Quote from: Buck Naked on February 28, 2014, 07:10:38 PM
Ah, I see. Very similar. A bit gaudy imo.

Well, I agree that it's certainly not as cool as hand grenade decals, but I like how it was a nod to the style of many of the old classic bikes with chrome tanks.

I think it certainly could look gaudy if one were to add a lot of other chrome items, but that certainly wasn't what I was interested in and preferred a more minimalist look.

Regardless, everyone is certainly entitled to an opinion.

Certainly!

Certainly

Oh, the fun that I'm not allowed to have with you. 

OP: Keep an eye on eBay for your RR exhaust. Since this exhaust hurts so many hearing aids and keeps people up after 9:30pm, it pops up quite often there and in the forum classifieds.

Quote from: Buck Naked on March 01, 2014, 07:22:46 PM
Oh, the fun that I'm not allowed to have with you. 

Thanks that was the best giggle of the day. 

Quote from: Skybarney on March 01, 2014, 07:37:34 PM
Thanks that was the best giggle of the day. 

Really though...I make an off the cuff comment about a TANK on a bike the dudes WIFE used to own and apparently loved so much he traded it for a freakin' ST and he goes all passive aggressive on me. Fer fuqs sake. Only on the interwebs. 

Hey, not everyone likes the same stuff, that's what makes this place interesting.

You bagged on something he liked, and he returned the favor.

Don't get all wound up about it, eh?

Quote from: Buck Naked on March 01, 2014, 08:43:11 PM
Really though...I make an off the cuff comment about a TANK on a bike the dudes WIFE used to own and apparently loved so much he traded it for a freakin' ST and he goes all passive aggressive on me. Fer fuqs sake. Only on the interwebs. 

Quote from: Buck Naked on March 01, 2014, 08:43:11 PM
Really though...I make an off the cuff comment about a TANK on a bike the dudes WIFE used to own and apparently loved so much he traded it for a freakin' ST and he goes all passive aggressive on me. Fer fuqs sake. Only on the interwebs. 

The bike (and tank) in the picture is mine.

The bike I traded (my wife's) was a 2000 monster I bought crashed and rebuilt. She wasn't riding it and it was a nice, equal trade for an ST2. I threw in the RR exhaust because I wasn't ever going to use it again. I don't imagine I will ever get rid of my monster.


You decided to share your "off hand" opinion that you think the cromo tank is gaudy. In the spirit of glass house living, I decided to return the favour with a remark about grenade stickers. I would have thought that was a fun tit for tat we both could have laughed at and left it at, but it appeared to bother you enough to PM me asking me  if my "picture is serious"? I'm not sure what that has to do with our lack of appreciation for each other's fuel tanks.

As for "having fun", if that's what floats your boat, please don't hold back on my account.

Def not bothered or wound up my friend. I had a laugh at your expense and trolled you a bit because it's obvious you take yourself a bit too seriously. I have rainbow colored gay pride stickers on my car fer chrissakes, so if I got upset every time someone didn't like a grenade decal I'd be having a bad day every day, lol. You really weren't even on my mind when I made my candid comment about the tank. It was an opinion about the cromo and RR tanks...not a direct insult about YOUR bike. Understanding me here? cheers 

Quote from: Buck Naked on March 02, 2014, 07:18:05 AM
Def not bothered or wound up my friend. I had a laugh at your expense and trolled you a bit because it's obvious you take yourself a bit too seriously. I have rainbow colored gay pride stickers on my car fer chrissakes, so if I got upset every time someone didn't like a grenade decal I'd be having a bad day every day, lol. You really weren't even on my mind when I made my candid comment about the tank. It was an opinion about the cromo and RR tanks...not a direct insult about YOUR bike. Understanding me here? cheers  

Perhaps your projecting a little, no?

I could make the same leaps of perception and logic you're choosing to make here.

here, let me try:

You posted how great the RR exhaust sounds. I mentioned I thought the RR exhaust didn't sound very nice, but that I loved the look and I posted a pic. You weren't even on my mind when I made my candid comment about the RR exhaust. You made a comment that you thought the cromo tank was gaudy, because you obviously take yourself "a bit too seriously" and so I mentioned your grenade stickers to have a little "laugh at your expense".

Understand me here?


You know, I would have bought your post above if you hadn't PM'd out of the blue to ask me: "Were you being serious when you posed for that profile pic?"

That doesn't seem to be the behaviour of someone who doesn't take themselves too seriously. It sounds more like someone who likes to dish it, but isn't too fond of taking it.


BTW, I'm glad you support gay folk, we need more tolerance in the world.

Apologies to the readers who could not give a flying rats arse here...last comment about the subject.

Hrrmm...there seems to be a little misunderstanding here, and your logic doesn't float. I never assumed you were insulting my choice in bling when you said you didn't like the sound of the RR exhaust. A better example of would be if I'd started poking fun at your tank top after you said you didn't like the sound of the exhaust. You seemed to take offense at the comment about the cromo tank where none was intended, and you tried to retaliate with a passive aggressive comment about grenade decals. I've learned that my perceptions are wrong a LOT of the time, I'm too quick to assume, but 2 people actually messaged me to basically say; "whoa, is that dude serious??" I'm candid to the point of being downright tacky, on the webz and IRL, I'll admit that. That's besides the point though, you can't conflate the "gaudy" comment with the grenade decal comment. One may have been tacky at worst, the other was an obvious attempt at a snipe.

I'm not even trying to be all over analytical here, or seem like I'm all hot and bothered or insecure about the silly $1.50 decal I slapped on my murdered out tank...I just have a passion for logic and have to hammer it home whenever it's not being applied.

Quote from: pitbull on March 02, 2014, 07:56:23 AM



BTW, I'm glad you support gay folk, we need more tolerance in the world.

That comment alone is enough to know you and I would get along just fine IRL.  But you're still wrong, and I'm right

Quote from: Buck Naked on March 02, 2014, 08:18:22 AM
Apologies to the readers who could not give a flying rats arse here...last comment about the subject.

Hrrmm...there seems to be a little misunderstanding here, and your logic doesn't float. I never assumed you were insulting my choice in bling when you said you didn't like the sound of the RR exhaust. A better example of would be if I'd started poking fun at your tank top after you said you didn't like the sound of the exhaust. You seemed to take offense at the comment about the cromo tank where none was intended, and you tried to retaliate with a passive aggressive comment about grenade decals. I've learned that my perceptions are wrong a LOT of the time, I'm too quick to assume, but 2 people actually messaged me to basically say; "whoa, is that dude serious??" I'm candid to the point of being downright tacky, on the webz and IRL, I'll admit that. That's besides the point though, you can't conflate the "gaudy" comment with the grenade decal comment. One may have been tacky at worst, the other was an obvious attempt at a snipe.

I'm not even trying to be all over analytical here, or seem like I'm all hot and bothered or insecure about the silly $1.50 decal I slapped on my murdered out tank...I just have a passion for logic and have to hammer it home whenever it's not being applied.

ahh, the old "two people me messaged  to say, is that dude serious?" argument, therefore I must be right. If you're passionate about logic you will know the logical fallacy here.

I've already been more than happy to admit my comment was a clear "snipe", it's unfortunate you won't do the same, especially after pm'ing, me out of the blue with a far more clear and insulting "snipe".

Quote from: Buck Naked on March 02, 2014, 08:23:39 AM
That comment alone is enough to know you and I would get along just fine IRL.  But you're still wrong, and I'm right

Completely agreed!

I have no problem arguing with someone on the interweb who I know I would get along with very well IRL.

Just an observation:

In real life we can hear the tone of someones words.  The same word with different tones means different things.  Email, forums and the inter-webs in general lack tone.  That was the reason emoticons were invented.

That being said; Grenades stickers and Chrome tanks are both tacky and the only mods that look good on a Duc are mine.   

Oh and I bought a rainbow hot air balloon just because they legalized Gay Marriage for a minute in California.  Would'a done a ton of proposals and flying marriages.