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Grey Thumper

Post subject: What's your SO's relationship with motorcycles?

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:20 am

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Joined: Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:21 am
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Location: Manila, Philippines
Real Name: Dino
Sex: Male
Years Riding: 5
My Motorcycle: BMW R1150R Edition 80

Didn't really wanna come up with poll-type categories (love em, hate em, and everything in between) for something so individual. I was just wondering what your wife/husband, girl/boyfriend, mate, partner, paramour, betrothed - whatever term you prefer - thinks of motorcycles/motorcycling?

My wife actually got me into bikes, since she learned to ride and had a motorcycle before I did, so I'm pretty lucky in the "spousal approval" sense.

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SCgurl

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:18 pm

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Joined: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:43 pm
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Location: Charleston, S.C.

Hehehe...I'm the one who owns the bike. He's the one who always asks to ride my bike. In fact, he tries to sucker me into it by preemptively maintaining the bike for me (as in, I set up the bike to wash it-he sneaks behind me with the hose in hand :laughing:

).

He really needs to get his own dadgum bike!

So, aside from that-yeah, no approval from either party necessary (except that it's my bike!)

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Tennif Shoe

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:14 pm

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Location: Houston, Texas
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My Motorcycle: VTX 1800c

wife went out and found the honda because the vulcan was no big enough for her to ride comfterably

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ShawnKing

Post subject: Re: What's your SO's relationship with motorcycles?

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:03 pm

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Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:37 pm
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Location: Danbury, CT

Grey Thumper wrote:

My wife actually got me into bikes

Same here. She bought me a Royal Star Tour Deluxe so she could ride on the back. She got tired of pillion in about 6 months and bought herself a Suzuki GSF500 and, when she got tired of that, bought herself a BMW F800ST.

Then she bought me a Yamaha FJR1300.

Yeah - I think I'll keep her... :laughing:

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jstark47

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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:13 pm

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Joined: Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:58 pm
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Location: Lumberton, NJ
Sex: Male
Years Riding: 8
My Motorcycle: V-strom, Trophy, or Bonneville

She owns two of the four bikes listed in my signature line below!

(If she posted on this forum she'd also surely point out that she gave me my first riding lesson.......) :roll:

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tymanthius

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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:30 pm

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Joined: Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:30 pm
Posts: 143
Location: Baton Rouge
Sex: Male
Years Riding: 1
My Motorcycle: 07 BMW F650GS

My g/f isn't fond of motorcycles in general.

But she did help me add reflective tape to my leather suit & helmet. Although she does laugh when I put it on . . . sigh.

I still love her & hope to get her to ride with me, pillion or on her own.

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Thumper

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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:53 pm

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Joined: Wed May 10, 2006 10:40 pm
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Location: Dixon, CA
Real Name: K.A. Thompson
Sex: Female
Years Riding: 7
My Motorcycle: '09 Triumph Bonneville

I rode first; the Spouse Thingy realized I was having far too much fun without him, so he took the MSF. Now most of the time we ride together. He does grumble once in a while about why I couldn't find a cheaper hobby, but he loves it.

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Grey Thumper

Post subject: Re: What's your SO's relationship with motorcycles?

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:30 am

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Location: Manila, Philippines
Real Name: Dino
Sex: Male
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My Motorcycle: BMW R1150R Edition 80

ShawnKing wrote:

Grey Thumper wrote:

My wife actually got me into bikes

Now that is jaw-droppingly awesome :shock:

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fireguzzi

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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:46 am

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Location: Covington, Georgia
Real Name: Trevor
Sex: Male
Years Riding: 12
My Motorcycle: dream bike (really, it's in my dreams)

My wife's relationship with bikes consists of ignoring me as I do wheelies and other pathetic cries for attention in front of the window where she can see me. She just don't seem to care for my dirt bike shenanigans. :cry:

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Dunolde

Post subject: I'm a "big boy."

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:33 am

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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:45 pm
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Location: Northfield, MA

My wife's response to my wanting to get a bike (keep in mind that I am 63, she's 55):"you're a big boy, if you want to get a motorcycle go right ahead. Just don't expect me to ever get on it with you!"

I guess I'll have to admit that her response suits me just fine!

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