Mums don't always know best!

[MidlandDan84]

Cock Womble 7 said:

Looks like a decent enough bike to me, the ungrateful little st.

[Jasandjules]

911motorsport said:

Oh, and I did put in place a contingency plan just in case.

Did you tell your son what to do with a kettle?

At least he got a bike.............

[philthy]

Cock Womble 7 said:

Looks like a decent enough bike to me, the ungrateful little st.

It looks like a moped that has had the engine nicked !
To the OP, it's been a while since I laughed long and hard at PH. Thanks for that.

[Cotty]

911motorsport said:

Me WTF????

911m junior

Me

911m junior

Poor lad. I had to put half the money towards my BMW so got to choose.
I ended up with a Raleigh Chrome Burner

[Papa Hotel]

Cotty said:

Poor lad. I had to put half the money towards my BMW so got to choose.
I ended up with a Raleigh Chrome Burner

I had a Burner when I was a lad. It's in the garage outside, I might go and look at it.

[samdale]

hornetrider said:

I'm thinking purple XC-90.

That XC-90 has been on way too hot a wash

Unless of course you meant to post a picture of a suzuki X90

[hornetrider]

samdale said:

That XC-90 has been on way too hot a wash

Unless of course you meant to post a picture of a suzuki X90

Nuts - typo fail!!

[Cotty]

Papa Hotel said:

I had a Burner when I was a lad.

Wish I had gone for the regular Burner, the Chrome one weighed a ton.

[ChiChoAndy]

I had a blue Burner GT... It wasn't good.

[TotalControl]

I remember feeling let down in my earlier years when craving for a stunt bmx. What I got in return wasan Apollo BMX in Tango orange. Just so that my parents could spot me and know where I was whenever I was out.

[NoNeed]

When I was 12/13 I had to go with my brothers to the local council tip to get the bits to build my own.
I would never EVER have even dreamed of complaining that my parents had bought the wrong bike. If I had done on the only occasion that I had a new bike (a raliegh boxer when I was six) I would probably never have seen it again, even though I wanted a tomahawk (sp) because that was the nearest thing to a chopper I could ride.

[Condi]

Mums never know best - if my mum had her way I wouldnt ever have gone near a motorbike, wouldnt have traveled abroad, and probably wouldnt do the job I do. Moral of the story - tell them afterwards what you've done, rather than tell them what your going to do. If nothing else it saves a lot of earache.

[Cock Womble 7]

NoNeed said:

I would never EVER have even dreamed of complaining that my parents had bought the wrong bike.

Too true. If my parents had spent their hard-earned money on getting me a bike and I had thrown a strop because it wasn't exactly the one I wanted, I'd have been sent to my room with a sore arse.

And not in a good way, either.

[Cotty]

Cock Womble 7 said:

If my parents had spent their hard-earned money on getting me a bike and I had thrown a strop because it wasn't exactly the one I wanted, I'd have been sent to my room with a sore arse.

a smack would have sufficed

[anonymous-user]

Yeah but there are the wrong manufacturer of bikes and then this thing Also he is going to get the piss ripped out of him by his mates.

[Asterix]

Poor young lad - he'll deal with it in time, after the medication and therapy...

Not that I really care - I got the Grifter I wanted back in the late 70's.

Looks like the bloke at the bike shop finally shifted 'The Turd'...


Salesman - 'Good evening Madam, how can I help?'
Mrs 911M - 'I'm after a bike for my Son'
Salesman - 'Ok, do you know anything about the two wheeled aspirations of the youngster or how damaging peer pressure, ridicule and humiliation can be if you get the wrong bike?'
Mrs 911M - 'No'
Salesman - 'Excellent... I have just the thing. Walk this way. They're all the rage this year don't you know...'

Edited by Asterix on Sunday 1st May 16:16

[Neil H]

Papa Hotel said:

Cotty said:

Poor lad. I had to put half the money towards my BMW so got to choose.
I ended up with a Raleigh Chrome Burner

I had a Burner when I was a lad. It's in the garage outside, I might go and look at it.

I had a Raleigh Super Tuff Burner which I'm amazed to find they are still selling! It must be 25 years ago now.

http://www.bikes2udirect.com/B2250.html

[Engineer1]

That bike looks a liability, there is no way a bike that looks like that can have been made with good quality components. So what is the contingency solution?

[Cotty]

Neil H said:

I had a Raleigh Super Tuff Burner which I'm amazed to find they are still selling! It must be 25 years ago now.

http://www.bikes2udirect.com/B2250.html

I have a blank wall that I can not find a picture I like enough to hang. Maybe buying a Burner to hang on the wall would be a little silly. But

[Cock Womble 7]

I were right about that saddle though...