Would you buy a Black Bike?

Thought this poll was supposed to have closed on Friday @sps170373 ?

EDIT.......
Oops - was expecting the banner to change to say Result Of Poll in big letters or something more obvious. How many times do I need to remind myself “Always read the small print”

Sorry @sps170373

 

Look at the poll box it says Closed yesterday lol

 

Dear @bazzashadow I am not mental sir I just like to lick the sticky bit of the danger envelope. That and Mrs gravel trap has the car to do school run in .

 

Bleedin hell that's like 2 characters from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest trying to work out who's mentalerrer...you or bazza

 

We don't get snow in my region but lots of rain. I love driving through the winter but I take the car if there is icy roads at night. Do you drive the bike through snow???

 

Bazza is the mental one. I've discussed it with the voices and all agree that guy needs help we is the most normal.

 

Yes all year round six days a week to and from work at least.

 

Oops - was expecting the banner to change to say Result Of Poll in big letters or something more obvious. How many times do I need to remind myself “Always read the small print”

Sorry @sps170373

 

Nothing wrong with me
I come from nnnnoooorrrffoollkkkk

 

And i from nz where men are men women make them so and the sheep are flirty.

 

I may start a new thread . To all the ewes I've loved before.

 

I think it is time to move if you have to subject that poor bike to that

 

When funds allow ill buy another transit . The blade will get a engine out strip down and replace of anything needed rebuild and then be a Sunday toy and track day bike ill commute in the van or some ktm from work. That's the master plan .

 

Oct-April! Mate thats just a waste of a good bike just get out on it and wash it after.

 

Ooh. I'm not buying into this one. *unusual silence from nigelrb*

 

What's up @nigelrb is my filthy rr4 making your cleaning cloths twitch.

 

No, not at all. I have a very neanderthalic reaction to statements which claim we are 'wasting' bikes by not riding them. Whilst I know that Raph is 'usually' tongue-in-cheek, I have no issue there, but a recent similar statement on the MV forum really got me:

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Originally Posted by mv raptor View Post: https://www.mvagusta.net/forum/16-general-talk-media/243133-disappointed-5.html
interesting topic you need to use these bikes , they are meant to be used, not put in a shed . . .

'The well-worn cliche of 'they're meant to be used, not put in a shed' raises its head once again.

Why is it that those who choose to effectively preserve their bikes rather than rack up 50,000 miles or kilometres per year are castigated for their actions?

Why are we condemned for choosing to enjoy our motorcycle (whether MV or any other marque) because of the troupe who view an unridden or rarely ridden bike as wasted?

I did only 887 miles on my F4 last year. It presently sits in my lounge room until I will again re-register it for a month or so and have as much enjoyment from the bike in that month as I did in the preceding 11 months. This is nothing about 'making money'; it is treasuring the bike as I wish to use it.

Such statements of telling US what to do with OUR bikes is, in my opinion, both ill-mannered and disrespectful to those with differing ideals within the motorcycle community.

Interestingly, if I proposed the opposite view of: 'These bikes are meant to be stored, not used,' I would be met with a threadful of criticism as I similarly expect from this response. In reality, I would not have the audacity to inflict such a wounding wish upon a fellow member. '