Hi, I am another one who learnt to ride in order to do the trip.
For me, it was hard work - I don't drive a car - so it was all a bit much I reckon, looking back. Hitting the new driving modes of Pakistan and India did my head in for quite a while. The regular automotive assaults on our lives were hard work.
She has you, which is a big help (would she pose it this way I wonder  ). And I guess she can drive a car yeah? So the two cases are not the same
And the americas are less demanding than the subcontinent - still hard though. Plus, your whole trip is on the same side of the road.
It is a matter of personality among other things. It is a question of her knowing herself.
Later on the trip my non-driving/non-riding pillion got herself a bike, then rode around Australia, and from San Francisco to Argentina - more or less - and enjoyed it fine.
Last thought: riding is a lot better than being on the back. For most anyway.
A summer, lots of care and go easy. Sounds alright.
Simon
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Simon Kennedy
Around the world 2000-2004, on a 1993 Honda Transalp
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