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Would you ever allow anyone else to drive your bike?
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RE: Would you ever allow anyone else to drive your bike?
If he's my friend (or she for that matter) and I would ride with him or her, then yes, if a need arose I would certainly let them ride my bike. It's just a thing. A pretty thing to be sure, but still a thing.
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RE: Would you ever allow anyone else to drive your bike?
NO WAY Jose!!![:@] A friend of mine bought a bike [Harley], so, his stepbrother comes up to look at it, buddy starts the bike, step dummy grabs a hand full of throttle and revs it right to the MAX about 4-5 times. I don't even want anyone sitting on it, BUY YOUR OWN!
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In 22 years, I've only done this three times. The first time was to one of my closest friends. He was between bikes, but he and the wife wanted to take a boot to Banff for the day. He called to see if he could borrow my bike for the day, if I wasn't using it, and I replied, "Sorry man, I don't lend my bike." He replied with, "Hey **shole...I'm the onewho taught you how to ride!!" He brought it back in one piece! LOLI let another buddy of mine take my Gold Wing for a boot (we were out fora ride together, and I knew he was itching to try it...), hoping to get him to make the leap for a new bike. (This was about 4 years ago, and he's STILL riding the same CB500!!) No go, but again, a good friend, good rider, and the bike was returned in one piece. The third and most recent time was when a fellow instructor (was a safety instructor fm 00 - 05 with the Safety Council for the city I lived in at the time...) asked if we could switch bikes. He had an SV650, and the wife was keen for a sport bike at the time. He was flirting with going to a rolling couch. If I couldn't trust a fellow safety instructor, who could I trust?? Now that I have a Fat Boy?? I don't know. This same buddy who taught me to ride is looking at buy a Hog this spring, and may request a test drive. I don't think I can turn him down. After all...he taught me how to ride!
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I have two buddies that I've swapped rides with. We swap and I get to ride either a Buell, Ducati or BMW.All nice bikes but after about a half hour I get back on my own and am reminded that I made the right choice.
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RE: Would you ever allow anyone else to drive your bike?
I did let a lady I work with ride mine and she took a nasty spill. Cost me about $3,000 to fix the bike, but most of the parts were items I planned on getting anyway. This just sped up the process of getting the mods I wanted anyway. I was far more concerned about her injuries than the bikes. I would let her ride it again, but so far she has not wanted to. She got her own 883 Low last June.
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RE: Would you ever allow anyone else to drive your bike?
ORIGINAL: Dick Johnson
C'mon Guys.......It's just steel,glass,rubber, and plastic.....of course I let other people ride it.When I was younger I had a "no touch" policy........but I got over it.
Dick........ Oh....and aluminum too
C'mon Guys.......It's just steel,glass,rubber, and plastic.....of course I let other people ride it.When I was younger I had a "no touch" policy........but I got over it.
Dick........ Oh....and aluminum too
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Actually, when we got our bike in December we had a friend drive it home for us rather than someone from the dealership. I would much rather have had my best friends *** "break the seal" on my bike than someone I didn't know. I'd let him drive it anytime he wanted....of course he'd have to share his Fat Boy with us.
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