You know you're a gearhead when...

rhinoviper · Post by **rhinoviper** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:01 am

So I'm wandering around the house last week in my bathrobe getting ready for work. I reach in to the pocket of the fluffy terry cloth garment when what do I find??? A 5mm allen wrench, one of the ones I use to remove my seat and crew in several other bolts on my Banshee!

You know you're a gearhead when you find your tools in your bathrobe pockets...

rhinoviper · Post by **rhinoviper** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:04 am

You know you're a gearhead when.l..

...you're the only female rider on a Japanese bike and riding with 10 Harleys and 2 Panzers and you're the only one with duct tape when one of the other bike's turn signal bolts vibrates loose leaving the signal dangling from the ape hangers.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:40 am

You know you are a gearhead when, at the bike show, you ask the scantily clad model to step aside so you can have a better view of the bike...

You know you are a gearhed when, as the most anticipated footy game of the year is airing, you just have to watch that video of Monster Garage just one more time....

You know you are a gearhed when you enroll in mechanical engineering at university even though you suck at maths (yup, thats me).

Photo · Post by **Photo** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:46 am

You know you're a gearhead when...

You can recite the torque values for all the fasteners on your motorcycle's frame and engine, but routinely shatter the caps on BBQ and steak sauce bottles, because you didn't think they were "snug enough" when you screwed them back on.

King Scoot Fighter · Post by **King Scoot Fighter** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:13 pm

You know you're a gear head when...

You have grease stains on your underwear. (Not like that)

rhinoviper · Post by **rhinoviper** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 2:17 pm

DerGolgo wrote:You know you are a gearhead when, at the bike show, you ask the scantily clad model to step aside so you can have a better view of the bike...

BAH! Bless you, DerGolgo!

Ban Guzzi · Post by **Ban Guzzi** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:10 pm

...when you come and find your then girlfriend rebuilding a carb bank on the kitchen counter...

guess that would make two gearheads...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 1:19 am

Photo, those sauce bottles are "torque to yield" spec glassware, twist one time and then replace them.

gearhead when: your girlfriend doesn't get the loan for her sv650 so she looks into selling her own eggs for the money to buy one. (I do believe she's a keeper.)

xtian · Post by **xtian** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:04 am

when you can name the model and year of every car and bike of every video tape you own but do not remember the name of any of the blond bikini actress in it

rhinoviper · Post by **rhinoviper** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:52 am

bandit12 wrote:...when you come and find your then girlfriend rebuilding a carb bank on the kitchen counter...

Now who on Earth would do a thing like that????

"Hi, my name is rhinoviper, and I'm a gearhead."

"Hi, rhinoviper."

"I've been a gearhead for six years now."

*clapping*...

Ames · Post by **Ames** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:59 am

You know you're a gearhead when you can't bake a cake, but you will use your oven to bake paint onto engine parts (man was my wife pissed about that).

You know you're a gearhead when you keep tools in every room of the house (and know where they are).

Flat_Black_Rat · Post by **Flat_Black_Rat** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:23 pm

You know you're a gearhead when... you have destroyed realationships by spending too much on bikes... ie "sorry i can get you an engagement ring i dont have the money" then blow 1400 bucks on a new bike...

Ban Guzzi · Post by **Ban Guzzi** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 1:43 pm

We'll begin this meeting with our Prayer:

God grant me the serenity to accept that my bike is broken,
The courage to grab a wrench and fix it,
and the Wisdom to know that I shouldn't be fixing it in my living room.

lifeon2 · Post by **lifeon2** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 3:57 pm

when you and your girlfriend have matching hoodies and she informs you that she just put yours on. When you ask her how she knows she hands you the allen head socket and various fasteners she pulled out of the pocket......I was wondering where that socket was for like a week

Post by **Beemer Dan** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 5:42 pm

...when you get a call from a really hot girl you've been dating that wants to make you a steak dinner and then spend the rest of the night letting you fuck her in the ass while she talks dirty to you and maybe when her roomie gets home later you can fuck her too...but you say you just got a new front fender for your bike and want to put it on....and it's 9pm.....and snowing outside....and you don't have a garage.

lifeon2 · Post by **lifeon2** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:19 pm

If I ever get that bad shoot me....seriousley

xtian · Post by **xtian** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 10:27 pm

...when you're invited to a coktail by your boss and find out at 8pm you only have leather jackets and combat boots in your closet

Timmay · Post by **Timmay** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 4:42 pm

You know you're a gearhead when:

you own manuals for bikes you've never owned

when as a reward for being a good kid, you give your youngest son a wrench and an old bicycle and let him take it apart for no reason what so ever.

Timmay · Post by **Timmay** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:32 am

goose wrote:
I know who I've selected for Father of the Year.... Timmay!!!!

I was pretty proud of him that day. I was swapping out all my outlets in the kitchen trying to get our house sold. And I told my youngest to leave my tools alone until we were finished, that I'd let him play with them afterwards. So I kept my promise and we went into the basement and there was an old mongoose down there... I would loosen the bolt and let him finish it. He was 2 at the time, and the concept of taking things apart was the best thing ever.

He's a little gear head in the making. As a matter a fact, yesterday we were playing with a little toy motorcycle, a honda CBX.. I took the fairing off it to make it look like a street fighter... he approved.

smashinator · Post by **smashinator** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:44 am

I know who I've selected for Father of the Year.... Timmay!!!!

I'll second that. Man, I wish MY folks would have done that now and then... I always got in trouble when I took things apart.

rhinoviper · Post by **rhinoviper** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:34 am

You know you're a gearhead when you're a girl with more tools in her toolbox than shoes in her closet (and believe me, I have a lot of shoes!).

You know you're a gearhead when you know that a Master Cylinder, a Slave Cylinder, a Primary Drive Belt, a Final Shaft Drive, a Crankshaft, and a Mighty Max aren't sexual terms, but they still turn you on!

Ames · Post by **Ames** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 2:28 pm

You know you're a gearhead when you know that a Master Cylinder, a Slave Cylinder, a Primary Drive Belt, a Final Shaft Drive, a Crankshaft, and a Mighty Max aren't sexual terms, but they still turn you on![/quote]

I think I just started smoking again!

eyeball · Post by **eyeball** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 7:48 pm

You know your a gear head when when a trip to sears makes your pulse quicken! and the only picture in your mind is shiny wrench and power tools

Post by **DerGolgo** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 8:16 am

You know you are a gearhed when your significant other never let's you go to the DIY store, the auto parts store or a swap meet unattended and with all credit cards and cash on her person, even though she absolutely loathes these places.