Okay, I bought my husband his first bike for our anniversary a lot of years ago. It wasn't exactly what he wanted but it was what I wanted him to ride. Smallest street bike Honda made....a 125. He loved it, he wreaked it and we fixed it. Had that thing for almost 20 years before the kids traded it for something else. And, I learned to ride on that bike. For those that know how I ride, yes, I've been riding almost 30 years and yes, I like to putz. I know I never rode that bike faster than 35 mph becaues that was the speed limit where I was driving it.
Bought my husband his next bike.....a much bigger one when I was deployed to Kuwait in 2004. And when someone ran it over and killed it (not him), I told him to buy whatever he wanted. Still, paying on that one.
Now, I have no problems with him riding his bike. He doesn't have a car so if he wants to get to work he had better ride. However, neither of us like me riding on his bike. I do but we seem to disagree more when I do.
I do have my own bike (with training wheels) that I actually do putz around on. (I even have made it up to 55 but I'm not riding down 235 with the idiots any time soon.) I am a fair weather, no rain rider and I have no problem saying that.
I cosigned for my youngest son to get his first bike when he was 19. He just bought his second bike and dad cosigned. Next month, they are planning on riding with HOG to TN for Tale of the Dragon. They are going to have a blast and have some great father/son time. This is good stuff.
I do know Asmodeus and I can tell you that he is far from shallow. He is a very dedicated caring individual. I wish there were more people out there like him.