G oog le BadWeB | Login/out | Topics | Search | Custodians | Register | Edit Profile


Buell Forum » Quick Board » Archives » Archive through February 07, 2010 » Wife won't "allow" you to buy another bike? « Previous Next »

Author Message
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Crusty
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 04:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzLD94RFREc&feature =player_embedded
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Hex
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 05:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That was funny, here's what I did:

I reconed my xb12r at local dealership on Saturday, and told the wife that I needed a ride up to the dealership on sunday. When we got there, I gave her a kiss, and said thanks for the ride! She looked like this about 1.25 sec later: then she smiled and I met her at home in about an hour with my new Buell. It doesn't get better than that!
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Nevrenuf
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 05:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i don't have that problem although i do have a problem getting her out more on her bikes. other than that she just tells me to just go get it.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Nm5150
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 05:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It is easier to get forgivness than it is to get permission.The only problem is my wife has been learning from me and that is how we ended up with a Charger R/T: )
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

86129squids
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 06:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

One reason I do not have a wife.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Cityxslicker
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 06:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

dont get married, no need for permission, for anything, ever.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Danger_dave
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 06:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

When I was starting a new Business ages ago Co-pilot once said to me 'If you can find a Thunderbird for under $12k I'll buy it and get the finance for you.'

It took 12 minutes.

Still got the bike - actually she won't 'let me' sell it.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Froggy
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 06:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)


quote:

dont get married, no need for permission, for anything, ever.




+1. Don't bother with kids either, they just bleed you dry.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Reg_kittrelle
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 06:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The wife bought me a car for Xmas a few years back. Certainly glad I hadn't seen this first.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Court
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 09:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I don't feel I have any reason to complain . . .

Oooops . . per reqeust

I'm currently shopping for my graduation present . . . .

(Message edited by court on February 01, 2010)
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Ft_bstrd
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 09:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've got a RED 1125R that might be just perfect in that capacity! : D
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Firebolt020283
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 10:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

never had a problem with my wife telling me no it is always my wallet telling me no instead.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Rpm4x4
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 10:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I didnt think the wallet would allow me to get another Buell even with the firesale and all. My wife told me to get whichever one I wanted and to do it now. I told her we couldnt afford it and besides I wanted to wait to support Eriks next endeavor
by purchasing a new bike at that time. She said then I would just have to buy a third bike then as well. Being married does not suck for me.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Badlionsfan
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 11:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm only engaged, but she knows she can't and never will be able to tell me how to spend my money. I bust my ass, put my life on the line and have no life during the week to make what I do. I deserve to enjoy it the way I want after the bills are paid.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

2008xb12scg
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 11:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My wife keeps telling me to buy the damn thing (1125r) and stop drooling over it on the computer.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Firebolt020283
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 11:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The good thing is I just found another buell that she and my wallet agreed with so now it is sitting at my dads along side the m2 waiting on me.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Vampress
Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 01:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Speaking on behalf of the 'wife contingency' here...
Being that Chili has an X1, an rgv, an 1125r and I only have the Zepphyr...
I don't think he has run into any wifal problems lately!
(I wouldn't mind another one though )
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Nevrenuf
Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 06:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

and we hope that he's good enough to help you out with that "SOON" vamp.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Lemonchili_x1
Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 07:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm working on it : D
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Bartimus
Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 09:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I don't seem to have that problem...



Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Fahren
Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 11:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Jeez, Court - if you're going to go and make us jealous, at least shrink your pix down to web page size so they don't take so long to load! LOL
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Pso
Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 01:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My problem is that my wife encourages my to purchase what I think I need. She never questions me. Sounds good but sometimes it is also good to have that little voice in your head saying is this a need or a want and is it something that we can afford at this time, etc. An exception being late last summer when I was getting ready for my annual 2 week trip and my front seal was leaking, I took her bike. When I got back I told her how much I enjoyed her Wee Strom in NY Vermont etc. and that I think I will sell my Uly, I am tired of fixing it. She pointed out how I always say how I believe the bike to be the best I have ever had. She suggested I wait until the spring and summer of 2010 and perhaps trade in the 06 for a new Uly. Well we know what happened over oct of 09 to Buell, but I kept the bike thanks to her working through my frustration. Now I am getting new rear wheel assembly, comfort kit and other upgrades.

(Message edited by pso on February 01, 2010)
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Daveswan
Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 03:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My wife told me I could NEVER get a bike EVER. Therefore I did anyways after thinking maybe I should just trade in my wife if the backlash became too much. After all, I have to live with ME no matter what so screw it... I'm getting the bike.

I did it on her birthday. She doesn't know that part since that just happened to be the day the guy selling it was available. I kept in in my dads garage for a couple of weeks since bringing it home on her birthday would most likely have provoked a more forceful hostile response and I didn't want to completely be a jerk.

The day the bike came home was a long day... My dad rides and he just laughed. "What is a motorcycle doing in OUR garage?" A long night indeed... it was a gamble I was willing to take thinking I'd prevail but at the same time I had to take a position that I may be forced to make other living arrangements and if that's the case I'd find a more tolerant partner since they DO exist.

Image having someone encouraging! my goodness... I'd have to build a larger barn!
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Slaughter
Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 03:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Kinda like a friend of mine who got EAA Grand Champion Antique tropy at the Oshkosh fly-in a couple decades ago for his J3 cub.

He was fond of saying "You know when I brought it home in boxes, rusted and in tatters, my wife told me 'it's either that airplane or me'" and he then said, "Of course, you know I've been married one more time SINCE then."
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Lovemybuellman
Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 09:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

my husband just got ANOTHER one...its a battle I can't win there for I Just go with it. lol
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Nevrenuf
Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 06:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

my wife just figured if she can't beat em, then join em. although she can only ride 2, she actually owns 3. so she is just as guilty as me for our addiction.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Mr_grumpy
Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 05:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

After I crashed the M2 I was unable to ride for a few months & my wife said she'd be happy if I gave up riding altogether but she wouldn't ask me to do so.
I'd had a TT as my screensaver for a long time & she knew I wanted one.
One day I was on UKBEG & was reading about deals on them in the UK when she came up behind me, looked over my shoulder, & asked if the price was real. I called the dealer then & there, & got a stealing quote.
She just said "Go get it".
I love her to bits, even though we're separated at the moment due to work & housing problems, we talk nearly every day & I can't wait to see her in a couple of weeks time.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Firebolt020283
Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 01:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Well Mr Grumpy I know how you feel as I have to be with out my wife right now as well (and the bikes too) But I talk to her every day. A year away is hard.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Lovemybuellman
Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 01:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

it is hard being away from him ^^^^ I never really mind him getting the bikes because i know its a passion of his. To him motorcycles and Buells especially are not just a hobby but almost a art form to him. I'd never want to take that from him.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Mnrider
Posted on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 02:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The Uly is the only bike I've bought that the wife did'nt throw a big stomping fit about.
Maybe cause she's getting use to it after all the years of surprises.
I had a 2000 ATV and traded it for a 2004 and they looked about the same so I did'nt tell her,is that wrong?
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Mr_grumpy
Posted on Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 08:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Only if she finds out!
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Firebolt020283
Posted on Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 10:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

see I think my wife would notice if one day I had one thing and i traded it for a newer one.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Strato9r
Posted on Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 07:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My wife wouldn't have a problem with anything that I'd want to buy because I'm pretty tight with cash and really have to need something to justify having it. She even reminds me that there are smoking deals on the Buells down at the dealership. But, I have my Firebolt, which is EXACTLY the way I want it, and if I want to ride with my wife, or just ride something different, the R100 BMW I picked up cheap last summer is a really nice old bike. I'd like to score a Uly sometime, but right now I've got my eye out for a decent VW Beetle. My wife wants one as a summer ride, and everyone needs their fun stuff, so it'll be the next project.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Barker
Posted on Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 07:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mrs. Barker usually says "Go ahead buy it, I'm tired of hearing about how great it is." Maybe I need to start expelling the virtues of a 1190.

Current = XB9R, XB12X, 1125R, Buddy 125

Past = P3, X1, M2(her favorite)
« Previous Next »

Add Your Message Here
Post:
Bold text Italics Underline Create a hyperlink Insert a clipart image

Username: Posting Information:
This is a private posting area. Only registered users and custodians may post messages here.
Password:
Options: Post as "Anonymous" (Valid reason required. Abusers will be exposed. If unsure, ask.)
Enable HTML code in message
Automatically activate URLs in message
Action:

Topics | Last Day | Tree View | Search | User List | Help/Instructions | Rules | Program Credits Administration