the odd bike on the road which is a vast improvement on a few years back lol
Dave20046
08-02-09, 01:01 PM
When you've got your own little bundle of joy and it can relate to yours less stuff'll fly out the other ear. You'll be lucky to have a resource like yc lol.
dizzyblonde
08-02-09, 01:05 PM
When you've got your own little bundle of joy and it can relate to yours less stuff'll fly out the other ear. You'll be lucky to have a resource like yc lol.
She is......My other half just says to me...you got a haynes manual!! Thankfully Miss YC is lucky to have a very patient MrYC, who'll help her while shes trying to figure out the Haynes manual, which probably would result in...meh, haynes manual?? gah hit it with a big hammer instead ;-)
Dave20046
08-02-09, 01:06 PM
She is......My other half just says to me...you got a haynes manual!! Thankfully Miss YC is lucky to have a very patient MrYC, who'll help her while shes trying to figure out the Haynes manual, which probably would result in...meh, haynes manual?? gah hit it with a big hammer instead ;-)
Aye I noticed that, he'll break one day :smt068
missyburd
08-02-09, 01:08 PM
When you've got your own little bundle of joy and it can relate to yours less stuff'll fly out the other ear. You'll be lucky to have a resource like yc lol.
Yep emotional/physical blackmail is a wonderful thing :mrgreen:
You're right though. If am in the mood to get me hands dirty then I find stuff always sink in much better if I tinker myself (sorry that was an immensely dirty sentence without really meaning to be haha). I learn much better that way.
I told Chris that before I start riding properly I want him - hopefully with my help - to dismantle something nice and simple and try and put it back together. Just so I know exactly where everything should go, familiar with all the parts so to speak. Unfortunately if I get round to riding that Cagiva, that could be tricky, tis an evil git to work on lol.
Dave20046
08-02-09, 01:11 PM
Yep emotional/physical blackmail is a wonderful thing :mrgreen:
You're right though. If am in the mood to get me hands dirty then I find stuff always sink in much better if I tinker myself (sorry that was an immensely dirty sentence without really meaning to be haha). I learn much better that way.
I told Chris that before I start riding properly I want him - hopefully with my help - to dismantle something nice and simple and try and put it back together. Just so I know exactly where everything should go, familiar with all the parts so to speak. Unfortunately if I get round to riding that Cagiva, that could be tricky, tis an evil git to work on lol.
Yeah I'm the same. I learnt my rough half arsed idea of where stuff goes from lambrettas and vespas, then moved onto simple bikes and can just about perform simple mechanics without killing myself or others but when that's a risk I shine the yc light into the sky:mrgreen:
missyburd
08-02-09, 01:11 PM
She is......My other half just says to me...you got a haynes manual!! Thankfully Miss YC is lucky to have a very patient MrYC, who'll help her while shes trying to figure out the Haynes manual, which probably would result in...meh, haynes manual?? gah hit it with a big hammer instead ;-)
Yes but a Haynes manual is all well and good for technical stuff like precise measurements etc. but actually getting to grips with engines and such needs to be done from scratch. Just having a book sat in front of me just isn't going to work.
And he hasn't lost his temper with me yet in three years so I clearly don't try his patience enough haha
dizzyblonde
08-02-09, 01:22 PM
but actually getting to grips with engines and such needs to be done from scratch. Just having a book sat in front of me just isn't going to work.
Exactly what I keep telling Im Indoors
old chinese man wid wispy beard say....
tell me and I'll forget, show me and i'll remember. ;)
Like I say your lucky to have a bloke that has the patience to show you.
I've learnt a lot from YC, like how to swap a cylinder head:twisted: not that i ever want to be doing that again in a hurry!
Dave20046
08-02-09, 01:24 PM
old chinese man wid wispy beard
Sounds like the one that told me 'man who go to bed with itchy bum, wake up with smelly finger' :mrgreen: ...good times.
missyburd
08-02-09, 01:25 PM
Like I say your lucky to have a bloke that has the patience to show you.
Yeah suppose he's good for sommat :mrgreen:
old chinese man wid wispy beard say....
tell me and I'll forget, show me and i'll remember. ;)
Shortar5ed Maltese bloke says
"Tell me and I'll ignore you,
Show me and I'll forget,
Help me do it and I'll remember"
yorkie_chris
08-02-09, 02:50 PM
Hehe cagiva is good motor to work on, only 3 moving parts!
and I was about to talk about cruisers!
This forum has some standards. :smt072
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