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that smile says it all! i would be lucky to get my wife to SIT on the bike, let alone ride it!
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1980 XS 1100 Special (working to be my daily ride) -
Isadora Duncan?
And given the name of the bike, Isadora, I presume you've vetoed her wearing any hand painted silk scarves??
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No, sadly, she has seen original Rocker footage, and wants to wear an orange scarf and an open face helmet!
Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die
Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. ThompsonComment
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Dude, WOW!
She is HOT on that bike! Nicely done!
It took me a year to get Rosie finished.
Here is a recent pic of my XS11, Rosie and SWMBO
Gone but never Forgotten:
1980 XS11SG - "Scorpion"
Current:
2006 Yamaha FJR1300A - "Orion"
2007 Honda CBR600RR - "Twitch"
"Life is not a journey to the grave, with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body; but rather to skid on broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming:
WOW - What a ride!Comment
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Seeing that makes all the work worth it, doesn't it?
Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die
Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. ThompsonComment
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Roger that!Gone but never Forgotten:
1980 XS11SG - "Scorpion"
Current:
2006 Yamaha FJR1300A - "Orion"
2007 Honda CBR600RR - "Twitch"
"Life is not a journey to the grave, with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body; but rather to skid on broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming:
WOW - What a ride!Comment
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Hi t71,Originally posted by t71ford View Post- - - Disclaimer: She does not ride without a helmet. This was in a parking lot in first gear only! But she was pretty proud that she had actually got it moving. I wanted here to not be encumbered by the helmet in addition to all of the other things she was going to have to familiarize herself with at once. Once we get to shifting and increasing speed, she will be wearing a helmet
Start as you mean to go on, the helmet should be on from day one.
Also the lady needs to wear riding gloves and while those high heeled boots may be OK for strutting about in they are sub-optimal when riding a bike.Fred Hill, S'toon
XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
"The Flying Pumpkin"Comment
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You should also talk her into putting a front fender on the bike. You don't have to ride in the rain to appreciate fenders...
GeezerHi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.
The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.Comment
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She's a doll, be careful you don't want her dented up.
Better go boot shopping.79 XS11 Special (Lazarus)
80 XS850 Special (Old Faithful)
80 XS11 Standard sorta stock (Beatrice)
79 DT 100Comment
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Bike looks awesome, and she is a cutie for sure.
I would suggest the helmet as well, figure it this way, she is at the most likely point in her riding career to go down and no matter how slow your going, your head hitting concrete or asphault does not turn out good.
The boots, well, the heels of course could leave her foot trying to get off the peg and stuck, or the process of putting them down while moving may take care fo the heel for her.
Life is what happens while your planning everything else!
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection
Previously owned
93 GSX600F
80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
81 XS1100 Special
81 CB750 C
80 CB750 C
78 XS750Comment
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Thanks for sharing the excitement with me! It was a really good day, even though she did drop it once (no damage to her or the bike, she was stopped).
She does normally ride with a helmet, but as she has never driven before, it would have been a little much to communicate everything, instruct, and watch all the controls with the helmet on. Now that she has had the intro, it will be going back on. She had forgotten her gloves at home, but those will be standard operating procedure as well.
As soon as the roads dry out a little more, we will be doing another lesson (So I can get out of the garage to the parking lot, I mean. She is not ready for the open road just yet). She is very excited now, which is great!
Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die
Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. ThompsonComment
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Send her through the MSF course. Even with you teaching her, it will work better if she is forced to read it and learn in the steps they teach it in. JMOLife is what happens while your planning everything else!
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection
Previously owned
93 GSX600F
80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
81 XS1100 Special
81 CB750 C
80 CB750 C
78 XS750Comment
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T71Ford,
Great project. The bike looks great! Looks like it's a perfect match for her, and she looks great on it!
Ya did a good thing there... for her & you as well.
Congrats.
Bob'82 XJ1100J Maxim (has been sold.)
'79 F "Time Machine"... oh yeah, Baby....
(Sold back to Maximan)
2011 Kaw Concours 14 ABS
In the warden's words from Cool Hand Luke;
"What we have here is a failure to communicate."Comment
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+1 to that. She'll learn it and apply it more religiously if taught by someone other than a loved one too. People tend to "listen" to paid authority figures a lot more than they do to well-meaning, perfectly knowledgable family members.Originally posted by DGXSER View Post
Those boots have to go though. They would not be legal for taking the MSF course.
Very quick turn-around on that bike! The paint is really nice too. Interesting use of snaps for the seat cover! Be careful with corrosion ruining the paint around them though.1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
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Hi 'Bug,Originally posted by CatatonicBug View Post
+2 to that! The MSF guys are trained to impart bike knowledge in an ordered and sensible way where the average person is not.
Additionally, it is extremely difficult to teach anything to a person who is near and dear to you without it ending in a blazing row.
Somehow the emotional bond creates instructional friction.Fred Hill, S'toon
XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
"The Flying Pumpkin"Comment
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