revtothelimit - motorbike forum

Okay, 'fess up. Who gives their bike a pat on the tank after a good set of bends, or a good ride?

I do!

Yup, I'm weird and do that, although mine is probably much more odd. As I approach a round 1000 miles on odo each time I give the bike a little pat of thanks for the last 1000 miles and hopefully the next 1000 trouble free miles. I'll also do it at the end of a biking weekend or amazing ride.

I talk to them all the time. They get the full spectrum of feedback. "Stop being a cunt',is often to be heard,especially when dealing with electrical gremlins.

Skub wrote: Fri May 29, 2026 10:00 am I talk to them all the time. They get the full spectrum of feedback. "Stop being a cunt',is often to be heard,especially when dealing with electrical gremlins.

My missus would shout that, mainly when her 125 wouldn't go into gear. My go to is "please start ya wee bastard."

I tend to give their ears or nose a stoke as I leave the garage

All of the above, when I have one to ride !!!

Not really but I do very very often scream " I Fucking love motorbikes " within minutes of setting off

Very similar to what I do when Snowboarding

Not sure which 'tism this is, but I'm OK with it either way

Jody wrote: Fri May 29, 2026 12:12 pm very often scream " I Fucking love motorbikes " within minutes of setting off

Yup do that too

I shout "oooh I love you" when i head out on the CBR for the first time in a while
An expletive in there somewhere as well

It's hard to imagine the insanity of riding 200 BHP around Portimao but after every session, I'm giggling and looking lovingly at the blue beasty

Trinity765 wrote: Fri May 29, 2026 11:31 am I tend to give their ears or nose a stoke as I leave the garage

Great, but what about the bike?

Soupdragon wrote: Fri May 29, 2026 5:16 pm

Trinity765 wrote: Fri May 29, 2026 11:31 am I tend to give their ears or nose a stoke as I leave the garage

Great, but what about the bike?

Funny as i would have normally been laughing at all you nutters by now but, when i took the Fazer 1000 out for the first time the other night i did say out loud "I love this bike"
Got to take the baby Fazer out over the weekend. That will be interesting on how i feel about it now as it is quite quick off the mark what feels quicker than some 750's i have owned.

Yorick wrote: Fri May 29, 2026 2:28 pm It's hard to imagine the insanity of riding 200 BHP around Portimao but after every session, I'm giggling and looking lovingly at the blue beasty

That really is a confession for you! In every 'Do you name your bike?' thread for the past 25 years you've always commented something like "they're just bits of plastic and metal'.

Yorick wrote: Fri May 29, 2026 2:28 pm It's hard to imagine the insanity of riding 200 BHP around Portimao but after every session, I'm giggling and looking lovingly at the blue beasty

I have no issues with that horsepower on the road!

..I just assumed it was a legal requirement to do so....