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I'll be going through the same thing with my wife this spring. Except, she'll be taking the course before I spend the money on a bike, just to make sure it's something she actually wants to do.
Regarding traffic cones...they're not cheap. Might I suggest a trip to your local dollar store? The one here has kids' beach-type buckets that should work just as well.Leave a comment:
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Ah, new riders...
Yesterday I took my nieghbor up to pick up her 'new' bike...
A little background. She approached me a few weeks ago about what would be a good 'starter bike' for her. We had a fairly long discussion about motorcycles, why did she want one, is she ready for the learning curve, will she take the riders course, etc. Now, she's never ridden anything, so she's starting at zero. Well, I agreed to help her with finding a suitable bike and would give her preliminary instruction in the care/feeding/operation of it.
Well, we got it home, and she had to give it a quick try. I pointed out the controls and the various functions. Practiced a couple of starts/stops, she wanted to try riding down the road a bit (just a few hundred yards). Got to the end, tried to turn around and promptly dumped it; forgot to pull in the clutch. Well, both of us have bad backs, so she threw hers out going down, I hurt mine picking her and the bike up. End of riding for a few days...
It's going to be an interesting few months until she can take the riders course. I'm going to see if I can pick up some traffic cones for a little 'course' for her to practice on.
And make sure I have an ample supply of pain pills for my back...
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