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No bike should ever be "complete" should always be a work in progress!
Michael D. Rodriguez
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My Bike Is Now Complete....
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
'02 Blk/Slvr BA, Jireh fishtails, Freak, no AI, 160/42, 18T
She is the Beauty, I am the Beast.
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I tell my wife that after every purchase
Chris
Pain heals, Chicks dig scars, and Glory last forever.
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I say nothing, to the wife just order and then say "I Thought I had already told you", seems to work for me. My bike will be a long time before it is complete, even the stuff I have bought for it, I may change as stuff improves or looks better.....
Ray(UK)
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I say nothing, to the wife just order and then say "I Thought I had already told you", seems to work for me. My bike will be a long time before it is complete, even the stuff I have bought for it, I may change as stuff improves or looks better.....
That's my tactic as well. They're never really complete.
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You know im going to ask Brent to plain brown wrapper his stuff. I keep comming home to the foot tap and his label on the package on the table.
Chris
Pain heals, Chicks dig scars, and Glory last forever.
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Yeah, I keep telling my wife I bought her some imported mints from Texas..... for some reason she ain't buying it...
More flags
More fun!
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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My bike is now complete.
For today.
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Remember when dealing with the wife it is always easier to ask for forgiveness than it it to ask for permission. That way you go what you want when you wanted it.
I try to aggravate one person a day. Today may be your day.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Wife? What's that? I am unfamiliar with this term. I see guys talking about them here all the time but I've never figured out where to buy one or how much they cost (initial purchase plus ongoing maintenance). Apparently they mount on the pillion seat some how. Velcro? Self-sealing stem bolts?
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Yeah right. Just gettin me one of these though.
http://www.mascycles.com/images/ec0256/A9738002.jpg
How much did they hit you for on that? I like it.
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With ship I believe $32...
Last edited by tatkin; 01/28/2006 9:56 PM.
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I got this thing in the mail, I am going to wait till it's warm to place it. It has a bit of weight to it.
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I have found the best option for reasoning with the wife is to say "it is to make the bike safer to ride"  or "the old one is broken". They alway's like to hear you are looking after your self by making it safer.... Just like when i ordered my D&D's, I said "loud pipes save lives" 
TBA, Stainless extractors / drag pipes, 65mm over forward controls, Thruxton needles, 904cc, head ported, lowered 1-inch, Console removed, relocated battery box, Australia.
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Last year I spent the winter cutting things off the bike to make it mine. This year I've spent the winter adding things to get to Georgia, Memphis Shades Alley Cat, Bikers friend XL Bag, and a set of custom saddle bags from the Carlisle Pa. show a couple of years ago. It's starting to look like a big touring bike. I keep telling the wife it's cheaper than a 61 Vette. My ML crisis car.
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Very interesting ride you got there.
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Yeah right. Just gettin me one of these though.
http://www.mascycles.com/images/ec0256/A9738002.jpg
I finally confessed to my wife. She said today after another package arrived..."Are you not happy with your bike?, you keep changing and buying stuff (if she only knew)". I told her when you buy a bike that is only the first step, it is a "standard" configuration and the spending just begins.
She said "Ahh, You didn't tell me that when you bought it!", "No kidding" was my response.
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isnt that a Rocket badge??? i like it. 
ENJOY!!!!! NEWT!!!!!
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As long as brent's newspeedmaster is around there is no such thing as "complete",but this is post is also comming from an accessory junky.Can't help buying stuff for her, she's beautiful man!
khatt
She's a Lady and the Lady is 100% mine !
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You guys are missing the operative word, accessorize. Your wife will understand if you explain your actions in terms she can relate to.
That is to say, you tell her that the bike purchase was like her buying a nice dress. You are just getting accessories for you bike as she does for her dress - such as matching shoes, matching purse, matching gloves, matching hat (I'm showing my age here), matching jewelry, matching make-up....
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Hmm... I wonder if that Rocket badge could be altered to fit on the front fender tip...
"Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something."
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"I say never be complete. I say stop being perfect. I say let's evolve, let the chips fall where they may. But that's me, and I could be wrong."
Ciao!
'02 America/Master, Cardinal Red
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