Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:37 pm
That's the bit I miss most during my current hiatus, never mind the weather....let's head off and go somewhere. I did the commuting thing where you look at the weather and think 'Probably should go in the car. Ah it, it'll not be raining on the way home, get suited up' for a while but it's the....'woohoo! heading for Eurotunnel and whatever lies beyond' that I miss. But, it's my co-pilot that is the issue and it's not as much fun on my own.
Do like I do, go on an 'organised' tour, with a group of like minded people to chat to at dinner and in the bar. Mrs CJ doesn't do pillion! I am happy to ride alone, but I do like to meet up for breakfast, coffee stops and dinner.
My missus is/was pretty keen on going pillion...she'd be sat on the bike while I was still pulling my gloves on. (Contrarily I hate sitting at the back). I don't mind riding solo if it's pottering about or if I want to 'push the performance envelope', but if it's going off on adventures à la forrin it's nice to have the extra traction in the mud Most of the bike miles since my yoof have been 2-up. I wouldn't mind the sort of group tours you've been on - it sounds like you can make your own way if you want to or ride with a group.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:37 pm
That's the bit I miss most during my current hiatus, never mind the weather....let's head off and go somewhere. I did the commuting thing where you look at the weather and think 'Probably should go in the car. Ah it, it'll not be raining on the way home, get suited up' for a while but it's the....'woohoo! heading for Eurotunnel and whatever lies beyond' that I miss. But, it's my co-pilot that is the issue and it's not as much fun on my own.
Do like I do, go on an 'organised' tour, with a group of like minded people to chat to at dinner and in the bar. Mrs CJ doesn't do pillion! I am happy to ride alone, but I do like to meet up for breakfast, coffee stops and dinner.
My missus is/was pretty keen on going pillion...she'd be sat on the bike while I was still pulling my gloves on. (Contrarily I hate sitting at the back). I don't mind riding solo if it's pottering about or if I want to 'push the performance envelope', but if it's going off on adventures à la forrin it's nice to have the extra traction in the mud Most of the bike miles since my yoof have been 2-up. I wouldn't mind the sort of group tours you've been on - it sounds like you can make your own way if you want to or ride with a group.
It's nice to have someone who can tell you how lovely the countryside views that you rode through were.
Rockburner wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:08 am
It's nice to have someone who can tell you how lovely the countryside views that you rode through were.
If she hadn't fallen asleep.
Oh...and also to tap me on the shoulder to remind me that they drive on the right in this bit of the world.
I think she'd be game to do pillion on a track day! (The first days on some Flash Tours were a bit like one though. Hmmm.....ponder....double knee down? )
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
Never got on with going pillion and I certainly never got on with taking pillions. So much so that the first thing I do to a bike is take off pillion pegs and throw them away
DefTrap wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:25 pm
Never got on with going pillion and I certainly never got on with taking pillions. So much so that the first thing I do to a bike is take off pillion pegs and throw them away
Many years ago, my pal got a sponsored Harley race bike.
Was road legal so we often went out with me pillion trying to both get our knees down. Photos somewhere of us trailing our gloves on floor on a roundabout. He was top rider so felt safe (ish)
I must be the only one who has an MTB gathering dust over the past year and instead is going through more tyres and fuel on the 2 bikes than i have in a few years. 2 knee ops have taken a toll and the knee is starting to ache a bit now after cycling but we'll see how it goes
As well as doing the bike instructing part time i also have a part time office job that requires a 50 mile return journey each day. In the shitty weather the bike gets me there a damn sight quicker than stuck in traffic in a car. In the nice weather i often take a longer way home on some twistier roads just because i can.
After avoiding trackdays for years i now want to do more and will probably book a snetterton day soon as its my local track instead of just the annual trip to darkest wales to meet up with this lot at Pembrey.
Mid 50's and i still love riding bikes as much as before. I really cant see me hanging up the helmet until i am told i cant medically but you never know what the future will bring
Bigyin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:30 pm
I must be the only one who has an MTB gathering dust over the past year and instead is going through more tyres and fuel on the 2 bikes than i have in a few years. 2 knee ops have taken a toll and the knee is starting to ache a bit now after cycling but we'll see how it goes
As well as doing the bike instructing part time i also have a part time office job that requires a 50 mile return journey each day. In the shitty weather the bike gets me there a damn sight quicker than stuck in traffic in a car. In the nice weather i often take a longer way home on some twistier roads just because i can.
After avoiding trackdays for years i now want to do more and will probably book a snetterton day soon as its my local track instead of just the annual trip to darkest wales to meet up with this lot at Pembrey.
Mid 50's and i still love riding bikes as much as before. I really cant see me hanging up the helmet until i am told i cant medically but you never know what the future will bring
Nope, you and me both...
Not ridden a bicycle in over 12 months now owing to not being able to sit on a saddle (diagnosed with Bowel Cancer, been through a few operations since), but have put maybe 7-8k miles on various motorbikes during the same time as and when my posterior has allowed...
DefTrap wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:25 pm
Never got on with going pillion and I certainly never got on with taking pillions. So much so that the first thing I do to a bike is take off pillion pegs and throw them away
Never found a pillion to be a problem as long as they sit there like a sack of spuds, don't try to 'help' etc. If they don't jiggle around, what's the problem?
At the risk of bigging myself up, there was a 'survey' on an earlier board about 'who would you go pillion with?' And, *heart swells wiv pride* some said....
Count Steer!
Oh me, oh my. I'm a passenger god.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
it, it'll not be raining on the way home, get suited up' for a while but it's the....'woohoo! heading for Eurotunnel and whatever lies beyond' that I miss. But, it's my co-pilot that is the issue and it's not as much fun on my own.
(Contrarily I hate sitting at the back). I don't mind riding solo if it's pottering about or if I want to 'push the performance envelope', but if it's going off on adventures à la forrin it's nice to have the extra traction in the mud 
Most of the bike miles since my yoof have been 2-up. I wouldn't mind the sort of group tours you've been on - it sounds like you can make your own way if you want to or ride with a group.
