Vacation plans for this year - status?

[brenda]

Rainman, that's a beautiful bike. What a great motivator for getting your back functional again. Does your wife ride with you, or does she have her own bike?

[Rainman]

@brenda said in Vacation plans for this year - status?:

Rainman, that's a beautiful bike. What a great motivator for getting your back functional again. Does your wife ride with you, or does she have her own bike?

Hi Brenda!
She no longer rides with me, I'm unsteady enough without her on the back, and she doesn't like me riding at all any longer. We used to enjoy taking trips. Actually, the bike handles a lot better with the added weight, allowing faster speeds on the freeway and on rough backroads. I remember your background regarding motorcycles, so I know you know what I mean in the above.

[brenda]

@Rainman
She doesn't like for you to ride anymore, but do you ride anyway?
I've been both passenger and driver, and I much prefer to drive. My last one as a teen was on/off road, and I used it for both, but not with a passenger. Popping wheelies with a passenger isn't very polite.

My mom eventually quit riding with my dad. She said her back couldn't take it, but I always thought it was more due to her difficulty of getting on and off the bike, and that wearing a helmet would muss up her hair. I know dad was disappointed about her decision. He loved having a passenger, probably for the reasons you described.

Then he figured out he could give me rides to and from my undergrad college with the motorcycle. Any nice weekend that I came home, he'd take Friday afternoon off from work, ride the two hours to my school, pick me up, and we'd ride two hours together back to the house. He loved riding, and this gave him an excuse for a Friday afternoon ride, and a Sunday afternoon return trip, with a happy passenger. I didn't have a motorcycle by that time, having sold mine for college expenses, so it was fun to ride with him.

[Larry]

Nice bike, Rainman. My wife doesn't want me to ride mine either, but I do occasionally.

I also like your Mustang. That was my favorite body style for a long time.

[Rainman]

@Larry
Larry, the Mustang I sold at auction.
@brenda Yes, I still ride, but not nearly like I used to due to back issues. Getting on/off is a struggle but once on the road, no problem.
I've got a backrest on the bike, that helps a lot. With the vibration of the bike, it's almost like a cheap massage. It's been fantastic riding during this pandemic, no traffic!

[Klaus]

Changed plans, mainly due to weather.

I'll spend the weekend in this nice place in Slovenia (Triglav national park), mostly to ride bike. It's nice how one can book everything very short-term right now.

[89th]

Beautiful!