Ever cried over a bike?

[SpannerMonkey]

Or is it just me? Haha!
Sorry, Just a random question to ask but I was bored. Dont mind admitting I get too attatched
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Well i might of tonight. Was waiting for egg fried rice and curry sauce... heard a horrid noise outside. Looked out to see someone had reversed into the duc. Legged it out as he was getting out to have a look.
No damage to car or bike. He'd pushed it back about 4 inches. Got his details just in case.
Made sure the wheels spinned and looked at the engine casing for leaks (sidestand bracket is attached to engine) then took my grub home.
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[Walloper]

[27cows]

Not yet. Closest I've come is seeing my lovely old, well used H1, Gladys, turned into a brand new looking museum piece. What a terrible waste of a fantastic bike

I'll probably shed a tear when the ancient and ever reliable RXS finally meets its end.
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[yen_powell]

Me and my mate were about to leave work. I had just started my engine and looked behind at him sitting quietly on his silent RD350.

I noticed that he had tears coursing down his face. When I asked him what was wrong he managed to get the words out slowly that the kickstart had kicked back and gone right up the front of his shin.
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[Shaane]

I spent a month buying parts for my zx6R and by the time I saw howmuch I'd spent I shed a manly tear..
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Previous: 1992 DT125R
Current: ~ 2005 ZX6R C1H

[pinkyfloyd]

I almost did. I dropped the 125 up to a friend in Peterborough (150 miles away) and in the 2 years I owned the thing she'd done me proud. She'd taken me all around Northern Ireland and taken me from there to Portsmouth and didnt die a terrible death. So I was sitting on my new ride before going home after signing the paperwork I was asked if I will miss the bike. I said yeah I would and had a think about it.

Then I twisted the throttle of the GSXR750 and smiled and said..... "nahhhh!"

Might do if I have to sell the beastie though.
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[MarJay]

No. Because I'm a man.
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[Kris]

Had a brand new 125 as a first bike. Wrote it off after 3 weeks.

I nearly cried.
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[binge]

Absolutely balled my eyes out when my parents sold my bike.
Little did I realize, it was to upgrade me onto something bigger. But really didnt want to let go of it.

The bike in question, and myself:

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[mistergixer]

I had an '82 RM125 that made one of my mates cry:

I was riding it around some wasteland, it had been raining and the mud was really slippy.

I lost the front end on a slow left-hander, and pretty much just stepped off the bike as it went down.

The engine was still running as i went to pick it up. The reason the engine was still running was because, as the bike went down, the clutch lever had been pulled in as it sank into the mud.

So, as i lifted it up, the clutch lever pinged out, engaging the engine, the bike spurted forward then stalled, and i dropped it again.

This time, as it went down, i slipped and somehow did a roly-poly over the bike, finishing up sat on the backwheel with my feet over the seat.

As i lay there laughing, i suddenly realised that my leg was getting hot, extremely hot in fact. This was because my leg was lying over the exhaust. As i jumped up, screaming like a girl, i looked over at my mate who was doubled up with laughter, with tears streaming down his face.



I also cried when my Dad sold his MkIV Cortina, but that was circa 1980 and i was 5 years old.


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[Blau Zedong]

I didn't BAAAAW, but i was pretty pissed off when I sold my GSXR750L and my RD350B.
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[FretGrinder]

Almost did when I had my reg/rec problem a few weeks ago.

The reg/rec incident wasn't the part that made me cry, it was the problem of trying to get it into gear, going ape shit thinking my bike was completely foobar and then realising that the kick stand was still down.

I've still got a boot mark in the shape of a nice big foot mark on the garage door where I'd kicked it during my hulk moment.

And..... I've not long found the 10mm spanner that I'd lobbed across the garage.

There might have been a smidgen of a man tear when I got it repaired for fuck all too.
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[imanupstart]

My parents bought me a (push)bike for christmas when I was little, they had wrapped the whole thing up and I was conviced it was a reindeer. Started crying and refused to open it incase it bit me

Never over a motorbike thought, felt like crying after all the hassle of getting the ktm

[pepperami]

I have two bikes that could easily make me cry............ out of shear fustration .
I`m trying to get an old XS 400 back on the road and I`m also trying to get a much unloved Sachs xtc 125 up and running again.
Both bikes are giving me proplems I dont need .

But I`m to much of a man to cry
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[SpannerMonkey]

My 2 instances of tears... When I lent my RXS to a friend with plenty of biking experience who I trusted and he flipped it the second he got on it by full throttling and dumping clutch. Seeing it slamm down on its side after I spent a fair bit of time and effort getting this bike roadworthy equated to tears.

Second time would be when the GN seized up on the M6, purely from shock as I had narrowly avoided being thrown off the damn thing, I was stuck out in 2 degrees C, 40 miles away from home-ish with minimal battery and didnt know if a phone call would kill my phone off. luck was on my side and it all was fine.
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My bike? A YX140 powered one-off Monkey Bike, something a little different!

[yen_powell]

[Pete.]

[pepperami]

[kawakid]

Was upset for weeks when I sold my ER5. My first proper bike. I just felt gutted.


Saying that after binning my bike the other week, I couldn't have given a feck about it. (I was fine).
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