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Title: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Vasco DG on December 13, 2015, 06:50:30 PM
This one is going down to the South Coast


(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5757/23106170053_186a7fa447_o.jpg)

And this is my Mate Dave's present to himself for beating cancer! Yup, I've rollerised it! :grin:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/663/23643184091_724697b5cc_o.jpg)

Thats the one I set him up with for $7,800. Good price even though it needed rollerising.

Pete
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: BigBlock on December 13, 2015, 06:55:06 PM
Nice, real nice. Love that Griso! :thumb:
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: canuguzzi on December 13, 2015, 06:56:57 PM
Best part of those is your work on them.  :boozing:
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Arizona Wayne on December 13, 2015, 06:57:42 PM
I got meself an early Xmas prezzie a DELUXE air MC lift + adjustable height swivel 4 wheeled stool !!   :boozing:   Musta been a good boy all year.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Vasco DG on December 13, 2015, 07:09:49 PM
Nice, real nice. Love that Griso! :thumb:

Dave went into Canberra and looked around at what colours stood out. Orange stood out so Orange it was! :grin:

Bungendore is home to colourful Grisos!

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5659/23699637646_c944f71383_o.jpg)

That was on my Sunday ride. the backdrop is 'Lake' George. Precious little water in it the last decade and a half. Climate change and many more people draining the aquifer have done for poor old LG!

Pete
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: SmithSwede on December 13, 2015, 07:10:05 PM
Wow.  Very nice.  Like the orange.
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: jas67 on December 13, 2015, 07:57:52 PM
Wow.  Very nice.  Like the orange.

 :1:   :thumb:
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Phang on December 13, 2015, 09:50:25 PM


(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5659/23699637646_c944f71383_o.jpg)



I see spoked wheels on your Verde or a SE owner respray his bike to look like yours?  :laugh:

Is there any difference in the riding feel?
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Vasco DG on December 13, 2015, 09:54:23 PM
The hipster wheels came off the wreck :evil:

At the moment I'm wearing out the Dunlops that were on them, they're horrible, like riding on Bakelite! Sooner they're gone the better but apart from that? Nah, feels much the same. They seem a bit more forgiving on corrugated dirt.

Pete
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Phang on December 13, 2015, 09:57:27 PM
The hipster wheels came off the wreck :evil:

At the moment I'm wearing out the Dunlops that were on them, they're horrible, like riding on Bakelite! Sooner they're gone the better but apart from that? Nah, feels much the same. They seem a bit more forgiving on corrugated dirt.

Pete

Those Alpina nipples are one of the things that we think it will fail but holding up and march on, I rarely read about leaks.
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Yukonica on December 13, 2015, 10:28:39 PM
Everyone is focused on the bikes (very nice, I agree) but I'm thinking : Go Dave, Go!!
Cancer is a nasty cantankerous SOB that needs his bottom kicked hard. Good on you.
Enjoy the bike.
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Vasco DG on December 13, 2015, 10:41:49 PM
Yeah, it was aggressive prostate cancer so there are some pretty important things that can't be done any more so he deserves a nice bike......
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Kev m on December 14, 2015, 07:48:43 AM
That Griso looks awesome!

As I've mentioned in some random posts, I got myself an early x-mass present at the beginning of the month!

(http://www.gigabikes.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10081/IMG_20151208_144346882a.jpg)

Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: lucian on December 14, 2015, 08:31:05 AM
Love hearing good news for a change, I am glad for your friend. Nice work on the tangerine terror.
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: rboe on December 14, 2015, 11:21:31 AM
Orange looks nice. I do prefer the more autumn roasted orange on the factory bikes in Europe. And gawd help me, your green bike looks so not-ugly in that shot. Well done.
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Roebling3 on December 14, 2015, 04:18:20 PM
After getting run over, frontwards, backwards and in one side I painted my bike Orange.  Haven't been hit since.  A good thing.  It was several years ago. shortly thereafter I came over from the dark side to Italian red, nearly exclusively. :)  R3~
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Penderic on December 14, 2015, 04:31:44 PM

Lucky guy! What a fabulous gift! That has to be the very best present that I have heard of (next to an organ transplant).

Usually I get something almost useful....
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/blog%20box%20of%20rocks_zpsnstmaztn.jpg)
Even this would have been better than the birthday cake that gave me the runs for 3 days!

Whats the worst gift you've gotten?
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: bad Chad on December 14, 2015, 04:33:16 PM
That Griso looks awesome!

As I've mentioned in some random posts, I got myself an early x-mass present at the beginning of the month!

(http://www.gigabikes.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10081/IMG_20151208_144346882a.jpg)

I think I read somewhere that the Wrangler 4 door was the number one top selling vehicle among gay men in NA.  Not that that means anything.
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Penderic on December 14, 2015, 04:38:28 PM
Oh oh! Somebody is not being good this year!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/litter%20box_zpskovpulvr.jpg)
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: jbell on December 14, 2015, 04:50:38 PM
That Griso looks awesome!

As I've mentioned in some random posts, I got myself an early x-mass present at the beginning of the month!

(http://www.gigabikes.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10081/IMG_20151208_144346882a.jpg)


Well, at least it's Italian, sort of.    :evil:
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: tazio on December 15, 2015, 10:45:05 AM
Ouch!
You guys do know Kev could open a can of Black Belt on ya'll, right?
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Kev m on December 15, 2015, 11:16:57 AM
I think I read somewhere that the Wrangler 4 door was the number one top selling vehicle among gay men in NA.  Not that that means anything.

Anecdotally one of my best male gay friends happens to own one too...




Well, at least it's Italian, sort of.    :evil:

Ha Ha - FCA - good point.

But in my lifetime total's $$$ spreadsheet I'm giving myself credit for that as a domestic purchase!

Ouch!
You guys do know Kev could open a can of Black Belt on ya'll, right?

Awww hell THESE lightweights?

I'll let Jenn handle them.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hcXQhmzIpxZs4b-tPUSH6o_PEvbqHctvBNH99AwcptlZfj1OAM4ya8lyaC76_HsVbISp7nafCyBxyXlMvnTpIQhGV8v-eIrDDj9oMvtjw9C4gN3cd3aXST7MakJUi7LHIBUM4PferohbSCrBKTdwOas9nmMPJVEZtA1nyrVcpCbWsIpNSq5N80TXgEDKQedhuKNF57mCWGRKdr2jjZvvUE_IhXOjcNpIJ21H69DZIZGSWGxSa5zxJFCND-1qbGyqiGeJfVet3SnLPOBnhPu0t_aCukAZ9lMQYgEhqPdJwY5nvkqY99KNTzpj8DBq7EUSTWuvzcte5nJg5G1LJ1SZCnc4f10d5BXuJBab0mia5NmH-6tYrOccfE1hylUj3_nh_J7rdaIosZ0Dw-zPMs5lkxc6ljaY7uxFnz4v9vSAEkaueejQN0_fCr-ZQRRcLBSLjC4lno-vJUAqcRtwj4HXrik9LQ8hb1DQgHlAc_qGcXxVhthP8wafntT1WKIo5pgYimSfhyaO6M3p1u4s8GcAbNtJhat3hUutK-Qmjr9I-juWavbaVgD45G0C_Tz158d_ogXD=w360-h305-no)
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Loftness on December 15, 2015, 12:35:38 PM
Love the Xmas presents......and to derail things a little further, my Wrangler Unlimited is my favorite car I've ever owned, and I've been known to go through a different car every couple years.  First time I've ever been happy enough with my car to not lust after anything else.
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Penderic on December 15, 2015, 12:45:14 PM
More affordable...
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/christmas%20suspenders_zpsuvvt78ci.jpg)
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: Kev m on December 15, 2015, 12:50:39 PM
Love the Xmas presents......and to derail things a little further, my Wrangler Unlimited is my favorite car I've ever owned, and I've been known to go through a different car every couple years.  First time I've ever been happy enough with my car to not lust after anything else.

I'm almost as big a car ho as I am a bike ho, or at least I have been at times in my life (maybe worse).

I'm pretty sure I've never kept my personal car more than 5 years (Jenn's done better, but that doesn't count).

I had 2 main goals with this purchase. 1. I wanted something different/fun and 2. I wanted something I might be tempted to try keeping LONGterm for me, like at least double anything I've had so far.

Time will tell, but I'm having a ball with the basic nature of this vehicle (not to mention the capability).

I drove Jenn's GC last night for the first time in over 750 miles of driving since picking up the JKU the other week and I was shocked how much like a car the GC felt (when I previously thought it was a lumbering beast). LOL, perspective is a funny thing.
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: LowRyter on December 15, 2015, 01:02:37 PM
Nice color on that touring rig
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: tazio on December 15, 2015, 04:32:19 PM
Jeep on my bucket list.
Congrats Kev!
and ms.Jenn looks more than capable!!!!
Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: jas67 on December 15, 2015, 04:56:14 PM
I think I read somewhere that the Wrangler 4 door was the number one top selling vehicle among gay men in NA.  Not that that means anything.

LOL!    :grin:

Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: jas67 on December 15, 2015, 04:59:35 PM
Jeep on my bucket list.
Congrats Kev!
and ms.Jenn looks more than capable!!!!

So is her sister (who happens to be a Marine) -- you don't mess with either of these women.

Title: Re: Couple of people have got nice Christmas prezzies!
Post by: jas67 on December 15, 2015, 05:00:48 PM
I got myself an early Christmas present in November:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/606/23408863379_a75aa3ab31_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BEyxwK)IMG_8303 - Version 2 (https://flic.kr/p/BEyxwK) by jay_snyder67 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/97354518@N02/), on Flickr