Suggest a bike for Mrs Oakie

[crashe]

Go the
VIRAGO

A awesome bike to ride.....

[yungatart]

Go the
ELIMINATOR

A awesome bike to ride.....

This is what she really meant to say....

[Virago]

...Jeez, I wish I had a Virago....

[yungatart]

Not me, mate! you have me mixed up with that older tart....

[Oakie]

LOL.....(Oakie sits back to watch procedings)

[Oakie]

Honda Rebel anyone?
She's going to have a ride on one next Saturday although I have heard the performance gets a little boring after a few months. Also having a ride on an Eliminator. No Virago in that shop at present but there is one coming.
She sat on a Yamaha Scorpio yesterday but found it a little tall.

[crashe]

Honda Rebel anyone?
She's going to have a ride on one next Saturday although I have heard the performance gets a little boring after a few months. Also having a ride on an Eliminator. No Virago in that shop at present but there is one coming.
She sat on a Yamaha Scorpio yesterday but found it a little tall.

Riff Raff owned one so contact her for how the Honda Rebel handles.
She fair hooned around on it and even rode her old one down to Wellington when she sold it. (9 hours I think it took her to get there)


I have sat on one as I too was told to get one when I first started back riding... damned if we could find one in stock anywhere at the time.

After finding the VIRAGO lo and behold there was two in stock over the shore. So I still went and sat on them to try them out for size.

I found that the airboxes stick out, right there beside your inner thighs....

Now being so damned short in the legs.... I found that just sitting on the Honda Rebel, that the airboxes did infact hurt and rub on the thighs.


So if Mrs Oakie has thin thighs this may not be a problem for her.

I also couldn't reach the ground comfortably on the Honda Rebel due to those air boxes.

After riding on the VIRAGO for these past 7 years..... I finally saw another Honda Rebel on the Nor-western motorway the other day.
The rider may have been a learner rider as they were only traveling around 80kms and the motorway was fairly empty.

Im not sure how many of them are still around on the road these days..... you just dont see them... I know when I was looking everyone was raving about them..... but you dont seem to hear that much at all now. So I cant say how reliable they are at all or whether parts are easily available either.

[SHELRACING]

I had a Yamaha SRV 250 for my first bike.

It is a V-Twin and although its not real fast it will do 110-120km phr
without to much trouble.
Mine was bought at Red Baron for $2995.
The only disadvantage I found with a 250cc was the wind factor. I rode lots of 250cc bikes and the GN 250 was taller than the Yamaha, a lot more slower and boring.
I went from that to a Honda CB400 Hyper V-Tech.
This was a little over $5000, but an excellent bike. Upright style but can it get up a boogie if you want.
Easy to ride, cruises great on the open road.
I now have a CBR 600. I love it.

Oh yes I forgot to mention...I'm only 5',a Granma x 2 and haven't lowered any of my bikes.

Girls can do anything they want! You go girl!

[Oakie]

Oh yes I forgot to mention...I'm only 5',a Granma x 2 and haven't lowered any of my bikes.

Girls can do anything they want! You go girl!

He he. Mrs Oakie is only 5 foot tall and is also a Granma (x1) but has frequently wished I'd lower my bike for her. (This is partly why she's getting one of her own.)

[FREE2B]

Hmmm I just looked at a Rebel with a friend wanting a starters bike. Those air boxes would drive you nuts (and I dont have fat thighs). She is now considering a Honda magna Have you thought ofone of them???

[crashe]

Hmmm I just looked at a Rebel with a friend wanting a starters bike. Those air boxes would drive you nuts (and I dont have fat thighs). She is now considering a Honda magna Have you thought ofone of them???

Honda Magna - They have quite a wide seat.
I have sat on them and since I too am only 4 foot 12 inches tall, I have found that I can not reach the ground comfortably with both feet.


Finding the right bike for a short person is sometimes a very hard mission indeed.

[FREE2B]

Tis a hard road finding the perfect bike ... 4 sure. They are a bit wider but I am a little taller at about 5' 3 so didnt notice the difference it made. The virago seems to have way more character than the rebel.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

The Virago is a nice cruiser.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I too am only 4 foot 12 inches tall,

errrr so you 5 foot then

[Oakie]

Mrs Oakie perched herself on the Magna at the same shop that she perched on the Elimanator and Virago. Said the Magna seat was too wide for her comfort. (Small ass ... sorry ... 'arse' and thighs).