Saturday Soiree - all welcome!!

Going to listen to some writers festival broadcasts now. Have a nice afternoon everyone xoxo

Good Choices about the music videos. @eth I like to go back to the originals ...

I just blamed @TAB cos I am finally learning the good ole OZ habit of stirring and he always posted RnR when I was talking classical.

I still will miss our big Bach St John Passion recital next week, but playing piano at home is good too. Had not played that much in last 20 years. Getting back to daily playing but building up muscles so I dont wreck my hands and wrists like last time.

Daddy sang bass,mumma sang tenor @TAB

Hi @Appleblossom lovely to hear you are playing more at home again. Sorry to hear your choir for easter can't happen. Yesterday my Mum plastered fb with pictures of palm sunday decorations with palm fronds from around the world!

One of the bikes I learned to ride on was a honda cb 250 too! The other was a 1936 BSA army bike with sidecar .. my boyfriend's father owned the local bike shop and used to let me borrow a shop bike and he also had a huge collection of vintage bikes. That boyfriend was into sidecar racing. Wild times! Then when I was in my late 30s (late 90s) I had a 1967 BSA victor roadster - a real collectors item as it was a classic being 30 years old. (see picture below). My boyfriend at the time was a pot grower and swapped it for 1/2 a pound and gave it to me! When I was unwell in hospital my mum sold it for less than half what it was worth (and my horses).

The bike in the picture I posted before (on the Re: Challenge of the day! thread) was not until my mid 40s. Mid-life crisis?! It was the first time I actually got my licence and had a bike of my own with no boyfriend in the picture! I stopped riding the day I had a blackout while on the road doing 80 in traffic. Still upright and travelling when I came to. Shocked me so badly I parked the bike and never took it out again. Again sold for less than 1/2 what it was worth. So that's my bike rave!

Hi @TAB @Bill16 @Ant7

@eth

A Black out would have been super scary while riding, makes sense to be super cautious re driving now. Probably kept you alive to stop. Lots of cool status symbol bikes though.

I never had a bike riding boyfriend, mine drove a toyota crown. It was his sister who encouraged me in riding and later I bought her Yammie. Lots of others around us road though and I knew a pommie couple, who rode and taught me lots. Also at work in public service the office was big enough to have a few riders who were friends. I have not ridden since 1981. Not a good idea with children or a crook neck. Mostly I remember it as a period when people were decent to me and included me in whatever was going. It was more than a mode of transport.

@TAB I feel a bit similar about the virus. Being sensible, but some of it does not come naturally. Hope we both have a strong immune response.

well Im just doing more than I usually do @Appleblossom I am usually isolated anyway lol. I havent really ridden since late 80s 3 pics here very close to last 3 bikes had, not actual ones owned.

Hey @Appleblossom my post disappeared but the gist of it was that I agree, once you're out on the road other riders are mostly very encouraging and helpful. It's kind of a whole other community.

Nice bikes @TAB Looks like you were into going faaaaast ... I was more of a croooozer!

I was totally into all the accessories of a 'lady rider' too ...

NB this picture is a stock photo and is NOT me.

and even the face mask ... takes on a whole new purpose in these times.

One regret from when I culled to move into the cabin is seeing all my leathers and boots go to the opshop. Someone got lucky! Even my RMs and Jenny Reb's. And another 5 pairs. Oh well, despite the event that stopped me, it was an era of my life when riding was when I felt the best and most empowered. I was going thru' a dv court case and would show up at court in all my gear, just to show him he hadn't beaten me. Of course I came crashing down eventually but it's good to have the memories of some of the rides I did.

I even had a long sleeved t-shirt that had 'tattoo' style mesh sleeves that looked like I had full sleeve tatts on both arms - one day in court a guy behind me said 'love your tatts darl' while everything else in court was silent! All heads turned! Just a wee moment of memory.

I'm raving a bit but this is what you get when I've got cabin fever in week 3 of social distancing!

Oh and ..... I was def a lady rider not a bikie chic!!! But my bike was a shameless imitation of a Harley!

yeah lots of hand offs here, bicycles, RMs, cars for next to nothing, stereos etc yeah rarely think of all stuff that goes by the wayside. Yes I was probably more into going fast than actually being fast @eth haha, maybe one day again, got too big besides anything else

Good memories for you it sounds like