Scenery
 

Mods - please move this wherever as I wasn't sure where to put it, kind of bike related and kind of not.

Yesterday hubby and I took a drive south to a store about an hour away. Our route took us down some of our favorite riding roads. We both were pointing out stuff we had never seen before when we are on the bikes... houses on top of hills, cemetery on the side of a hill as we are rounding a corner, etc.

It was amazing how much stuff you miss when you are tucked down behind your windscreen or setting up for the next corner (maybe exceeding the speed limit here and there).

Of course there wasn't a single person on the road in front of us so it would have been a perfect day to be on the bike... minus snow/ice/cold.

Has anyone else noticed the same?

Being winter helps too since there are no leaves on trees making it easier to see things we wouldn't normally see in the summer too.

Oh, absolutely. Try being a passenger in a car on roads you normally drive. You'll find that you notice all sorts of things you never knew were there.

Something to be said for slowing down.

Welcome to a glimpse to how it is on a cruiser bike.

I'm usualy the passenger so I notice a lot more than Erik. When we went to NC in November he said he was enjoying being a passenger because he could look at all the stuff he had missed on previous trips.

Don't get me wrong, we don't speed all the time or that much. I don't like looking around very much when I'm on the bike. I feel like I have to be more attentive because everyone else is not. Even in the car I'm more attentive than probably most.

That's a learned skill that I am trying to drill into my GF who is a chronic non-attention payer when she drives. Now when we are in the car, I randomly ask her what color the cars are in random directions. It still blows her mind that when she tries that on me, I know 8/10 times. It my honest opinion that for the most part, motorcyclists are better drivers than average.

My first thought too.

My wife gets car sick on mountain roads. Last time we were out west, it was all she could do to keep from hurling every time we were in the car.

Put her on the back of a Street Glide and she gets to experience all the beautiful surroundings with no issues at all. :dthumb:

This is part of the reason I own the BMW as well....I ride the same roads that I do on a superbike/motard, but on the BMW its like another world entirely.

When people ask me for reason why I ride, "scenery" is always one of the first answers.
Don't forget smells...noticing the little temperature changes..

Definately. It's also not a crime to slow down if you're on a sportbike and take a look around.