Achey but happy!!

[missyburd]

Well the weather is all blue skies and sunshine atm, so YC and me thought we'd make the most of the weather and go on a long jaunt round the Welsh coast!! I had almost (I say almost) forgotten quite how beautiful Wales is and can now fully understand the fun of 'twisties'.

Not been on the back for a looong ride before just little trips here and there and......it was chuffing grrrreat :D :D :D :smt026:smt026:smt026:smt026:smt026 I will feel it tomorrow no doubt but any aches and pains are well worth it :smt082


I am now majorly itching to get my own run-around now heehee.

[stewie]

Are you coming to the NW3 btw ? hope you,re not too achey. :D

[missyburd]

I don't think so, tis my birthday that weekend and tis all booked up anyway AFAIK *sniff*

i'm not too achey now yey. I'll know about it tomorrow though I expect :lol:

[Speedy Claire]

Glad you enjoyed it... I forget at times myself but there`s some spectacular scenery in Wales and for me its almost on my doorstep!

[missyburd]

one of the reasons why having a bike is a precious thing here, despite the fact I go to uni here I still don't get to make the most of my surroundings, but I'm doing the best I can under the circumstances :D

[Kate Moss]

ooh you enjoyed the long ride? Me and Phil need to practise long jaunts before AR. I cant wait to get back on the bike, and indeed learn to ride myself. You get your knee down?!x

[Girth]

I think i saw you guys!

Think it was near Ruthin/Llandgollen?

I was out too riding the welsh hills.

[yorkie_chris]

Nah we didn't venture that far north from aber, you'll know if you see us, mine's the filthy black curvy with the loud hi-level.

Great fun today, and can tell the weathers getting warmer as my tyres are starting to show some signs of being pushed a little again after the winters chicken-strips and squareness. :D

[yorkie_chris]

ooh you enjoyed the long ride? Me and Phil need to practise long jaunts before AR. I cant wait to get back on the bike, and indeed learn to ride myself. You get your knee down?!x

Bah, no sliders! Decked the pegs though :-P

[missyburd]

ooh you enjoyed the long ride? Me and Phil need to practise long jaunts before AR. I cant wait to get back on the bike, and indeed learn to ride myself. You get your knee down?!x
yep loved every minute of it :cool: No knees down, all in good time hehe.

[Drew Carey]

Me and Lilly went for a ride with Pete & Lissa into Wales on Sunday.....did 200 miles....Lilly now has major back strain, but she is still smiling.......just think we need more practice so she gets used to the bike.

[missyburd]

Me and Lilly went for a ride with Pete & Lissa into Wales on Sunday.....did 200 miles....Lilly now has major back strain, but she is still smiling.......just think we need more practice so she gets used to the bike.
I find tis the inside of my thighs mainly (probably more due to one footpeg being higher than the other :rolleyes: ) but hopefully I'll get used to it and all will be well :)

Got the long trek back home wednesday which includes the motorway, should be fun! (I'm at that stage where even the prospect of sitting on the motorway for an hour and a half sounds fun, no doubt I'll soon be thinking differently! :neutral:)

[dizzyblonde]

after you've been out a few times, you'll find you'll loosen up a bit. You won't ache as much. You'll get so used to it, you'll be like me in a pillion seat(if your confident with your pilot)....i'm usually sat with my hands in my lap..........I can see everyone cringing at this point, but I trust Im Indoors, on the rare occasion I sit behind.
And you'll be confident enough to stand up on the pegs mid ride...to stretch your legs

[Luckypants]

after you've been out a few times, you'll find you'll loosen up a bit. You won't ache as much. You'll get so used to it, you'll be like me in a pillion seat(if your confident with your pilot)....i'm usually sat with my hands in my lap..........I can see everyone cringing at this point, but I trust Im Indoors, on the rare occasion I sit behind.
And you'll be confident enough to stand up on the pegs mid ride...to stretch your legs

Sounds like my lad when he rides pillion. He sits there looking cool and is a great pillion because he is relaxed.

BTW, I used to get the pegs down all the while with Jon on the back

[dizzyblonde]

funnily enough a friend of mine many moons ago used to sit on the back of her other halfs chop rolling fags( sod knows how they didn't blow away) they both wore open face helmets too. She is a tiny little thing thoug hso could get right behind him as a wind breaker

[Ruffy]

My missus freaked me out not long after I got the VFR: Charging up the M6, heading back from Silverstone (BSB meet) towards Manchester (lived in Bury at the time), it's raining and I feel her head gently rest onto my back. She'd fallen asleep!!!

I didn't think it was possible, but it's amazing how comfortable a pillion can get.

[dizzyblonde]

aye, the same friend who rolled fags did that, she frightened the living daylights out of the bike behind. She almost fell of backwards
Its also happened to my mates out in France with one of their kids. Rory gets bored and says the dragstar exhaust makes him sleepy. His mum had a dicky fit when she saw him nodding off an the back of his dads bike, his dads paranoid now when he takes him out on it

[mrs mousetrapper]

I've always fallen asleep in cars and did worry about doing the same on the bike but there's always something to see when you're not on a motorway! Last summer we went to Europe and after the first day I stopped hanging on and concentrated on taking pics and filming as we were riding and got some great footage in the Alpes!!
We too went for our first major ride this year - up to Staithes nr Whitby!
With the lovely blue skies I had forgotten how nice it is to get out on the bike!

[missyburd]

I didn't think it was possible, but it's amazing how comfortable a pillion can get.

it does get comfy, I could see myself falling asleep but then a loud rev would soon wake me up again hehe. Any tips on staying awake whilst on the motorway :smt101 8-[


With the lovely blue skies I had forgotten how nice it is to get out on the bike!
100% agree there, makes me wonder why people use cars sometimes :) (on a nice day that is, can see why if the weather's 'orrid :rolleyes:)

[missyburd]

Last summer we went to Europe and after the first day I stopped hanging on and concentrated on taking pics and filming as we were riding and got some great footage in the Alpes!!

Ooooh taking pics sounds adventurous, that would come in very handy indeed, I kept wanting YC to stop the views were so beautiful!

[Kate Moss]

I'm so jealous, cant wait to get back out on the bike. I've not done long distance at all and I still cling on for dear life, must try to relax more!

Be a long time before I can put my helmet on though I think :(

[missyburd]

I'm so jealous, cant wait to get back out on the bike. I've not done long distance at all and I still cling on for dear life, must try to relax more!

Be a long time before I can put my helmet on though I think :(

awww :smt056 If you keep willing yourself to get back on the bike I'm willing to bet you'll heal a lot quicker hehe.

[yorkie_chris]

I kept wanting YC to stop the views were so beautiful!

The roads were better :-D

I kept wishing for my sliders :-P

[yorkie_chris]

Be a long time before I can put my helmet on though I think :(

A flipfront?

Where there's a will there's a way. That or temporarily stick some tassels on your jacket and get a trike :-P

[Luckypants]

My missus freaked me out not long after I got the VFR: Charging up the M6, heading back from Silverstone (BSB meet) towards Manchester (lived in Bury at the time), it's raining and I feel her head gently rest onto my back. She'd fallen asleep!!!

I didn't think it was possible, but it's amazing how comfortable a pillion can get.

Slept on my mates bike when getting a pillion ride back to college. Fell asleep where M6 joins M1 and woke up at the bottom of the M10. Mark didn't know I was asleep.........

[mrs mousetrapper]

Ooooh taking pics sounds adventurous, that would come in very handy indeed, I kept wanting YC to stop the views were so beautiful!

You need intercom so you can yell STOP! or SLOW DOWN! instead of tapping shoulders!!

[yorkie_chris]

Nah

[Luckypants]

Nah

He's right you know :twisted:

[lily]

I'm so jealous, cant wait to get back out on the bike. I've not done long distance at all and I still cling on for dear life, must try to relax more!

Be a long time before I can put my helmet on though I think :(

I cling on for dear life also....the though of taking pictures while riding just scarys me!!!! :smt103

[dizzyblonde]

it does get comfy, I could see myself falling asleep but then a loud rev would soon wake me up again hehe. Any tips on staying awake whilst on the motorway :smt101 8-[)

I usd to wave at truckers to see how many waved back, or see how many kids were pointing at you......or even better see how many fat blokes were picking their nose at the wheel.

Theres loads of stuff to do ont motorway

[Drew Carey]

I usd to wave at truckers to see how many waved back, or see how many kids were pointing at you......or even better see how many fat blokes were picking their nose at the wheel.

Theres loads of stuff to do ont motorway

Lilly has just informed me that when she is bored senseless she sings either "I've got a lovely bunch of cocanuts....diddly dee" or......."Lion King.....in the Jungle", apparently including the full corus!!!!

[dizzyblonde]

TBH its a rarity I sit on the back now. It depends what mood i'm in cause I don't like sitting biatch on my own bikes and the raptors like sitting on a lump of wood. Sometimes its kinda nice to just sit like a sack of spuds watching the world go by than having to navigate and car dodge, basically doing all the hard work....lol

[Lissa]

I never feel like falling asleep when riding pillion with Pete:D

[missyburd]

I usd to wave at truckers to see how many waved back, or see how many kids were pointing at you......or even better see how many fat blokes were picking their nose at the wheel.

Theres loads of stuff to do ont motorway
:lol:

I already get great fun out of watching people's expressions as YC's l o u d bike goes by, very amusing.

[dizzyblonde]

something along the lines of WTF???
Wait til you get one of your own, its even better....then it turns into WTF is that OMG its a woman:-)

[missyburd]

something along the lines of WTF???
Wait til you get one of your own, its even better....then it turns into WTF is that OMG its a woman:-)
:smt077:D