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This may be a long shot Bay but what the heck, when it comes to getting rid of numb butt anything is worth a try.. It is possible that just being new to biking and riding tensed up can cause it.. You might discuss with her the idea of focusing on doing some relaxing techniques while she is riding.. Perhaps the Arm Rests that you suggested would increase her sense of security and help in relaxing too,, not a bad idea IMHO. Being uncomfortable with moving her legs around, changing foot positions, partially standing up occasionally long before the numbness sets in can all contribute greatly too.. Besides being able to see 360 degrees and being in the fresh air, one of the really great things my wife enjoys about riding the bike cross country instead of being in a "Cage" is exactly that,,, being able to move around while on the go to avoid the "numbness" from riding in a car... Bottom line,, I, like lots of folks on here, cannot count the times that I have suggested a newbie rider spend time in a parking lot alone, getting accustomed to their bike before hitting the open road.. Practice makes perfect so to speak.. I personally think someone who is new to being a passenger deserves the same opportunity to get alone with her hubby and the bike, developing passenger skills (riding on the back takes some learned skill too you know).. That all being said, I would stay off the highways and crowded area's until she is comfortable and tells you she is ready, nothing wrong with that.. Our local Harley shop uses their parking lot for training purposes so they have it all painted up and laid out.. Tip and I love to sneak down there and practice two up slow riding, keeping those "riding together skills" up to snuff.. Good place to have her standing up on the rider pegs while I am coming to stop,,, that kinda stuff.. Best wishes getting control of the numbness,, you two ride YOUR ride and and see where it leads! Puc

They have a couple different sizes at Harbor Freight you might wanna take a peek at Angelo.. Good one! Right on the top of my list too Coff!! That and the hanger for our water jug, sure wouldnt wanna cross those deserts with em Sonshine!!

The Michigan dealers have a bunch of leftover 2013's and 14's and are using the Military thousand dollar discount (notice the discounts cant be combined, California = HD ownership discount, MI = Military discount as example).. example = http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/mcd/4698828278.html Could be another interesting winter for left over new bike prices!! Also, anyone else notice that Polaris is dropping the 5 year warranty with the 15's and going to a 2 year instead? 5 year unlimited miles,,, hmmmm,,, wonder how many miles a man and his wife could do in 5 years of serious riding.. Think of the people you could meet, stickers and signatures you could accumulate and the sites you could see.. Wonder what that new Classic would look like after 5 years of camping on the Montana Mountain two tracks:stirthepot:

Cager reads "Impassable Road Ahead", Biker reads "Adventure Begins Here". G.P.S. stands for Go Park Somewhere, we're riding and love getting lost!

BEEEEEAAUTIFUL!! As I mentioned on youtube Darrin,, PLEASE let Mike know he did a FANTASTIC job!! Thanks for including us on your ride bro! Puc

Bongo, Bongo, Bongo,,,,,,,,, will you quit messing around looking for loose change under the bed in the motel room and take that precious wife out for a romantic walk on the beach or something... YEEEEEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWW ON MAUI BROTHER AND HIS BRIDE!! Hope you two are having a BALL!!!!! Glad the bruised knee aint messing up the walking,, KEEP ON KEEPIN ON!! Puc

"Sheesh Randy,, you could have left some for the rest us" "Honey, I think our Voltage Regulator has a hole in it, all the smoke is leaking out" "Is your motorcycle a 2 cylinder or 4 stroke?" "I think I need a new power band" Puc to Chinese rep selling Honda Clone "Pit Bikes" at the Indianapolis Dealer Expo in 2001,, "Rotary Transmission idea NO GOOD"! Chinese to Puc,, "Much better, easier to fix when broke". Puc to Chinese,, "Being able to go from 4th to 1st by up shifting one extra click, it will ALWAYS be broke"..

:whistling::whistling:,,,,,,:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:fingers-crossed-emo:stirthepot::stirthepot:

We dont got no 2nd Gen BUT I reckon I'll speak up anyway,,, my favorite accessory to date on my 1st Gens has got to be the mechanical thumb cruise control.. Electronic cruise took a dump on my 1st Royale years ago, picked up one of these mechanicals while touring, liked it so much I never looked back - actually use it wayyyyyyy more than I ever used the Electronic and have transfered it over and over again.. Tied for 1st place would have to be the little convex mirrors that stick onto the regular mirrors.... I would have picked my camera but thats really not a bike accessory I reckon...

Or,,, just strap a set of the biggest, baddest, meanest Moose horns you can find to the front of your bike Dennis!!

AWESOME :clap2:, and THANK YOU to all you great folks for ALL your hard work!! I just read a great quote by Marcarl that, IMHO, fits this thread perfectly: "We (the Committee) may not have it all together (yet), but, together we got it all."

Had a few of the same experiences bow hunting here in Michigan Fuzz.. Had em making their "Baby Scream" cries just after dark one night up there while walking out of the woods,,, make the hair on the back of your neck stand up!!

Wayyy cool Darrin, sounds like you folks had the perfect Yooper trip:cool10:! Beauty abounds up there for sure! Love the pic of the bikes at the ol Mystery Spot! You guys hit any of the color changing? That 60,666 comment was kinda spooky reading... Now if you would have said you pulled into Hell Mi and your speedo would have displayed the 60,666 and suddenly died displaying those numbers and four guys on Iron "horse" Harleys came riding up to help ya with the bike.... Gettin carried away here:backinmyday: Glad you folks had a great trip Darrin - THANKS FOR SHARING! Puc

Heyyyyyyy,,, not fair,,, you disabled the comments,,, oh well I guess I just have to post em here.. GREAT JOB KAREN, CAPT'N DEREK AND THE BAND!!! GREAT JOB AND THANKS BARRYCUDA FOR FILMING, DIRECTING, PRODUCING, EDITING, POSTING ON U_TUBE AND SHARING THIS WITH US!!:cool10::dancefool: Man them VR folks can sure shake a leg:bighug:

WOW,, that is amazing Midnite!! Rare as hens teeth that is for sure!! Seeing a wild cat of any sort is very very rare indeed (not talking about feral cats here),, and with kittens too!! CONGRATS!!

I dont know Fool,,, I get in the heat combined with the humidity its almost like the moisture content of the air wont let my sweat evaporate,, where, same tempts in 5 percent humidity - the sweat evaporates instantly and it seems cooler.. IMHO, that old saying about "It's a dry heat" does have credence..

May sound weird but Beth Hart's music/style reminds me alot of Janis Joplin..

Smoked Chicken for lunch, rain has stopped - BLESSINGS DOWN AND PRAYERS UP!!

Indeed Raggy,, dont make no difference whether its bikes or sleds bro - IT IS GORGEOUS UP THERE!! I use to spend an enormous amount of time up there, hunting/camping/dirt biking/snowmobiling.. Peacock LTD always hosted a dirtbike/quad ride called the Snowy Chicken in March - screws in the tires and plowing thru a couple feet of snow on the single track,, LOTS of fun.. Raggy,, my Dad and I hunted on the corner of Kings Hwy (its a two track NOT an interstate folks) and 10 mile Rd, that is between Irons and Luther - any idea of that is close to your property? He would haul me up there starting as a little kid.. LOTS OF GREAT MEMORIES IN THAT SPOT!! Of course, the Dublin Store was ALWAYS a treat (almost as good as Jones Ice Cream) with their guns/bows (guy that owned the store back than said that they made enough dollars during Deer Season that they were able to keep the store open year around) and AWESOME Jerky!! Now adays, they have the biggest selection of Jerky known to man and ship world wide... Specially when they charge in with them longggggg fingernails exposed!! Except I think we will end up somewhere in the Desert Region,, might be the Indian blood in me or something but I am afraid 100 degrees and 90 percent humidity would have me right back to playing spoons Puppy!! RIDE NECKED :cool10:

Now THAT is what I am talking about, I would camp right on that peak right there!!! Hang my feet over the edge and watch the world go by Gotta love AZ for its endless, rugged beauty! Glad your out enjoying it David!

Some bikers actually like falls, they actually plan for them and thereby not only survive through them but come out on the other end of the spectrum ready for the horror that follows.. In geezerdom, I have become one those bikers who has developed a true disliking for falls.. I used to just ride right thru them but not anymore.. Now adays it seems like falls = having my bike laid up and I hate having my bike laid up and sitting silent for long periods of time.. Totally different than when I was young.. Why,, when I was young I even rode my motorcycle thru the horror of winter here in Michigan that follows all falls.. On the other hand, back in my younger days I also snowmobiled, bow hunted deer and raised heck with the neighbor hood rabbits who were getting chased by my beagles while I fired No. 6 shot from my Remington 870 thru many falls and winters... Not so much no more.. Last week was nice here in Michigan.. We have new neighbors who haven't learned not to invite us to go riding with them.. Last Wednesday they pulled into our yard on their Goldwing and announced they wanted to ride over to a neighboring town for some Jerky - that town was Newaygo, a short jaunt from here of about 35 minutes and really a very nice ride.. As we pulled out of our driveway, I leaned over to the lovely couple on their gorgeous bike and said,, sooooo,,, how long can you guys be out (an innocent question).. The lady on the back said,, we are in no hurry,, why? I said,, well,, I know right where that jerky place you guys are headed is but I also know of a little place "up north" that has the worlds best jerky (town called Dublin near Irons), we could just follow the back roads and see if we can find it... Awayyy we went.. We left home at 10 a.m. and got home at 1 a.m... I was shocked but pleasantly surprised when the next day they pulled into our yard and asked us to lead them on another fun goose chase.. This time we toured the lake shore a ways and than headed over to follow the Muskegon River to view colors, Dams and look for Salmon - of course we went right past the jerky place they wanted to go the day before.. It being fall, it turned cold and rainy and I was shocked when the new neighbor lady rang the doorbell yesterday afternoon. Honestly, the thought of "she cant possibly want us to go riding in this cold/wet weather can she".. Tippy walks into the living room and announced that the new neighbors wanted us to come play cards... Tip had a really weird smirk on her face cause she KNOWS that if there is one thing ol Puc doesnt do is play cards,, not even during a cold, rainy, fall night.. There were 6 of us old geezers gathered around the table at the new neighbors house.. The new neighbor looked at Tippy and asked what we should play.. Tippy looked at me, dressed in my long sleeved VentureWest shirt (she was wearing the match to it), sporting my ol Harley hat and a clean pair of jeans... I looked her in the eyes and I could see it coming... She always talked about this game that they always played at Girly Showers and stuff,, a game called "Spoons".. As it turns out,, Spoons is a violent game.. A game where brute strength and speed is what really matters.. A game that could turn bloody if people didn't control themselves.. One of the other couples at the party were actually friends of ours,, people who I knew well and had did a fair amount of stuff with,, as a matter of fact, I actually helped build a trike for the lady of couple... Anyway,, I knew this couple well enough to know that they both sport Concealed Weapons Permits.. Knowing this and discovering the true nature of the game we were playing, I looked at them both and inquired whether or not either of them were packing.. The man of this couple looked at me and said no,, why do you ask? I said,, I don't wanna go home with a 40 caliber hunk of lead sticking out of my shoulder cause of some stupid spoon - that's why... When we were walking across the yard heading home and I discovered the "extra" spoon in my pocket I had snitched from the neighbors silverware drawer during a bathroom break, Tippy asked me what got into me to agree to going over there to play cards... I just looked at her and said,,, I am trying to figure out what biker geezers do to survive falls...

:cool10::cool10: GREAT WRITE UP!! Sounds like you folks are having a blast and covering a lot of interesting miles PLUS playing with the grandkids = AWESOME!! Thank you for sharing about it all Frank!! 40 MPG = respectful,,, 47 =

Sheeshhh Fool,, this is beginning to happen way to often to be a coincedental,,,, you keep slipping in on these just before I do:confused24: If your using a set of those "Directional Beams" like we use to use in CB Radios to pin point me I HOPE you directionally point them west or something before you attach the White Wash Machine to em:stirthepot::rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf:

Your welcome Bio, truthfully,, nothing funner than sitting around on a rainy day yakking bikes with my buds here!! Wishing you the best in healing of that hand!! Adding to what Jack is pointing out,,, I grabbed a Honda CB1100F (cool bike - Red, White and Blue) a number of years ago.. Guy I got it from had only owned it a few weeks and said he was terrified of it cause he got it over 100 and it developed a wobble... Bike rolled straight, looked good so, what the heck, I grabbed it.. Tires looked good, no sign of frame damage, paint on the welds on the frame showed no sign of cracking (paint chips at stress points on frame = probably been dropped).. Ran er up to a buck and quarter (effortless for the 1100F) and sure enough, sure felt like a tank slapper was in the works - make ya pucker for sure!!! Going over the bike with a fine tooth comb I discovered that somewhere in the bikes history it had lost a fork seal and only had maybe an ounce of fluid in the left fork,,, forks appeared perfect - just no fluid in one side.. Rebuilt the forks, stuck in a set of progressive springs, 10 weight fork fluid set to proper/equal depth... Bike rode as on rails and as solid as rock up to 150 where I shut her down!!! As Jack mentioned, fork problems can definitely cause issues like we are talking...

Pouring rain and 50 degrees here, got a bunch of hail this morning,,, REALLY uplifting to hear about my buds down there in the sunshine!! Have a GREAT ride,, and walk down there with the gators