From the Rebel Forum, bold emphasis mine.
Hi I live in [redacted by Editor] just waiting for good wheather so I can learn to ride. My husband bought me a bike last summer but I wasnt comfortable on it to top heavy so he just bought me an 05 rebel 250 alot smaller than the other bike so Im hoping I can learn on this one. It’s burnt orange with 4,027 with saddle bags and a windshield already on it. I like to ride with my husband but everybody says that I will really like riding by myself. When I was trying to learn on the other one which was a suz intruder 1400 a little too heavy. My problem with that one also was I kept popping the clutch. Any adivice for a newbie.
Advice? Yes, I have advice, shamelessly stolen from Dan Savage: Your husband doesn’t love you. DTMFA. (Google it if you’re unafraid of salty language.)
Any husband (or spouse, partner, whatever) who would seriously think a Suzuki Intruder 1400 is an acceptable bike for his wife to learn on is a man who’s not interested in his wife’s continued well-being. He didn’t happen to present you with some new life insurance paperwork when he handed you the keys to that behemoth, did he?
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Sadly, I am familiar with the type.
The plan is to ride the motorcycle, not get into an accident.
Many of my relatives think exactly that way (I keep hoping that I was adopted). The idea of starting out small and taking a safety class simply does not occur to them.
I am glad that she was asking for input from someone else.
Balisada
Perhaps a sign of true love would be some practice sessions in clutch control?
@Balisada: Lucky we don’t get too many of these on the forum, eh? I’m also glad she was open to input.
@irondad: Yes indeed!
DTMFA! ROTFLMAO! That’s a new acronym for me! It shall be added to my list of arcane acronyms for use in programs that deserve to be dumped.
There was a woman in my BRC that must have weighed 90 pounds soaking wet. Her hubby bought her a 1200cc fully dressed Sportster to learn on. After much cajoling he bought a Buell Blast for her to learn on, but by that time she was quite gun-shy at riding. She failed the BRC after trying to ride her Sporty for a few months.
After practicing on her Blast for a few months, she took the BRC and passed with flying colors. Last I heard, she told her hubby that she would only ride the smaller bike so he put the Sporty on CraigsList.
I wouldn’t be surprised if many failed dreams of “riding my own” were the direct result of starting out on the wrong bike. It’s a shame, really.