Cowardice, plain and simple. :blush: Always wanted to ride, but where I grew up "nice girls" didn't ride bikes - a moped maybe, but I wasn't having any of that!!
Fast forword many years (nope, not admitting how many)....kids are grown, best friend is a MSF instructor, so I told hubby if I'm gonna do it it needs to be now. Took the course, had a blast, passed the test, and couldn't wait to start riding!!
Hubby had a "procedure" done - ended up with 3 stents in his heart, and out of work for 3 months. No money for a bike - heck, I didn't have money for a helmet!!
That's when I started "thinking" - I'm not a kid anymore, if I go down I'm gonna get hurt!! I have occasional bouts of vertigo, so sooner or later I'm gonna go down.
Then I saw a trike - hmmmmm, maybe? So I mentioned it to hubby, who immediately started looking at VW-based ones, and one from some German company that I don't even remember. Took me a while to convince him that I wanted a more "traditional" look - GW, you know?
Looked around, found a Harley triked for a woman that I really liked, but the place wouldn't finance. Looked some more, and found a GW & a Suzuki C90 trike - the engine size scared me though, so I ended up with a Suzuki C50/Lehman kit, and been loving it ever since!! Although I DO wish I'd gone with the GW or the C90 - next trike!
Fast forword many years (nope, not admitting how many)....kids are grown, best friend is a MSF instructor, so I told hubby if I'm gonna do it it needs to be now. Took the course, had a blast, passed the test, and couldn't wait to start riding!!
Hubby had a "procedure" done - ended up with 3 stents in his heart, and out of work for 3 months. No money for a bike - heck, I didn't have money for a helmet!!
That's when I started "thinking" - I'm not a kid anymore, if I go down I'm gonna get hurt!! I have occasional bouts of vertigo, so sooner or later I'm gonna go down.
Then I saw a trike - hmmmmm, maybe? So I mentioned it to hubby, who immediately started looking at VW-based ones, and one from some German company that I don't even remember. Took me a while to convince him that I wanted a more "traditional" look - GW, you know?
Looked around, found a Harley triked for a woman that I really liked, but the place wouldn't finance. Looked some more, and found a GW & a Suzuki C90 trike - the engine size scared me though, so I ended up with a Suzuki C50/Lehman kit, and been loving it ever since!! Although I DO wish I'd gone with the GW or the C90 - next trike!