My wife turned 59 years old yesterday and has been on her Dad's Harley's since she can remember. When I was dating her I didn't have any transportation so my future father in law said you are going to get a bike soon I hope. He helped me pick up a 350cc Honda and then my first new Sportster in 1972 which I drove almost year round since I didn't have a car. When the 72 was in for numerous repairs he lent me his 68 Burgundy Dresser to get around. Wife loves riding as much as I do, she tried it on her own but after a few close calls she is quite content as a BSR. My wife is very quiet, shy and kind of introverted so who would believe she digs Burnouts, wheelies from tel. pole to tel. pole and often going way to fast. I think it's a form of therapy for her. I have calmed down quite a bit the last year and she's OK with that. She did tell me when I can't handle a two wheeled machine forget about a trike and go just get a nice convertible because it just won't be the same. I'm a real lucky guy. She did say I can get another bike when I wanted but since I'm retired and she works and she is well aware of every penny that went into all the maintenance, improvements and repair work to get to 70,000 miles. She just smiled and said no more excessively loud, & slow bikes that seem like she is riding a furnace. In the fall we talked about new bikes again so I arranged a long test ride on a Concours. I forgot just how fast those in-line 4's are, we had a blast but she wasn't very comfortable on the bike and said maybe we should do a test ride on the 6 cylinder BMW. Yes Deer!
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Topic: Either the Bike Goes or I Do ! (Read 3614 times)