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

[Kevin Kachadourian]

My darling partner, who merrily flies up hills on her 70s Motobecane
pushbike (we just got a new old one to replace the previous old one she wore
out), has only been on the back of the SP once: about 8 miles up and back
Redwood Rd, about as slow as I could go. She didn't like it. No worrys here
about dragging her along on some long cross-country trip. Solo seat will be
just fine. She has suggested parallel road trips, my on the Ducati, and her
on the Motobecane, but I couldn't handle the humiliation of calling her on
the cell phone and asking her to wait while I try and fix the bike.
Kevin

On Jan 20, 2008 11:27 AM, Peter Bonner <dsi at swcp.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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