[Ducati] 2 threads in one (touring and bump starting)

[Peter Bonner]

About 6 years ago, we started talking on Pantaheads and Bevelheads about a
Giro de Sardegna, and several of us wound up going. My dear wife had never
ridden on a bike before, but was game, so I bought a MotoGuzzi ex
Carabinieri bike that had a converted radio box to pillion seat. We rode for
something like 7 days straight, putting on perhaps 2000 km or so, but it was
all very twisty and winding roads through the mountains. She had a great
time, never complained.

Peter



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Kachadourian" <kkachadourian at gmail.com>

> Suddenly, I'm reminded of a woman I met at Dulles Airport once. She had
just
> ridden across most of the country on the back of her husband's bike, and
was
> flying home, quiting shy of the halfway mark. What seemed like a good idea
> to her when they first thought of it, turned into an ordeal for her.
> Apparently, they came to a mutual agreement that they would both have a
> better time if she flew home, and he continued on alone (I can't remember
if
> they were part of a larger group or not). As I recall, they had done short
> trips together.
> Just goes to show you, you can't know for sure about how something will
> work, or not, until you do it. Unfortunately, you sometimes discover
things
> right in the middle of it all.
> Kevin Kachadourian
> '96 900SS SP
> '85 650 Alazzurra