That ONE question !!

[Trucker Mike]

I had a guy ask me if he could ride my last bike. This is how the conversation went:

Friend: "Can I take her for a spin?"
Me: [spit out soda] "WTF did you just ask me?"
Friend: "Can I take her for a spin?"
Me: "Ok, tell you what. My girl here does as she's told, satisfies me immediately, and doesn't talk back. So, in exchange for me letting you take her, you have to provide me with the same thing for as long as you have my bike under you."
Friend: "I don't have a bike, dummy."
Me: [looks over at his g/f sitting on the porch] "I am fully aware of that."

He dropped the idea real quick. And his g/f was hot, too.

#1 Rule of bike ownership!
The quickest way to wreck your bike, is to let someone else ride it.


Fast forward 8 years. I'm visiting my dad and 2 uncles in Reno. Street Vibrations is in full swing. My uncle Ron tells me I can take his brand new Springer for the night, with my dad and other uncle on their bikes. I declined, stating that it's not right. He persuaded me with:

"Dude, you've been riding for years, and the bike is insured, and you'll stay on surface streets."

So, he really didn't care. I rode it.

Flip the situation? No fuggin way am I offering Betty to anyone. I don't even give rides! They first thing I did when I got her was remove the passenger seat and box it up.

 

[kennym4]

I had a guy ask me if he could ride my last bike. This is how the conversation went:

Friend: "Can I take her for a spin?"
Me: [spit out soda] "WTF did you just ask me?"
Friend: "Can I take her for a spin?"
Me: "Ok, tell you what. My girl here does as she's told, satisfies me immediately, and doesn't talk back. So, in exchange for me letting you take her, you have to provide me with the same thing for as long as you have my bike under you."
Friend: "I don't have a bike, dummy."
Me: [looks over at his g/f sitting on the porch] "I am fully aware of that."

He dropped the idea real quick. And his g/f was hot, too.

#1 Rule of bike ownership!
The quickest way to wreck your bike, is to let someone else ride it.


Fast forward 8 years. I'm visiting my dad and 2 uncles in Reno. Street Vibrations is in full swing. My uncle Ron tells me I can take his brand new Springer for the night, with my dad and other uncle on their bikes. I declined, stating that it's not right. He persuaded me with:

"Dude, you've been riding for years, and the bike is insured, and you'll stay on surface streets."

So, he really didn't care. I rode it.

Flip the situation? No fuggin way am I offering Betty to anyone. I don't even give rides! They first thing I did when I got her was remove the passenger seat and box it up.

DING-DING-DING........WE HAVE A WINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Busa204]

That's like asking if they can take your girl out on a date...It's something friends shouldn't ask...PERIOD!



Now if they are close friends that you know know how to ride, then that might be a consideration......

 

[heykenny]

if you pass the big 3... you've got the skills, you've got the money to fix it and the big one.. the integrity to do the right thing, then you can ride it.. 1 or 2 out of three and the answer is no

 

[brian7396]

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. real friends know better than to ask anyway. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !!!!!! if i missed one NO!!!!!!!

 

[07vigorblue]

I have rode my buddies 1000 cbr but he is my mechanic, but I let him ride my busa with only 300 miles on it thats why I rode his bike. He also has been riding for 12 yrs, and he has the $ to fix it. Other that that hell no. I let 2 people sit on it, and one person got on it with out my permission but i refrained form beating him to death because he wasnt worth it.

 

[kennym4]

What's funny is, he's my close friend,(FOR LIKE 15 YEARS) he just don't have the $$$ to fix it, and isn't that skilled either. What's REALLY funny is I wouldn't have ANY problem letting people from here, that I have ridin with (LCB, Busa sweety's, Busafette, or Jessup) take my bike for a spin. Why ? I don't know, maybe because I've seen them ride, A BUSA, and you can just tell the kind of person they are, right from the gate.......GOOD PEOPLE !!!

 

[TruWrecks]

NO! It's not petty. Your bike is an extention of you.

My brother asked last week if he could ride my Busa. I know he'll be carefull with it, and he has about a year of street experience. I said no. He's not ready for it, and I'm not going to be the one to give him a loaded gun to point at his head.

Only two people ride my Busa. Me and my mechanic. Everyone else needs to buy thier own.

 

[TruWrecks]

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?

I kid friends about keeping thier bikes company, but NEVER! I will not ride someone elses bike unless I have thier explicit permission and a valid reason to do so! If someone needs to store one in my garage for a short time I can do that. It will be on stands and a battery tender the entire time it's there. I have my bikes to ride. I don't need theirs.

 

[SpeedAdict]

No your right on track. If I offer thats one yhing but never ask me. If they want to ride that bad go buy a bike, I did. I personally don't like it when people sit on my bike, Again if I offer thats one thing but don't just do it.

 

[darth frosty]

NO one can ride. The one person I let ride is the dude I bought my first bike from(88-ZX-10) He is a seasoned rider and like a big brother. Besides that No way.

 

[JW OLDBUSA]

NO! is a complete sentence. I've read too many horror stories of (just rides around the block) that ended up totaling the bike 'cause some cage pulled out in front of him. Another wrecked and got hurt bad when the oil drain plug came out. He sued the owner.
NO!, I don't care who it is!
Why do you think Dealers don't even let a prospective buyer of a $12k bike test ride it.
I work at a bike shop and need to test ride others bikes and NEVER feel ok about it.

 

[dilligaf]

if you pass the big 3...   you've got the skills, you've got the money to fix it and the big one..  the integrity to do the right thing, then you can ride it..    1 or 2 out of three and the answer is no

+1

 

[kennym4]

Yeah, being on someone elses bike is a wierd feeling !!!! I could be on a new MV Augusta, or a $1,000 bike, and it would be a waste of a ride, because I would be so paranoid I'd probably never take it out of first ?

 

[dilligaf]

It does sound like a few of you on here own women. I've made payments on a few, but I never got one paid off. The busa doesn't decide who rides, your woman does.

 

[dadofthree]

No one takes my bike

 

[race24x]

A bike is more like a wife if there wife is just as cute hmm maybe it would be fun to trade for the day LOL. I have found most of my bike friends wont ask they wait for an offer and then you can decide who and when

 

[codger]

having had a friend crash one of my bikes many years ago and didnt man up and cover the damage. No one rides my bike ever!if they want to ride one i suggest they go buy one like i did. I never would never ask to ride another riders bike.

 

[Procharger]

let my friend ride it once and i rod his Hd vrod.. had to put in the hd because it would have sounded gay...lol told him you wreck my bike i wreck yours...

10 minutes later we switch back now hes going to sell his bike and get a busa...

 

[onedownfiveup]

There are only a select few people I allow to ride my bike. Those people are the type of people that don't even care to ride other peoples bikes as well.