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Better safe then sorry. I hear your sadeness. Life is made to shared with the loved ones.
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Better safe then sorry. I hear your sadeness. Life is made to shared with the loved ones.
Joined Aug 2013
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Wow, congratulations. Talk abut turning good decision into a personal vistory. Keep it up.
Who knows....
...mine might ask for divorce as she panics with motocycles
Also my dog hates them.
I still Believe that my happiness with the moto might change herói opinion
...mine might ask for divorce as she panics with motocycles
Also my dog hates them.
I still Believe that my happiness with the moto might change herói opinion
Joined Nov 2013
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Inland SoCal
Same riding buddy for 38 years
I like to say that I was lucky enough to marry my best friend. So far, so good.
We rode two-up for years, put her on a Hawk GT in 1991. Rode nearly every weekend, plus every summer we did a 1000 mile ride with our vintage Brit bike club. I finally got tired of cleaning the carbs a couple of years ago, so we found her a really nice 2005 SV650. Here's a pic, in her new leathers.
I had to lower the bike for her, as she really wants to be able to flat foot it. So piloting the 'Strada is out of the question. She has a bum knee, so even getting up onto the back can be a problem!
PS we have a garage full of bikes, and half of them are HERS. That's one reason she's still my best friend.
I like to say that I was lucky enough to marry my best friend. So far, so good.
We rode two-up for years, put her on a Hawk GT in 1991. Rode nearly every weekend, plus every summer we did a 1000 mile ride with our vintage Brit bike club. I finally got tired of cleaning the carbs a couple of years ago, so we found her a really nice 2005 SV650. Here's a pic, in her new leathers.
I had to lower the bike for her, as she really wants to be able to flat foot it. So piloting the 'Strada is out of the question. She has a bum knee, so even getting up onto the back can be a problem!
PS we have a garage full of bikes, and half of them are HERS. That's one reason she's still my best friend.
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My gf loves to go fast in twistys on the back of the Strada. She didn't like it on the SF at all... Now she wants to learn to ride on her own. And she wants a Monster! Progess!!!
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My gf loves to go fast in twistys on the back of the Strada. She didn't like it on the SF at all... Now she wants to learn to ride on her own. And she wants a Monster! Progess!!!
Mine was the same way, now she does ride a monster!!!
Same for me
I 'll have my strada just for me!!
Same here, we did try a Spyder to get the ball rolling, she loved it, I hated it, sold it last weekend
My hyper is for me only - at least right now. My wife has no interest at all in doing two up rides. However, she has mentioned getting her own bike sometime.
Incidentally, the weather has been half decent here in Ottawa. If the ice slab in my driveway melts before next Friday, I'll be picking up the bike. Fingers crossed!!
Incidentally, the weather has been half decent here in Ottawa. If the ice slab in my driveway melts before next Friday, I'll be picking up the bike. Fingers crossed!!
Hyper is all mine. The Mrs being a new rider, got here the Duke 690 (Thumper!) Both bikes r awesome and perfect for each of us. Hyper for 2 up!
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New Brunswick, Canada
I've driven a few times with my wife to be on the back, but I was trying to get her to ride her 1983 honda 250 more, but honestly I couldn't blame her for not wanting to ride a bike older then either of us and maxed out goes about 90 km/h.
OK, It's a pretty old thread, but I was bored.
My wife grew up around bikes, used to be ridden sidesaddle to school in her little uniform as kid back in her home country, the Philippines.
I got my first bike in 1989, a used Honda 500 Shadow. We went everywhere on that thing. Traded it in for a new 1991 Honda Nighthawk. We went everywhere on that bike also. Went to a Honda Fun Day to demo an ST1100. Wound up demoing a GL1500 Gold Wing for laughs. Fell in love and bought one. We went to Florida from NY, twice. We'd ride 500 miles upstate for lunch. My wife took the MSF course and we got her a 92 Yamaha Seca II. She hardly ever rode it. Funny thing, when she did ride, following me somewhere, she'd be so far behind. When I motioned for her to go ahead of me since she'd know where we were going, I'd have a hard time keeping up with her. Never quite got that. She did fine in the twisties, but couldn't navigate low speed turns at intersections without getting nervous. While getting her to ride along with me was tough, she loved to just show up at my job to surprise me for lunch and brag about all the thumbs up and whistles she'd get... the Seca had her positioned in such a way that made her fun to follow. We sold her bike and she went back to being my passenger. We had a child and I traded the Wing for an antique BMW, and the Nighthawk was long gone and replaced by a 96 BMW R850R ABS. One day while she was home with the baby I went out for a ride on the antique and nearly got killed so I sold it on fleabay and never bothered to fix the leaky master cylinder on the R850R. It sat in the back of the garage and I didn't ride for ten years.
We'd gotten into RVing a couple years back and when I saw people hanging bikes off the back of the RV I got the bright idea to buy something light enough to carry on the back of ours, you know, so I could ride in the countryside, where it's not as dangerous.
Sold the 850 and bought an BMW F650 which I disliked. Sold that and bought us a pair of 125cc Yamaha Zumas. Modded mine to 172ccs. Hung one on each end of the RV and went to Florida. Rode around Orlando, my son and I on mine, my wife on hers. Mine kept breaking from being hot rodded too much and I wound up commuting on it. Bought the 2010 KTM Duke 690 in 2012 because it was so light that it'd be easy to carry on the RV. Parked the scooter. She doesn't ride hers. Commuted on the Duke. Missed having ABS. Traded for the HS a few weeks ago. Wife's been on it twice. Son's been on it once. I've been on it every chance I get. It's time to sell the scooters.
My wife grew up around bikes, used to be ridden sidesaddle to school in her little uniform as kid back in her home country, the Philippines.
I got my first bike in 1989, a used Honda 500 Shadow. We went everywhere on that thing. Traded it in for a new 1991 Honda Nighthawk. We went everywhere on that bike also. Went to a Honda Fun Day to demo an ST1100. Wound up demoing a GL1500 Gold Wing for laughs. Fell in love and bought one. We went to Florida from NY, twice. We'd ride 500 miles upstate for lunch. My wife took the MSF course and we got her a 92 Yamaha Seca II. She hardly ever rode it. Funny thing, when she did ride, following me somewhere, she'd be so far behind. When I motioned for her to go ahead of me since she'd know where we were going, I'd have a hard time keeping up with her. Never quite got that. She did fine in the twisties, but couldn't navigate low speed turns at intersections without getting nervous. While getting her to ride along with me was tough, she loved to just show up at my job to surprise me for lunch and brag about all the thumbs up and whistles she'd get... the Seca had her positioned in such a way that made her fun to follow. We sold her bike and she went back to being my passenger. We had a child and I traded the Wing for an antique BMW, and the Nighthawk was long gone and replaced by a 96 BMW R850R ABS. One day while she was home with the baby I went out for a ride on the antique and nearly got killed so I sold it on fleabay and never bothered to fix the leaky master cylinder on the R850R. It sat in the back of the garage and I didn't ride for ten years.
We'd gotten into RVing a couple years back and when I saw people hanging bikes off the back of the RV I got the bright idea to buy something light enough to carry on the back of ours, you know, so I could ride in the countryside, where it's not as dangerous.
Sold the 850 and bought an BMW F650 which I disliked. Sold that and bought us a pair of 125cc Yamaha Zumas. Modded mine to 172ccs. Hung one on each end of the RV and went to Florida. Rode around Orlando, my son and I on mine, my wife on hers. Mine kept breaking from being hot rodded too much and I wound up commuting on it. Bought the 2010 KTM Duke 690 in 2012 because it was so light that it'd be easy to carry on the RV. Parked the scooter. She doesn't ride hers. Commuted on the Duke. Missed having ABS. Traded for the HS a few weeks ago. Wife's been on it twice. Son's been on it once. I've been on it every chance I get. It's time to sell the scooters.
sidesaddling is quite common here for female passengers in skirts
here's a couple on their way to their wedding
and a whole family on a tiny motorcycle can be transported with some luxury features thrown in
Sidesaddling....
Same here in Thailand too.
Haven't seen quite so many people on a single bike. Typically 5 is considered maximum, especially if adult. But of course that still leaves room for a pig or a dog (or both!).
Same here in Thailand too.
Haven't seen quite so many people on a single bike. Typically 5 is considered maximum, especially if adult. But of course that still leaves room for a pig or a dog (or both!).
Joined Nov 2013
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Inland SoCal
My wife did the MSF thing at age 44 and we got her a cheap used 185 Honda twin to start with. She absolutely hated it. It went away after I had an 'incident' with a bicyclist who turned in front of me; the bike and rider were not hurt at all but the forks got bent on the Honda! The '91 HawkGT was her first 'real' bike, then her little rigid frame Velocette got finished so she started riding it too. And she rides just like your wife - waaay behind if I'm in front, fast as stink when she leads. I've worn out my horn button trying to get her attention at those times. Must be some XX chromosome thing.
And you should see the attention she gets on her SV in those leathers...I always say, "tell them how old you are!"
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