I began riding pillion over 2 years ago, with my partner of 13 years. Finally, after all this time, we went to visit my family on the back of the bike. I was nervous about it – it felt like introducing a new boyfriend to them. Sure, they’ve known about ‘us’ for some time, but… [Read More]
Previous posts from the Pillion Passionista
How hot is too hot?
Harking back to a previous post (“How cold is too cold?“) this crazy Sydney weather just can’t make up its mind. Here we are at the October long weekend – first weekend in October, only 1 month into Spring – and it should be the perfect time of year for riding. We, along with thousands… [Read More]
A quick sprint between Sydney storms
Here we are on ANZAC Day, 2015, marking the 100 year anniversary of that fateful landing at Gallipoli. One year ago today we cancelled a planned ride to the Blue Mountains due to poor weather and visibility (although we still drove up there by car and Zorro made a motza on the 2-Up floor, which… [Read More]
An Ode to Autumn
[A side note from the Pillion Passionista: I know it seems like I’ve lost 2 whole seasons, with no posts published since Winter 2014. Rest assured that we have been riding. And that I have been blogging. Just not as much as I’d hoped, on either account…! There are a bunch of partially-written posts sitting… [Read More]
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- Well, I can dream about it…
- Kabuto through the ages
- The K1300S: A Pillion’s Perspective
- First road-trip on the new bike
- How cold is too cold?
- Test-riding the new bike
- We’re going to need a bigger bike…
- 7 things I love being on the back of a bike
- TGIM – Thank God It’s Monday
- Two-up of another kind
- Two days of two-up
- Just a matter of luck?
- Escape to Mangrove Mountain
- Two-way talk when Two-up
- Mixing it up with a multistrada
- Too hot for you?
- Getting my gear on
- A quick rap up ‘the old road’
- A different kind of riding
- Our first ride – West Head views on a Sunday