My Mrs.-on-a-Ducati story:
I've always been a sport bike guy on asphalt, and this was fine and dandy until things started getting serious with not-yet-Mrs.-GeddyT. I actually find sport bikes comfortable to ride long distances, as I can just lay down on the thing and rest my chin on the tank. Two-up, though? Ugh. You have to sit upright to hold the passenger up, and they're just not made for it.
Unfortunately, I had to find this out the REALLY hard way. I had a CBR1000RR at the time (Repsol Edition, so it was a pretty thing, and I really loved that bike), and she and I set out on a two-day ride over the North Cascades Highway Loop, about 430 miles split pretty evenly. By the time we reached the midway stop in Chelan, our asses were BURNING! We both basically had to be peeled off the bike, and we dreaded getting back on for a second day that would be even more brutal.
Before leaving the next day, we went to the grocery store in town, the only big store that was open that early, and we looked for anything soft to augment the plank-hard seats on the bike. We ended up leaving the store with a roll of packing tape and two large bags of marshmallows. Wrapped the bags of marshmallows really well in tape so they wouldn't burst, taped them to the seats, climbed on.
We didn't even make it to the mountain pass before it was clear the marshmallows were not an adequate solution. So we stopped in the small town of Winthrop, wandered around and found a general store with a sporting goods section, bought a pair of foam soccer shinguards, and my bride to be stuffed them down her riding pants and climbed back on.
The next four or five hours were a complete hell that I don't even want to remember. We got home, I started the process of selling the bike and marrying the girl.
Our honeymoon took place mostly in Italy. We stayed in a little town called Lucca (HIGHLY recommend) only because it happens to be the home of a small outfit called Ducati Tours. I had reserved a Monster 1200, and the highlight of the trip for me was going to be spending three days buzzing around Tuscany on a Ducati. Except it never happened. We got there to find that one of their four bikes had just been wrecked and three others were impounded for doing an illegal U-turn, so they had no bike for us!
I don't remember how long after the honeymoon it was before my Ducati blueballs got the best of me, but I don't think it was more than a few months. My local dealer had a used Multistrada 1100S with a Termi exhaust and factory hard bags on the floor that looked brand new and only had a couple thousand miles on it. I bought it after a quick test ride.
Aaaaaand... It was sublime as a two-up tourer. My bride and I went on one ride around the local lake. I commuted a few times on it. She got pregnant and never touched a motorcycle again.
I traded it in on a station wagon...
Marshmallows? OMG! Was this a 2007, with an exceptionally warm, and I assume marshmallow melting, under-tail exhaust? She put up with that and still married you? Massive points for creativity. Hers, not yours.
Then the Multi with a Termi. I think Akrapovic has better manufacturing but there is something magical, and spine tingling in a good way, about the sound of a Termignoni piped Ducati.
There is hope; Mrs Trapps didn't really embrace 2 up until both kids were adults. When the time is right, jump on a new Multi. They are fantastically capable. And fun.
All:
I got some QST in, recently and literally. This mess was a welcomed sight:
The shed windows are in!
My original plan was glass, then
@mike93lx and
@nicholam77 both suggested Polygal which I really liked and so did Mrs. Trapps. One day while 'cruising' Menards, I stumbled on these
polycarbonate panels which are a stock item and reasonably priced, considering I'd get all 3 windows from one sheet.
I was able to get a very clean cut using a jig saw along a fence with a fine tooth blade:
Word of caution, it was loud. Excessively loud. Also, each channel collected a noticeable amount of tiny plastic chips. I hooked up a crevice tool to my shop vac and ran it down each side, while lightly tapping the panels, which worked great.
The windows are held in place by 1¼" x 4" trim boards (LP Smartside Smooth) on the outside and 1"x2" clear pine on the inside:
I tried to use the house wrap and seam tape appropriately. I pulled the wrap in, installed the window and then pulled the wrap against the window before installing the 1"x2" then trimmed the excess off with a razor. Once the trim is all on the tape should not be visible. Time will tell if my methodology is sound or all wet.
The UV coating is a nice benefit as the windows do face south. There are also some concerns over condensation during abrupt temp/humidity changes. If it proves to be an issue (I'm in southeast Michigan) I plan to vent the top and bottom channels more openly but will stuff them with some form of non-bug but air permeable material.
Viewing from any sort of angle results in substantial reflections, but straight on it is OK. Not that it matters, these windows are well above sight lines from both inside and outside. Light transmission is awesome though.
This leaves me with just the trim to install. Getting closer to actually finishing an entire project.
Or not.
Electrical is still a Clark Griswold-ish concoction of extension cords and a powerstrip.
In other news, some free to me old outdoor speakers:
They are Bose 151 and in pretty rough shape.
The shed has been used regularly as a 'bar' of sorts during fire pit gatherings. We'll see if a sound cleaning can bring them back. Every bar needs tunes, right?
Sláinte! 
What a total PITA!
