That ONE question !!
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kennym4
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I hear yah, I feel worse when I'm on somebody elses bike (or with thier stuff), than when they are on mine !!
I've let a few people ride her in the past. Bike shop employees, I figure the shop is liable if they wreck it. Also, have let Fonzie ride it but I was beside him on his bike.
After this winter's mods, no one will be allowed to touch her. Literally, no one will allowed to TOUCH her. Well, except for WHIP. She's still allowed to ride it.
After this winter's mods, no one will be allowed to touch her. Literally, no one will allowed to TOUCH her. Well, except for WHIP. She's still allowed to ride it.
dilligaf
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Yea because the one you want back is the one they keep.Don't lend scoots or women.
tourbus
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he must not respect you that much if he was gone that long on your bike, if it comes up again, tell him to buy his own and that you would enjoy going for rides with him but until then its your bike not a community bike. i ride with 4 guys that i will let ride my bikes and they do the same for me, but we dont take each others bikes out by ourselves.
tinmann840
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I just say no. No explanations...just No. One fiend with a Kawasaki zrx1100 world beater kept insisting one day and he'd been drinking. I told him to go home sleep it off then ride his own bike. He get pissed and goes , I've been riding before you had that piece of **** Honda you use to ride. We kinda go way back. I told him, What would you say if I asked to ride your woman? Now he gets ignorant and it looks like I might have to beat his ass. I've got a Corvette he's ranting what do I care about that ugly ass bike of yours. I've always got a counter. I say maybe you should have taken some of the money you spent on that slow ass Vette and bought a new bike. Then you wouldn't be asking to ride my ugly bike. A month later I see him and it's Let me take it down the block. I'll let you hold the keys to the Vette. The answer is always .........NO.
DahMurf
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It's pretty easy. If he asked me again I'd just say remember the last time I let you borrow it & you said you were going down the street and 40 minutes later you returned.... and when he said yes, then I'd just tell him he proved that his word means nothing so saying he'd pay to fix it isn't good enough. Trust broken, answer no! You got one chance buddy, you blew it. (talk to the hand!)
I've let a handful of people ride mine. They all have/had their own sport bikes so their experience level is fine for me. They are all "real" friends & while they may not have cash in hand to pay me on the spot I know they would help with repairs in good time if need be. Plus they all have bikes if it really came down to it. Bottom line is if I can't afford to be without the bike then I don't lend it out. There are no guarantees.
Now, I of course have also had the displeasure of borrowing a race bike and wrecking it! I still feel terrible about it! I'll finish paying for the repairs in a month. I didn't have the money up front to fix it but with it being a race bike it wasn't "as" critical for an immediate repair. The owner paid to repair it, I'm paying him back. He on the other hand felt absolutely terrible on a personal level for my safety and the "what could have happened". All is well, we're still friends but we did learn a lot. I still ride other bikes but make it a point to have the "what if" plan in place before throwing a leg over. Oh & I offered up my busa straight out in exchange for the damage I caused to his bike before my butt ever left the ground from the wreck. Anytime I'm on someone else's bike I know my property is up for grabs. If I can't afford to work out compensation I just won't borrow.
Deb
PS: Try State Farm for insurance
I've let a handful of people ride mine. They all have/had their own sport bikes so their experience level is fine for me. They are all "real" friends & while they may not have cash in hand to pay me on the spot I know they would help with repairs in good time if need be. Plus they all have bikes if it really came down to it. Bottom line is if I can't afford to be without the bike then I don't lend it out. There are no guarantees.
Now, I of course have also had the displeasure of borrowing a race bike and wrecking it! I still feel terrible about it! I'll finish paying for the repairs in a month. I didn't have the money up front to fix it but with it being a race bike it wasn't "as" critical for an immediate repair. The owner paid to repair it, I'm paying him back. He on the other hand felt absolutely terrible on a personal level for my safety and the "what could have happened". All is well, we're still friends but we did learn a lot. I still ride other bikes but make it a point to have the "what if" plan in place before throwing a leg over. Oh & I offered up my busa straight out in exchange for the damage I caused to his bike before my butt ever left the ground from the wreck. Anytime I'm on someone else's bike I know my property is up for grabs. If I can't afford to work out compensation I just won't borrow.
Deb
PS: Try State Farm for insurance
MY RULE - I don't even ask to ride others' bikes...Mike does that (and crashes 'em) enough for both of us...
If someone wants to ride mine, I weigh the risk. One guy was a cop, used to be a bike cop, had ridden for many years, so hell yeah, I let him ride it...I've also let two friend ride the Busa, both of which had ridden for years. I still let the hubby ride it because apparently he only crashes bikes that we don't actually own or insure
If someone asks that I don't trust, all I say to them is "show me proof that you can pay to fix it and it's yours". That's only happened once and that person opted to NOT ride it
If someone wants to ride mine, I weigh the risk. One guy was a cop, used to be a bike cop, had ridden for many years, so hell yeah, I let him ride it...I've also let two friend ride the Busa, both of which had ridden for years. I still let the hubby ride it because apparently he only crashes bikes that we don't actually own or insure
If someone asks that I don't trust, all I say to them is "show me proof that you can pay to fix it and it's yours". That's only happened once and that person opted to NOT ride it
tell him go buy one, ride it all he wants......Too much liability for a loaner!! he shouldn't even ask in the first place
I know how you feel. I wouldn't let anyone else ride my bike. I worry when someone sits on it and gets back off. I would hate for it to just fall over after they get off.
There is one friend of mine that I would have a hard time saying no to...he knows how to ride..better than me...and let me ride his GXSR1100 down the drag strip once.
There is one friend of mine that I would have a hard time saying no to...he knows how to ride..better than me...and let me ride his GXSR1100 down the drag strip once.
I am currenly bike-sitting for a friend that went on deployment. I have the keys, a gas card and no one looking, while he is in the desert dodging IEDs. I respect my buddy and he's a friend and not just an acquintance. His bike is battery tendered and I start it up every week. Unfortunately my two bikes are more interesting than his 600.
How many of you would let some one bike-sit your bike? Do riders treat their cages the same way?
How many of you would let some one bike-sit your bike? Do riders treat their cages the same way?
J.Busa
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I've worked at bike shops for 10+ yrs and if I had $10 for every time I heard, " I let so-n-so ride my bike and he wrecked it" I'd be a millionaire. NO ONE rides my bike but a couple of close friends who I know would do what it takes to make it right if they wrecked it.PERIOD!!!!
Don't be a fool.
Don't be a fool.
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