Pillion Power Shirley Hardy-Rix and Brian Rix - 2Up or Not?

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2015

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Pillion Power Ups and Downs of One or Two Bikes The ups and downs between riding with two bikes or one for two riders. Brian Rix and Shirley Hardy-Rix discuss the things to consider with Jim Martin. You'll be surpised what they say.

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0:00.0	Are two bikes better than one? That's the question today on Pillion Power.
0:04.4	I'm Jim Martin and this is Adventure Rider Radio.
0:17.0	On today's show we're discussing the difference between taking one bike for two people
0:27.6	or each riding your own bike. The pros, the cons, what's good and what's bad.
0:31.6	To discuss this with me, we've got Shirley Hardy Ricks and her husband, Brian Ricks,
0:36.0	who are authors and world travelers and have spent a lot of time on a motorcycle.
0:50.0	Today's episode of Adventure Rider Radio is brought to you in part by Motor Tour.com. The online community dedicated solely to bikers.
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1:04.3	audible trial dot com forward slash arr that's audible trial dot com forward slash arr Surely Hardy Ricks and Brian Ricks have been traveling the world since about 2003, 2004, Shirley is a retired journalist and publicist, and Brian
1:36.2	is a retired police officer.
1:38.1	Now they spend their time, well most of their time dreaming about riding on motorcycles or riding on motorcycles.
1:43.7	They're also the author of two books, one's called Two for the Road and the other one's called
1:47.3	Circle to Circle, and together they've racked up a lot of miles on a motorcycle.
1:51.6	And that's what we're talking about today. I'm going to sit down with
1:53.6	Brian and Shirley and we're going to discuss the pros and cons of riding two up as opposed to taking
1:59.4	two separate motorcycles. Now I'll tell you right now, there is no correct answer. You're going to have to decide
2:04.5	this yourself what you want to do. But this discussion may help you consider things that you might not
2:10.0	have thought of. During our talk, Brian and Shirley are at their home in Australia
2:14.1	getting ready to leave on another adventure. Well, I'm here with Shirley Hardy Ricks and her husband Brian Ricks, who I just found out are
2:31.4	on the cusp of another grand adventure. So we got to check that out too.
2:35.0	Brian Shirley, welcome back to Adventure Rider Radio.
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