How is seat height for her? On Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 3:52 PM mark weisenfeld <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's wonderful for both of you. > > However, let me share for posterity (or posterior) my observations. They > may not apply due to her youth. > > My wife went through 4 bikes before getting to the biggest one she has > now. That was priceless, though not necessarily cheap. You see, she needed > to go from a little 250 to a bigger, then bigger, etc so that she could > work her way up with the confidence of knowing she could "throw it around" > as she needed. She conquered bigger and bigger bikes gradually, and learned > how to lean them over, park them in terrain and hills, pick them up, and > develop so many of the riding senses necessary on each one, before saying, > "It's time for a bigger one that can ________ better". > > On the other hand, the alternative scenario played out with a friend and > his wife, except she finally gave into fear and never gained confidence. > She did not want to start small because she wanted a bike that matched her > husband's Harley. She never learned all the movements and riding sense that > you get from mastering a small bike and finding it too small, then moving > up. A few years later she could not feel the joy of having her own bike > anymore because she never felt fully in control. She gave it up for just > riding on the back of his. > > (Consequently the 4 of us do not go on rides as often as we could.) > > SO, keep that in mind. If she has already mastered something like a > dirt-bike or similar, then just ignore this post. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
