Lady XSives

[John]

I saw a thread by Randy wondering how many members are women. A good question I thought, and since no one has done it yet, I figured I'd stick my neck out and ask. How many of the members here are women, and what do you ride? Is it faster than the ol' mans' bike?

[randy]

John,

Thanks for making it a poll. Now let's see what happens!

Randy

[Pat Kelly]

I'm actually not sure if I should answer for me or my wife. She rides but her XS750 is slower.

[John]

I guess I should have worded the poll a little differently. But hey Pat, at least she rides, and sometimes the view from the back of the pack ain't so bad.

[Pat Kelly]

I'm keeping her bike de-tuned so that she dosen't pass me .

[Ken Talbot]

On Tuesday, we were at the Yamaha dealer down the valley and SWMBO climbed on the FJR they had on the floor. She sat on one they had there about a month ago, and checked one out at the big show last spring. This time, the salesman even fired it up and offered her a helmet so she could take it for a spin. I tell you, it was THIS close! If she had brought along her riding gear, I'm sure she would have been off for a test ride and I would have been coming home alone in the cage. I'm not sure if de-tuning would be enough, unless that includes yanking a couple of plug wires...

[John]

Maybe filling a couple of cylinders with cement would slow her down

[Don Hughes]

Sheila just buy the bike!! You know that you will eventually. May as well do it now than later.

[Pat Kelly]

As I posted a week or so ago in another post:

SWMBO bought a 96 Yamaha XV1100 Virago with 3,500 miles on it.
It's NOT faster than my XS.
Virago group (we joined that one too) said the XV has more low-end torque..... not.

Still it's a very nice bike (with 2 fuel tanks on-board and a fuel pump ).