we are happily married. She finally explained that the reason she (jokingly) asked to drive a motorcycle that is 6x the size of her was that she admired the well made piece of German engineering. (and she is a well made German Engineer if I may brag) The second happy ending was that my buddy finally convinced his wife to go for a ride on my bike and she is now not only okay with him buying a bike but looking forward to it. __________________ For every mile of road there are two miles of ditches. I know I'm from Oregon, where I'm too dumb to pump my own gas, but I thought the other no-self-serve state was Maine. Naw, they pump their own there (especially if they're from the County). This thread has been an education. I'm not surprised to hear that people fuck with bikes, but I am surprised that for so many of them that means actually sitting on them. I'd be incredulous and angry -- even among my buddies, we ask first. __________________ "I almost got side swiped by a guy on a Honda Shadow that was wearing an H-D tassel laden jacket. I was on my H-D at the time and wearing a Kawasaki T shirt. I wasn't sure which came closer to killing me,the near accident or the irony." wishin4woods DirtyDog: "Riding a KLR in an enduro is like trying to put a bear in a wetsuit." Years ago when I had first started