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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 08:53 PM
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Anyone else do this on a late after noon or early evening? Tonight I snuck off again to test my new used HD seat I got the other day. I like to ride down a certain road about 2 miles from my house, it's only a little over a mile long, but I love the road. Quiet smooth lots of trees and some houses, a bridge going over a river you can smell nature. Sometimes I turn around a drive it again since it's so short lol. And I always picture myself like this

I know it's pathetic, but I love cruising by myself on a nice quiet cool evening, no cares, no tv, no mouthy kids or wife (jk I love them).
 
Old Jul 6, 2014 | 09:00 PM
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A good "reason" for this type of get-away is "I need to try out a new ...... I just put on."
 
Old Jul 6, 2014 | 09:01 PM
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I'm gonna sneak off and ride to work tomorrow around 5:30am. The interstate usually smells like june bugs and diesel exhaust that time of day.

I'll sneak off and ride home at 5pm tomorrow too.
 

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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 09:08 PM
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I say I have to go get the Sunday paper. I come back an hour later.
It gets delivered to the end of the driveway.
Let's keep it a forum secret!
 
Old Jul 6, 2014 | 09:12 PM
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Hey OP, I get that.....
 
Old Jul 6, 2014 | 09:32 PM
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Nope. I never sneak off. I just say, "I'm going for a ride." My wife knows I have a bike and why I ride it...
 
Old Jul 6, 2014 | 09:37 PM
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Yeah I sneak off every now and then, and ride to a certain beer store ten or twelve miles away down a very very crooked road to buy a 24oz beer, when in reality I would only have to ride 3/4 of a mile to buy the same thing. p.s. Oh and one more thing after reading post 7, I don't have to sneak off eather, my wife knows, but as they say, a stolen watermelon taste so much better than a store bought one.
 

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She doesn't get mad anymore or question me, she knows it's just one more ride before bed lol, but yeah, I do get lost sometimes ha!
 

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I snuck off Saturday after my wife went to work and found a nice road, told her about it and we both went there this morning.
 
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Originally Posted by ChickinOnaChain
I snuck off Saturday after my wife went to work and found a nice road, told her about it and we both went there this morning.
Me too! I think I saw you two.
 



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