The "Gang" experience...

I have ridden with a group of three and four motorbikes before, but most of the time it's a "gang" of two or a motorcycle "duet" of my husband and me.

So what is it like to be a part of the duet...?

When we ride, First Lobster (FL) rides in the front - it is his job to tell the GPS where we want to go, then follow the GPS, and try not to let it kill us... Which it pretty much tries to do on a daily basis. He sets our speed, watches for the tax collectors, and picks the "correct" lane.

As the follow behind, I don't have to watch my speed or figure out where to go to follow that damn GPS... I also have more time to look around at the scenery and read some of the road signs...which means sometimes when the GPS tells us the wrong way I can see the sign telling us the correct way to go. Alas, that means it is too late to get us growing the correct way. Sometimes FL and I have choice "words" about things when we get lost, but not very often.

As the rear rider, it is up to me to be ready at all times to follow FL if he decides at the last second to take the exit, or speed up into a gap or come to an emergency stop on the side of the road (where I also then hang out just a bit more than him and put on my emergency lights). 

This means the majority of the time I have nothing more than a vague sense of where we are going. I have absolutely no idea how long it is going to take us to get there, and if we get separated, I am basically lost.

I could take my turn riding at the front, but if the GPS succeeds in killing us, I don't want it to be my fault.... We even park in the same order....