The trying girlfriend
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From: Canada
RE: The trying girlfriend
ORIGINAL: Danni
Hello everyone... i do not own a Harley... but my fiance' does. since we fight ALOT about this bike or as I like to call it " The other Girlfriend " lol... i figured I would make an attempt on my part andget on this forum to see why he loves his bike so much. Maybe, just maybe, i could grow to love it too...hopefully...lol
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Hello everyone... i do not own a Harley... but my fiance' does. since we fight ALOT about this bike or as I like to call it " The other Girlfriend " lol... i figured I would make an attempt on my part andget on this forum to see why he loves his bike so much. Maybe, just maybe, i could grow to love it too...hopefully...lol
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You're initiative to come on this forum and try to learn more about your fiance's interest
is more than most would do.
Ray.
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From: Greenfield, Massachusetts
RE: The trying girlfriend
Couple questions: Do you ever ride with him as a passenger? Does he want you to ride with him? If you HAVE ridden as a passenger, do you enjoy it? Guess I'm trying to see what the fighting might be about. Is it that he goes and does not take you and if that is the case is it because he doesn't want to or you dont' want to? Have you ever considered riding your own? If you could give some more insight into the problem, I'd have some suggestions.
Road Captain
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From: Davenport, Iowa
RE: The trying girlfriend
To many people riding is alot like therapy on wheels. You can get out on the road and forget everything thats in your head bothering you. I'm very happy that you atleast trying to understand... 
. Some of the nicest people I know Ive met while riding. Its sort of like a big brotherhood.. My girlfriend was in the same position you are in now.. untill she got a few rides under her belt, now, just the other day she was begging me to finish my winter modifications so we can go for a ride. Riding is a thing either you will fall in love with, or you wont..theres only 1 way to find out.. I think its awesome your willing to go this far to join a forum & to learn about the lifestyle. BTW your cute as a button, hes a lucky guy
. Some of the nicest people I know Ive met while riding. Its sort of like a big brotherhood.. My girlfriend was in the same position you are in now.. untill she got a few rides under her belt, now, just the other day she was begging me to finish my winter modifications so we can go for a ride. Riding is a thing either you will fall in love with, or you wont..theres only 1 way to find out.. I think its awesome your willing to go this far to join a forum & to learn about the lifestyle. BTW your cute as a button, hes a lucky guy
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RE: The trying girlfriend
ORIGINAL: Danni
Hello everyone... i do not own a Harley... but my fiance' does. since we fight ALOT about this bike or as I like to call it " The other Girlfriend " lol... i figured I would make an attempt on my part andget on this forum to see why he loves his bike so much. Maybe, just maybe, i could grow to love it too...hopefully...lol
Hello everyone... i do not own a Harley... but my fiance' does. since we fight ALOT about this bike or as I like to call it " The other Girlfriend " lol... i figured I would make an attempt on my part andget on this forum to see why he loves his bike so much. Maybe, just maybe, i could grow to love it too...hopefully...lol
Road Captain
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RE: The trying girlfriend
It's like a drug that is legal. it makes you forget about your problems and just relax in your own little world. like right now, my grandmas in the hospital, to be quite honest, on her death bed. dont need any pity here, but losing a loved one is HARD!! And, completely honest, the only thing that i want to do is go cruise my bike. only problem is, i took it to the shop last week and wont have it back til probably tuesday.
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From: NC
RE: The trying girlfriend
simple darlin...it's a better ride and doesn't talk back!!
get one these and you'llbe fine
http://www.viberider.com/
get one these and you'llbe fine
http://www.viberider.com/
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RE: The trying girlfriend
ORIGINAL: Danni
Hello everyone... i do not own a Harley... but my fiance' does. since we fight ALOT about this bike or as I like to call it " The other Girlfriend " lol... i figured I would make an attempt on my part andget on this forum to see why he loves his bike so much. Maybe, just maybe, i could grow to love it too...hopefully...lol
[IMG]local://upfiles/58828/AA686400F17A43028045312231622350.jpg[/IMG]
Hello everyone... i do not own a Harley... but my fiance' does. since we fight ALOT about this bike or as I like to call it " The other Girlfriend " lol... i figured I would make an attempt on my part andget on this forum to see why he loves his bike so much. Maybe, just maybe, i could grow to love it too...hopefully...lol
[IMG]local://upfiles/58828/AA686400F17A43028045312231622350.jpg[/IMG]
That said, my number one comment would be that, despite all the bravado everyone's spouting about "nothing comes betweena man and his machine" and the like, if he's this obsessed at this stage, you need to run, not walk, away. At this stage of the game, he ought to still be trying to win you... or make sure he "keeps" you, since he's already "won" your hand. You need to be the number one thing in his eyes, his heart and his life or you may as well not get married.
Now, since you're trying and presumably he is, too, I'd say you're on the right path. Some things you can do besides listening to other obsessed people on this forum:
1. Take a basic rider's course. For two or three hundred bucks, they provide you with everything, including the bike. Learn to ride. If you like it, great, get your own bike!
2. Ride with him. Even if you don't like it as much as him (and assuming you don't absolutely hate it!), you're at least doing something together. An example is that my wife really doesn't like to fly. Actually, it's not so much that she dislikes it, but she has irrational (self admitted) fears about the wings falling off. Even so, she'll go up with me now and then because she knows how much I love it.
3. Accept that he has a hobby that you don't share and incorporate it into alone time for each of you where he can go ride and you can do something you like that he doesn't. Of course, you'll have to sort out the money issue so neither of you spends too much on your various hobbies, but that's not all that hard. And if it consumes all his time, then I go back to my original point.
That's about it, I guess. He's already a lucky guy because you're trying. What's he doing?