wife went down on new 883 Iron
#21
04-06-2010, 12:28 AM
Not much fun to kiss the pavement, new rider or not. You don't mention her overall riding experience or if she's taken a motorcycle rider course. Not a bad idea if she's never done something like that.
Glad there were no serious injuries and the best part, she's willing to get back in the saddle.
Glad there were no serious injuries and the best part, she's willing to get back in the saddle.
#23
04-06-2010, 06:55 AM
awe poor thing. Remind her to NOT use the front brake on sharp turns. I always slow before with both brakes, release the front just before making the turn. This is sharp turns into parking lots and stuff not the highway. Bikes can be replaced or fixed, people cannot be replaced, we can be fixed sometimes. Good riding and b safe
#25
04-06-2010, 08:51 AM
Glad your wife is ok.
My wife went down on a 1200 low the 1st time she rode it. In fact she hadn't even moved it. She took a riders course, had her license and had been riding a Honda 750. We were in my driveway side by side, I pulled out first going slow and watching here in my mirror. All of a sudden I see her go over without moving. I go back and pick her up, not a scratch, pick up the bike, not a scratch, and she said she forgot to give it the gas. She never rode again and I sold the 1200 Low. I'm glad. I had told her it was a fast bike and I think that made her throttle shy.
My wife went down on a 1200 low the 1st time she rode it. In fact she hadn't even moved it. She took a riders course, had her license and had been riding a Honda 750. We were in my driveway side by side, I pulled out first going slow and watching here in my mirror. All of a sudden I see her go over without moving. I go back and pick her up, not a scratch, pick up the bike, not a scratch, and she said she forgot to give it the gas. She never rode again and I sold the 1200 Low. I'm glad. I had told her it was a fast bike and I think that made her throttle shy.
#27
04-06-2010, 09:07 AM
Perhaps she should practice cornering. Find a lone turn or curve with little or no traffic, and work on the basics of using BOTH brakes to slow, then getting OFF the brakes and setting up for an outside-inside path of travel, looking through the turn, and inducing counter steer with steady throttle all the way through. Work on it until she builds up enough muscle memory and does not have to think about it. Countersteering can be a difficult concept for some newer riders who still want to "Turn the front wheel into the curve" like a car. All that does is make them turn wider, which leads them to look outside, roll off the gas, pull in the clutch and apply the brakes, all of which will cause what happened to your wife.
Mark
#28
04-06-2010, 09:14 AM
Truth!
Mine got spooked by seeing another couple take a spill. I'll give her credit where credit is due though. She still took the riders course, got her license, and we bought her a bike (Honda 750 Aero) which she tried to ride. Sadly, after a year of the bike mostly sitting in the garage we finally sold it with only 379 miles on it.
Props to the OP's wife for having the brass to stay in the saddle. I wish mine was that tenacious.
Mine got spooked by seeing another couple take a spill. I'll give her credit where credit is due though. She still took the riders course, got her license, and we bought her a bike (Honda 750 Aero) which she tried to ride. Sadly, after a year of the bike mostly sitting in the garage we finally sold it with only 379 miles on it.
Props to the OP's wife for having the brass to stay in the saddle. I wish mine was that tenacious.
