Glancing between the empty space behind him and the woman, he took a second before answering as if suggesting the fact that there was an empty space behind him should have made things obvious enough. All the same, he still humored her. "Yeah, things used to be nice around here. Pretty hopeful at one point. But that was a long time ago, now it's just a painful reminder of what could have been if a few people had more spine and priorities were different. By all means though, feel free to join me."
As soon as she was on the bike and had a minute to make any adjustments which she might need to make, he turned his head back to be able to check on her. "All good back there? If you've never been on one of these before, don't worry, it's not as bad as people claim it is. You'll be fine as long as you hold on and don't do anything silly." All that was left for this trip to start was for her to say it could, in anticipation for that nod of approval he gave the engine some power which produced an audible rumbling. From how smooth that noise was conveyed the engine seemed impeccably well-tuned, and an obsessive amount of attention was probably paid to this machine.
