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[QUOTE="Michelle, post: 859608, member: 16598"] i guess I should explain something. I no longer drive. Last year I bought a cheap roadie to decide if I liked riding on the road or rather, could even handle it. It wasn't until Henk broke his back that I was allowed to ride my bike full-time to work. The first day of weather conditions being less than ideal (it was our winter, which looking out the window, was a lot more pleasant than our summer lol) Henk asked me if I was going to be okay and was I sure about taking the bike. I'd been enjoying my rides to & from work but the weather had been fine. I now no longer get asked if I'm okay on the bike, we'll just have a debate as to whether we should wear wet-weather gear or not - is that dry spell going to last 1/2 an hour? I bought the DRZ with the intention of doing adventure (dual-sport) rides and didn't/don't know how we're going to fit them into our schedule - but it's an option that's now available to me. We're also debating which road bike to sell, as I find Henk's too heavy and the gs is fun to ride. Grocery shopping is an experience as you've got to think how much can fit into the pack and basically, what do we really need. A bag hanging off the arm can't be too light or too heavy (it'll either be blown around a heck of a lot or break), so even packing the pack has to be thought about (inevitably I have extras). My name for the drz is "weeble" as weebles wobble but they don't fall down (riding on knobblies the first few times I kept having to think of that advert as no way did I feel secure in the tyres). I have to admit that at this stage I've picked the gs up way more than the weeble. The stand on the gs is marginal and any gust of wind makes her all tired and she just has a nap (I've looked at the bike parked then looked again a second later to see her lying there showing everyone everything). Hmm, she should be called tipsy. I'm hoping that riding on the road will give me confidence to at least twist the throttle a bit off-road, which is working fine on gravel, but in the bush I don't know. Treating cars as moving trees is fun, just they really do jump out. I'm looking towards replacing the kdx & ttr with one bike I'm happy arrowing & following learners with, but also able to hit soft sandy uphills and snotty clay hills (and easy to start). So far there isn't anything I can think of, so I'll keep looking and switching bikes depending on what/who I'm riding with. [/QUOTE]
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