Women problems.

[flyboy]

My wife is a sweet lady and no one including myself could have imagined her riding a motorcylce, but she wanted a Harley. I tried to talk her out of it, because I thought she would hurt herself or worst yet kill her self on one. Well, I lost the battle...she was not backing down. So I decided to surpirse her and got her one for Christmas. I had not ridden a bike for years. I went to the Harley dealer ship and bought her a 100th Anniversary eddition Sporster 883 Hugger. It was the smallest bike they had. Now I had another problem...I did not want her riding by her self, so I looked around and there calling my name was a 100th Anniversay Vrod.

Yup I got the vrod. Anyway, It was a great moment when I saw the look in my wife's eyes when the garage door openned and there was this beautiful bike with a big red bow. This was one of those priceless moments. Now it was time for her to sign up for a safety course, but it was in the spring. She could not wait that long so I took her to a school parking lot and taught her how to ride. She dropped it three times that day from a full stop with minor damage. But, to my surpise she was off and riding in one day. Now we go riding all the time and it's awesome. Here are a couple of pics of the bikes. Sorry for the long story.

 

[flyboy]

Here is the Vrod

 

[VaBusa]

flyboy...good deal! If your wife wants to ride, then let her ride...best you can do is what you've done...I started on a 2001 Hugger...I still have it, but I only ride the Busa...I've done just fine...she'll be the same...sounds like she's on her way...

Lyrikz...if she wants to ride, don't discourage it unless you think she's only wanting to because you do. She needs to want to do it for herself...truly important that she wants to learn for herself and only herself, not to keep you or impress others...my husband had never owned a motorcycle, but somehow he knew exactly how to ride them (I kept thinking guys are just born knowing this stuff). Anyway, he approached me about getting a Harley a few years back, told me that he'd picked out a used one that would be good for me to learn on and ride on the back of, but I wanted my own...that was the deal, he gets one, I get one. I'd never ridden a day in my life, not even on a moped...

We bought two brand new Harley's, and mine sat for over a year without me on it...He took the MSF course with me, and the rest is history...I learned on my Harley, moved to the Busa just last August and have no regrets...

I had my Busa lowered by a performance shop...we could have done it ourselves, but for $200, the peace of mind was worth it because I knew it was done correctly...no change in the handling for me on the Busa...hopefully the R6 will be the same...

I'm with the guys on here...consider yourself lucky that she wants to ride...it makes riding more fun if you can do it together, and it'll get her in that mind set of "hey, I need to ride" and you won't have her sitting at home pissed because you're cruising without her...encourage her...don't try to talk her out of it...women worry about men riding just as much as you guys worry about us...remember that...

Oh, and get your wife to join here to talk to other gals about riding (all 3 or 4 of us)...or direct her to www.wominx.net...women from all walks of life on all kinds of bikes there for support...

 

[LoBusa]

It may be nerve racking at first, but I'm with Michelle on this one.. LET HER RIDE!!!! My boyfriend and I ride together all the time... We race eachother, we dip and dive in the twisties and absolutely love it!! His friends think it's so cool that his girl rides..

He has said that sometimes I scare the hell outta him when we're really out there tearing it up, but I feel the same thing when all of a sudden I see his headlight raise up and then disappear and he's rolling by on one wheel while I hold my breath waiting for him to put it down...

You may be worried about your girl riding, but I'm sure she's feeling the same thing everytime you go out and ride!! Give her a chance, start on something smaller than an R6, get it lowered and let her get comfortable and work her way up!!!

Just my .02!! From a woman's perspective of course!!!

Peace & blessings.....

Lo

 

[loboboy]

Out of curiosity boys, why is having your ladies wanting a bike a bad thing ??  I think that's wicked !!

its not really.. i just dont want her dyin on the guy that had a good time.


so, how do i lower these things?? an R6.. and what year was the r6 first introduced???

you should be commended for caring so much for her but you need to think about how she feels when you go out with the boys without her. I am sure she feels the ame way about you. You can not keep someone from experiencing life on their own and if that is what she wants she should be intelligent enough to start with a smaller bike. My wife just started learning on a EX250 and will move up in size just as I did as I gained more experience. I would try to talk her into a smaller bike instead of trying to talk her out of it. If you do that your relationship will grow stronger. Trust me mine did.

 

[HayaConn]

My wife wanted to ride and We went out and got her Katana 600, kind of sporty but not to much power. She signed up for the MSF class and studies riding books every night until she goes to the course. She rides a dirt bike now and wants to move to the street. Oh, BTW that's when I got a new busa.
Oh life is good!!!!