How'd you find your Riding Mentor?

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Nov 16, 2016 | 01:05 PM

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Yamaharley

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When I was 16 a friend of my dad's ride over on a pro street big dog with a 107. I thought it was cool so he said take it for a spin. It was pretty quick and the clutch was impossible haha. After that he taught me how to wrench on bikes and classic cars, and ride faster than most turns allow. He's still a good friend of mine today and we still work on bikes and cars.

Nov 16, 2016 | 01:17 PM

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Derf_

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Here in canada, they force you for your first year to get a riding buddy that rides for at least two years. So there are sites dedicated to finding a mentor. Maybe you should try a generic motorcycle forum (they will have a bigger user base) and post your request there. That is if you're not one of those tool that only rides with other harleys.

Nov 16, 2016 | 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Derf_

Here in canada That is if you're not one of those tool that only rides with other harleys.

The only discrimination I make is for idiots, I do not do well with idiots.

Nov 16, 2016 | 02:26 PM

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Vernal

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Mine was Robert Pirsig. Never met him but he laid it out pretty good in a book.

Nov 16, 2016 | 06:23 PM

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Mine was Robert Pirsig. Never met him but he laid it out pretty good in a book.

Thank you for the book reference, I enjoy a good psychological read.

Nov 17, 2016 | 11:45 AM

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Carl '69

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My "mentor" was my old man & the crazies he rode with.

Nov 17, 2016 | 12:44 PM

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NORTY FLATZ

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Dang! LOL!
Here's a pic of one of my students. She's going to "scrub in" the polished brake rotors just installed. 😀

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Nov 17, 2016 | 01:22 PM

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I lived across the hall from mine for the first 18 years of my life.

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Nov 17, 2016 | 02:28 PM

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From: San Ramon, Ca

Mine drove me & my mom home from the hospital
when I was a newborn .
(In a 60 TBird Convt that I still have)

My dad rode for 70 yrs (aprox)
Knew Tom Sifton (cams). He was at actual Hollister event (or lack of)
in 1947.

The crazy nut let me ride a (new at that time) 1974 Shovelhead from Stockton, Ca over Hwy 88 to So. Shore Lake Tahoe when I was 14.