So the nights are drawing in.

[timbo]

Yes, its that time of year again, when I bring a few bikes into the house for the winter. I've broken my record today, and brought another four bikes in, which makes eight in total, including six in the living room 

[Smithy]

Either you're not married or if you are does your wife have a free sister!

My bikes will spend another winter under their wet car port, but that just means I have to use them regularly to get rid of the condensation, bonus! I do have a small parafin heater in the garage to keep condensation off my tools but I only use it as a workshop and not to keep the bikes in.

[Moto63]

Tim. You just HAVE to post a photo of the 8 bike lounge/living room. Absolute classic 8 in the living room, I know a bloke who has a fully restored yamaha fs1e in his living room and I thought that was pretty cool but 8 bikes WHAT A HERO. Photo please. Cheers Michael

[timbo]

Its a compromise mate, two of the bikes are Alison's, and one of them, her Katana, has been in the back hallway for fifteen years! Plus she has three large dogs roaming round the house. Houses are for living in, not to be show homes. Just realised as I type this, there are four petrol tanks and a load of plastics sitting on the bench next to me 

[Mark]

I should never have moved from my house to hers, different rules, got to be happy with a couple of engines knocking about the house although she did allow me to build my Harley chop in the house when I was incapacitated after my accident to stop me going stir crazy.

[Moto63]

Morning all, can,t see me getting away with that accident or no accident!!  Looks like I,ll be stuck with going back in the workshop once I,m properly fit n able. Hopefully won,t be to long now as I,m just starting to get a little stir crazy now I,m starting to feel better. Tim. I still love the idea of an 8 bike living room, compromise or not. Good man

[johnr]

her Katana, has been in the back hallway for fifteen years!   

oh, katana? in the house? do tell more, pic perhaps?

[timbo]

Its a 750, but not of the white, gold framed, pop-up headlight variety. Jap import, 1982, looks exactly the same as the big Kats, with a loud Yoshi pipe  I wont put up a photo, as its in a fairly rough state at the moment 

[Mark]

Its a 750, but not of the white, gold framed, pop-up headlight variety. Jap import, 1982, looks exactly the same as the big Kats, with a loud Yoshi pipe  I wont put up a photo, as its in a fairly rough state at the moment 

Sounds like my old one, didn't get it from the Swansea area did you? 

[johnr]

its a propper kat then, not a pop up. sounds cool.

[timbo]

Yep, its currently in dry storage  To be resurrected some time.

[Moto63]

Hi Tim.  So first off you make us all feel like total lightweights by telling us you,ve got not 1 but 8 bikes in your living room. Then you just add insult to injury (no pun intended) by just dropping it in there that one of the 8 mosheens just happens to be a katana.  Respect my man, respect. Once almost bought a mini kat, it was the 400cc jap import version, just a scaled down version of the 1100.  Lovely little thing, yet another bike that I "never bought"  doh. Cheers. Michael

[timbo]

been trying to take a few pics, but apparently we are in an anticyclonic  gloom at the moment, so not much light about 

[Moto63]

Ahh. THE anti cyclonic gloom!!!  So THAT,s why I feel so p......ed off. I,d just put it down to my 'get off' 

[themoudie]

And? 

Go on, give them an airing, you know it makes sense. 

My regards, Bill