I think it's a great looking ride---bet it would be a lot of fun in the twisties.

Only downside is parts may be scarce for such a rare bike.

 

It doesn't matter what you ride - jsut ride. And the MSF course is definately a must. I took it before ever going out on the road and I can't say enough good things about it.

Congrats to both of you!

 

Congrats to the Mrs. I hope she and you have many enjoyable miles!!

 

Had a fazer I bought in germany and loved it would smoke the 1000 ninjas light to light great bike only one in corpus back then and had a lot of people looking at it and a couple people sitting on it when I came out of a store had to sell it cause they keep knocking it over. they are great bikes and real fun to ride and quick will go 150mph real easy most of the time I stayed around 130 on autobahn.

 

I took the Yamaha out for a few rides today. I am actually a little surprised. It was a lot tighter, and responsive than I thought a 21 year old bike would be. And yes, it is fast. No torque to speak of, but got up to 90 mph before I realized it. I had a lot of fun on it. Even with the speed capable on it, it still felt like a "toy". Not that I didn't respect it, or what it can do. Just, well, I can't explain it. Weird having a bike that is suppose to run at high rpm's. And, I couldn't really even hear it. Being as the bike is not worth a lot of money, I can't see putting any money into it. The only thing my wife wants to do to it is change out the mirrors. They are those old square ones. And the headlight is U-G-L-Y. But, it isn't MY bike, so anything she wants to do to it she can. Thanks for all the replies, she is very happy about the bike.

I couldn't get her to wait until the MSF course to ride it around the neighborhood. So, we went out to the street. I spent two hours showing her some basic maneuvers. I would show here something, then let her hop on and try it. She did extremely well. I was very impressed with the way she rode. Then we went around the block, I followed her on my rk custom. It was all residental, so we would stop at all the stop signs and I would give her pointers on how to handle certain situations, and what she should do differently. She followed my directions to a "T". Which is surprising, since she never listens to me, normally.

She is having a blast. Once she gets the course accomplished, I will bet we will be shopping for a HD for her. Thanks again for all the nice comments. I relayed them to her, and she is appreciative.

 

you cant beat a yamaha! owned many of them.

 

If thats what ya got -- ride it.

 

Sounds like both of you are having fun with it! That is all that counts.

Ride safe,