How Many NEW Bikes has Your Wife Bought You ?

[Dirt Dud]

I am not sure if I am the only guy that has this kind of situation , but I bet that all of you wish you did . My wife has never been a buyer of simple / inexpensive gifts . So far she has bought me 5 new bikes that I did not know I was getting . Including the last one a EC300 2015 model ! She also has allowed me to purchase at least 25 or 30 other bikes . Is there anyone else out there that can top that ? Not only that but after 33 years of marriage she still looks great !

 

[webmaster]

Well - if my wife let me buy 25-30 bikes. I sure would make some allowances in the looks department!

jeff

 

[cbutler]

You are one lucky man next are you going to tell us she is an excellent cook.

 

[Dirt Dud]

Cooks like a executive chef . I now appreciate her so much more after writing this !

 

[Jakobi]

You need to update your sig block!

IF I HAD ALL THE MONEY MY WIFE SPENT ON DIRT BIKES , I WOULD SPEND IT ON DIRT BIKES

 

[desertgasser300]

My wifes really hot and she rides dirt bikes! She's never said no to me wanting to buy a bike. Yeah, thats all I got!

 

[nknudsen]

I stayed at a Holiday Inn once.

 

[bkwdc]

My wife doesnt know I have dirt bikes. I keep them in my girlfriends garage.
Oops.

 

[95jersey]

Lucky man for sure, maybe a bit of humility though for us not so high on the food chain.

 

[GasGasDreamer]

I don't know why I have such bad luck with females.
I just found out that my girlfriend of over 5 years has been cheating on me for a long time.
So while I'm glad y'all have 'good' girls, I am quite disturbed.
On the plus side though, I guess I'll be able to spend more time with my wife.

 

[EC250]

My wife (let) me have a bike but only are I brought her a motor, I must be doing something wrong !

 

[memphis2857]

My wife bought my current bike for me as a Christmas present. Best Christmas present ever!


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[Boom Boom]

I smell Tom (Dirt Dud) is sucking up to get his wife to spring for yet another bike.

 

[bukwheat]

How many bikes have my wife bought me....ZERO! NADA! ZILCH!

But so far this year I have bought a GG300 and a BMW GS800, both brand spankin' new.

I go by the adage, "its better to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask permission".

 

[gg3]

I stayed at a Holiday Inn once.

haha,big ups!Life on the edge bro.
If my wife started encouraging me to ride I would be suspicious.

 

[liv2day]

This thread made me think back to probably one of the funniest/worst stories of bike purchasing my wife and I have.

I was in the middle of working on my (then) current street bike when my neighbor came by and said he wanted to get out for a quick rip. I told him I couldn't as was it pretty obvious (lol), but my wife happened to come out to the garage and told me to just get out and use her bike. Not thinking anything of it, I threw my leathers on and jumped on her bike.

Unbeknownst to me at the time, she wanted me out of the house as she'd planned a surprise party for me - with the big surprise being a new GSXR-750 as a new track bike (had been using my street Gixxer for the track up until then).

Fast forward 2 hours and we're out having a good time when some rain starts falling. No big deal, we turned off our planned route and started making our way back. I'm literally tip-toeing up a hill when the rear spins up and before I know it, I'm flying through the air, surfing asphalt, and heading into a ditch. Damn thing high-sided me - turns out I took the wrong time to apply a little gas as there was a giant patch of asphalt sealer underneath the rear tire (which is like ice when wet).

A bit winded and bruised, I picked myself and the bike up and thought it wasn't too bad - some scratches on the fairings, so I'd be looking for new plastics. Kept riding and then my buddy pulls up next to me and says there's a bunch of smoke coming from the motor. That's no good Checked and sure enough, the crappy frame saver I installed on her bike punched into the head and cracked it - bike was a total loss .

So, I have to call my wife and tell her what happened as well as get a truck/trailer to come pick my sorry arse up. In the ultimate sense of irony, my buddy came to get me with his rig because he had just dropped the following bike off at our house (notice scuffed up seat & dirt on the yellow bike - that's what I just wrecked):

Talk about feeling like a complete idiot, totaled my wife's beautiful Triumph Daytona 675 within 30 minutes of being given a brand new Gixxer 750.

Turned out just fine in the end, we found another 675 in the same color with barely any miles shortly after this...and she's still ripping the same bike on the track ~6 years later.

 

[Dirt Dud]

Wow Liv2Day that is some set of events for sure ! How about other great gifts your lady surprised you with ?

 

[desertgasser300]

@liv2day, way cool your wife rides track. Plus she has great taste in street bikes.

 

[liv2day]

How about other great gifts your lady surprised you with ?

She also gave me the opportunity to jump back into this crazy sport after a ~25 year hiatus. As a very early 40th b-day present, she surprised me with this:

All of my street & track buddies had picked up dirt bikes the previous year and I was the black sheep. Although the bike was definitely the wrong weapon of choice (YZ450 - like bringing an A-bomb to a knife fight...LOL), it provided the impetus to jump back in.

I got her back a year or so later with this:

We pretty much have a bike problem; though I'd like to see it grow to include a dual-sport, some type of adventure bike (probably Triumph Tiger 800), and possibly a new track bike (would love one of the new trick R1s).

Oh yeah, and although these weren't really surprises, they're definitely the best thing ever.

@desert -we're both a couple of track junkies - been instructing for a local track day organization for ~10 years and it's one of the best things to do on 2 wheels

 

[zeuszuki]

If I hadn't have got off bikes for 16 years who knows how many bikes I would have owned.
Can't beat your story but my wife supports me 100% with my riding - 2010 brand new Ducati Monster , 2012 brand new XTZ660 Tenere , 2013 brand new GG 300, 2014 brand new YZ450f ! This month a brand new road bike ( pedal type ). I guess buying her a brand new Supercharged AMG Mercedes in 2007 has really paid off . She's a good girl