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Terri, my girlfriend, is at her most miserable when she is cold and her role in the test ride will be to look forward to my return. I realise that the first time that she gets cold then our touring days are over unless we are in a lovely sunny climate.
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Oh dear, you've got your work cut out i suspect  . How does she get on with being grubby and not a bit smelly (sweaty-type smelly, i hasten to add...), as riding in hot climes usually entails. Perhaps an air-conditioned/heated sidecar, ho ho!
"It's touring, Jim, but not as we know it".
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Oh dear, you've got your work cut out i suspect.....
"It's touring, Jim, but not as we know it".
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I have my work cut out alright......the first trip has to be just right, baby bear porridge....not too hot and not too cold! once she see's that there is a room with a mirror and a shower at the end of the day then she may not be so bad. As for total, all out adventure...well I think that will be up to me to be getting on with - or she may surprise us all and get a 650 and really go for it on her own???
Time will tell
"Beam me up Scottie.....I stink!!!!"
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Hi Scottie. I passed my test last year and brought the bike i thought I wanted. Bearing in mind the 'Pillion Problem'!  I had my choice more limited as to what was comfortable for her too. Having ridden it for some time in various weather conditions I started to wonder what else was out there. My other half had come as a pillion quiet a bit over this time and had always stated "I don't want to learn to ride!!!!!!!!!!" "I am happy on the back" and lots of other similar phrases. She then turned to me one day and said "I wouldn't mind just trying a little bike"  so I organised a taster session for her with the local school. Well She was hooked! She passed her big bike test at the second attempt and has since said it was the best thing she did last year. 
It has given her so much more confidence in everything else she does too. Her workmates think she is as mad as march hare but who cares, she is the one doing it and not looking on from the sidelines. She has since got a big bike of her own and I have recently changed my bike to suite what I want to do more too.
Everyone's happy  
If you want to work on your other half we could meet up and let them have a chat  hehe.
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Everyone's happy  
If you want to work on your other half we could meet up and let them have a chat  hehe.
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And they say that fairytales are not real!!! I can't think of nothing better that having your other half join in on the adventure, after all that's why we decided to share life with them.......
I'm sure we'll all meet up at some point and the girls can chat, i'm focusing on getting a bike for myself first rather than having to pay for her lessons, test and then a bike (she's a student)
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