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 If It Was Another Woman – At Least I Could Compete
Religiously every Sunday my husband adorns his leathers, kisses me
goodbye and says ‘See You Later’.
I
shouldn’t have been surprised when I discovered I had a rival for
his time and affection. My Husband likes a good ride. He reckons
that there is something about the feel of the saddles tautness,
having perfect control and a zestful engine to make every mile a
joy. You see my husband drives a Triumph Motorbike, I am told
“Only a biker knows THIS FEELING”.
There is a small group of regulars from varying ages and all walks
of life that meet on a Sunday morning for coffee and then decide
where their Breakfast Run will take them. Sometimes it is down to
the Chongwe, Fringilla, Siavonga, Parays Farm or to Monze. They
always travel in groups, on the tar and at a safe speed (or so they
say). These rides take on average between five to six hours, and
then he is home again only to start the painstaking procedure of
blowing the dust out of the bike (a compressor was bought for this
very thing), washing, drying with the best of chamois leather,
polishing, refuelled, put back into the Bike Shed, covered and left
till the following Sunday.
However, we, the better halves, are sometimes invited on the
weekend runs, providing, of course, that we are prepared to drive a
pick-up carrying the fuel cans; and more importantly the flask of
coffee and sandwiches. So far this year the weekends have taken us
down to Livingstone and to Siavonga. And a good time was had by
all. This Sunday the guys are travelling up to Kapiri to meet the
Mining Biker community from the Copperbelt and then riding up to
Mkushi.
Therefore, if you should every come across this group of
Motorcycling Gentlemen don’t be intimated by them, as they are only
out to blow the cobwebs out of their brains or should I say their
‘Pipes’.
If you are an owner of a Road Bike, no matter what type or size, you
are more than welcome to join this increasing circle of “The Zambezi
Riders”.
So take heed dear wives, girlfriends, this I feel is the start of a
long and loving relationship.
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June 2005