do you talk to your bike?

[Doovy]

Not just you, I often also say "good boy" at the end of a nice ride with a pat on the petrol tank.
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[SQL]

I normally talk to it asking why its playing up.

[Cadbury]

Guilty.

Just the odd word or two, its not like I have a conversation with it... honest...

[Howling Terror]

What happens in the shed stays in the shed.

Of course I speak to my bikes, I'm not a bloody robot.
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[virus]

quite often, ranging from 'come on ya piece of shit, start' to 'thank you for not killing me'

I also have a habit of quoting the blues brothers when lining up for a particularly heroic overtake 'our blessed lady of acceleration, dont fail me now'

I often talk to inanimate objects, its the only way i can get a decent conversation sometimes.

Cheers
John
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owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[MC]

My bike talks to me...

"Speed up"

"Jump that light"

"Go molest Rachel Riley"
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[Lyam]

twice on the way back from 3k+ mile tours usually about 2 miles from my house, i mainly thank honda rather than the bike

[stevo as b4]

I might have called my car 'mate' once and said don't worry about the coolant leak all over your exhaust manifold, I've ordered you a full set of Samco's.

But I'd never admit it!

[mic]

Ah the car. Always gets a pat on the dashboard and a thanks when it's made it up a steep hill or similar. Damn underpowered zafira.
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zzr600

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Not really, but when I start the car after getting git out the garage, I either say

'We are go for main engine start'

or

'switch over, lets hope we don't have a burn out'

I always wanted to go into space you see!

[MartQ]

Frequently; I get a better quality of conversation.

[27cows]

Of course. Though you have to converse in their native language if you want them to understand what you're saying.
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after first saying no I caught myself apologizing to the bike leaving it outside as it's getting wet.
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[Clanger]

Nah, but when out on the bike I do shout 'hello' to the cows...
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter won't mind - Dr. Seuss

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[27cows]

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[27cows]

[Sako]

I barely talk to my missus, let alone the bike.

[mic]

Fascinating. Didn't know that.

People really need to pay a little respect to their bikes. Machines have feelings too. I'm not gonna suggest your bike with turn into a deceptercon and start killing people cos you pissed it off, but on a more realistic basis how many of you have seen the film 'christene' about that killer car? That's real. I'm sure the film is based on real story. And that's why you need to keep on your bikes good books.
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zzr600

[BravoCharlie]

the day i crashed

"please dont be fucked, please dont be fucked!"

it was.

but when i got it running again and was having a fun ride i'd pat the tank with a hearty chuckle!

not much talking to it but i could (sorta) understand why people do
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Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

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[Dave70]

I hugged my bike and said thank you to it once, when I lost the front tyre on a drain cover on a really dangerous bend (sheer drop into the Irish sea on one side and a cliff face on the other), fook knows how but it found grip and righted itself without throwing me off. I had to pull over and have a smoke afterwards. I think I possibly kissed it too and if I didn't, I should have. It was the closest I've come to thinking I was a gonner.

I love my bike

[andyscooter]

dont pull faces but sing and make tunes up as im going along

again amusing when you realise you have an open faced lid


will say come on you can do this when overtaking on the vespa

mainly when the car starts speeding up as i go past
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