Unlimited licence to ride?

I don't know if alcohol makes one more agreeable on scorching days, but at some point last night, the husband managed to suggest that i should get my unlimited (R) licence.

The conversation went thus:

"You should get [a mate's] Suzuki 750... oh but wait, you don't have the licence do you?"

"Uh... i qualify to test for it in March?" i manage to say, bug-eyed and drop-jawed, motor functions temporarily arrested in shock. Most of the posts in this blog mention his definitive objection to anything and everything motorcycle. It's taken me long enough to get my little 250cc beast, and i'd pretty much given up on ever getting a bigger bike even if i had the licence, because that might cause more domestic dramas.

From that, to... this? Had i done something that shed 10 years of karma in the last 2 days? Had he secretly taken out a million dollar life insurance policy on me? Was the bottle of wine better than expected? Or had continuous days of 40°C temperature taken their toll?

"But he said he wasn't in a rush to sell it though, so he might still have it in a couple of months. And he takes really good care of it, so you'll be getting a well looked after bike."

"Yeah that's not a bad idea. Well, i guess i'll have to get my R licence pretty soon then won't i?"

Enthusiastic head nodding on his part.

Right.