02-02-2021, 08:10 AM
(02-02-2021, 02:35 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: Well... possible setback on the get-the-wife-to-ride front.
I mentioned in another post that yesterday morning, I was about to head to work on the CB when weather looked iffy, and the wife reminded me to take the cat to the vet.
I hastily pushed the CB into the garage behind my wife's car, wrestled the cat into his carrier, and headed to the vet in my car. Mid-day, the vet called to say he was ready, and my wife called me to say "Your motorcycle is blocking my car!"
Ever see the movie Apollo 13? The part where the guys in Mission Control are talking the astronauts through the process of building the thing that will save their lives? I had to talk my wife through lifting the CB off of the side stand, and rolling it about five feet so she could get her car out. "Oh my gosh, it's so heavy! I can't believe it! I'm so worried that I'll drop your baby!"
I explained to her that any bike we'd consider for her would be a lot lighter than the CB, but there is a crack in the dam...
I don't think it's necessarily a crack in the dam. "Oh my gosh, it's so heavy! I can't believe it! I'm so worried that I'll drop your baby!" could just be a very sweet way of saying "Next time, move it yourself" and maybe didn't affect her motorcycling aspirations at all......maybe.