Couples with a Bike each

[Cajun]

Me and wife both have our own bikes
mine gsxr600, hers gsxr1000.

She hates going pillion, she hates being in a car not driven by herself, we use to do some pillion in our early years, but with a bike each is no need. and much perfer, since this way, we can play with each other on the road

[yungatart]

Shouldn't you get a room for that, Cajun???

[Hawkeye]

I don't think I'll ever get her indoors to even ride pillion. It took a long long time for her to agree to me getting a bike.
She does like the bank balance now though, as $13 for petrol and free parking, against $70 petrol and $70 parking per week was a very good persuader.
Just need to get the full so I can get a 'real' bike....

[froggyfrenchman]

Miss Gn1nitestnd and myself both have bikes. But if she had it her way, she would own both of them and i would walk to work!

[imdying]

Wife loves riding on the back (wouldn't have married her if she didn't), but doesn't want me to buy her one yet (I've offered a few times). She is a girly girl though, pretty sure she'd love a pink helmet She has also accepted that I'll always have a bike, and probably more than one.

Ex gf of mine had a few bikes though, but she was pretty butch and turned out to be hoe to boot

[Dooly]

I only taught the wife to ride a bike 3 months ago, and she has 2 dirt bikes.
She has'nt expressed interest as such to ride on the road, but I guess if I brought a GN250 or similar home she would perk up some interest.

[Bob]

Mrs V has always been happy as pillion, but this year decided "I could do that".

We got a Virago 250 for her to learn on, but it's a slow process, now halted for the winter.

My wife had a 125 when she was still on learner plates (125cc maximum over here in the UK as a learner) - but her learner ran out (you get two years to pass full licence I think) so she was off the road for a while.

Thankfully she decided to get back into biking - so this time, to make sure she had an "incentive" to get her training done and pass her test, I sourced a 250 Virago. And we both loved it to bits! Laura (the wife) said she wanted to spend the first 2 years on a smaller capacity machine (unless you take a special Direct Access test - for loads more money - you're restricted to 250cc for 2 years on full licence), so the 250 was ideal - and at just 5 foot tall, the low seat height was ideal.

She's now riding a 535 Virago.

But back to the subject... obviously, we both ride. Tend to do our own thing most of the time, but we do go out on rides together. Which works pretty well. She has a much better sense of direction than me and I'm a far more assertive rider than her. So she takes point and I ride "shotgun". So she can navigate and set her own pace, I can take care of covering her back and if I spot we need to change lanes etc, means I can get out there, set up the position for her to move into and that sort of thing.

Out of curiosity - you guys/gals that do ride out together, do you have pre-agreed signals for things? Like if I know we have to move over and she hasn't realised, I get into position, then give her a set of three short blasts on the horn.

Just wondered what you use?

[Qkkid]

Qkchk has a yamaha Yzf-r1 50th anniversary and i have a gsxr 1000 . It nice having separate bikes but still able to play together, but have your own freedom.

[wybmadiity]

Lucky enough that the man wanted to be able to play with you crazies , so he taught me to ride and let me claim his 250 ... I don't often see him on rides being that I am a slowbe, but when I do see him he give me a wink and it keeps me going for the next 100k or so. I agree with Annette, it's nice to be together and doing your own thing at the same time.

[vs04]

My wife and i both have our own bike.She,s on a 1400 intruder and i,ve got an s83 boulevard,in the throws of kitting out our son as he comes with us when we ride be it with the triumph owners club or just doing a ride together,can,t get our teenage daughter interested though.

[magicfairy]

Him - very experienced - has a Hayabusa, rides fast. Me - pretty new to it all (rode scooters for years) got a Savage last year (650 single) - slow and cautious.
I got sick of being pillion all the time.
Cos I ride too slow for him we have compromised.
Long tours I go pillion (like going length of NI and back in 5 days)
Shorter trips - rallies , he is bored to death riding at my speed.
Weekends - we go our separate ways and try and meet up at coffee places.

[igor]

hers me mum and dad, early 50s.

They got a bike each a short time after this and rode from Welllington up and around Coromandel. GO MUM.

[DMNTD:Me]

hers me mum and dad, early 50s...

That's an awesome pic!

[igor]

then went the bikes and along came cars.

I never saw these until about 5 years ago at the 50th wedding anniversary. We ant a big piccie family.

Ah NZ the way it used to be before all these houses appeared and carparks got built at the beach. If only we could turn the clock back 35 years.

Parents are in their late 70s now and retired to the Sunshine Coast. A couple of real beach lovers.

SORRY FOR THE THREAD HIJACK but they are pretty neat pics

[bobsmith]

My gf rides a scooter if that counts (the Lifan 125) we got our learner's together but she is a more cautious kind and didn't want to hop straight on to bikes (well we had the scooter to start with but I wasn't the patient kind and I have a short attention span so I got a FXR150... and 3 and a half months later got a zzr250...) She's slowly learning to ride a bike though, she's had a couple of goes at my fxr150 and my zzr250, I think zzr250 is actually a bit easier for her since the clutch isn't as sensitive. She hasn't been on road though, going out for another ride today!