Showing posts with label motorcycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motorcycle. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Wind Through My Hair, Bug Up the Nose



My history with motorcycles is really a love/hate relationship. Until this weekend, the only time I had ever been "on" a motorcycle, I wasn't even riding it, just sitting on one and burned the holy hell out of my leg, resulting in the two huge scars I now have on the inside of my right leg.

So let me rephrase...My history with motorcycles is really a hate/hate relationship...Until my dear beau stepped in. You see he has a motorcycle, a cute little 1980 Honda (that is all I know about it, and I'm sure he would appreciate me calling it 'cute'.) This made me nervous to no end...that is until I finally rode on it on Sunday.


And let me tell you, I get it! I get why so many people love to ride motorcycles. You feel free (and much cooler than those squares in their cars) :-) I say this, but I was quite a nervous wreck on our first ride (and I still won't let him go above 40 mph).

So, last night (after a long day of me feeling on the verge of tears and a nervous breakdown), we took the ol' girl out on McDowell Creek Road, twisting around the curves, heading down dirt roads and curling up into the Flint Hills to see a view of Manhattan that few get to see. And it worked...I calmed down, let the breeze whip my hair around and kept a smile firmly planted on my face (even when a bug flew up my nose).

So let me rephrase one last time...My history with motorcycles is a love/hate relationship (approximately 85% love to 15% hate).

And it gives me the chance to wrap my arms around a good lookin' hunk of man! Who could turn that down?!