Wife is taking my bike!
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Pros and cons to having a spouse ride their own. Double the insurance, double the gas, double the maintenance. Plus worrying about the way they ride.
Pros...you have another bike to ride.
My ex went through a new used bike about once a year.
1st bike-94 Honda VLX 600- sold a month later
2nd - 2003 Honda 750 ACE- sold 14 months
3rd-2002 Honda Sabre 1100- wrong color- sold after 8 months
4th -2002 Honda Sabre 1100- right color- Champion hardbags-drove 1200 miles to buy this one. Lasted almost a year
Introduced her to my Triumph Sprint Sport Tourer. She ditched the cruisers after that ride.
Next for her was a Suzuki Bandit 1200 with 5 degree timing mod along with a bunch of Holeshot mods.
Having a spouse ride her own can be expensive.
As for the bare fender.....my current wife was told to either ride on the fender(as a joke) or we were taking her car.
She hopped on the fender, and we drove all over downtown Houston (from the outer suburbs.) Best and last first date I've had. Thank God she's only 5'0 and a size "0"
Bought the current wife 2 bikes. A Honda 250 Nighthawk & a Yamaha 535 Virago.
She never grew comfortable riding her own, and so now she's only riding on the back.
Ever hear Happy wife equals happy life? There is some truth to it.
Last edited by Guzzi; 02-11-2017 at 11:14 AM.
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I got the approval to get another bike with the condition that my wife is taking my Sportster. This may be the wrong forum to ask this question but what would you buy? I love my Sportster for cruising around town but it's not the most comfortable on longer rides. I don't like the look of the touring bikes so what is the happy medium?
Myself, I have a Sporty and a Softail...cause that's what works for me.
I think you need to get to the dealer and do some test riding. If looks are important to you, then only test ride the models that you like the looks of...you will know after some seat time in each one, which one you like best.
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