roddesu
Active Member
I bought my first motorcycle, a 2012 Super Tenere! And then I rode it 200 miles to get it home to Chicago. It was the first ride I've done of any distance and I loved it.
I'm now very excited that I will be able to begin contributing to this forum. I've been reading it for about 6 months as I've been deciding what motorcycle to buy to start my wife's and my adventures. Within a month of starting the research, the Super Tenere rose to the top. I needed a bike that could handle "not small people" two-up riding, that was reliable, a big bike that is easy to ride, not expensive as we try this out...a used Super Tenere was the glaringly obvious choice!
My intention is to document my experiences of beginning to get into ADV travel and my thoughts on the bike as well. Subscribe to my YouTube channel if you'd like to see how it goes. The biggest variable is if I'm going to be able to gently get my wife to be as enthused as I am. We rode our bicycles around the world in our 20s (in the early 1990s), so she's not only open to this type of travel...she wants to love it. But, she is nervous, so I have to take it slowly. I am of course open to any and all suggestions on how to help her transition from a bicyclist to a pillion. I will probably start a thread somewhere to solicit advice, but feel free to start here!
I'm now very excited that I will be able to begin contributing to this forum. I've been reading it for about 6 months as I've been deciding what motorcycle to buy to start my wife's and my adventures. Within a month of starting the research, the Super Tenere rose to the top. I needed a bike that could handle "not small people" two-up riding, that was reliable, a big bike that is easy to ride, not expensive as we try this out...a used Super Tenere was the glaringly obvious choice!
My intention is to document my experiences of beginning to get into ADV travel and my thoughts on the bike as well. Subscribe to my YouTube channel if you'd like to see how it goes. The biggest variable is if I'm going to be able to gently get my wife to be as enthused as I am. We rode our bicycles around the world in our 20s (in the early 1990s), so she's not only open to this type of travel...she wants to love it. But, she is nervous, so I have to take it slowly. I am of course open to any and all suggestions on how to help her transition from a bicyclist to a pillion. I will probably start a thread somewhere to solicit advice, but feel free to start here!