Anybody ride a motorcycle?

I am just a "passenger" only because my dear sweet husband is terrified of me having my own! And he says he'd rather me be riding behind anyway. But he doesn't even get the bike out until it's in the 70's. He's not a "true dedicated rider". If he needs a coat and gloves, forget it. And definitely not in the wind. He says he's going to ride it to work this summer, but I don't see that happening. He leaves around 3am and the mornings are pretty cool and he's got a good 40 minute ride to work.

I would LOVE to have one of my own...and I would only have about a 7 minute ride to work.

Sounds like you might just have to take his for a ride or just go get one of your own.. ;-)

I can't even hold his up! He's got a 1300 and I am only 5'3...I can barely straddle it. LOL! I think if I purchased one of my own, he'd probably divorce me...he is that adament about it!

He won't divorce you. Thats how I got my bike just finally got tired of the wife telling me no so I just went out and bought it.

stefani74,
My wife is only 5' , and her feet don't touch the ground at all. We rented a scooter in Mexico before, and I had to put my feet down for her when we stopped, lol. She did enjoy doubling me though. She loves to ride on the back, and I doubt she would want her own bike, or develop the confidence. But it sounds to me like you would like to give it a try. I have a few women friends who ride, and really love it. Your hubby probably loves you, and is a little overprotective. Not so bad. Sign up for a riding course, then get a bike later. In that order. It will show him you are serious about the safety aspect, and the smaller bikes the schools use are very confidence inspiring.
He won't take away your boat, he loves it too.
Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
Not trying to wreck your marriage
Good liuck

He won't divorce you. Thats how I got my bike just finally got tired of the wife telling me no so I just went out and bought it.

HA HA! You don't know my husband! He might not divorce me but he'd get back at me. Like sell the boat which is something else I really like to do!

Go to www.msf-usa.org and sign up for a BRC (Basic Rider Course). They'll loan you a helmet and a little-bitty motorcycle and give you a 16 hour 'how to ride' class in a parking lot. If you pass it you get your license. Great way to see if motorcycling is for you. I'm an instructor, PM me and I can tell you more.

Thanks for the info!

I have a Honda CBR1000 and ride whenever I can. We don't get any snow in Wellington. We have some fantastic roads for motorbikes very close. We have a group of us that ride on Sunday's and go away to a couple of bike rallies every year. One is the Cold Kiwi at the base of Mount Ruapehu, it can get very cold but we are big brave motorcycle riders, right !!! Heated grips are a must.
The south island has some of the best roads in the world for riding and I can recommend anyone looking for a great riding holiday to check it out.

I ride year-round. I have summer gear and winter gear. If it's cold and the roads are dry, the bike is preferred. I've seen as cold as 9ºF on the bank thermometers I pass. I have also ridden home from work on the snow a few times because I didn't *think* it would snow.

JM

I have a scooter (a Stella)! It's my favorite thing in the world. I can't wait until it warms up so I can get 100 miles per gallon again.

I've ridden in some pretty nasty stuff and in turn have frozen my *kitten* off. I live in the NC mountains so I get caught in hail storms, snow, and rain all the time. Your hands are critical and will freeze without very good gloves or decent gloves and heated grips. Basically, anything hit by the wind will get cold. If I ride my Ninja the wind goes down my back, so when it gets cold out I dress out my cruiser (strip it for summer) and ride that. Now, I've ridden in 10 below 0 (F) and 4" of snow before. Don't necessarily recommend it though. My face shield frosted over to the point I couldn't see where I was going. Fun times.

My husband has one! I ride with him all the time. He want's me to get my license, but I am too scared!!