Just thought maybe you ladies could give me some advice on how to get my wife to give riding a try. I really love riding and I think she would enjoy it too plus I would like to have her as a riding buddy. Shes apprehensive and a little scared. Any advice is most appreciated..

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well, you could always rope her to it and drag her. or maybe tie her up and stick her on it. lol. maybe she just don't like to or maybe she don't trust your capabilities. how long have you been riding? the only thing you can do is ask her to go down the road once or twice and see if she has a change of heart. if not, then so be it. everyone has their likes and dislikes. and if she says slow down, or it's scaring her, then do it or she'll NEVER get back on it. glad mine loves it. lol. gl.:)

See if she's willing to take the MSF course. It'll give her a good introduction to riding, with a lot of the basics and great instruction....and if she likes it she'll be on the right track to getting her license.

Let's start with basics. Does she ride with you? Has she ever gotten onthe back of the bike befire? Does she have protective gear? I know I feel better with my gear on.

I told her I would buy all the gear of her choice. I said I would pay for the motorcycle safety course. She has ridden on the back of harleys and other cruisers before but never a sportbike. Truth is, I don't really want her on the back, I want her to get her own bike, even if it is a cruiser. Her excuse for not riding on the back with me is that I haven't ridden this bike long enough and her excuse for not taking the course is that she doesn't know how to ride " I don't even know how to drive a clutch in a car" is what I hear usually. I took the course and most of the people there had never ridden. So I am a little mystified and frusterated. Any advice is most appreciated.

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whatever you do DON'T pressure her. But ask her to at least try it. She should be willing to do that right? And when I say "try it", I mean take the MSF course. Tell her that it doesn't matter if she's never ridden before...I'd only ridden a moped and that was YEARS before I jumped on a sportbike. Take her to some dealerships and let her sit on some 500's or even a 250. Let her sit pull it up off the kickstand, feel the weight of the bike, try on some gear (there's some great choices for ladies these days :) ).

If none of this works....divorce her ass. I'm available and would love another new bike and gear ;)

I think that is good advice vixen... I will take her to the dealer and let her feel out different bikes. I just called her and she said that she is leaning toward being willing to take the MSF course. It took me months to convince her to let me get a bike, her uncle died in a bike crash and her brother is blind in one eye and has had multiple reconstructive facial surgeries following a bike wreck, so I do have to be leanient with her apprehensions. I do however wish she was more like you in wanting a new bike and gear... but Georgia is a ways away from Cali... lol Thank you again for the advice and if you think of anything else let me know..

hey Vixen, SC isn't far from GA. lol. you can always come up and ride with me.....

LOL, i made a date with my girl. she really wanted to go, but i had the car keys... hehe. now she wants her own bike.

Get her a cheap beater 125 or 250 cc cruiser, similar to what she'd be riding in MSF. They're easier to learn on. Have her help pick it out. Get something that's not perfect & maybe cosmetically damaged so that she doesn't feel bad if she drops it. Once she gets the hang of it, upgrade to newer &/or bigger.

Make sure she gets all the gear she feels she needs. I have tons of gear. If nothing else, I feel as though I've done as much as I can to protect myself, and that little bit of reassurance helps.

That's what my husband did for me years ago, and yeah, it sat around for a while, but I kept looking at it in the garage, sitting on it here & there, and just one day took it out for a ride. Then I discovered what I'd been missing. Been riding & upgrading bikes ever since, and found out my niche was in a sportbike.

Good luck!

I think that is good advice vixen... I will take her to the dealer and let her feel out different bikes. I just called her and she said that she is leaning toward being willing to take the MSF course. It took me months to convince her to let me get a bike, her uncle died in a bike crash and her brother is blind in one eye and has had multiple reconstructive facial surgeries following a bike wreck, so I do have to be leanient with her apprehensions. I do however wish she was more like you in wanting a new bike and gear... but Georgia is a ways away from Cali... lol Thank you again for the advice and if you think of anything else let me know..


Hey...I'm up for a long ride! Always wanted to do a "coast to coast" trip! :D

Gentle persuasion is the key....my brother lost his knee cap in a motorcycle accident, and I have a friend who lost her foot years ago (she was riding b*tch).

Reinforce to your wife that people are killed on the roads EVERY SINGLE DAY....here in ATL it's usually someone going to or coming from work. And 99% of the time they're in their car. I commute to work on my bike every day......wakes me up in the morning :cool

hey Vixen, SC isn't far from GA. lol. you can always come up and ride with me.....


We're neighbors!!! Actually I lived in SC a while.....rode to Abbeville just a couple of months ago to visit my little brother and the bugger wasn't even home!!! :mad

Guess I should've called him first eh? :biggrin Didn't matter...I was just out for a ride. Just need to find an alternate route besides the I85 slab or the Atl>Athens>Elberton route. :rolleyes

Vixen, If yoiu are ever in the bay area of cali let me know and we'll go out riding, I know some really nice routes along the coast.....

Thanks for the advice..

Just thought maybe you ladies could give me some advice on how to get my wife to give riding a try. I really love riding and I think she would enjoy it too plus I would like to have her as a riding buddy. Shes apprehensive and a little scared. Any advice is most appreciated..Thanks
You won't get any support from me. :nono

Think about how you would feel if you pushed her to ride and then she got killed in an accident. Don't be selfish and think more of your desire for a wife that rides than having a wife that's alive. Sure, there's no guarantees that an accident would result, but you would not feel good if it happened.

If she wants to ride, let her. Otherwise, be happy to have a wife that supports YOU pursuing motorcycling.

well my wife she use to ride scooter when i met her, afeter we got married she decided to take a riding class and got her license so i bougth her a 250r kawasaki . but after 300 miles she hoop on my 600rr 04 and told me to get a new bike cause she is taking over my bike ... so i got me k6 gsxr 1000 , but i had to lower the bike cause she was just 5' 3" , you know just to be in the safe side ... so i i would say get her something like a 600 cc.http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/joenald75/hobbies010.jpg

Definitely have her take the MSF course. Take it with her, if you can...then she will have someone there for moral support and that she knows as well and can feel more comfortable. I had one of my friends take it with me when I did it. I definitely think this is the first step, IF she is interested. Like others have said, do not force or pressure her...let her decide on her own. Wait to take the course and she if she likes it, then get a bike...you never know, she may just not feel comfortable riding herself. I have heard too many stories where people buy a brand new bike and then take the course and decide they do not like it...now they have to sell the bike. Do the research first, is how I feel. Good luck!