Posted by Road Glidin' Don on March 9, 2010, 11:41 pm
> > I remember how big my wife's eyes got when I "accidently" pulled a wheelie
> > on her old Sporty. The blows started coming about 15 sec after I parked
> > it...I think she gave me just enough time to get clear of the bike.
> That reminds me of a midnight ride about 30 years ago when the wife was just
> a girlfriend. We were cruising on the freeway when she proceeds the knock me
> around pretty good hollering to pull over or some such. Apparently I kicked
> up a wire about coat hanger sized that hooked on her shoe and was throwing
> sparks all over the place. By the time I got to look back the fireworks were
> over. But she was still mighty hot expecting me to stop in the middle of the
> freeway or something. I tried to explain about safety and such but she was
> having none of it. I think she's still ticked off that I thought it was
> funny how she freaked out over a little old wire caught on her shoe.
Heh, heh. It also gets really dicey when your wife - knowing how to
countersteer from the passenger seat - tries to steer the bike to take
the next freeway exit while you're fighting to remain on the freeway.
I think that's why they say a rider should always out-weigh his
passenger.
Posted by Harold Gailey on March 10, 2010, 10:10 pm
Road Glidin' Don wrote:
> Heh, heh. It also gets really dicey when your wife - knowing how to
> countersteer from the passenger seat - tries to steer the bike to take
> the next freeway exit while you're fighting to remain on the freeway.
> I think that's why they say a rider should always out-weigh his
> passenger.
That reminds me of a story my then future wife loves to tell about the time
she saved my bike from going down when I forgot she was on the back. It
happened when I pulled into my apartments and as usual hopped off to push it
up a curb and down a walkway to the stairwell I parked and locked it under.
As soon as I hopped off I fell down cause I couldn't swing my leg over her.
She held the bike up with her thighs until I could collect myself and get it
back under control. I was pretty embarrassed, firstly for almost dropping my
bike but mostly for forgetting she was back there. She was a great
passenger. Still is as long as no wires get caught on her shoes. She had a
horse back then and had some really strong thighs. She just recently got a
horse again after about 30 years without one.
--
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86 CI - Daily rider nice weather; 02 FXDX 88 CI - Daily rider other weather
Posted by Old Crow on March 11, 2010, 6:49 am
> Road Glidin' Don wrote:
>>
>> Heh, heh. It also gets really dicey when your wife - knowing how to
>> countersteer from the passenger seat - tries to steer the bike to take
>> the next freeway exit while you're fighting to remain on the freeway.
>> I think that's why they say a rider should always out-weigh his
>> passenger.
> That reminds me of a story my then future wife loves to tell about the
> time she saved my bike from going down when I forgot she was on the back.
> It happened when I pulled into my apartments and as usual hopped off to
> push it up a curb and down a walkway to the stairwell I parked and locked
> it under. As soon as I hopped off I fell down cause I couldn't swing my
> leg over her. She held the bike up with her thighs until I could collect
> myself and get it back under control. I was pretty embarrassed, firstly
> for almost dropping my bike but mostly for forgetting she was back there.
> She was a great passenger. Still is as long as no wires get caught on her
> shoes. She had a horse back then and had some really strong thighs. She
> just recently got a horse again after about 30 years without one.
> --
> 74 CB 450 - Stolen; 74 Z1 900 - Traded; 76 FX 1200 - Stolen; 78 FX(E)
> 86 CI - Daily rider nice weather; 02 FXDX 88 CI - Daily rider other
> weather
There's just a whole raft of stuff to say here, but I ain't gonna do it.
--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC(P) 92"
'87 FLTC
'61 F-100 302/C-6
BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, SLOB#13, MAMBM
Posted by EZ on March 11, 2010, 12:12 pm
wrote:
>> Road Glidin' Don wrote:
>>>
>>> Heh, heh. It also gets really dicey when your wife - knowing how to
>>> countersteer from the passenger seat - tries to steer the bike to take
>>> the next freeway exit while you're fighting to remain on the freeway.
>>> I think that's why they say a rider should always out-weigh his
>>> passenger.
>>
>> That reminds me of a story my then future wife loves to tell about the
>> time she saved my bike from going down when I forgot she was on the back.
>> It happened when I pulled into my apartments and as usual hopped off to
>> push it up a curb and down a walkway to the stairwell I parked and locked
>> it under. As soon as I hopped off I fell down cause I couldn't swing my
>> leg over her. She held the bike up with her thighs until I could collect
>> myself and get it back under control. I was pretty embarrassed, firstly
>> for almost dropping my bike but mostly for forgetting she was back there.
>> She was a great passenger. Still is as long as no wires get caught on her
>> shoes. She had a horse back then and had some really strong thighs. She
>> just recently got a horse again after about 30 years without one.
>>
>> --
>> 74 CB 450 - Stolen; 74 Z1 900 - Traded; 76 FX 1200 - Stolen; 78 FX(E)
>> 86 CI - Daily rider nice weather; 02 FXDX 88 CI - Daily rider other
>> weather
>>
>>
>>
>There's just a whole raft of stuff to say here, but I ain't gonna do it.
Yeah, I was gonna not say it, myself <sfsf>. It's a shame to have a
door opened so wide and have to not barge through it out of decency
and respect.
Harold, have a top shelf of your choice on me, and thanks for the
story!
--
EZ Larry from St. Louis
'08 FLHTCU
Posted by Harold Gailey on March 11, 2010, 9:35 pm
>>>> That reminds me of a story my then future wife loves to tell about the
>>> time she saved my bike from going down when I forgot she was on the
>>> back.
>>> It happened when I pulled into my apartments and as usual hopped off to
>>> push it up a curb and down a walkway to the stairwell I parked and
>>> locked
>>> it under. As soon as I hopped off I fell down cause I couldn't swing my
>>> leg over her. She held the bike up with her thighs until I could collect
>>> myself and get it back under control. I was pretty embarrassed, firstly
>>> for almost dropping my bike but mostly for forgetting she was back
>>> there.
>>> She was a great passenger. Still is as long as no wires get caught on
>>> her
>>> shoes. She had a horse back then and had some really strong thighs. She
>>> just recently got a horse again after about 30 years without one.
>>>
>>> --
>>> 74 CB 450 - Stolen; 74 Z1 900 - Traded; 76 FX 1200 - Stolen; 78 FX(E)
>>> 86 CI - Daily rider nice weather; 02 FXDX 88 CI - Daily rider other
>>> weather
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>There's just a whole raft of stuff to say here, but I ain't gonna do it.
> Yeah, I was gonna not say it, myself <sfsf>. It's a shame to have a
> door opened so wide and have to not barge through it out of decency
> and respect.
> Harold, have a top shelf of your choice on me, and thanks for the
> story!
> --
> EZ Larry from St. Louis
> '08 FLHTCU
I figure it hurts less when the whole world's already heard it. Not that she
would want to hurt me telling that story...
--
74 CB 450 - Stolen; 74 Z1 900 - Traded; 76 FX 1200 - Stolen; 78 FX(E)
86 CI - Daily rider nice weather; 02 FXDX 88 CI - Daily rider other weather
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> > on her old Sporty. The blows started coming about 15 sec after I parked
> > it...I think she gave me just enough time to get clear of the bike.
> That reminds me of a midnight ride about 30 years ago when the wife was just
> a girlfriend. We were cruising on the freeway when she proceeds the knock me
> around pretty good hollering to pull over or some such. Apparently I kicked
> up a wire about coat hanger sized that hooked on her shoe and was throwing
> sparks all over the place. By the time I got to look back the fireworks were
> over. But she was still mighty hot expecting me to stop in the middle of the
> freeway or something. I tried to explain about safety and such but she was
> having none of it. I think she's still ticked off that I thought it was
> funny how she freaked out over a little old wire caught on her shoe.