I'm Screwed

[ScottB]

...and for all the usual reasons.  

Not 2 months ago, I bought a new to me 2007 Speed Triple to sit beside the mighty Tiger.  Now, this comes up on my local CL, not 20 minutes from me (there aren't many of these here, from what I can tell, but I love them and have wanted one since I laid eyes on it.  Much like the S3 and the Tiger).  My wife is going to leave me.  I think I'll have a beer and contemplate single life.  

http://abbotsford.en.craigslist.ca/mcy/2312935111.html

[jstark47]

You end up with three bikes                                    POSITIVE
Wife leaves                                                              POSITIVE
You are single again, can do as you please             POSITIVE
Beer is good                                                             POSITIVE


I'm not gettin' the downside here.....    

 

[DosEquis00]

You end up with three bikes                                    POSITIVE
Wife leaves                                                              POSITIVE
You are single again, can do as you please             POSITIVE
Beer is good                                                             POSITIVE


I'm not gettin' the downside here.....    

 

Finally good advice on this board  

[county]

You cannot go wrong buying a Blackbird

[County Tar]

You end up with three bikes                                    POSITIVE
Wife leaves                                                              POSITIVE
You are single again, can do as you please             POSITIVE
Beer is good                                                             POSITIVE


I'm not gettin' the downside here.....    

 

Wife gets bikes in divorce.....

[Croak]

Buy the 'bird, get some luggage, sell the Tiger.  Long distance comfort missile, shorter-hop high-bar hooligan.  The Tiger would be redundant in that lineup, and probably the least used once you had all three.

[ReSTored]

You end up with three bikes                                    POSITIVE
Wife leaves                                                              POSITIVE
You are single again, can do as you please             POSITIVE
Beer is good                                                             POSITIVE


I'm not gettin' the downside here.....    

 

Wife gets all the money in divorce settlement.  Poster has to sell all bikes and then moves in with aging parents.  Has no money to date, drink beer, ride or live.

Wife moves in with 20 year old biker and buys him a new Harley.  

[falconati]

 

[RideAboutNow]

Damn that's a nice bike! (but if I could only have one I'd stick with the triple too!)
Captured the ad in the interest of historical preservation.

[birdrunner]

AND  it's in the fastest color.


As a bonus, you can laugh at all the US. Blackbird owners who lust after the mighty Blue Bird,  'cause they couldn't get one, it was too much for them.  

[Major 662]

AND  it's in the fastest color.

As a bonus, you can laugh at all the US. Blackbird owners who lust after the mighty Blue Bird,  'cause they couldn't get one, it was too much for them.  

Hmmm, I've heard about this "Canada".  It sounds very quaint.

[Attack Pug]

Buy her a car, you'll be ok

[Snowbird]

You cannot go wrong buying a Blackbird

They are chain drive.  

[Zixxerpilot]

I'm on a mission to collect a mass of big bore land missles. I've had a BB, Busas, and others, including my current GSXR-1100.

You can't go wrong with that bike. That, and you can get the BLUE you KANUCK!!! BAH!!!!

[STJoe]

Buy the bird.

[FJRmgm]

You end up with three bikes                                    POSITIVE
Wife leaves                                                              POSITIVE
You are single again, can do as you please             POSITIVE
Beer is good                                                             POSITIVE


I'm not gettin' the downside here.....    

 

I'm thinking all that "I miss my wife" remorse will magically go away on the first ride of the new scooter!!

[BrookR1]

I think you need to talk to Atadaskew...the more scooters he buys, the happier (and hotter) his gf gets.

[pcrdude]

You cannot go wrong buying a Blackbird

Sure you can.  It's too heavy to be a sportbike, and not comfortable enough to be a sport-touring bike.

PLUS, the windscreen is not electrically adjustable on-the-fly.

 

[stevent]

Wife gets all the money in divorce settlement.  Poster has to sell all bikes and then moves in with aging parents.  Has no money to date, drink beer, ride or live.

Wife moves in with 20 year old biker and buys him a new Harley.  

Werd..........

[wibornz]

You end up with three bikes                                    POSITIVE
Wife leaves                                                              POSITIVE
You are single again, can do as you please             POSITIVE
Beer is good                                                             POSITIVE


I'm not gettin' the downside here.....    

 

Dude what if wife leaving is not positive?

I mean some of our wives, fuck like crazy, buy us motorcycles, atvs, guns, make great money, keep the house clean, and is cool with us taking long bike trips, and have a great pension.

It could be fucked up.

[mxvet57]

Dude what if wife leaving is not positive?

I mean some of our wives, fuck like crazy, buy us motorcycles, atvs, guns, make great money, keep the house clean, and is cool with us taking long bike trips, and have a great pension.

It could be fucked up.

You better not let Carlla here you say that.  

[wibornz]

You better not let Carlla here you say that.  

She knows that she is just sex and a pay check to me.  Hell I can wash my own cloths.

[Bender]

She knows that she is just sex and a pay check to me.  Hell I can wash my own cloths.

If I didn't know both of you.... I'd think you were just blowing smoke..  

[Biking Sailor]

She knows that she is just sex and a pay check to me.  Hell I can wash my own cloths.

Hell, if she is all that you better be washing her clothes too, and whatever else she wants!  Not too many that good around!  

[CLAY]

If I didn't know both of you.... I'd think you were just blowing smoke..  

 

[Karmak]

AND  it's in the fastest color.


As a bonus, you can laugh at all the US. Blackbird owners who lust after the mighty Blue Bird,  'cause they couldn't get one, it was too much for them.  

I just picked up a 2002 three weeks ago to add to the stable.  I have it on good authority that the silver is much quicker than the blue:

[NoGear]

I will tell you that black IS the fastest color!!  At least mine was 1998...... of course it had a Hahn turbo on it!!!! If I ever find the bastard(s) that stole it I'm sure the judge would consider it a justifiable homicide.  Going between Houston and San Antonio that bike was SWEEEEEETTTT!!!

Buy the bike! Wives can be replaced.

Trust me. I'm on my 4th one!

Best thing about it is: I keep getting older and they stay the same age!  

[jstark47]

Dude what if wife leaving is not positive?

I mean some of our wives, fuck like crazy, buy us motorcycles, atvs, guns, make great money, keep the house clean, and is cool with us taking long bike trips, and have a great pension.

It could be fucked up.

Dude, have a beer.  You'll come to your senses in a few minutes.........      

[Jeff]

I mean some of our wives, fuck like crazy, buy us motorcycles, atvs, guns, make great money, keep the house clean, and is cool with us taking long bike trips, and have a great pension.

Or... just the first one, but also a great mom and a great cook.

[ScottB]

You guys kill me.  Also, my wife thinks you're all hilarious.

[OrangeSVS]

Another happy BB owner checking in.....    

There's better bikes for anything you contemplate doing with the BB. However, there's nothing else quite like it.

The big engine gives it cred with the squids, the counter-balanced engine and sporty handling gets knowing nods from the touring folks, its 2-up proficiency is the envy of sport-bikers.

It's definitely a bike that's better being ridden than being compared in any category. Everything the BB does, there's another bike that does it better. It's a second-rate tourer, a second-rate sportbike, a second-rate speed bike, a second-rate drag bike, a second-rate commuting bike, and a third-rate boulevard cruiser. But when you step away from it a little and think about it, there's not many bikes than can even be CONSIDERED in so many categories. And in each of those categories, the BB finds some little niche where it can stand out. It's not as good overall as other options, but whatever you're thinking of doing with it, when you stack it up against the competition, even bikes that are 15 years newer, it still always seems to at least have _something_ going for it. And in the motorcycle world where every new bike quickly becomes yesterday's news, that's actually saying quite a lot.

The design is 15 years old yet still very modern. And they are reliable. And they're pretty darned cheap to buy. I could envision buying lots of other bikes to take its place, but none of them can be had for anything near this cheap. And not many of those will age as well as the BB has.

[birdrunner]

I just picked up a 2002 three weeks ago to add to the stable.  I have it on good authority that the silver is much quicker than the blue:

All the blue ones are so fast the speedos go all the way to 340.

[wibornz]

Or... just the first one, but also a great mom and a great cook.

He didn't say he had kids.  If she does the other things right, we don't care if she can cook.

[mxvet57]

All the blue ones are so fast the speedos go all the way to 340.

Kilometers that is.