Question for the lady learners here......

[petermonkeyguru]

You say your not married yet - is she good looking, what does she do when your out riding - does she need some company.
I think the more women out there riding the better, they look great in leather, smell better after a day or so riding, and you know what they say about bike chic's...

[MyGSXF:Me]

I think the more women out there riding the better, they look great in leather, smell better after a day or so riding, and you know what they say about bike chic's...

I'm all ears... do continue..

[mstriumph]

I say keep women off the roads and in the kitchen, where they belong.

don't be bloody silly ...... you couldn't GET my bikes into our kitchen ......

[mstriumph]

....................My problem is that she has tried in the past to learn to drive a manual car and failed. In a female opinion if you were in the same position did you find learning the controls on a bike easier than a manual car?

can she ride a bicycle?

if so, no problem - sit her on - shove it in gear - off she goes & soon she's having so much fun she'll be FIGHTING to learn how to change gear

if not ........ yep - problem mebbe

can't see what a manual 'car' has to do with it? except mebbe demonstrates she may give up too easily .......... ridicule helps with this

can't believe i SAID that

[Minnie]

Dang Fub@r! You should have kept the mighty ginny for a little longer!

Just been thinking the same thing Fub@r, give me a few more months and i can sell it back to you

[buellbabe]

My problem is that she has tried in the past to learn to drive a manual car and failed. In a female opinion if you were in the same position did you find learning the controls on a bike easier than a manual car?

Well in my opinion i don't think it makes any difference... I was riding bikes before I ever drove cars... I did find the clutch a little touchy at first and was continually stalling the bike but solved that problem by doing downhill rolling starts!
From then on there was no holding me back!

[Jantar]

I say keep women off the roads and in the kitchen, where they belong.

Strange as it may be, I must support Dover on this one. From the Oxford dictionary

woman • noun (pl. women) 1 an adult human female. 2 a female worker or employee. 3 a fully automatic, general purpose, two legged, kitchen utensil that is screwed on the bed.

[Fub@r]

Well in my opinion i don't think it makes any difference... I was riding bikes before I ever drove cars... I did find the clutch a little touchy at first and was continually stalling the bike but solved that problem by doing downhill rolling starts!
From then on there was no holding me back!

The comparision with a manual car is one my fiance made. She gets rather frustrated stalling which just compounds her frustration the more she does it.

I have said the same to her that if she can ride a push bike she should be able to coordinate on a motorbike.

The idea is that I will pay to get her some lessons, if she feels that she can do it etc then I will buy a cheap Ginny or alike so she can practice on weekends and then she can do her basic skills. If she finds she can't ride a motorbike then once I get my full ina few months I will buy a 600cc crusier style bike so we can use that to two up and go on the organised rides etc and use my Hyosung for my commuting.

[Hellraiser]

If she finds she can't ride a motorbike then once I get my full ina few months I will buy a 600cc crusier style bike so we can use that to two up and go on the organised rides etc and use my Hyosung for my commuting.

B4 you get a 600cc bike you yourself need to learn what its like to ride a bike that goes forward faster than it goes backwards ............ LOL

[Lteejay]

don't be bloody silly ...... you couldn't GET my bikes into our kitchen ......

LMFAO

I agree, she might find hand controls on the bike much easier than using her feet in a car. The only thing to do is to get her out there and see if she can do it. Have fun 'soon to be' Mrs Fub@r.

[Nasty]

Let the woman ride .... when grub taught me we went to a quiet back road .. he showed me how to change the gears .. and followed me in the car and let me know how i was going ... seeing how I did corners etc ... just rode up and down the same road for the evenings of two weeks till I felt confident to see the basic handling skills .... I can't drive a manual car anymore due to MS ... but hell I can ride a bike!! no problems. Oh well that is what we did .. was a shiteload of fun too!

[disenfranchised]

Could always try something like the Gilera DNA 180 (or the CPI GTR 150 but they sound like they'd be gutless).

I rode a GN for my handling test, and stalled it heaps in the practice, as soon as I got my own bike I've never had a problem...just a much nicer clutch action...a well constructed bike should be no problem...I think multiple cylinders might help too...smoother action.

[Toaster]

Small steps.... get her used to driving 4 wheels and make sure the issue aint to do with traffic, fear etc etc. If she gets it wrong on a bike, it'll hurt her a lot more than in a car.

[Lissa]

I personally thought learning to ride a bike was going to be the scariest experience I would ever go through, and just wanted to give it a try even if I failed. But my instructor was awesome... little steps, learning one thing at a time, and after two hours of riding I got my BHST, I love riding! As long as she has good balance and someone experienced to teach her to ride the right way, she should have no problems.... Just do it!

[Alice]

I think its patronising to believe she cannot learn to ride a motorcycle.If she failed to learn to drive a manual car, she gave in to easily in my way of thinking.Lots of things we learn in life take a certain amount of determination.If she really wants to learn to ride a bike then she will do so, if it is something she really wants to do.Giving in to soon does not do much good for anyones confidence and some things come easier to some people than others.
I hope she masters it o'k as she is guaranteed endless hours of fun and freedom.