Wives and Husbands!

[Otis]

As a guy I am posting this from my own experience but I guess there might be some girls in a similar situation.

Do any of you have a partner that is so anti and disinterested in anything you do regarding the passions in your life ie. anything involving petrol!!

Intended to be humorous but there is a lot of truth in what I ask?

Safe riding
G

[ka-ja]

my wife and I have no interests whatsoever in common, but we have managed 60+ years marriage, just never go to sleep on an argument.

[Orcade-Ian]

I've been very fortunate in that respect Graham,
We've been married 40 years next May - apparently it was cup final day back then but neither of us was interested in watching 22 grown men kicking a bag of wind around a manicured cow-pasture.
It's only in the last few years that Christine has lost interest in foreign holidays on the GoldWing - hence its recent sale and we've even parted with her 400/4 and C50 LAC. I'm not sure if the waning interest was because her leathers have shrunk more than mine - ouch! Perhaps it's just that the car holds more wine than the bike.  Up until then we had over 100,000 miles of 'Winging and we would often have weekends away collecting parts for bikes and cars but perhaps with a visit to a few garden centres and wildlife parks to keep things fairer.  She was often my 'resource investigator' at auto jumbles and I would show her what I needed and she would nearly always find it - after I'd been 'man looking'

'The lucky man of Orkney'

[Laverda Dave]

I've been very fortunate in that respect Graham,
We've been married 40 years next May - apparently it was cup final day back then but neither of us was interested in watching 22 grown men kicking a bag of wind around a manicured cow-pasture.
It's only in the last couple of years that Christine has lost interest in foreign holidays on the GoldWing - hence its recent sale and we've even parted with her 400/4 and C50 LAC. I'm not sure if the waning interest was because her leathers have shrunk more than mine - ouch! Perhaps it's just that the car holds more wine than the bike.  Up until then we had over 100,000 miles of 'Winging and we would often have weekends away collecting parts for bikes and cars but perhaps with a visit to a few garden centres and wildlife parks to keep things fairer.  She was often my 'resource investigator' at auto jumbles and I would show her what I needed and she would nearly always find it - after I'd been 'man looking'

'The lucky man of Orkney'

That sounds like a marriage made in heaven Ian. My wife learnt to ride a bike when we met 12 years ago. Her father was an ex royal marine who later joined the Dorset police as a bike cop and later went onto cars. I got her a CG125 to learn on and when she passed her test (first time, no faults or observations) she bought a 250 Yamaha single. Unfortunately she dropped it on gravel and that was it, her confidence vanished and the bike was sold. She did however agree to spending 10 days on a Harley when we went to NZ for the holiday of a lifetime. I thought it was going to be hard work but she loved it and still tells people it was the highlight of the holiday.

[Orcade-Ian]

Oh, don't get me wrong Dave, we still enjoy a good argument now and then but agree with Ka-Ja that you should sort it quickly today and not leave things to fester.

Ian

[Otis]

Nice replies chaps.

In my 45 years of marriage we have had some tremendous shared interests in travelling, skiing, motorcycling and golfing. It seems to have been the return to motorcycling after 40 years that has not been well received. I have probably been impulsive and selfish in doing something that I desperately wanted to return to, when wifey was so against it. At times now, I am struggling a bit to keep my enthusiasm going when everything about the bikes is met with total and tangible disinterest.

These forums are a great place to be able to open up about such issues.
Cheers
Graham


 

[taysidedragon]

We've been together for 47 years now. I didn't have a bike when we first met, I needed a car to carry my hang-glider. She was brave enough to fly dual with me on the hang-glider.

When I got a bike again later on she wasn't keen on going pillion but she has done it.
Although my wife is not keen on riding she does understand my passion for it. When I go for a ride or a session in the garage she says I'm going to spend time with my beloved.. my other women. I think I've got a good one. 😉

[Bryanj]

For my my 70th my wife bought me a new Shoie and had it custom painted, she used to ride but seeing a good friend die due to drunk driver she gave up 25+ years ago, would prefer i didnt but wont stop me, when i eventually rebuild No 36

[taysidedragon]

For my my 70th my wife bought me a new Shoie and had it custom painted, she used to ride but seeing a good friend die due to drunk driver she gave up 25+ years ago, would prefer i didnt but wont stop me, when i eventually rebuild No 36

Beautiful 👍 (The helmet I mean!) 🤣