Yamamike Posted August 27, 2012 Share #1 Posted August 27, 2012 Well this past weekend I took my longest trip so far (800 Klicks round trip). I know this is just a small jaunt for some of y'all but not for me! Rode up (solo) to Sudbury to visit my folks and took my 69 year old Mom on her first ever motorcycle ride. The grin on her face and the thank you hug made the trip more than worthwhile. Mom has Alzheimer's and I just hope she remembers this for a while. But if not...I'll be very happy to repeat as often as I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etcswjoe Posted August 27, 2012 Share #2 Posted August 27, 2012 497 miles is a pretty good trip, glad your Mom enjoyed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamamike Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted August 27, 2012 And the bike performed like I knew she would...absolutely flawless. The time went buy like nothing at all...I was worried it would feel like a really long trip but not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini-muffin Posted August 27, 2012 Share #4 Posted August 27, 2012 Glad you had a good trip and a safe one. Always nice to give our folks something to talk about. Hope she remembers it for a while as well. Regardless you always will. Margaret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamamike Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted August 27, 2012 I sure will Margaret! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV1100SE Posted August 27, 2012 Share #6 Posted August 27, 2012 ...I was worried it would feel like a really long trip but not at all. You get used to it. We went from Kitchener to Hamilton on the weekend. Mapquest puts it at 60km (37 miles). On the Venture it turns out to be 175km (108 miles). You end up finding the long way to get places ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamamike Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share #7 Posted August 28, 2012 I even lucked into a nice set of Kuryakin ISO Dually highway pegs at a very good price. My first piece of bling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoStars Posted August 28, 2012 Share #8 Posted August 28, 2012 Well this past weekend I took my longest trip so far (800 Klicks round trip). I know this is just a small jaunt for some of y'all but not for me! Rode up (solo) to Sudbury to visit my folks and took my 69 year old Mom on her first ever motorcycle ride. The grin on her face and the thank you hug made the trip more than worthwhile. Mom has Alzheimer's and I just hope she remembers this for a while. But if not...I'll be very happy to repeat as often as I can. I'm told that Alzheimer's patients tend to remember events when they are highly stimulated. My father in law had Alzheimer's and I took him for rides a couple of times a year. Near the end, he couldn't remember my name - but he recognized me as the guy with the bike. Then he smiled. Enjoy the rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamamike Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted August 28, 2012 That's cool...thanks for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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