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Are YOU guilty of any of the following:
Buying parts, tools, gear, mods, or even complete motorcycles without disclosing this information to your significant other?
I'm sure many of you have done it. I've seen a similar thread in other forums and it makes for a great read.
I've been married for about 10 years now. My wife knows I spend a lot of time in the garage but she does not pay much attention to what is going on in there. I'm in the process of doing a lot of upgrades to the bike. I've had a lot of parts bought and sold in the past year. I really do not disclose much of my dealings with her. I live by the don't ask, don't tell policy. She would probably have a heart attack if she had a clue as to what I've been doing.
I try to avoid confrontation on my spending if at all possible. For instance, most parts I purchase I use cash or money orders. The money spent never went into the bank so nobody knows that its gone :biglaugh:. I do use paypal a bit but most of my paypal money spent is money earned from selling stuff.
When I buy parts, I have them shipped to me at work. This way, she never sees packages on the front porch. I load them into my truck and wait until she is out running some errands before moving them into the garage.
I work on other peoples bikes from time to time. Its a good way to cover purchases. I buy their stuff and mine at the same time. This stuff, I will walk into the house in front of her. When she asks, its parts for so in so's bike. Another good reason to have others bikes sitting around is that its a diversion, a decoy. I can have parts scattered everywhere but they "aren't mine"
Not telling the "whole" truth is another tactic I've become fond of. I used this one the other day. I was working on a friend thumper. She comes out to chat and points to the front of my vmax and asks "Is that new" referring to the forks. I say in a very non chalant tone, "No". That was the entire conversation about the bike and we went to a different subject. See, she was pointing the the forks. They were not new. They are used. Off of a '08 Busa. Just rebuilt, revalved, and chromed. She did not point to the new billet triple trees and ask about those......She was pointing to the forks.
Most of the time when I'm working on my bike I say I'm doing "maintenance work". Which, in reality, it is "maintenance" when you are replacing the bearings in you old swingarm just after it was braced, extended, and coated, right? Its also maintenance when you are cleaning out your fuel tank. You might be shipping it out to get extened but its maintenance cleaning it out.
I've also used this excuse a couple times " I'm making the bike more comfortable for us to ride on" That counts if i'm installing for fork seals, springs, and intiminators. Or adding some progressive 440's. Oh wait, she never even noticed the shocks. The seat, that was the other time I used this one.
I don't own a lot of gear but I did buy a new jacket and helmet last season. Thats pretty easy to notice and to get approval on. Gotta be safe.
What are you guilty of? Buying parts, entire bikes, a garage full of tools.....
Buying parts, tools, gear, mods, or even complete motorcycles without disclosing this information to your significant other?
I'm sure many of you have done it. I've seen a similar thread in other forums and it makes for a great read.
I've been married for about 10 years now. My wife knows I spend a lot of time in the garage but she does not pay much attention to what is going on in there. I'm in the process of doing a lot of upgrades to the bike. I've had a lot of parts bought and sold in the past year. I really do not disclose much of my dealings with her. I live by the don't ask, don't tell policy. She would probably have a heart attack if she had a clue as to what I've been doing.
I try to avoid confrontation on my spending if at all possible. For instance, most parts I purchase I use cash or money orders. The money spent never went into the bank so nobody knows that its gone :biglaugh:. I do use paypal a bit but most of my paypal money spent is money earned from selling stuff.
When I buy parts, I have them shipped to me at work. This way, she never sees packages on the front porch. I load them into my truck and wait until she is out running some errands before moving them into the garage.
I work on other peoples bikes from time to time. Its a good way to cover purchases. I buy their stuff and mine at the same time. This stuff, I will walk into the house in front of her. When she asks, its parts for so in so's bike. Another good reason to have others bikes sitting around is that its a diversion, a decoy. I can have parts scattered everywhere but they "aren't mine"
Not telling the "whole" truth is another tactic I've become fond of. I used this one the other day. I was working on a friend thumper. She comes out to chat and points to the front of my vmax and asks "Is that new" referring to the forks. I say in a very non chalant tone, "No". That was the entire conversation about the bike and we went to a different subject. See, she was pointing the the forks. They were not new. They are used. Off of a '08 Busa. Just rebuilt, revalved, and chromed. She did not point to the new billet triple trees and ask about those......She was pointing to the forks.
Most of the time when I'm working on my bike I say I'm doing "maintenance work". Which, in reality, it is "maintenance" when you are replacing the bearings in you old swingarm just after it was braced, extended, and coated, right? Its also maintenance when you are cleaning out your fuel tank. You might be shipping it out to get extened but its maintenance cleaning it out.
I've also used this excuse a couple times " I'm making the bike more comfortable for us to ride on" That counts if i'm installing for fork seals, springs, and intiminators. Or adding some progressive 440's. Oh wait, she never even noticed the shocks. The seat, that was the other time I used this one.
I don't own a lot of gear but I did buy a new jacket and helmet last season. Thats pretty easy to notice and to get approval on. Gotta be safe.
What are you guilty of? Buying parts, entire bikes, a garage full of tools.....
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