Lately my back has been killing me when I ride. Actually it only bothers me really bad when I ride 2 up with either my best friend or DH. I know why it hurts riding with Alli. She’s so little that there’s nothing to hold on to. Even when we’re just cruising down the street I have to hold myself up with my hands on her tank, and it absolutely kills my arms and lower back.

Riding with DH is completely opposite. He’s a big guy, so when we’ve both got all our gear on I can’t get my arms around him. I have to hold onto his sides, which normally means I’m gripping pretty tightly to his jacket pocket area. I’m in an almost upright position, and that’s fine for the most part, but when down shifting before a curve I slide forward on the seat. I have to brace myself with my legs so that I don’t slide straight into him, and that kills my lower back, too.

I honestly can’t ride any more than an hour or so nowadays without totally killing my back. I’ve been blaming it on riding position for awhile, but I’m starting to think that maybe there’s more to it. Maybe my back is already in bad shape from our crappy mattresses, and being on the bike so much is just making it worse. I think I’m going to look into getting a better mattress set, and while I’m at it I might consider looking at platform beds so I can just get a memory foam mattress.

It might not solve all my back problems, but it will definitely make it feel better after a long day of riding!

I know it’s not easy to see, but check out the coolest present my sis in law has ever given me.

Yep, it’s an angel riding a motorcycle, and yep it’s a shirt pin! I’m so totally psyched about it. I saw a mirror ornament that was very similar to this awhile back, and I mentioned to my sister in law that I wish I could find a mini version that I could carry on the bike with me. She found these pins shortly after that and ordered two for me and my mother in law.

Not only is it absolutely adorable, but since it’s a shirt pin I can pin it on me when I ride. I don’t want to pin it on either of my jackets because I don’t want to mess up the leather, but I’ll definitely be wearing it on my shirt every time I leave the house on the bike from now on.

What happens when you have a group of girls who ride together a lot? Well of course they all have their “cycles” at the same time, and that makes them moody from time to time. The influx of progesterone at a certain time of month can make some of the boys not want to play nice with a bunch of bitchy girls.

I was reminded of that today. My best friend said she took her bike out for a little while yesterday before the rain started, and she invited a couple guy friends to go along.   She also invited our other female friend who rides with us.  My friend wanted to ride up 28, but the boys wanted to hit 178. What happens when you don’t agree with a pmsy woman? She’s going to be mad at you. She doesn’t know what happened exactly, but one minute they were laughing and having fun. The next minute she was bitching, and our other female friend was throwing her gloves at the boys. That’s my girls! Let those emotions flow! That’s the only thing that’s going to make you feel better! Of course the boys got mad at them and left.

Now here’s what I have to say to those guys and any other guys who might ride with females.  Just remember you’re not the ones who have to learn to get comfortable on that tiny ass seat with a pad in your panties or a tampon shoved up your tata. Learn to be a little more sensitive!

It doesn’t matter what time of the year it is. There’s always someone flying by our house on a motorcycle. That’s because we live right at the base of the mountains, and our road is considered a short cut to two of the curviest mountain roads in South Carolina.

You know I seriously don’t mind seeing bikes coming through here all the time. I like to sit out on my porch swing in the summer watching the various bikes come by, but today just really pissed me off.

I was outside taking the dog out, and I heard 2 bikes coming from a good bit away. I could tell they were flying pretty fast, and as I listened to them approach I moved into the front yard to see them. They came flying through here, neither of them wearing a helmet.

1. If you’re going to ride, especially fast, wear your damn helmet!

2. When riding through a residential community don’t freakin’ fly!

I had just watched a car back out into the road next door, and they barely made it out of the way before the bikes came flying through. Where we live you can’t see very far when you back out, and if those guys had came flying through here any sooner they would have creamed the woman backing out. They wouldn’t have had time to stop, and who would have been the ones getting hurt? The guys without the helmets of course!

Look at it this way. If you’re in a really bad wreck without a helmet you’re going to come out of it 2 ways. Dead, or if you’re lucky enough to make it out alive you’ll probably spend the rest of your life drooling while sitting around in adult pads.

Merry Christmas everyone! I just wanted to pop in for a quick hello. We still aren’t done with our Christmas festivities yet, but I still wanted to stop by to wish you all a Merry Christmas!

We got a ton of great goodies, and I know hubby is happy with his presents. I got him a new neck warmer to wear on the bike this winter. I bought him a balaclava last year, but because hubby wears glasses the one I got didn’t work. His glasses would fog up from his breathing. This year I opted to get him a neck warmer that won’t cover his nose, and he loves it. He had to take the bike out earlier to give it a try.

He also got a ton of tools. He even got a couple air tools like the Ingersoll Rand air tools I had picked out to buy him. He can thank my dad for those, and now we won’t have to keep borrowing air tools from all our riding buddies.