First ride

[orabanda]

I picked up my wife the first year out primary school teacher from her school and convinced her into climbing onto the back of my tuned RD350B.
The 50 yard wheelie as we took off was not intentional (RD350's are like that; especially with more weight over the back axle).
It was 5 years before the terror subsided and I could get her onto the back of another bike; an A10.
Now she regularly hops onto my Super Rocket.

When I get the Gold Wing going.......
Cheers,
Richard

[Catz]

My Mrs always goes pillion, it would feel strange if she wasn't there.

G'day Catz.
Great to here your out and about on the A10, you'll love her.
I miss having Deb on the back. It's been quite a few years now. We went on our honeymoon 18 years ago on the A7 plunger, about 600 miles. I thought getting the HD a few years ago might entice her back. Not yet but I'm working on it.
Cheers

You know what Musky, ditch the HD, she might change her mind. 

A previous boyfriend of my Mrs scared her sh*tless when taking her for a ride on the back of his scooter, and as a result she's never expressed the slightest interest in coming out with me.
Thanks mate, whoever you were, much appreciated.

He must have been a right tosser to scare someone with a scooter

I picked up my wife the first year out primary school teacher from her school and convinced her into climbing onto the back of my tuned RD350B.
The 50 yard wheelie as we took off was not intentional (RD350's are like that; especially with more weight over the back axle).
It was 5 years before the terror subsided and I could get her onto the back of another bike; an A10.
Now she regularly hops onto my Super Rocket.

When I get the Gold Wing going.......
Cheers,
Richard

Now that would be frightening, made me laugh just thinking about it  I always have a laugh with my Mrs whenever i need a new back tyre, the extra weight you know, she's not a big woman, i hardly notice she's there, sometimes i have to have a quick feel, fnar fnar, just in case i've lost her.

[Worty]

I picked up my wife the first year out primary school teacher from her school and convinced her into climbing onto the back of my tuned RD350B.
The 50 yard wheelie as we took off was not intentional (RD350's are like that; especially with more weight over the back axle).
It was 5 years before the terror subsided and I could get her onto the back of another bike; an A10.
Now she regularly hops onto my Super Rocket.

When I get the Gold Wing going.......
Cheers,
Richard

Sorry Richard, couldn't suppress a naughty smile.

I too had an RD350B, but not tuned.  They were lively though, and I had much fun on mine and rode it everywhere.  It was the first 'big' bike I had post passing my test at 17.  It did have high bars, but I used mine for distance rather than road racing, but I'll never forget that satisfying 'crackle'.

[Rex]

He must have been a right tosser to scare someone with a scooter

Apparently he was just that, but to be fair, I can scare myself on a scooter, horrible things that they are..

[Greybeard]

Way back when I first met my Janet, in 1968, my Morris Minor was OOU, (Out Of Order), I had already owned a couple of motorbikes but I didn't have one at that time. Janet lent me her Vespa 125. I was not looking forward to riding it but pretty soon I fell in love with the device: It started on the first kick, it was comfortable and it kept rain off my legs. The small wheels were the only negative; I had it go from under me when I rode diagonally over a shallow kerb.

[morris]

Janet lent me her Vespa 125. I was not looking forward to riding it but pretty soon I fell in love with the device: It started on the first kick, it was comfortable and it kept rain off my legs.

Aha… truth comes out… you where a mod back then! Leg shields and all for not to smudge your fancy suit 

[Greybeard]

Janet lent me her Vespa 125. I was not looking forward to riding it but pretty soon I fell in love with the device: It started on the first kick, it was comfortable and it kept rain off my legs.

Aha… truth comes out… you where a mod back then! Leg shields and all for not to smudge your fancy suit 

I was called a Mod on a motorbike when I had my first motorcycle. 😉

[rocker21]

fortunately my girlfriend loves bikes and if there is a choice its the bike every time, mainly the Guzzi V7III or the A7ss not so keen on the fielmaster but she hopes to do her CBT this year.

[berger]

my girl loves betsy beezer to the point of making me go back to bends and throwing betsy over in the corner and accelerating out, BUT urma the 750 yonda scares her silly in a straight line or on bends and now she refuses to go on the back , probably my fault for using urmas accelerating  power

[Worty]

Sue was never one for bikes.  In fact, when I started riding again back in 2010, I half expected her to put up fierce resistance, but she didn't??  She's only been on once, and has said she liked it and would be happy to try it again, but I do fear it'd only be to the nearest cafe, or something.  I think she likes the experience every now and then, but she's more 'princess' than 'biker chick' (no offence to anyone). 

Still, I do prefer solo riding, so maybe it's a good thing eh.

[Greybeard]

My Janet was an excellent pillion when we were young; she's a little'n and I could not tell she was on the bike;  she just relaxed and let me do the leaning. Janet is refusing to go on the back of the new bike. As Worty said, getting away on my own is great. 👍