Wife's first ride on the GS

[jsandidge]

Took the wife for her first ride this morning on the GS. She loved it! She is now addicted. The bike handles great with her on the back. Can hardly tell her 99 lbs are even back there, I had to keep checking to make sure she hadn't fallen off! She used to ride with me 20 years ago on a little Kawasaki 454 LTD that I had, but this was her first ride on the GS. She's now talking about all the places we can ride together. That's great for me, it means more time in the saddle.

[Burque73]

Sweet! My wife actually dozed off for a short bit on a ride last week. A little scary to find out after the fact. I had no idea she was that sleepy. Now occasionally I'll take my left hand and grab her knee to make sure I'm not riding solo all of a sudden. We decided that if she needs me to pull over at the next exit or whatever, she'll tap on my shoulder, stop immediately, grab both shoulders.

Can she see over your head on that seat?

[jsandidge]

With her size, she can barely see over my shoulder, even with the stepped seat.

[AMK]

I took my wife for a first ride in 25 years about a month ago. Last time it was on the 850 and she was 8 1/2 months pregnant. She wanted to shake the baby loose.
This time I was so used to riding alone I actually forgot she was back there. We went into a 90 degree corner and she about s**t when the center stand drug on the ground. She would have had that baby on the spot years ago.

[Burque73]

You're more bold than I am for sure, AMK. We get these sudden flash floods where it rains an inch and a half in thirty minutes, and all of the intersections get full of debris. I take corners pretty cautiously. I've wiped out twice like that, don't want to again! A little paranoid now I suppose.

[AMK]

I think the added weight put me lower to the ground, it took me a little by surprise too.

jsandidge, you may have just found your ticket for another bike!

[jsandidge]

I already brought up that possibility!

[AMK]

I bought my wife a Suzuki Savage back in the day. She dropped it twice and decided she would rather ride with me so that she could enjoy the scenery and not have to pay so much attention.