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Warning this is a gay post, possibly my gayest ever.


Well last night in the early hours i started stripping the bike as the forks are being picked up today

I've worked on and had the bike stripped down countless times

but last night it suddenly dawned on me that this would be the very last time and it wouldn't be going back together

so many happy memories with the bike and the things i've learned working with it and rides i've had, the weather i've rode it through, the rebuild

sourcing all the parts, it took me over four years to finally get a 19ltr tank too! driving all over England to get parts, wheels, exhausts

the countless hours i've spent in the garage just me the bike the radio and a beer

So i found my self patting the bike apologising for tearing it apart

It never bothered me selling my other bikes but the storm had something about it such a character i felt, i knew it was always a constant in my life i could spend time with when the chips was down

As gay as it sounds i found my self uncontrollably crying my eyes out.

i knew that no matter what if i ever got a storm again i knew it would never be quite like this one and that i would never get some of the parts again, i had spent hundreds of hours flicking eBay over the 5 years or so

i then started to doubt that the gixxer or blade would have the soul or character of the bike i was gutting as although the RR3 i've used so many times is like a missile and a rush when your on the power it never feels like its communicating with you like the storm,

you feel every throb and notice any little change in it on the storm, every night when i put it in the garage i would pat it on the cowl and thank it

perhaps if i had smashed the storm to bits or sold it complete i might have felt different it just seemed such an evil act to pull it to bits

i was looking at the space it occupied and thinking wow this has been in this garage sleeping in this spot for 11 years now (bought the bike off my dad in 08 he got it new in 02)


The next bike has a lot to live upto

better get some sleep now as i gotta get back on the tear down soon.

Seb, that bikes going to be a hard act to follow. It's got that love / hate place in your heart for sure. Great post

I had my first Storm years and 35,000 miles were put on by me. Many many times I threatened to chop it in for something else, and lots of times I didnt want to part with it. But eventually I decided I couldn't keep it forever, and chopped it for a Brand Spanking new RR5 Blade. Even at the time of exchanging i was a bit sad to see the old bike get left in the back of DK's, but the brand new'un took the pain away....

1 Year and the Blade was gone.

Gay gay gay .now go and redeem yourself and rip its heart out .lol

It's never easy letting something you have bonded with go .

Just think it will be rebuilt green lol

Sad Sad Sad, but as Lee said the brand new one will the pain away and a grin will be back on your face.

(:-})

cybercarl wrote:Sad Sad Sad, but as Lee said the brand new one will the pain away and a grin will be back on your face.

(:-})

just wont be as big

leevtr wrote:I had my first Storm years and 35,000 miles were put on by me. Many many times I threatened to chop it in for something else, and lots of times I didnt want to part with it. But eventually I decided I couldn't keep it forever, and chopped it for a Brand Spanking new RR5 Blade. Even at the time of exchanging i was a bit sad to see the old bike get left in the back of DK's, but the brand new'un took the pain away....

1 Year and the Blade was gone.

My point was the new bike never was a worthy replacement for the old girl.

leevtr wrote:

leevtr wrote:I had my first Storm years and 35,000 miles were put on by me. Many many times I threatened to chop it in for something else, and lots of times I didnt want to part with it. But eventually I decided I couldn't keep it forever, and chopped it for a Brand Spanking new RR5 Blade. Even at the time of exchanging i was a bit sad to see the old bike get left in the back of DK's, but the brand new'un took the pain away....

1 Year and the Blade was gone.

My point was the new bike never was a worthy replacement for the old girl.

so based on this and the potential sacking saga [hopefully turns into a compensation claim!] are we all telling Seb to listen to his heart [and the slightly gay tears] and keep the Storm...................start unpacking those boxes Seb

felt upto doing some tinkering today..light stuff like new pads,change brake/clutch fluid but it wasn't meant to be...went to get a few tools out and the dog jumped up and hit the area where my stitches are ....fook me it put me on my knees....better half went mental and has banned me from the garage,even took the the bike keys off me...now i'm being made to sit on the sofa....fooooking dog

tattoo wrote:felt upto doing some tinkering today..light stuff like new pads,change brake/clutch fluid but it wasn't meant to be...went to get a few tools out and the dog jumped up and hit the area where my stitches are ....fook me it put me on my knees....better half went mental and has banned me from the garage,even took the the bike keys off me...now i'm being made to sit on the sofa....fooooking dog

sorry mate, that made me laugh, mans best friend aswell.........


and al, you can piss right off.......
keep packing those boxe's seb, you know it makes sense.....
your post isn't gay seb, it justs shows you have feelings, its a funny reverse thing, because when you tell us blokes about how your bike feels to you, we understand, tell your misses and she'll think your an idiot, yet if the story was about an animal or something similar, your misses would coo and say how sweet it is that you've got these feelings, and the blokes would say get over it you tart..........

bigspanishmarty wrote:

tattoo wrote:felt upto doing some tinkering today..light stuff like new pads,change brake/clutch fluid but it wasn't meant to be...went to get a few tools out and the dog jumped up and hit the area where my stitches are ....fook me it put me on my knees....better half went mental and has banned me from the garage,even took the the bike keys off me...now i'm being made to sit on the sofa....fooooking dog

sorry mate, that made me laugh, mans best friend aswell.........


and al, you can piss right off.......
keep packing those boxe's seb, you know it makes sense.....
your post isn't gay seb, it justs shows you have feelings, its a funny reverse thing, because when you tell us blokes about how your bike feels to you, we understand, tell your misses and she'll think your an idiot, yet if the story was about an animal or something similar, your misses would coo and say how sweet it is that you've got these feelings, and the blokes would say get over it you tart..........

What are you now....Claire Fcuking Rainer ????

leevtr wrote: What are you now....Claire Fcuking Rainer ????

More likle Clair Balding

AMCQ46 wrote:

leevtr wrote: What are you now....Claire Fcuking Rainer ????

More likle Clair Balding

she's more manly than me...........

marty....i'm glad it made you laugh m8...

seb...i know how you feel pal...i didn't think i was that attached to my sp1 and 999 but i too had a weep when they went and i still feel sad when i see they're not in the garage anymore...

Got the swing arm back from powder coat today should give me a job over the easter trying to remember where all the bearings,spacers,seals go