Kawasaki rider gets his ego dented!

[Bryony]

My fiance David and I were outside the flats where we live returning from a bike ride, and a guy pulled up outside on his Kawasaki Ninja. As we were going inside a man walks past and says "nice bikes" and the guy with the motorbike replies "thanks mate" looking all pleased with himself, then the man says back to him and pointing in our direction "I was talking to them!"
Not looking very impressed he put his helmet on, revved his engine and made a quick exit. David then tells me that he was an apprentice at the garage where he works and had a reputation of being a bit of p***k, so it made seeing his ego dented all the more satisfying!
It also made my day having someone admire our modest road bikes, instead of drooling over a motorbike.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

You forgot to attach a picture of the 2 bikes for our perusal

 

[Bryony]

Pictures for your perusal

David's bike

My bike

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Nice bikes, the man was right

 

[downfader]

Ha! You've got Forme.. (comedy drum roll and crash)

Seriously. Lllloverly bikes.

 

[Linford]

Have you got a pic of the motorbike for comparison ?

 

[Scoosh]

I'm not surprised the man was talking to you - those are very nice bikes ! [drools ...]

Hope you enjoyed your ride too !

 

[buggi]

would have been even better if you then scalped him

 

[Bryony]

Have you got a pic of the motorbike for comparison ?

Unfortunately not

 

[Linford]

The thing about nice cycles is that you very rarely see them chained up anywhere. The owners are (rightly) paranoid about some scrote pinching them....or bits off them. It has stopped me from buying a lock, and TBH limits where I go on it as I don't want temptation put in my way (having had the bike pinched once already). The motorbike is a different prospect though so I'm happy to leave mine with a disk lock in many places....I guess because a cycle is a lot easier to dispose of. and someone pushing a cycle attracts a lot less attention than someone pushing a motorbike...especially if they aren't dressed for the occasion.

 

[Linford]

I will add though that a bloke complemented my Kawasaki as he walked past a couple of days ago when I was putting it away...I'm always a bit paranoid when people take notice of it though

It is a Kawasaki Ninja

If I was on my motorbike and I saw someone on a nice roadie, I'd probably tell them that ...but then I have an interest in nice roadies

 

[Bryony]

I will add though that a bloke complemened my Kawasaki as he walked past a couple of days ago when I was putting it away...I'm always a bit paranoid when people take notice of it though

It is a Kawasaki Ninja

If I was on my motorbike and I saw someone on a nice roadie, I'd propbably tell them that ...but then I have an interest in nice roadies

That is a nice bike and much nicer than the one we saw Sunday (it looked liked it had seen better days!) I do have an interest in motorbikes as I've grown up surrounded by them and I will certainly admire very nice looking ones