Why do we Mod?

[littlejimmy12]

Arguement last night with the girlfriend who could not understand why I am taking my bike to pieces again!

The list is endless..I like shiny clean bits of metal....talking rubbish with fellow forum member who helps out sometimes...drinking lots of tea and listening to the radio. Oh and the main reason I love to make something that is individual and special that other people admire. This gives me a huge sense of fullfillment.

Its not something I expect her to understand and I don't honestly care. I love doing it and look forward to starting in January on the biggest mod I've tried on my own.

Role on the modding, bad radio, banter, grazed knuckles and hours of joy.

[revver]

Oh dear thats not good. Do what i did buy her a bike. LOL. My wife likes shinny things too so she bought her self a nice shinny exhaust. She also chaged her clutch with some guidence.

[littlejimmy12]

Oh dear thats not good. Do what i did buy her a bike. LOL. My wife likes shinny things too so she bought her self a nice shinny exhaust. She also chaged her clutch with some guidence.

I quote "why do you want to do that to her again (monster), she doesn't like been taken apart, its not fair"

she's going to go even more nuts when I take off the pillion pegs!

[revver]

I think you will have to up the crimbo prezzies to soften the blow.

[Liz]

Sounds like you just want the bike and not the girlfriend.

[Saint aka ML]

When I was young-er I was thinking that motorbikes+loud exhausts+shiny bits make young women drop clotches on sight. Kind off like TopGear Handbrake turn. Currently I notice the more blingy the bike is the less women care and more man look .....

[revver]

you could be right there i nearly ploughed into the back of a car this year on my bike coz i was looking at shinny bikes coming the other way.

[Lima071]

Back in the early 90's I ran my vw polo in to a nova, while watching an e type, pilotted by a nice looking blonde. You choose was it;
A) the jag
B) the woman
C) roadworks just over the brow of a hill
I can't remember which excuse I used.

[He11cat]

Depends on the woman... Dangle a pair of Jimmy Choos infront of me I'd say nice ..
Show me a nice bit of one off billet all shiney and stick a milky bar ontop I'd be well impressed!
I've nearly crashed looking at something nice on the pavement :)
and no it was not a shiny 1p on the floor I have enough copper wire ta!

[He11cat]

Lima .. If explaining to your mrs why you crashed say roadworks .. A zebra ran out in the road or it was you or the cute puppy!!

Sorry but there was a nice blonde.. Only if you want to be at one with your sofa and starve for a few weeks .. Not to mention the wall of silence and that look that us women have perfected!! :)

That's a tip from a token woman abait a crap one!

[gary tompkins]

Hmmm.. the way I look at it

The more I play with bikes the less time I have to play with myself ;)

[Pomp1]

Mine gave up asking such questions a long time ago..

[Albie]

Mine gave up asking such questions a long time ago..

Mine too. Well she questions it and is ok really. It keeps me off the streets over winter and the fresh air does me good. It also keeps business going across the UK us buying parts.


I just see my self as an RECYCLER keeping wrecks from becoming rubbish
I feel I am being GREEN

I also mod because I want it the way I do and not others. I have actually unmodded 2 bikes to get them as manufacturor intended

[fireman sam]

We do it because we can and it keeps us off the streets learn another and even better a younger person and our creations will live on

[Sam69]

I got it in the ear on Sunday my reply was "what do you want me to do? would you rather I go to the pub instead!?

[scrapps]

I have been asked to remove the engine from my bike out of the dinning room before xmas :grump:
I was happy to decorate it but that was not received well :eek:

[mrbryanmarshall]

My missus just nods, smiles and says "oh, that looks nice." Really understanding, but i can tell she has no idea why it's just taken 5 hours of work in the cold to do something to the bike that she wouldn't be able to point out!

[littlejimmy12]

I think its jealousy that I'm not spending the time and effort on her ha ha

[Albie]

I have been asked to remove the engine from my bike out of the dinning room before xmas :grump:
I was happy to decorate it but that was not received well :eek:

I actually dont know how you managed to strip it down in there. Maybe your house so thats key but seriously I would have not been allowed. She allows me to sort through stuff indoors, repair clenish broken things in the front room even ( no carpet mind ) and cook painted bits in the oven. Even clean parts in the dishawasher and sink.

I have asked if I could build the bike up as all will be like new soon but NO is the answer.

[He11cat]

I only have the pot plant to argue with and I think that's now dying.. No I did not nag it to death.
At least I'm not spending what little I have on foxy bingo.

[samieb]

Why? - Simply because we can. :hail: :yoparty: :D

[Mand]

My missus just nods, smiles and says "oh, that looks nice." Really understanding, but i can tell she has no idea why it's just taken 5 hours of work in the cold to do something to the bike that she wouldn't be able to point out!

Well she sounds nice, at least she's expressing an interest, let's hope you show as much interest in her hobbies even though you don't have a clue what she's on about? :)

[mrbryanmarshall]

She loves cooking, and yes, I have a lot of interest in that :D been watching a lot of masterchef recently and experimenting with fancy ingredients...such a chore trying her food ;) yum

[Grumpy]

One of my previous Ducatis was a 888, which was kept on paddock stands in the dining romm at my last house. When I meet the now ex Mrs White and took her to my home for the first time, she saw the shiney red bike in the dining room and said ' what the f**k is that!' to which I answered 'a motorbike!'
I should have seen the signs then, she was very jealous of my love of bikes. No wonder she is now the ex!:mand:

[Twentytoo]

My missus just nods, smiles and says "oh, that looks nice." Really understanding, but i can tell she has no idea why it's just taken 5 hours of work in the cold to do something to the bike that she wouldn't be able to point out!

I showed my missus the new Corse body work and termis. He nodded, smiled and said she preferred it black with standard exhausts....

[Kato]

It gave me the perfect excuse to buy .....

A lathe
A Tig Welder
A Pillar Drill
And a nice little Mill

Now I can say I spend far less on shiny bits coz I can make em myself !!!

[gary tompkins]

A Kato... you are a man after my own heart :mand:

I just need a medium size lottery win and a massive shed

[Lima071]

I showed my missus the new Corse body work and termis. He nodded, smiled and said she preferred it black with standard exhausts....

Caution: your missus turned in to a he before turning back.

[Liz]

Have had bikes in the dining room and would put a bike in the conservatory but I think it's a bit damp!